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Another Sipdown!

I tried this twice, and just never cared for it. The lime smelled great but didn’t carry into the flavour enough. And the base was odd – Kept getting that weird salty flavor I’ve found in a few teas now…

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Fjellrev 12 years ago

Ugh, too bad about the base. Hope I won’t get the same flavour from it.

TeaLady441 12 years ago

Probably not? I think I’m the only one who gets it – caused partly by my combo of my water and steeper maybe too?

Fjellrev 12 years ago

I was going to say, speaking of the earlier comment about water and location, I wonder if that may be part of the problem. I’ll watch for a salty flavour when I get mine in.

Yvonne 12 years ago

This one sounds really interesting!

VariaTEA 12 years ago

This never worked for me either, Cavo. I tried the whole sample and was disappointed each time :(

TeaLady441 12 years ago

Hmmm. I’m happy it’s not just me because I ordered some other teas from Herbal Infusions and I don’t want them all to be the same. I wonder if they use the same base for all their black teas? It’d make it easier for me to figure out what it is about certain teas that makes it “salty” and others not. I’ll have to add notes to my tea spreadsheet and track this: FOR SCIENCE.

VariaTEA 12 years ago

haha FOR SCIENCE! Also, I think their base is the same for most of the ones I tried. I know I picked up on the same base flavor in Moose Tracks, Key Lime Coconut, and Santa’s Milk & Cookies. I haven’t tried many of their teas though so I might not be the expert on that topic.

Dexter 12 years ago

(am I the only one that doesn’t have a tea spread sheet… ? )

Sil 12 years ago

dexter….possibly haha

keychange 12 years ago

dexter, no tea spread sheet here either!

OMGsrsly 12 years ago

I think they use the same base for pretty much all their black teas, and sadly I don’t like the base at all.

TeaLady441 12 years ago

OMGsrsly – I was afraid of that, but I did like Moose Tracks, so I grabbed 50g of that and the Snowflake EG. There’s a few samplers so I’ll see how those go.

TheTeaFairy 12 years ago

(Haha, Dexter, I don’t have one but sounds like a great idea!)

OMGsrsly 12 years ago

I haven’t even tried all my samples yet. I have this one, but I’m a little scared.

TeaLady441 12 years ago

Yes! Spreadsheets are an excellent way to summarize all your tea thoughts, as well as notes on if you should repurchase it, how you prefer to drink it etc. I love excel bc it’s so easy to search for one specific tea out of hundreds.

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Fjellrev 12 years ago

Ugh, too bad about the base. Hope I won’t get the same flavour from it.

TeaLady441 12 years ago

Probably not? I think I’m the only one who gets it – caused partly by my combo of my water and steeper maybe too?

Fjellrev 12 years ago

I was going to say, speaking of the earlier comment about water and location, I wonder if that may be part of the problem. I’ll watch for a salty flavour when I get mine in.

Yvonne 12 years ago

This one sounds really interesting!

VariaTEA 12 years ago

This never worked for me either, Cavo. I tried the whole sample and was disappointed each time :(

TeaLady441 12 years ago

Hmmm. I’m happy it’s not just me because I ordered some other teas from Herbal Infusions and I don’t want them all to be the same. I wonder if they use the same base for all their black teas? It’d make it easier for me to figure out what it is about certain teas that makes it “salty” and others not. I’ll have to add notes to my tea spreadsheet and track this: FOR SCIENCE.

VariaTEA 12 years ago

haha FOR SCIENCE! Also, I think their base is the same for most of the ones I tried. I know I picked up on the same base flavor in Moose Tracks, Key Lime Coconut, and Santa’s Milk & Cookies. I haven’t tried many of their teas though so I might not be the expert on that topic.

Dexter 12 years ago

(am I the only one that doesn’t have a tea spread sheet… ? )

Sil 12 years ago

dexter….possibly haha

keychange 12 years ago

dexter, no tea spread sheet here either!

OMGsrsly 12 years ago

I think they use the same base for pretty much all their black teas, and sadly I don’t like the base at all.

TeaLady441 12 years ago

OMGsrsly – I was afraid of that, but I did like Moose Tracks, so I grabbed 50g of that and the Snowflake EG. There’s a few samplers so I’ll see how those go.

TheTeaFairy 12 years ago

(Haha, Dexter, I don’t have one but sounds like a great idea!)

OMGsrsly 12 years ago

I haven’t even tried all my samples yet. I have this one, but I’m a little scared.

TeaLady441 12 years ago

Yes! Spreadsheets are an excellent way to summarize all your tea thoughts, as well as notes on if you should repurchase it, how you prefer to drink it etc. I love excel bc it’s so easy to search for one specific tea out of hundreds.

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