Stephanie

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Stephanie drank Almond Cookie by SpecialTeas

Hmm..this does not seem as yummy at work today. The flavor seems curiously flat and sleepy. Wake up flavors!! I know it’s the water—it’s not hot enough. The hot water spigot at our water cooler tops out at 190. Definitely not hot enough. This needs to be steeped in boiling water (a “roaring boil”) to realize its full potential. I need my own hot water kettle for my desk!

How sad—I was looking forward to toasty Almond Cookie comfort today!

Lowering my score a bit for this tasting. :(

2010-04-20 14:53:10 -0400

190 °F / 87 °C

5 min 0 sec

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Rabs 2010-04-20 15:03:58 -0400

::Dislikes:: :(

Cofftea 2010-04-20 15:09:48 -0400

I find it interesting that you lower the rating when you know it’s just a matter of the water not being hot enough… now if we could have separate ratings for each tasting note I could totally understand it.

Stephanie 2010-04-20 15:29:23 -0400

Yeah, I thought it would be appropriate because it’s my experience for this tasting. I know it’ll be bunmped back up tonight when I could use boiled water!

Cofftea 2010-04-20 15:34:53 -0400

So then why change it when only your most current rating is visable? Tonite this rating will be gone if you change it.

Stephanie 2010-04-20 15:44:19 -0400

Oh it would be nice if the ratings were kept static for each tasting note! Since tasting can vary when we experiment with temps and times. Thanks for clarifying!

__Morgana__ 2010-04-20 16:50:50 -0400

Awww. Sleepy tea. :-(

Cofftea 2010-04-20 16:57:25 -0400

I just got a funny image of you b slapping this and yelling “WAKE UP!” LOL!

AmazonV 2010-04-20 18:09:30 -0400

awww :(

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