Steep Information:
Amount: 4 tsp
Additives: 1.5 tsp sugar
Water: 1 pot filtered boiling
Tool: Cast Iron Teapot with Mesh basket strainer
Steep Time: a little over 6 minutes
Served: Hot
Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: lemongrass, apple, hint of floral, hint of berry
Steeped Tea Smell: hibiscus, lemon, hint of floral
Flavor: sweet apple, hibiscus, lemon
Body: Full
Aftertaste: tang, probably from the hibiscus
Liquor: cloudy red/blood orange
One of MilitiaJim’s co-workers got this and didn’t like it. So knowing we’re tea addicts he gifted it to us.
It was OK hot, but delicious iced!
Post-Steep Additives: none
Resteep: 7 minutes, weak, watery, light pink
7 more minutes in same water, watery lemon, smells like roses
tossed the resteep
images: http://amazonv.blogspot.com/2010/03/teavana-loose-leaf-mate-tea-raspberry.html
