189 Tasting Notes
Loose
Appearance: delicate leaf, white bits, greens, brown
Aroma when Dry: fruity, syrupy, jammy, guava, floral
After water is first poured: guava, slight floral
At end of steep: same
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: hints of green
Staple? Perhaps summer seasonal
Preferred time of day: afternoon, evening
Taste:
At first: crisp, fresh guava
As it cools ? notes open up, tea gets juicy
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, guava with a bit of tang, closing on a sweet note
Would be best chilled, revisiting in summer
Preparation
Loose
Appearance: dark loose leaf oolong
Aroma when Dry: fruity, syrupy, jammy, sweet plum notes
After water is first poured: earthy faintly sweet plum
At end of steep: syurpy, jammy, plum sweetness
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: meadowy green
Staple? No
Preferred time of day: afternoon
Taste:
At first: floral sweetness, plum, closes on a slight sour tang
As it cools ? All notes lighten, chalky note closes
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Briefly, slight sweet-tart plum notes
Preparation
Loose
Appearance: dark knobby oolong, berries and fruit noticeable
Aroma when Dry: fruity, syrupy, jammy, plum notes
After water is first poured: fruity, plum notes
At end of steep: light plum
Tea liquor:
At beginning of steep:
At end of steep: light brownish pink
Staple? No
Preferred time of day: unsure, first tasting
Taste:
At first: tart, jammy, slight astringency, closing on an odd sweet note
As it cools ? Stays jammy, sour, plum note changes in odd way, astringency increases, notes get cloying
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, plum, citrus notes, syrupy astringency
Preparation
Loose
Appearance: dark red-brown hibiscus, large apple and orange chunks
Aroma when Dry: peppery blood orange, fruity
After water is first poured: bright blood orange, tangy notes
At end of steep: warm blood orange tang
Tea liquor:
At beginning of steep: light sunset purple
At end of steep: deeper sunset purple-pink
Staple? No, still looking for a proper tart version
Preferred time of day: unsure, first tasting
Taste:
At first: tart, slight astringency, closing on an odd sweet note, the apple maybe?
As it cools? Apple and berry notes surface, and overwhelm the others
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, the apple high in the palate, some of the orange notes
Preparation
Loose
Aroma when Dry: fruity, notes of cactus, orange, fig
After water is first poured: fig and orange
At end of steep: cloying fruity, malowy
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: meadow green
Staple? No
Preferred time of day: unsure, first tasting
Taste:
At first: drying sandalwood notes, followed by orange, closing faint fig note
As it cools ? Notes open up into layered bitter, sour, grassy
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, astringent, bitter, grassy, soured fig close
Preparation
Bagged
Aroma when Dry: dusty, floral, jasmine perfumy
After water is first poured: floral jasmine
At end of steep: astringent floral
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: mossy green
Staple? Type yes, will not use this brand again
Preferred time of day: any
Taste:
At first: high astringency, closes with floral notes
As it cools? looses some astringency, floral notes flatten, tea gets very harsh grassy
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, with drying astringency
Preparation
Bagged
Aroma when Dry: tart, fruity
After water is first poured: sweet– tart, fruity
At end of steep: mellowed earthy, fruity
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: deep sunset-clay red
Staple? Type, yes, found some loose leaf options to look into for restock
Preferred time of day: any, as needed medicinally
Taste:
At first: warm, earthy floral, tart close
As it cools ? tart notes become more central in the palate, then mellow and blend, slight astringent note surfaces
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No, but have had with some added sugar, often in summer
Lingers? yes, herby and tart at the back of the throat
Great chilled
Preparation
Loose
Appearance: multi colored, large, fine leaf, several greens, bright red- orange safflowers, deep blue cornflower
Aroma when Dry: deep deserty sweet, almost spiced icing
After water is first poured: floral, buttery coconut
At end of steep: coconut spiced rice
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: med spring green
Staple? YES
Preferred time of day: afternoon, evening
Taste:
At first: coconut pulp, closing with hints of floral, tea lightens at close
As it cools ? Starts to get a honeyed coconut note, with hints of honeysuckle, and pineapple mint, gets thick brothy texture, hints of salt on close
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes lightly herby coconut notes, closing with white tea and hints of melon
Second steep (4 min)
Aroma: milky, buttery
Taste:
At first: lighter, spice notes deepen, notes layer, coconut cream notes finish
As it cools: notes open, tea gets creamier, brothy
Third Steep (5 min)
Aroma: light nuttycoconut
Taste:
At first:brothy, only hints of coconut and salt
Preparation
Loose
Appearance: rich, dark med size leaf
Aroma when Dry: creamy, sweet, desserty, butter
After water is first poured: peppery, creamy, sweet, silky, fresh
At end of steep: nutty, creamy, earthy
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: pale brown
Staple? YES
Preferred time of day: afternoon, evening
Taste:
At first: peppery creamy coconut and condensed milk
As it cools ? Gets creamier, reminiscent of cocoa froth, chestnut mixed with almost cashew sweet notes
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, smooth hints of spice, velvety close, almost like a light chai
Want to try chilled
Second steep (3 min)
Aroma: light milky, brothy
Taste:
At first: light, brothy, earthy, salty
As it cools: gets milky again
Third steep (6 min)
very light,milky, brothy, salty
Preparation
Loose,Powdered
Appearance: bright green, silky fine grain
Aroma when Dry: sweet, velvety, butter texture
After water is first poured: creamy, sweet, buttery
Tea liquor:
At beginning of steep: bright spring green, (after shaking) lighter froth highlights
At end of steep: color deepens a shade
Staple? Type yes, may reorder brand
Preferred time of day: any
Taste:
At first: Rich, bodied, somewhat vegital, chewy, hints of grass, brothy, no bitter notes
As it cools ? gets sweeter, milkier
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, with a velvety brothy, sweet (eastern) note
Good cooled