4 Tasting Notes

In my search to find high-quality teas that could be used like everyday teas, this one didn’t work out for me. My brewing of it today is much closer to the suggested brewing time and proportions and the taste has already become much more interesting. I have to admit, I was most hopeful that this one would fare well with your more-standard 1.5 teaspoons per cup proportions and five-minute time. It smelled impressively smokey and sweet. The flavors just never came out using those methods. I have a little left that I will attempt to make proper-like so as not to waste it.

Preparation
1 min, 15 sec 20 g 34 OZ / 1000 ML

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[I DID NOT FOLLOW THE BREWING INSTRUCTIONS]

I’m making this at work, looking for fancy teas that can be used as everyday teas. I’m slowly working my way through various tea shops, online and local, and using Steepster to keep track of it all. Song Red was one of the less expensive offerings at Song Tea so I thought I’d give it a whirl. At work, I have a 1 liter tea pot with a fairly sizable basket for the leaves to sit in and an electric kettle with good temperature control.

Since the instructions called for a greater quantity (at least twice as much) of tea leaves than I wanted to use every day, I decided to see what it was like with 1.5 teaspoons per cup of water. As you might expect, the tea came out rather weak using a one-minute brew time.

First I tried five minutes and that still came out a bit weaker than I like. Then I read that, even under the optimal brewing conditions, the tea needs some extra time so I kicked it up to six minutes. This tea was much more satisfying. It’s not as sweet as described but I was happy with it.

I have not yet tried this tea using the brew instructions. I’d expect that it would benefit.

Flavors: Citrus, Malt

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 6 min, 0 sec 6 tsp 34 OZ / 1000 ML

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The instructions called for 30g per liter (or six heaping teaspoons) cold brewed for 12+ hours. I found that I like it brewed a bit weaker at six actual teaspoons per liter. I’ve been making a batch almost every other day this summer.

(I’m bad at describing flavors but it’s quite tasty)

Flavors: Grass, Roasted

Preparation
Iced 8 min or more 6 tsp 34 OZ / 1000 ML

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[I DID NOT FOLLOW THE BREWING INSTRUCTIONS]

I’m making this at work, looking for fancy teas that can be used as everyday teas. Eighteen was one of the less expensive offerings at Song Tea so I thought I’d give it a whirl. At work, I have a 1 liter tea pot with a fairly sizable basket for the leaves to sit in and an electric kettle with good temperature control.

Since the instructions called for a greater quantity of tea leaves than I wanted to use every day, I decided to see what it was like with 1.5 teaspoons per cup of water. As you might expect, the tea came out rather weak using a one-minute brew time.

Once I kicked up the time to five minutes, it produced a rather tasty tea.

I have not yet tried this tea using the brew instructions. I’d expect that it would be an even better tea.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 5 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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