1443 Tasting Notes
Wow, this smells so peach juicy. Like concentrated peach juice, but somehow not cloying. Almost like the Tim Horton’s peach drink I enjoyed as a kid, but not fake.
There is the most subtle hint of astringency that I almost can’t decide if it’s really there. The peach flavour is much lighter in the taste, which is nice because it doesn’t come off artificial (which in my experience, often happens with peach). The apricot is subtle and I think just adds a bit of a boost in the background and helps the peach come off more realistically.
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2021 sipdown no. 78
Almost done these teas from Cameron!
This one is a delightful genmaicha. I always enjoy genmaicha, but certainly don’t drink enough of it to comment any more than that I enjoy it. I actually added a touch of marshmallow root just because.
I’ll resteep for a second steep as well.
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Where do you buy your marshmallow root? I was thinking about ordering some for this purpose!
I actually ordered some from iHerb (quite a while ago now), but here is the link: https://ca.iherb.com/pr/Frontier-Natural-Products-Cut-Sifted-Marshmallow-Root-16-oz-453-g/31011
:)
Almost done?! Time to send you some new ones! XD
2021 sipdown no. 77
I placed a CS order yesterday with this tea included, but this is the end of the stash currently in my cupboard, so I’ll count that as a sipdown.
I really enjoy this tea. It’s a unique tea and a nice change from my many malty teas. This one is more woody with hints of sweetness that are different than most of my other straight black teas.
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2021 sipdown no. 76
Sipdown of this sample sent my way from VariaTEA. This is just a lovely genmaicha blend. I enjoy the creamy aspect from the marshmallow and the hints of banana, since I generally enjoy banana in tea. So happy to have been able to try this one!
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2021 sipdown no. 75
I cold brewed this and somehow it’s even less enjoyable than hot brewed. The cold brew has allowed the full fledged cloying-ness to come forward and I just can’t understand why there has to be so many flavours in this tea. Less would definitely be more here.
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Matcha Tuesday? I saw many a matcha Monday post yesterday but couldn’t bring myself to make one. Today I took off work to power through some reports that are due Thursday and I knew matcha would help.
I haven’t tried many matches, but I love that this one comes out lovely and creamy with little to no bitterness. It’s always an enjoyable cuppa.
2021 sipdown no. 73
Sad sipdown of this one from VariaTEA. I really enjoyed this one because for whatever reason the blend of ingredients created a great balance with the bergamot and it just tasted wonderful to me.
I’ve contacted the company a couple times and have yet to find a way to order from them sadly, but still working on it, so hopefully I can one day order this one.
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Enjoying this tea shared from VariaTEA this morning. After two cats decided it was a carnival last night and not a Sunday before a work week, I got up (not woke up, you’ll notice) and knew exactly what tea I needed haha.
This tea is delightful when done correctly. I brewed it just under boiling today and it’s got a nice syrup-y quality with a slight maltiness.
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One time I was in Portland, Oregon, and saw an ad in the local paper for a kitty carnival. My time in the city was too short to marvel at that wonder.
haha derk. I can’t imagine! It’s also hard to imagine the “cat show” equivalent of a “dog show”.
Ha, three years later, my dad still complains that the cat act was cut from America’s Got Talent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxFx1k8Z9ns
Act starts around 1:15
WHAT! Now how long did it take to train those cats? The least trainable animal. haha. That’s amazing.
This is like a wee cup of soapy sweetness with slight edges of bitterness. It almost reminds me of Thrills gum, but not as enjoyable.
This one has to go to the swap pile.
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I love when people use the word wee to describe something small. It’s so cute, and I never hear it in the US.
I’d say it’s rare in most of Canada as well — I could be wrong, but I’d say it’s more an east coast thing :)
Indeed, it reminds me of the lovely years spent in Scotland :)
