1403 Tasting Notes
Dexter passed this unopened packet along to me in her surprise box of tea sample gifts. Thank you, Dexter! (Come back!)
Beautiful Ceylon veering in the direction of Darjeeling with those lovely rich caramel raisin notes. And citrus, of course.
It has been making a tired challenging day much better.
And thank you, teabento, for your generous and delicious samples!
I’d like to comment on the Root Beer Float Black tea which I drank the other day, but Steepster refuses to let me comment on that page. The page has a different appearance and the review tea clickie takes me to the Steepster sign in page. So there’s that.
Have you tried clicking on Edit, saving the tea description, and then clicking Review? I had to do this once and it worked.
It worked! Thank you, Leafhopper! Now, if I can only remember this trick the next time this happens.
Currently on day three of drinking this and this is what I’ve got to say for now.
I continue to love the base and I prefer the cups in which the cucumber is a subtle cool lusciousness in the background.The pepper spice is really gentle so far. I’ve been shaking the pouch regularly. I hope that despite my efforts the peppers are not all crowding each other at the bottom of the bag.
This wasn’t one that I was especially looking forward to because I somehow assumed that it was going to veer in the chai direction, but WOW! I love this. The base blend is completely my thing—Assam, Yunnan, Ceylon: sturdy, frisky, and a bit bready. The flavours are mild enough that the combination strikes me as a savoury one with no one taste predominating. I could get used to having this one around as a staple.
I edited this tea in Steepster. And how did I edit it? I added an exclamation mark because that is how it appears on the packet and rules, yanno.
Still deciding as this in my first try with this blend. It’s good. But it is not Banana Pudding.
(Although Anne’s Gone Bananas and a bit Coconuts Too was truly a fine one too.)
To be continued.
Well, this wee pouch is from the beginning of Anne’s reign at 52Teas. However, it has kept very well indeed, especially for leaf containing coconut. This last cup was just stellar. All the chocolate had settled and added to the wondrous thing that this tea was: vanilla, strawberry, cream, and cacao. Beeeeea—-uuuuuuu—ti—-ful!
I would most definitely like to see this one come my way again.
And it’s a sip down!
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(6 of 2019)
Daily, I cart three to four steeped travel tea mugs full of tea wherever I go. Yesterday, I had a full day meditation thing and as usual, I brought my tea.
When we have tea breaks, my meditation place sets out three or four big teapots of various bagged teas for the meditators.
Usually, the pot of black tea is Red Rose, but yesterday, it was Tetley black which to me tastes pretty much like Red Rose. I poured myself a cup and added a hefty glug of milk.
Despite being a tea snob, at meditation days, this and Red Rose taste like ambrosia. I carted my travel containers home, full as they were when I arrived.
I’ll just go with that.
Usually when I leave the house, I am gone for several hours or all day, so three or four mugs are much needed. It seems crazy to me to purchase cups of mediocre tea out in the world when I have mountains of the good stuff at home.
This unopened three-year-old sample bag of tea magically turned up yesterday as I was heading out for a day of meditation. Oh hurray and happy days! I love this one and the smoky cardamom spice worked beautifully on a bitterly cold day. All the flavours are in perfect balance. Exactly what I needed. I am currently on day two of this and enjoying it immensely. A profound help in dealing with the kid shrieking next door intermittently throughout the day.
Have we discussed tea and mental health?
Also, why don’t I have more smoky teas? They are such a delight to have on hand when needed.
From my samples basket. I can’t recall who was kind enough to share this with me. Perhaps it was Sil way back when?
This black tea has what I’ve come to think of as a French undertone—whatever that might mean to you . To me, it means a particular type of base and an intricate overlay of flavour. And then there’s a delicate nutty chocolate. Light and delicious.
Thank you to the person who shared it with me. It has been an enjoyable cup.
And it’s a sipdown!
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