I did a search for Lu An Melon Seed green tea this morning and this
was one of the sites that came up...has anyone here ordered from them
before? They look like they have a large selection, but most of the
black teas don't look to be single estate. While I'm on the
subject...I've never had Lu An, has nayone here had it and what are
their observations? I am slowly experimenting in the world of green
tea and I know that China will be a neverending adventure. I tried
Huang Shan Mao Feng and gunpowder both of which are fine to me (I
don't get super enthusiastic about the greens I've had but they are
fine to drink...I want to find one that really does taste like
new-mown hay if anyone can steer me in that direction). I have yet to
find one that actually tastes "sweet".

Along those lines also, has anyone had the Gan Lu from Teaspring? It
looks very green in the picture, if that means anything...

Not associated with any tea company...
Melinda

(Melinda) wrote in message . com...
I've never had Lu An, has nayone here had it and what are
their observations?

As you probably know, Lu´an guapian appears frequently on the so
called "TOP 10" of Chinese teas. To my pleasant surprise I managed to
found some in "Chajnyj domik" in St.-Petersburg last spring. The
leaves looked deep green and were quite large as they are supposed to
be in case of this particular tea. The aroma of the infusion rising
from the cup was wonderfully fresh and exciting but the actual taste
quite didn´t match my expectations and I guess I never quite managed
to find the perfect combination of the amount of tea and time of
infusion. Lu´an guapian was fairly expensive (as one may expect from
such a tea with a well reputation) but not awfully expensive. I
certainly recommend to try it but on my list of personal favourites it
stays behind eg. such Top 10-teas as Biluochun and Xianyang maojian.

Yugen