Continuation of my tea a day journey. I actually left this sitting on the counter as I walked out the door to go to work. I was tealess at work all day :(( In hind site this might not have been such a bad thing.
So I came home, and made some of this. Package says 98C water 4-6minutes. 4-6 for black, that seemed aggressive to me, so I did just under boiling for 3 minutes.
EWWWWWWWW sorry I don’t have the vocabulary to explain. Ewwwww and yuck are pretty much my thoughts on this. Dump. Try again – second steep same leaves – again I did 3 minutes but since it’s a second steep thought it might be ok. NOT. Ewwwwwww is still my reaction to this. Dump. Try again. New leaves just under boiling 2 minute steep. This is not getting any better. I still hate it.
I’m not wasting anymore time or energy on this tea. NOT FOR ME. It is way too bitter, way too astringent, and doesn’t taste anything like any black tea I’ve ever experienced. If someone handed me a cup of this, I’m not sure TEA would be the first thing that comes to mind. The good news is, if you want to call it that….this makes the darjeeling seem like candy. That is NOT my least fav tea anymore.
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Have you tried it with a 30 second steep or so? Long steep times usually bring astringency out.
Oh I remember this! I bought a lot of DT’s unflavoured blacks to do a similar thing to what you are doing now, and it just tasted like super strong coffee. It was weird and I wasn’t crazy about it.
I strongly dislike almost every straight black tea I’ve had from David’s….
me too, Sil. probably not what dexter wants to hear. :(
Cavocorax I agree with you in that it was weird. I didn’t think coffee, but everyone experiences things differently. I would have been ok if it had reminded me of coffee. This was just gross.
Dexter is ok with bad news, I only bought a little of each. I wasn’t expecting the best tea in the world, but thought it should be drinkable. The one I’m drinking today isn’t too bad. Good or bad at least I’m getting a better picture of what these are like. Even trying bad teas is a learning experience.
hey, I just noticed I didn’t capitalize your name but I did Sil’s ‘cause I thought for some reason yours was like mine, all lowercase, but now I see it isn’t. Whoops. My bad. Sorry ’bout that, meant no disrespect!
LOL No worries, I didn’t even notice. It takes a lot more than that to upset me. “me too, Sil. probably not what dexter wants to hear. :(” You were talking to Sil about me. Sometimes online it seems weird to say “me” – I almost think of Dex as a third person. I didn’t use my name to point out the omission of the cap. It just sounded weird to reply with I’m ok. Never mind – I’m not explaining well the strangeness in my head… :))
Have you tried it with a 30 second steep or so? Long steep times usually bring astringency out.
Oh I remember this! I bought a lot of DT’s unflavoured blacks to do a similar thing to what you are doing now, and it just tasted like super strong coffee. It was weird and I wasn’t crazy about it.
I strongly dislike almost every straight black tea I’ve had from David’s….
me too, Sil. probably not what dexter wants to hear. :(
Cavocorax I agree with you in that it was weird. I didn’t think coffee, but everyone experiences things differently. I would have been ok if it had reminded me of coffee. This was just gross.
Dexter is ok with bad news, I only bought a little of each. I wasn’t expecting the best tea in the world, but thought it should be drinkable. The one I’m drinking today isn’t too bad. Good or bad at least I’m getting a better picture of what these are like. Even trying bad teas is a learning experience.
hey, I just noticed I didn’t capitalize your name but I did Sil’s ‘cause I thought for some reason yours was like mine, all lowercase, but now I see it isn’t. Whoops. My bad. Sorry ’bout that, meant no disrespect!
LOL No worries, I didn’t even notice. It takes a lot more than that to upset me. “me too, Sil. probably not what dexter wants to hear. :(” You were talking to Sil about me. Sometimes online it seems weird to say “me” – I almost think of Dex as a third person. I didn’t use my name to point out the omission of the cap. It just sounded weird to reply with I’m ok. Never mind – I’m not explaining well the strangeness in my head… :))