16000 Tasting Notes
TRAVELLING TEA BOX!
Yeah so this might be the first early grey that I’ve ever had a cup of. Horrible I know, but keep that in mind :) This is technically the bagged version, but I’ll forgive it that. As a way of sampling a brand new tea, it’s not bad.
So earl grey….I haven’t had much experience with bergamot, so i’m assuming that’s what i’m tasting…but i can’t be certain. i think i can get behind this tea, but it wouldn’t be an every day tea. There’s a citrus zingy kinda of happening in this tea that confuses my mouth. It means i’ll need to try a few more earl grey’s as well just to see where i land on the whole EG thing…but this isn’t too shabby. This particular tea is really smooth though.
yeah… i think my train of thought just derailed…
I’ve noticed that with Harney & Sons … perhaps with them more than other companies, their bagged versions are just so lackluster in comparison to their loose leaf.
Aaah good to know! Thanks for the tip. I wasn’t a baaad cup just not used to earl grey I don’t think. But ill be trying more of H&S as I go I’m sure.
Loving the travelling tea box :)
Oooh, it’s good to know that about H&S, as I have some of their bagged teas and I’ve been underwhelmed. Thanks, LiberTEAS!
Sil, now I really want an Earl Grey blend called Prematurely (early) Grey. =P
I really want to try brewing this in milk. TO date, all my chai’s are simply brewed with water, which means i feel like i’m missing out on a whole other world of chai. Nik will need to come teach me the way of the chai lol As far as Chai’s go, this one is pretty well suited to my tastes. It’s not tooo spicy and nor is the cinnamon the overpowering flavour.
I agree that steeping in milk is really a whole different world of Chai. And most are really wonderful with the right honey. I tried clover and orange blossom and like those. Wild flower honey wasn’t as good.
oooh orange blossom honey… mmmm man that sounds good!
Sil, I’ve just been playing around, and what I’ve discovered is that I can’t really mess up chai. What I do is bring milk (cow, non-cow, whatever you drink) and water to a boil (maybe two parts water to one part milk? I just guess), then add tea and sugar. I let it simmer for a few minutes (3-5ish for black, 6-8ish for rooibos or honeybush) and then strain it into my mug. A couple of minutes here and there, a little more or less tea, it really doesn’t matter too much (meaning that nothing I’ve done has resulted in something undrinkable).
Hope that helps! =)
Oh, and I much prefer sugar (the brown granules—raw, turbinado, Demerara, whatever) to any kind of honey in chai. But everyone’s tastes are different, so try everything out and go with whatever works for you!
I tend to like my chai brewed with half-and-half or fat free half-and-half. I like the creaminess it adds. However, it does seem to mute the spices somewhat (I use 2 parts milk to 1 part water) so I use about twice the tea that I would normally. I’ve also found at least with Butiki that if I steep in this method, I can leave the tea steeping for the time it takes to drink an entire pot and it doesn’t get a bit bitter at all. I can also usually get a second pot, though it isn’t as strong.
Nice! More stuff to try, thanks Nicole! =)
mmmmmm smoothie! I totally didn’t get a chance to make one yesterday and I missed it. While i thoroughly enjoy this matcha, I’m leaning towards either not ordering it again or trying it with a black base. I’m starting to find that the cookies part of this isn’t quite what I want from a cookies n’ cream flavour. It helps when i add a wee bit of chocolate to the mix but it’s not quite there for what i’m looking for.
Alright Stacy….I did it. I tried it lol. Picked this up as a sample in my last Order from Stacy because it might just be green oolongs that are all wrong for me.
Verdict on this one? It’s not too shabby and doesn’t bear that distinctive OOLONG taste that makes my mouth cringe. However, that being said I don’t know that I’d pick this up again just to enjoy. It’s a really nice tea but it doesn’t have the kickass haaalloooooo! That I like from my straight teas. DOnt get me wrong it’s a great tea for oolong lovers :) just not for sil :) really glad I tried it though cause its a really nice tea…with no oooooolongy taste! Haha
Travelling tea box!
So I’m going to let this one air out a bit before I try it again because there’s a bit of a smokiness to it that I think likely came from one of the other teas in the tea box. First impression though, is that this has the potential to be a good little tea. Holding out on rating it though until I get a chance to let it air for a bit.
Travelling tea box!
So I don’t hate this but I totally see how others have called it “pledge” haha I think this might actually be kinda good if you cold brewed it and added sugar so ill have to try that with the rest of my sample :) hot it’s a little intense, and there are more interesting teas that do this better heh
Travelling tea box!
Yeah…so I figured I’d give David’s another chance since I have easy access to them..but again, i find myself disappointed. This isn’t really “salted” caramel…it’s caramel. Which would be fine except the coconut in this throws the caramel off just a bit.
Do you only have a sample size of this one? It sounds tasty!
No I have the small size, used to only have the sample but when I won the contest this is the one I picked up. You’re welcome to have a bit if we can get you out of your rock before I finish drinking it all lol
Oooooh, ok! I will try. Maybe if stuff is going well we can meet up in December! :)