The White Ginger Pear from Tea Forté (http://www.teaforte.com/store/gourmet-tea/white-tea/white-ginger-pear/) is one of my favorite evening teas. It's very hard to describe the flavor of this tea. That's not a criticism because the flavor is really quite good.
The first word that comes to mind when I drink this tea is golden. It tastes golden. It starts off a little grassy and then follows up with a delightful sweetness. It's got the feeling of pear without tasting precisely like a pear. It's a rich, warm, soothing dessert tea. I wouldn't want to add anything to its natural sweetness.
Tea Forté advertises this tea as suitable for making iced tea. (http://www.teaforte.com/store/gourmet-tea/white-tea/iced-white-ginger-pear/). I don't agree. The flavors are too delicate and require warmth to find their fullest expression. They advise a 5-minute steeping time for iced tea, as opposed to the 2-4 minutes for hot tea; maybe that makes all the difference.
The White Ginger Pear goes really well with both yesterday's gingerbread recipe and the Russian Tea Cake cookies I posted a while ago.
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