1299 Tasting Notes
Made a pot of this for everyone tonight. Everyone seemed to really like it. It’s one of my favorite teas as well. It has a Nice buttery apple flavor that definitely does remind me of buttered popcorn. Starting to get near the end of the bag so I went and looked to see if it was still available. Unfortunately, it’s not but hopefully, it’ll come back at some point so I can stock up.
I wanted something Chocolate-y tonight and this was pretty much all I had. Not quite what I wanted but I do like this one! It’s a lovely night time tea. Very creamy with some mint and lavender. I’ve been meaning to work on finishing up the box of this anyway.
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Another single serving sample packet
This one was ok not bad but probably my least favorite thus far. Flavored white teas more often than not just miss the mark for me. This one was quite earthy with a slight peach flavor. I’d drink this again but don’t need to purchase it. I got two steeps out of this one. I prefer the Peach Oolong to this one.
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Second sample from Adagio. This one smelled like gummy peach rings when I opened the packet. I honestly miss those so much but haven’t found any without gelatin that taste the same thus far. Once Steeped you can tell that there is peach flavoring used in this tea. I like peach flavoring and it’s quite nice here. Sweet and floral with a bit of a candy peach flavor as well. The oolong pairs nicely with the peach here though the peach is by far the Prominent flavor. As my cup of tea starts to cool the flavors become more muted making the cup less enjoyable. So definitely one best drunk hot before it gets lukewarm.
If I was already placing an order I would probably add a sample of this. Would gladly drink a cup of this again.
Flavors: Candy, Peach, Sweet, Wood
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Ohhhh I had a seasonal package of sour patch kids recently, and the orange ones tasted like peach rings! I was so happy to experience that flavor again! Seems like their seasonal flavors leave quickly, so I hope I can find more somewhere.
My Paromi samples came today. Unfortunately, the sample that I placed the order for is missing which is their Bourbon Vanilla tea. That was the tea that made me want to order the sampler to start with. So that’s a bummer but I’m going to try the green tea sample tonight.
The sachets are biodegradable which is nice.
This was a nice and smooth buttery Chinese green. Nothing special but an enjoyable cup. Vegetal with a slight creaminess. Got some notes of garden peas as well. Drank this pretty quickly. This company has loose leaf teas as well there are some interesting blends.
Flavors: Butter, Garden Peas, Green, Smooth, Vegetal
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It’s been a very productive day thankfully. Made a Banana Cake for the fam with some ingredients that needed to be used up. Did a ton of organizing sorting things to donate. Planned a hike with a friend for tomorrow and finished some classwork.
Also, I just finished bingeing The Stranger on Netflix. It’s really good! Highly recommend it.
On To the tea, this tea is pure chocolate-covered strawberry deliciousness. The puerh base for this one and use of cacao was smart. A lot of teas that use chocolate chips for the chocolate flavoring end up being oily. So it’s nice that the flavors come through so well without any weirdness. I drank this while making the cake. I’m getting close to running out of this one and wish I had ordered some of this in the group order.
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Once I realized that you could pick from a few Adagio teas to order samples of and still get free shipping. I decided to make a small sample order. These are pretty much one cup samples. This is the first tea I decided to try from Adagio.
I’m really enjoying this one it’s very creamy, very milky, not too heavy unlike a lot of oolongs. I often find that most aren’t everyday drinkers for me because of this. This one is still light enough that it could be an everyday cup. There are some floral notes specifically maybe rose or orchid? Very delicate though and not overpowering. Someone else in the tasting notes for this tea mentioned rice pudding. I can kind of get that. Just from the creamy, sweet, milky flavor of this tea. I wouldn’t have made that comparison on my own though. I get the honeysuckle as well. I wouldn’t mind having some more of this in my cupboard actually. Got about three steeps out of this.
Flavors: Creamy, Floral, Honeysuckle, Orchid, Rose, Sweet
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Sipdown #11
This was one of the oldest teas in my cupboard. I was gifted a ton of plain matcha at once. So it’s taken me awhile to go through. Finished this one up today by making a matcha latte made with oat milk. It’s a nice enough matcha for smoothies or lattes etc. Prepared traditionally I have some higher grade ones from other companies that I prefer to make that way. Tip: I generally make my lattes in the Vitamix using the pulse setting to get it nice and foamy.
Flavors: Grass
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Last year clearing out my old matcha was a top priority, and I got into smoothies for the first time ever (I guess I never realized it is possible to make them without bananas, despite every recipe ever listing banana…) Now I have a fresh matcha stash because I liked the breakfast smoothies so much its become the new morning ritual!
One of my all-time favorites from DT! XD