This is such a great tea to take in a travel mug, and I don’t know why, exactly. I think it’s partially because it’s an herbal so it can steep pretty much forever, and can really withstand all sorts of sloppy parameters. I steeped two tsp in about 12 oz of water for ten minutes, and got a very naturally sweet, full-on banana flavour with a touch of nutty dryness (though a little less so in this cup) at the end of the sip. I hope I never become sick of this tea. For some reason, there are very few teas I can enjoy in a travel mug, and so when I find one, I hold on to it for dear life. Do you guys find that travel mugs mute flavours very severely as well?
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Yeah, which is a big reason why I don’t use travel mugs as much as I thought I would. That, and the pain of trying to clean them out and wash out sunk-in smells.
Yes my Timolinos take away quite a bit of flavor from my tea, even after pouring it in a cup after it’s been transported in one. I hardly ever take unflavored teas to work in my travel mug due to this. Only usually pretty heavily flavored teas.
Oh I’m so glad it isn’t just me, then. I have to be very careful about taking teas into work, because I don’t want to inadvertently hate on a tea just because my travel mug is muting its flavours. I agree that only strongly flavoured teas do well in them.
I have a sample of this in my 24 days of tea! Since I usually work 6 days a week the tea I drink throughout the day is through travel mug so I’m glad this goes well in it :).
Yes, my travel mugs mute the subtle flavours of straight up teas. Very sad. I think it is because the false fruity flavours have become embedded in the silicone of my carry mug especially. Not so much in my timolinos. I wonder if one used one travel mug only for pure greens for example, would it still tamper with the flavour as much. My next experiment.
Yes, I’ve actually been doing something similar. Highly spiced/cinnamon teas go into my coral curve mug. Other, fruity flavours go into my mulled wine one. And I’m thinking of buying another one (obviously!) for straight blacks. That might be one way around it.
Yeah, which is a big reason why I don’t use travel mugs as much as I thought I would. That, and the pain of trying to clean them out and wash out sunk-in smells.
Yes my Timolinos take away quite a bit of flavor from my tea, even after pouring it in a cup after it’s been transported in one. I hardly ever take unflavored teas to work in my travel mug due to this. Only usually pretty heavily flavored teas.
Oh I’m so glad it isn’t just me, then. I have to be very careful about taking teas into work, because I don’t want to inadvertently hate on a tea just because my travel mug is muting its flavours. I agree that only strongly flavoured teas do well in them.
I have a sample of this in my 24 days of tea! Since I usually work 6 days a week the tea I drink throughout the day is through travel mug so I’m glad this goes well in it :).
Yes, my travel mugs mute the subtle flavours of straight up teas. Very sad. I think it is because the false fruity flavours have become embedded in the silicone of my carry mug especially. Not so much in my timolinos. I wonder if one used one travel mug only for pure greens for example, would it still tamper with the flavour as much. My next experiment.
Yes, I’ve actually been doing something similar. Highly spiced/cinnamon teas go into my coral curve mug. Other, fruity flavours go into my mulled wine one. And I’m thinking of buying another one (obviously!) for straight blacks. That might be one way around it.