SiamTeas Clubbox October '23

Description

The CLUBBOX @ Siam Tea Shop

The SiamTeas Club Box is a flexible format for bundling several types of tea in generously proportioned tasting size on a monthly basis at prefential price. At this, the selection of teas compiled in the box can either represent a specific topic, sample the most recent new introductions at Siam Tea Shop or simply offer a random choice of personal favorites of mine.

October 2023 Clubbox @ Siam Tea Shop – Scented Tea

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22th Edition (October ’23) – Scented Tea

The twenty-second edition – October 2023 – of the KLUBBOX @ Siam Tea Shop is a “Scented Tea” box. As such, it offers 20g each of five “scented” teas of different type and origin. The spectrum ranges from green tea scented with jasmine or osmanthus flowers to combining gingseng roots with oolong tea leaves to the much-vaunted steaming of the latter with milk extracts. A specialty of northern Thailand is the processing of oolong tea using the “sticky rice” herb native to Southeast Asia. As the name suggests, this surprises with a distinct “sticky rice” aroma, which the herb transfers to the tea leaves during scenting.

Classic Scented Tea vs. Flavored Tea

The classic scenting methods, which were mainly developed in China a long time ago, preferably use natural aroma dispensers. These can be flowers, herbs or roots, although the scenting of tea leaves with milk extracts is of more recent origin. Examples of well-known and particularly popular aromatic sources include jasmine and osmanthus flowers, ginseng roots, orange peels. The above-mentioned “sticky rice” herb also looks back on a long tradition in Yunnan as a scenting agent for Pu Erh teas.

In contrast to this, the modern flavoring of tea leaves often also uses aroma donors obtained artificially. These can be industrially produced “nature-identical” essential oils, or completely artificial ones. While Siam Tea Shop stays off the latter for personal preferences of its operator, high-quality representatives of classic scented teas have always been an integral part of the offering.

In order to offer the broadest possible cross-section of the world of scented teas in terms of origin, processing category and aroma dispenser used, the Okober 23 club box contains 20g of each of the following 5 types of tea:

The Teas in the October ’23 Clubbox

Cha Khao Hom Thai “Sticky Rice” Oolong – 100% naturally scented Jin Xuan Oolong tea; exclusive Thai tea specialty from Doi Mae Salong, north Thailand; harmonical combination of fine Thai Jin Xuan Oolong tea and the natural aroma donor “Nuo Mi Xiang Nen Ye“ (=”sweet fragrance rice tender leaves”).

DMS Gui Hua Osmanthus Oolong – Fine, low-oxidized Thai Oolong tea, naturally scented with Osmanthus blossoms. The clear, bright green cup’s smooth, flowery-fresh scent already hints at this Oolong tea specialty’s complex taste pattern. In the perfect flavor match, the aroma donor complements the genuine taste of the Oolong tea rather than dominating or even replacing it, combining round smoothness with soothing unobtrusiveness and unpretentious elegance.

Jin Xuan Milky Oolong Tea – A variety of legends ranks around the making of Milky Oolong Tea, a tea specialty from China and Taiwan, enjoyings high popularity both there and in the west. The high grade Taiwanese Jin Xuan oolong tea and 100% natural milk aromas make our Jin Xuan Milky Oolong Tea one of the best of its kind.

Jade Ginseng Oolong Tea – Ginseng Oolong is a classic Chinese blend of a medium-oxidized Oolong tea and grinded Ginseng root. The classic Chinese tea specialty, originally a herbal remedy in traditional Chinese medicine, boasts a spicy-sweet taste strongly reminiscent of laquorice, a second infusion mainly displaying the equally pleasant flavor of the high grade basis Oolong tea.

Jasmine Dragon Pearls – Spring Imperial Dragon Pearls are a local Jasmine tea specialty from Fuding county, Fujian province, Chan. Basis of our Spring Imperial Jasmin Dragon Pearls is a high grade sptring-picked green tea of 1+2 picking standard. The green tea leaves run through 5 scenting rounds with freshly picked jasmine flowers, before being rolled into the characteristic even-surfaced ball shape.