2145 Tasting Notes
A sipdown! (M: 1 Y: 80) prompt: A tea that was gifted to you
Perfect pairing with walnut flavoured ice cream.
This tea was gifted me derk; so thank you!
It seems that in our family I am only one who enjoys houjichas; which suprises me. But this one was just delicious, and it was perfect for today cold day (approx. 15°C only!). This summer seems to be colder than last years, but I am not complaining at all. On the other hand, southern Europe is too hot even for them.
This houjicha has a perfect ratio of roasted taste and sweet notes, making it very nutty with rich flavours. There are no rough notes, nor any bitter ones. I will miss this one for sure.
Preparation
Decaf & Herbal TTB, tea #9
I took a bag of this just because of the wrapper and yep, that wasn’t a tea for me. Very sweet, with long-lasting effect; oils of spices instead of solid spices and overall it was a little too much and muddled flavours all together.
As I couldn’t notice anything but sticky sweetness and mish-mash of spices, I am not really a fan. Maybe a combination with some robust black tea would make it much better and tastier.
Preparation
Decaf & Herbal TTB, tea #8
This tea is not without caffeine, but with low amount of it; at least based on the label.
Two teaspoons; lots of stems, little leaves, steeped shortly.
A cup full of aroma, rather reminding me a hot cocoa than anything else; so smooth to drink, with cocoa notes in flavour too. Absolutely no astringency in this one.
Preparation
Decaf & Herbal TTB, tea #7
Another loose leaf and honestly I had absolutely no idea what to expect from this one.
But in fact, it wasn’t too bad.
Hard to desribe though. It was herbaceous; with hints of autumn leaves, a little citrusy. I am not sure if I noticed papaya at all; and vanilla? Not at all… rather a creamy and smooth note.
It’s interesting, but nothing I have to re-try.
Preparation
Decaf & Herbal TTB, tea #6
I was really looking forward to try a few Celestial Seasonings teas as I can’t get them here at all. I kept the bag in the mug all the time and well, I have to say, it seems like a well executed gingerbread tea to me. It is very molasses like, mouthcovering and in the back of the sip there are spices, in no particular order: ginger, cloves, cinnamon, maybe hints of cardamom, nutmeg. When the level of the spices goes down, there is a nutty flavour that comes up and again, it fills whole mouth. Highly enjoyable, at least to me. When it cooled down, the end of the sip was very honey-ish; and that’s positive for me in gingerbread tea.
Preparation
Although it seems this tea could be from the TTB, it is not!
I received this one thanks to postcrossing and prepared today afternoon; despite very tired and I was that tired I rather went from the office earlier than being there useless.
It was quite fine. The rooibos was a little woody as expected; maybe a little nutty. The vanilla is the star of the show though, as it was very genuine, custard-like, creamy treat.
Flavors: Creamy, Custard, Vanilla
Preparation
Decaf & Herbal TTB, tea #5
First looseleaf tea I took from the TTB. Seems to be a bit oldie, as it is now known as Happy Mind by Kusmi Tea.
It is… fine. Pretty fruity flavourful, probably the apple; some spices and herbaceous notes. Dragon fruit? Well, my very limited experience with this sadly didn’t comply with the tea experience. So I won’t tell it is there or it isn’t there.
End of the cup and sips were a little more spicy (fiery) thanks to ginger, but it wasn’t too overwhelming.
Decaf & Herbal TTB, tea #4
I have to agree with Arby in all point related to flavours. I prepared it hot, but it still was very refreshing and citrus forward. As a backbone there is working peach and its sweetness; sadly I didn’t notice any acai in this. Again, plus points for mouthwatering tea wrapper, great for my collection.
Decaf & Herbal TTB, tea #3
Not bad, to be honest! Camomile was fine, vanilla wasn’t fake, honey was sweet and surprisingly not fake either. Very mellow and smooth in the throat, relaxing and enjoyable. I wouldn’t drink this one regularly, but it would be nice to have a few, when looking for camomile tea. As I don’t like plain camomile, this seems like a blend that I can drink.
