I don’t crave often for dessert tea. But when I do, it is tea from Michelle recently. Thank you!
Yes, it is my second cup of this tea. First one reminded me cocoa, but maybe it was a bit affected of puerhs it was sent with. Or my taste (and smell) buds were off. Happens to me somehow very often recently.
But this second steep was… just great. I steeped one tea spoon in 400 ml mug. I let it steep for 4-5 minutes, as I haven’t been too much attentive to time. It was so pure vanilla in aroma. And even better, there was no artificial note. It was like a pure vanilla pod (or it is bean in English?).
In taste, however, the base tea was present. Not so much, no flavours or scents from it, but it wasn’t pure vanilla. That isn’t a flaw though. I liked it was reliable tea base and complements the vanilla very, very well.
Vanilla in taste was mellow, sweet and creamy. The last adjective was the most present in my mind while sipping. Yum!
Flavors: Creamy, Sweet, Vanilla
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This is one of my favorites and I hope it will always be in my cupboard. Glad you liked it!
Is this the correct link to the vendor? https://www.sfherb.com/
Our little indie grocer used to buy wholesale from them and stopped, but there were several varieties I really liked.
Yes, gmathis, that’s the one. This tea comes in 1 lb, and the Yunnan in 1/2 lb, I recommend them both. The Assam isn’t half bad either.
Tempting! The one I remember (you know how teas in nostalgia taste three times better than they really were) was a lemon green tea, which I don’t see. However, I am very curious about the Keemun—another one no longer available locally, but which I still dream about ;)
Their Keemun was rather uninspired, in my opinion. I ended up mixing it with cinnamon or lemongrass to finish it off. If you like licorice, their Licorice mint and the other licorice herbal (with cinnamon) are decent. Oh, and their dragonwell was ok too. I don’t drink a whole lot of green tea, but it mixes well with their excellent spearmint.
This is one of my favorites and I hope it will always be in my cupboard. Glad you liked it!
Is this the correct link to the vendor? https://www.sfherb.com/
Our little indie grocer used to buy wholesale from them and stopped, but there were several varieties I really liked.
Yes, gmathis, that’s the one. This tea comes in 1 lb, and the Yunnan in 1/2 lb, I recommend them both. The Assam isn’t half bad either.
Tempting! The one I remember (you know how teas in nostalgia taste three times better than they really were) was a lemon green tea, which I don’t see. However, I am very curious about the Keemun—another one no longer available locally, but which I still dream about ;)
Their Keemun was rather uninspired, in my opinion. I ended up mixing it with cinnamon or lemongrass to finish it off. If you like licorice, their Licorice mint and the other licorice herbal (with cinnamon) are decent. Oh, and their dragonwell was ok too. I don’t drink a whole lot of green tea, but it mixes well with their excellent spearmint.