Steep Information:
Amount: 3 tsp
Additives: none
Water: 1 full cast iron teapot of filtered boiling
Steep Time: a little over 4 minutes
Served: Hot
Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: sweet and nutty (almond biscotti or cookie to AmazonV)
Steeped Tea Smell: almond cookie, or almond sweet breakfast cereal (Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds)
Flavor: not sweet almond black tea
Body: Medium
Aftertaste: astringent and bitter briefly (MilitiaJim says it doesn’t do that when hot)
Liquor: cloudy translucent reddish brown
Steepster Traveling Teabox Tea, grabbed because MilitiaJim loves almonds
MilitiaJim: It tasted more almondy than it smelled which is a good thing.
AmazonV: The smell was so sweet, I think the tea needs sweetening to match the scent. I also think a splash of almond milk would do it well. This was a great tea.
OMG this is near me, I can go there!!!!
Post-Steep Additives: none
Resteep: 8+ minutes, fail, watery almond water
images: http://amazonv.blogspot.com/2010/03/premium-steap-tea-store-loose-leaf.html
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Wow… I can’t believe it went from tasting good to watery by the 2nd steep even though you increased the steeping time by 4 min.
It’s a wonderful shop!!! And I agree – I think it tastes just like Honey Bunches of Oats!! They don’t really do pots of tea there, but if you ever want to get a pot of tea at Tbar let me know :) It’s great that we are both in the same area!
@Cofftea I was surprised too because it smelled so much like almonds when i sniffed
@JacquelineM I love Tbar! i don’t go much unfortunately because i work too much :(
Wow… I can’t believe it went from tasting good to watery by the 2nd steep even though you increased the steeping time by 4 min.
It’s a wonderful shop!!! And I agree – I think it tastes just like Honey Bunches of Oats!! They don’t really do pots of tea there, but if you ever want to get a pot of tea at Tbar let me know :) It’s great that we are both in the same area!
@Cofftea I was surprised too because it smelled so much like almonds when i sniffed
@JacquelineM I love Tbar! i don’t go much unfortunately because i work too much :(