White Monkey Customer Reviews

10 oz, 2 mins @ 180, divided. Sweetener in both.

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I've been dreading the idea of today's tea all day. I'm still not quite a green tea drinker. However, even with the vegetalness in this tea, it went down quite smoothly with a slight astringency. But it was much better than I had in my head prior to drinking it. Still waiting for the other portion to get cold.

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I still haven't had a chance to sit down and review this portion. But I'm posting now so I don't forget.

8 helpful votes

There was an initial aroma of cut grass that I didn't like. After brewing the spent leaves smelled nutty. The tea itself was less flavorful when hot and then as it cooled it was more grassy and then had a mineral finish. In the end I dumped it because I have so many other teas I enjoy better.

7 helpful votes

a really good standard green tea. light in flavor

4 helpful votes

A perfect savory green wonderment in a cup! Perfect to reset and rebalance the tastebuds. A definite green tea go-to for the tea stash!

11 helpful votes

A flavorful plain green tea. A bit grassy, which I like.

10 helpful votes

This is a nice mild green tea. I find it slightly nutty.

6 helpful votes

This is my kind of green tea! I enjoyed both steeps, with no additives and was glad that I popped a micro filter into my cup before pouring from my gaiwan, as there were a lot of little pieces to filter out. I steeped at 180 degrees for 2-1/2 minutes and 2 minutes respectively for my two steeps.

10 helpful votes

Very astringent, I didn't like this at all and couldn't even get through a whole cup of it. i didn't taste any of the usual grassy or seaweedy tastes that come with green tea.

1 helpful votes

This tea has a pleasant vegetal taste with seaweed and mineral notes. Not something I’d turn to regularly, but it was nice to try as part of the CommuniTEA.

7 helpful votes

Update: Enjoyed this one more this time around, maybe I was in a green mood today. I accidentally steeped for 4 minutes and thought it would be terrible, but it was pretty good so I raised it another star.

11/18/21:This review is a little biased, I’m not a fan of grassy/vegetal green teas. I always try a few sips of each communiTEA packet and this was no different. I finished half my cup. I didn’t get any bitterness from this but it’s too savory for my liking. This one is a “meh” for me today. 175° For 2 minutes.

14 helpful votes

Decent flavoring. not super strong for my liking.

2 helpful votes

It's not the grassiest green tea, but it's definitely got some seaweedy aroma. It's smooth; some other reviewers described it as buttery, and I can see that. Still not enough for me to accept drinking a cup of kelp. Steeped 2 min @ 175º.

7 helpful votes

In the bag: My packet has a higher proportion of dark green leaves than the Adagio photo. I wonder if that means I'll have a stronger flavor.

On the nose (pre-steep): Classic seaweed scent, though softer than many other greens I've tried. Slightly musty.

Post-steep nose and tongue: The S.S. Seaweed is leading the voyage, strong and clear. No longer soft or musty.

Opinion: If you like ultra-grassy green tea, then this is your jam. It's not mine, however.

Preparation: First steep 3 min, second steep 6 min. Both @ 175 ℉. ½ teaspoon monk fruit sweetener.

7 helpful votes

Do you think it's true?
That we eat more bananas
Than monkeys weekly?

Well it must be true
'Cause I've not eaten monkeys!
At all this whole week!

Though I drank this tea!
White monkey paw looking leaves
And it was quite good!

Mind your time and temp
This tea's a bit sensitive
so treat it gently

(haiku review)

26 helpful votes

This tea has the lightest of savory vegetal flavors with slightly sweetened undertones. It's a more delicate experience for a green tea that I enjoyed! It's has such a smooth and soft mouthfeel to it too!

8 helpful votes

Quite green tasting. A little strong for me when hot, but a nice iced tea!

8 helpful votes

One of my favorite green teas! It is lighter than a normal green tea and has a great vegetal taste. Highly recommend

This is one of my most favorite green teas ever! It has a light taste that is mildly seaweedy yet slightly sweet. As a cold brew the sweetness comes forward and has a juicy tastiness to it that makes me feel like I’m drinking a very light fruit juice. I love this tea!

11 helpful votes

This one is really good if you steep it perfectly. 2 minutes and 165 seems to be the max before it starts to turn bitter. Seaweedy, strong, green and slightly nutty with a nice kick of caffeine and astringency.

Update 4/13/23: Rediscovered this one. Delicious! Adding a star because I found the sweet spot. :) 160 @2 minutes=perfection.

2 min steep · 160°F · 14 helpful votes

This tea is good, with a complex flavor and a grassy aroma.

3 min steep · 212°F · 4 helpful votes

Love this tea. Works well to blend with various fruit teas or even minty teas when feeling under the weather.

4 helpful votes

This is a very nice tea. It is a bit mild for my taste, but it is very smooth and I like the flavor of the tea.

