Tea tasting: Adagio's Coconut Pouchong

Pouchong is a type of oolong tea from Taiwan.  As pouchong generally has a slightly sweet and slightly coconut-like flavor, Adagio created its Coconut Pouchong blend to highlight the coconut elements.

The tea has the slight sweetness of a oolong, but it's not a sweet tea.  Both the tea and the coconut flavor are more grassy than sweet.  It's not the coconut of a macaroon.  It's closer in flavor quality to eating a raw coconut, yet gentle and subtle at the same time.  The oolong hits all the right notes on top of that.

I'm definitely ordering more of this tea.  It strikes me as the perfect companion to sushi and Japanese noodle dishes.