407 Tasting Notes
Sip Down & Backlog
The blueberry notes really popped in this blend! I found that it worked very well hot or iced. The hot brew allowed the thickness of the tea to add the ‘pancake’ experience by giving it the thick blueberry syrup thickness. Meanwhile, making this as an iced tea drew out the subtlety of the blueberry, and made for a gentler, mild sweet tea.
Sip Down & Backlog
After visiting the fair and enduring the exceptionally hot day on Tuesday (September 24), I needed an iced tea for the evening. I didn’t want to drink anything with caffeine since I was drinking tea after 21:00…This created a perfect cup with a nuttiness from the rooibos base and a mildly puckering sweet apple finish!
There’s next to no information regarding this tea (unfortunately, the packet was tossed a while ago after the initial sip down of the sample). Thankfully, I kept some record of the session, but the information regarding the tea is gone.
First Infusion (30 sec.): A strong minerality and roasted notes.
Second Infusion (30 sec.): Less minerality, citrusy, and mouth drying.
Third Infusion (60 sec): A little bit of tobacco, minerals, and astringent.
Fourth Infusion (120 sec.): Citrusy and cooling but became light and mouth drying.
Backlog
1st Infusion: Floral, lilacs.
2nd infusion: Hay with lilacs.
3rd Infusion: Edging toward bitterness, a bit of astringency.
4th infusion: Bitter in a good way?
5th infusion: Astringent; bitter in less of a good way.
6th infusion: Called it. The flavor was lost.
Sip Down/Backlog
I thought that this was going to be much stronger than the mug offered. The dry material was quite spice heavy; unfortunately, the flavor fell short. I left my tea bag in the cup the second time around and it still didn’t give out much flavor…Light spices and no hint of the honeybush.
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Another tea that was nearly to the bottom of the bag and a friend helped sip it down! I found an unopened bag of this about two weeks ago (August 19ish). With the weather changing and Fall slowly making its entrance, I decided it was best to make this my daily drink. I knew that this was sitting in the cupboard with enough for two iced matcha’s, so I topped it off during Labor Day!
Flavors: Cream, Sweet, Vanilla
Sip Down/Backlog
I sipped the remainder of this with a friend who stopped over on Labor Day.* Thankfully, they are prone to drink any tea I offer, and I was two cups away from sipping this down. This was a great cup of tea to have with a meal and helped ease us into dessert (Strawberry Pretzel Salad). I enjoyed that the tea and flavors blended well enough that they worked together and neither overpowered the cup.
*Yeah, I’m very backlogged.
