2291 Tasting Notes
Today I have decided to have teas I really like, even if I can’t completely taste them.
My BFF has gone grocery shopping for me (club soda, OJ, cat food) and is getting me breakfast (spicy Vietnamese beef stew with rice noodles).
I can breathe through my nose.
Things are looking up.
Tea, your texture is amazing. I can tell you taste like delicious things, even if I can’t really taste you. You’re sort of hinting at a bake shop today, which is interesting. I’m guessing that’s the black tea and honey commingling and making something delicious.
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Yay for things looking up :) I hope you can taste again soon!
Feel better soon! I’d send you over some Grapefruit Seed Oil if I had a less insane schedule this week. It seems to wipe out my colds in a day or so lately.
No worries, MissB. My BFF came over with some stuff for me. Although… grapefruit seed oil? Not an essential oil, but something you consume? I wonder if I can convince her to swing by the health food store for me.
I steeped this A Long Time, and added some coconut cream. When it was nice and hot it was sweet and creamy and delicious. Now that it’s cooling, it’s getting a little sour. So weird. Is it the almonds? The flavouring? What makes this tea go sour?! (I also steeped it in a ceramic travel mug, so it’s stayed pretty hot…)
I need to try a cold steep, I think. No room in my fridge right now though.
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I wonder if the apple would do that? I need to get more of this and experiment with it.
Maybe. I haven’t noticed it in fruit teas because I guess I expect the fruit to be a little tart.
“I steeped this oolong time” hahaha I’m sorry
Bad tea puns are always allowed. :)
Too matcha tea jokes
I used to love this tea, but the last few times I’ve tried it, it’s been awful.
Today it’s pretty good, but that might be due to impaired taste!
2 tsp, 16oz, 175F, 2 minutes.
Edit: It’s not making my teeth sticky today, so: bonus!
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Sipdown!
This isn’t a bad green, I just never ever reach for greens… so even though I’m not actually finished this tea, it’s a sipdown. Someone will receive this as a surprise tea. :D I just sanitized myself and my counter and set up little labelled baggies for a bunch of people. That should make it easier for me.
It steeps up pretty murky, and very sweet. Like, I can tell it’s sweet even through my cold of doom. I can even taste the strawberry, and think this would make an excellent cold brew. I’m just not interested in cold teas right now. Sorry, 3 litres of iced tea I have in the fridge. It’s not you, it’s me.
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I brewed a packet of this in 8 oz water. Anyone who’s tried it knows that is crazy strong.
I can’t smell the ginger. I can feel a little heat/taste some earthiness and sweetness when I drink it, but I can’t smell the ginger.
What.
I guess it’s time to drink the teas I have that I don’t really care for…
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Boo. My sense of taste is so gone today, all I can taste is the vitamin C from the rosehips, a bit of tartness from the hibiscus, and a faint berry flavour. I’m eating an apple, and the apple tastes SO sweet compared to the tea. Normally fruit teas are pretty sweet, but ugh.
It steeped almost 24 hours. 12 is generally best for fruity cold brews, I find. Not that it really matters right now.
To sweeten, or not to sweeten. That is currently the question. (I think I might make some honey syrup because the honey feels so good on my throat.)
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Cold steep! Fruity berry deliciousness!
It’ll be better once it’s sat overnight. 4 hours really isn’t long enough. Still, it’s refreshing and hydrating.
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I gave away all my herbals because of the hibiscus. Then I discovered the wonders of cold brewing and how that changes the flavor and now I am curious as to how they would have tasted if I tried them that way. Is the hibiscus strong in this?
Hell yeah. Speaking of hydration, are you feeling any better?
Umm, I don’t think it’s too strong as a cold steep. But I generally don’t mind hibiscus in my cold steeps. Especially if I keep them under 24 hours.
My lungs are still trying to escape my body. :) Not super fun, but at least the plague is not affecting eating or tea drinking… yet.
Aww. Bronchitis is a bitch. :(
Yep. And I get it almost every year. Whee.
Yeah, me too. :/
Any chance you’re interested in the rest of my English Toffee? It’s lost it’s amazingness for me sadly.
No thank you, but I do appreciate the offer. :) This one usually takes a lot of overleafing to be toffee flavoured. It’s just really good right now because I still can’t taste much. Definitely not a re-stock for me, unlike the Gingerbread. :)
I will try to overleaf it myself, I haven’t tried that yet. :)
Haha and I swapped out my Gingerbread.
Use 1.5 tsp per 6-8oz if you usually use 1 tsp. It’s better, but not quite fantastic. :)
Thanks!