jade snail
by adagio teas
(14 reviews)
Jade Snail is a Chinese green tea made up of tightly rolled fuzzy buds that resemble spiral shells or the scroll of a violin. While steeping, they unfurl to deliver intricate notes of roasted nuts, soft smokiness and a hop-like crispness. As it fades, a dry white grape character lingers. Our Jade Snail green tea is intriguingly delicate and bold. Steep at 180°F for 2-3 minutes
Recent reviews
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Kimberly Waggoner
Rather new to good green teas, but this is so lovely in such a different way from my jasmine greens. It's definitely got that smokey note, but I also found it quite vegetal and a just a smidge sweet. Good balance of flavors!
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Zell Maestro
This tea is a prime example of why steeping times, temperature, and quantity of tea is so so important. The first time I made this, it was the most awful thing I've ever tasted. I used a lot of it in a gaiwan for about 3 minutes. Mistake. Literally the most bitter awful thing I've tasted in my life. The second time, I read some of these reviews and resolved to try it again for exactly two minutes at a lower temperature in a super small quantity. That made it tolerable and spinach-like, more how I was expecting, but I wouldn't say good. I added a star from my initial 1/2 star rating because I believe there's a way to make this okay, but you have to steep this in such a specific way. You want to brew it so lightly that it looks like a white tea, or tinted water.
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Shannon Webb
It's not terrible. I brewed for 3 minutes and still found this tea lacking in flavor. It seems like it wants to have that classic vegetal taste, but it isn't quite packing the amount of flavor that I was hoping for.
The longer I let it cool, the more I found some sort of milky or buttery note on the back end which was somewhat pleasant.
I originally wanted to try two steeps. However, I didn't even finish the first brew because I honestly forgot it was even there and started sipping water instead.
All in all, the flavor is tolerable but not very memorable. I definitely prefer a nice sencha over this.
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Julie W
I'm not a huge green tea fan, but there are a few I really like. This tea needs to be brewed carefully...don't over brew and it yields a slightly sweet, earthy, light cup of green tea. Brew at too high a temp or for too long, and the taste just goes south quickly. I like blending this tea half and half with jasmine phoenix pearls. So good!
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Cindi Drinks Tea
This tasted so much better when brewed at much lower temps than recommended. At 165 and 2 minutes, this is delicious, with delicate vegetal notes of seaweed or spinach. Even 1 minute more and it starts to get bitter. At 180 and 2 or3 minutes, it was so bitter as to be undrinkable. Not much wiggle room here, but worth it!
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Kristin Whitehead
Tried this from the November 2020 communiTEA and I absolutely loved it. For me it almost had an oyster-like smell and taste, but as someone who actually likes oyster, I didn't mind it at all.
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Cameron Kilchrist
It's a decent cup that's obscured with a pond-like taste. This tea makes such a strange cup that it's hard to drink. I actually had to toss out my cup after a few sips.
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Rachel Emmel
This is the second rolled tea I've tried, the first was Gunpowder, but I was still amazed by just how big these leaves actually were. It's so fascinating watching them unfurl. I managed 3 steeps from this, all had a nice flavor.
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Red Wolfe
This is great for people who like sencha. This is mellower than sencha, but has a lot of the similar notes, with a white wine aftertaste.
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Kimberly Hnatko
The taste is mostly grassy and light, but there is something about this I just didn't like. I can't pinpoint what it is, but I didn't even finish the cup.