1438 Tasting Notes
Logging a few sipdowns where I already added notes!
2024 sipdown no. 21 Mountain Stream Honey Black Oolong
2024 sipdown no. 22 Georgian 1847 Wild Blueberry
2024 sipdown no. 23 Tante-T Ceylon OP Blackwood
2024 sipdown no. 24 Camellia Sinensis Si Ji Chun
2024 sipdown no. 25 Basilur Frosty Afternoon
2024 sipdown no. 26 Nabo Blåbär
2024 sipdown no. 27 TeSelskabet Masagama Te
2024 sipdown no. 28 Teaoria Kokati
2024 sipdown no. 29 Harney & Sons Black Currant
2024 sipdown no. 30 A.C. Perch Kenya PF
2024 sipdown no. 31 Nabo Grynet
2024 sipdown no. 19
Thank you Martin! The earl grey aspect of this tea is light to non-existent. I found it to have a “market spice” scent, but very light in flavour, with cardamom coming across, but not overpowering. It’s a nice enough cup of black tea — with an unassuming and non-astringent base.
1st steep: Wow, this tea is really lovely. The scent reminds me of the holidays aha, but the tea is incredibly well balanced. The thyme is very clear and definitely comes through. The base tea is smooth and not astringent at all. A really lovely and unique tea from Martin, thank you!
2nd steep: Just as lovely the second time around. Impressive for a black tea!
2024 sipdown no. 18
Sadly the rooibos is too medicinal here for my liking. The raspberry is there, and delightfully fresh, but that intense rooibos flavour just ruins it. Remarkably, it’s exactly the same hot and cold brewed as well — I thought perhaps the cold brew would be a winner, but no such luck.
This is a breakfast tea that flirts with astringency, but with a lower steeping temperature, actually comes out fairly smooth. There’s a natural sweetness here that’s very clean and it’s really a lovely cup. For those so inclined, the packaging notes it takes milk and sugar well (though I’ve not tried that myself).
Background: We visited the Danish Jewish Museum in CPH last summer and naturally I had to pick up this tea. This is a recreation of a historical tea, meant to embody both modern and historical times (as far back as late 1800s/early 1900s) and be reflective of teas once sold in Denmark from Moses & Søn G. Melchior. There’s a bit more information here (scroll down to the tea): https://www.jewmus.dk/en/butik.
If you ever find yourself in Copenhagen, the Danish Jewish Museum was really amazing to see and the tour is absolutely worth it. It’s one of the smallest museums we’ve visited, but a unique and a great opportunity to learn some history of Jewish people in Denmark.
Preparation
2024 sipdown no. 16
Thank you from Martin for this one! I didn’t make any notes, but I recall this being a really lovely fruit tea, quite enjoyable and really nice especially considering it was a bagged tea.
These fruit teas from Naturavita are really great and I would love to both I’ve tried for my cupboard.
2024 sipdown no. 7 Mountain Stream Gardenia Oolong
2024 sipdown no. 8 Tante T Grøn Ananas
2024 sipdown no. 9 David’s Cinnamon Oolong (there’s more, but polished off one 100g bag, so counting that!)
2024 sipdown no. 10 H&S Black Currant
2024 sipdown no. 11 Nabo Bäriga Björn
2024 sipdown no. 12 Georgian Tea 1847 Roasted Green
2024 sipdown no. 13 Mountain Stream Lishan High Mountain Black
2024 sipdown no. 14 Nabo Earl Tranbär
2024 sipdown no. 15 Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea, Toast & Jam Brew (sending to Martin!)
This one is quite nice. The peach flavour is prominent, definitely more flavoured than natural, but not so overly done that it’s cloying. I’ll try this one cold next. It strikes me that this would be a great summer iced tea. I’ve never been, but it makes me think of TV shows I’ve seen of the southern US.
Good job! My sipdowns have seriously slowed lately.
Thank you! I’m sure they’ll pick up eventually. :) Honestly, we recently moved and tea space took quite a hit, so sipdowns were necessary aha!