Steep Information:
Amount: 5 tsp
Additives: none
Water: filtered, boiling, 1 cast iron teapot full
Tool: Cast Iron Teapot with Mesh basket strainer
Steep Time: a little over 6 minutes
Served: Hot
Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell:
MilitiaJim: It smells kinda like Jaegermeister. Very medicinal.
AmazonV: Peppers, cardamon, cinnamon.
Steeped Tea Smell:
MilitiaJim: It still smells medicinal.
AmazonV: Peppers, cardamon, cinnamon.
Flavor:
MilitiaJim: vaguely spicy
AmazonV: Sweet, orange, clove, cinnamon
Body: Full
Aftertaste: spicy
Liquor: cloudy orange-green-yellow
The taste reminded me of the holidays. We drank it as tea and did not make it as proper chai.
Post-Steep Additives: MilitiaJim added 1 tsp German rock sugar -“better now, sweet and spicy.”
Resteep: 7 min – weak, watery, cinnamon clove water with a hint of citrus – dumping it.
images: http://amazonv.blogspot.com/2010/03/teavana-loose-leaf-mate-tea-samurai.html
