58 Tasting Notes

20

Just got this from amazon. Hoping for a cheaper/easier-to-brew alternative to my favorite jasmine pearls.
Opening the bag, I got a very strong jasmine smell, which was promising. I was expecting to smell less jasmine. Right away, the tea started turning a deeper yellow than the pearls when I started pouring the water. After two minutes, it’s a strong, bright yellow color. The smell is weird, though. There’s some sort of chemically-ness or sharpness. It kind of reminds me of crayons, weirdly. Like, melted crayons. Maybe candle wax, kind of chemically and burnt. Weirdly heavy and not good. The tea itself is stronger and more bitter than the pearls – a little earthy/grassy. Overall, not an enjoyable experience. My beloved jasmine pearls would never do this to me. Definitely a sign I need to quit dilly-dallying and just order more pearls already!

Update: My girlfriend can’t smell the crayon thing I’m complaining about and says it just smells like green tea, so maybe it’s a personal thing.

Flavors: Bitter, Grass, Jasmine

Preparation
170 °F / 76 °C 2 min, 0 sec 8 OZ / 236 ML
Courtney

What a bizarre experience — melted crayons? That sounds awful!

Martin Bednář

I think that anything bagged won’t fill the loose leaf version of anything. Sorry you have bad experience.

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40

I picked up this tea in a tin of 15 sachets last night at target. I was hoping to find a jasmine green tea of some sort, but they didn’t have any and this was only $3! It says it’s a mix of black tea, oolong, and green with peach. I definitely smell “peach flavor”, and taste a very generic, mildly bitter/astringent black tea. It’s not bad – would probably be a lot better with milk/sugar/etc. I could see the peachiness growing on me, but for now, I’ll give this one a 40/100. Not mad about it for $3 and a reusable tin.

Flavors: Astringent, Bitter, Peach, Tea

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 2 min, 0 sec 8 OZ / 236 ML
gmathis

In its earliest days (probably when you were small enough to have imaginary tea parties with your teddy bears), I couldn’t say enough good about this one. Its later evolutions are OK, but way too finicky to get the flavor balance right.

Madeline

I didn’t realize Tazo had been around that long. Founded the year before I was born, looks like. Would be interesting to know what the earlier evolutions tasted like! This one actually wasn’t as bad as i rated it, need to come back to it!

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90

I’ve been drinking this tea every morning while I work – I’m hooked! Very floral/fragrant. I’m not even drinking coffee in the morning any more. I can’t put my finger on exactly why I’m so in love with this tea. I kind of wish I liked it a little less so I could drink my other teas at a more even rate!

Flavors: Jasmine, Sweet

Preparation
165 °F / 73 °C 1 min, 45 sec 8 OZ / 236 ML
Courtney

Hahah, yeah this happens to me too. I just end up with the go-tos I drink almost every day and try to intersperse others where I can.

Martin Bednář

Finding a tea you love is always a bad sign for all other teas!

Madeline

Haha, happy you all understand. Do you guys have current favorites? I’m having a cheaper version of jasmine green tea delivered to my PO Box today. Hopefully it can be my new go-to! We shall see!

Martin Bednář

I tend to don’t have any favorites… all teas are same; depends on the mood what I want to drink…

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77

This tea is good, but after drinking so much of the milky oolong and jasmine pearls, I have to bump it down a couple notches. I appreciate the caffeine though!

Flavors: Mineral, Wet Earth

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec 8 OZ / 236 ML

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85

Wow, this tea is good. Made several cups towards the end of my work day, brewing no more than 2 mins each. The leaves expanded so much! It was cool to see and the smell/taste is similar to a sweetened milk. It reminds me of vanilla, but I don’t think it tastes like vanilla.. (haha, it’s a hard flavor/smell for me to pinpoint!) Very very enjoyable and light. The smell of the loose leaves is super sweet to me, so I was worried it would taste overwhelming and artificial, but it was very pleasant. I could ramble about this tea and the Jasmine pearls I got for a long time, but I have to get back to drinking the tea!

Flavors: Honey, Sweet, Tea

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 2 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 5 OZ / 147 ML

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Second Pu-erh, first time packaged in a fruit like this. I poured boiling water over the entire thing after rinsing it quickly and let it steep for 3 minutes. It came out a color as dark or darker than my dark roast coffee. Immediately, it smells strongly like black pepper to me (without the spiciness). I like the wet earth and woodsy tastes and smells but the bitterness and pepper taste is too overwhelming for me to enjoy it properly. Not awful but not good. Will finish it and try a shorter steeping time :)

Update: Removing the number rating because I steeped it for waaaay too long

Flavors: Bitter, Black Pepper, Wet Earth, Wood

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 3 min, 0 sec 10 OZ / 295 ML
Martin Bednář

Try as well another steeps. First ones may be bitter, but just re-use the leaves and add water to them. They will still make a tea; though little weaker.

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90

My girlfriend visited Yellow Mountain Tea House today and brought me back some tea! This tea was one of my requests. I’ve never had jasmine green tea before so I was excited to try it. The floral fragrance is strong. It caught me off guard at first, but I really enjoyed it. I found the tea to be very light and mild. Perfect for relaxing and playing board games.

Flavors: Jasmine, Tea

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 3 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML
Cameron B.

I’m rather picky about floral teas, but I do love jasmine! Even though it can be rather strong, it has a nice sweetness and doesn’t overwhelm me like rose and more heady florals can.

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75
drank Ginger-Lemon by Teekanne
58 tasting notes

I really liked this tea! (Another one from Martin – thank u!) A good balance of ginger and lemon. I’m going to have to get some more of this or something similar – probably my favorite caffeine-free tea right now.

Flavors: Ginger, Lemon

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 6 min, 0 sec 8 OZ / 236 ML

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40

(Thanks to Martin for sending!) Brewed for 3 minutes in a makeshift gaiwan while attempting to watch the presidential debate. Flavors and smells may be affected by how disoriented I am by Trump’s blabbering, it was nice to have a hot cup of tea to stabilize myself. I notice a strong peach smell and sour peach taste. The rose smell blends strangely with the peach. Rose always tastes a little soap-y to me so it might be different for other people. A very different-tasting tea overall, not my favorite, but might try it with milk and sugar and see how it tastes later :)

Flavors: Peach, Rose, Sour

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 3 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 3 OZ / 88 ML
Martin Bednář

Apparently none of us are happy with this blend. That happens and I am somehow glad I am not only one :D

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50

Smells like and tastes like cocoa powder. That’s pretty much the only smell/taste I get though. Compared to the Emperor’s Pu-erh this one has has hardly any flavor. Drinkable, though. I just find the chocolatey-ness annoying. Might be better with creamer/sugar.

Flavors: Cocoa

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 5 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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