4 helpful votes

It tastes amazing and my 11-year-old sister is obsessed with this tea. got her a big bag of this as a Christmas gift.

5 min steep · 212°F · 4 helpful votes

I have this mornings, add just a pinch of peppermint and enjoy it with my cereal. It is smooth and so far my best green tea

4 min steep · 195°F · 3 helpful votes

This tea is pretty straight forward. Very earthy and smooth. I sometimes add a bit of spearmint to liven it up.

Mild green. I like this one. Might get his one again.

3 min steep · 212°F

dry and a little bitter nicht mal und sehr gut great job

This tea is delicate, vegetal, a bit floral, and has a smooth finish. With lemon, it tastes a bit like moss and citrus. With a mild honey, it tastes like sweet grass. Highly recommend!

3 min steep · 165°F

White Monkey is great with almost any flavor, or no flavor at all! I really recommend making it iced as it can get a little weird with hot water. It is good with any of Adagio's raw honeys. It is also good with a little burdock or a little mango. I really enjoyed this tea and would highly recommend it!

5 min steep · 40°F · 7 helpful votes

Another really good tea from Adagio. I was surprised how much this one grew on me. Plenty of nice tropical fruit taste and still loads of green tea. I will be getting this again.

3 min steep · 175°F · 10 helpful votes

I’ve had both golden & white monkeys (green tea) when we had a tiny tea shop in town that sold expensive teas. I’m glad to have some of my favorites here. A bit more vegetal than golden monkey, but still to die for.

3 min steep · 212°F

This is a very pleasing green tea. One of my go to’s.

3 min steep · 212°F

Lightly fragrant in a dry and grapey way, and when steeped takes on a more vegetal note, with the slightest hint of seaweed. @adagioteas

A perfectly nice cup of green tea, smooth and slightly floral. But for the price, it’s fairly unremarkable.

A perfect green tea for a mature pallet. Slight seaweed essence gives it a unique freshness and a dry finish (and of course, it's permeated by a clean earthiness). A must-try for green tea connoisseurs.

3 min steep · 180°F

A light, fresh earthy tea, fun to watch the leaves unfurl

3 min steep · 180°F

My everyday green tea… well priced, slightly sweet, slightly earthy. Exactly as described and no frills here.

3 min steep · 180°F

Smooth taste and easy to brew. Great for a beginner.

3 min steep · 212°F

A beautiful tea with a vegetal scent. Crisp and delicate flavor. A bit grassy, but with a touch of honey was round, and floral.

3 min steep · 175°F · 2 helpful votes

love the umami flavor with a light tropical twist to it, in my opinion @adagioteas

This is a classic tea in my cabinet. Always there when I just need something clean, and all mine.

I tried the green tree sampler. This one was my favorite! My suggestion is to brew at 190 degrees for 3 minutes!

As someone noted in the CommuniTEA chat, this tea is oddly reminiscent of corn. I wasn't expecting the burst of sweetness but combined with the vegetal taste, it was very enjoyable.

7 helpful votes

I'm picky about green teas, and don't particularly care for vegetal greens. This one is vegetal. And yet, I don't actually mind it in this tea for some reason. Perhaps because it's not quite as grassy/ spinach-y and is more seaweed-y? I don't actually know. I don't love it like I love a good genmai, and it's not a tea I'll ever buy, but it was an interesting and somewhat enjoyable cup to try in the CommuniTEA.

4 helpful votes

Lovely light, herbal tasting white tea. Definitely enjoyable...this one surprised me as I'm not usuallly a white tea fan.

11 helpful votes

Today's CommuniTea packet is white monkey, a vegetal green tea from the Fujian province of China. It's somewhat seaweedy on its own, and often recognizable in blends. It's a pale green color when brewed, and the leaves are interesting to look at. Not my favorite tea by any means, but a nice change now and again. Brewed in 12 ounces of 180 degree water for about 2.5 minutes.

7 helpful votes

I didn’t like the smell. It was ok but not one of my favorites ( 212 @ 3 min).

8 helpful votes

I will preface this by saying that green teas are not my favorite. This tea certainly had a 'grassy' smell when I opened the packet, almost 'seaweed-y' as some others have described it. I brewed it for about a minute and a half to try to avoid making it too bitter. I still got a quite bitter taste at the beginning of each mouthful. But once that first bitter touch passed, the following flavor was very smooth and pleasant. It's not a tea I would pick for myself, but it wasn't bad.

5 helpful votes

A savory green tea with a smooth and mellow vegetal flavor. I steeped at 165°F and didn't experience any grassiness or bitterness. Resteeped twice. Good unsweetened.

14 helpful votes

CommuniTEA packet tasting, light green tea, I steeped quickly to avoid any bitterness and I was able to get multiple steeps. Happy sipping!

11 helpful votes