30 Tasting Notes

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drank Peaches & Cream by DAVIDsTEA
30 tasting notes

hm technically I made this yesterday right before my shift at work started, and I liked it, but I didn’t find it as noteworthy as I would’ve liked. It wasn’t peachy enough for me, I suppose. I’m gonna try it again later just to see if I’m just going mad or smth.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 7 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
Anna

I’ve been curious about this one, but a ‘meh’ from you is a meh I trust.

Crystal O.

It’s honestly disappointing? I have been longing for a good peach tea, and with all the ingrediants, it should surely be up my ally. Alas, this is not a holy grail tea. It’s a decent, “I definitely can finish a couple ounces of this” tea, but not a holy grail “you must try this now” tea. Blue Lagoon is a much better fruit infusion.

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80
drank Blue Lagoon by DAVIDsTEA
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Hello, hi, Steepsters! Long time, no see. I haven’t had any new tea to review lately, and sometimes I feel a bit bad about leaving tasting notes for the same products over and over again, so I may have taken a little hiatus. But I can say I am happily back, because I am in supply of David’s Tea’s Spring Collection! It’s my first purchase from the company. (All my previous steeps were given to me.) I am excited.

So, basically, out of the collection, I decided to try Blue Lagoon first. I wanted a fruit infusion, and it has no caffeine; it won’t be affecting my night’s sleep. And I really like it! Smells beautifully first and foremost, and it tastes almost like blueberry candies. I can’t say I taste the lemongrass, but overall I am super in love with this.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 6 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 15 OZ / 443 ML

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70

So, like. I subscribe to Birchbox. If you already know, it is a subscription site where for ten dollars a month you get five samples of beauty items. When I joined, I said I was low maintenance and interested in food samples, so for this month, I got two tea satchels: White Vanilla Grapefruit and Paris, and well, I already know and very much in love with Paris!

I would’ve never thought to combine vanilla and grapefruit. It’s a very interesting melding of flavors. I first tasted the vanilla, truth be told, but as I further sipped, I tasted more and more of the grapefruit flavor. It’s a nice simple flavored tea. I think I would buy it when I allow myself to make tea orders again.

Flavors: Vanilla

Preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 3 min, 0 sec

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drank Sencha "Matsuri" by Lupicia
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I am not rating this tea just yet, because I want to try it again before I settle on the score. I have never made a tea as delicate as Sencha “Matsuri” — low water temperature and steep time, yikes — so I again just want to have a couple more goes at it. Like, I don’t know. I feel like I left the loose leaf in too long. It tasted a bit bitter.

:(

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 1 min, 0 sec

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85
drank Sakurambo by Lupicia
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Forgot to log this earlier, oops.

Monday nights are when I gather around with friends to watch Future MTV Classic Series™ Teen Wolf. This week, however, I had watch alone due to conflicting schedules. Terribly sad, but not gonna lie, it was super relaxing being about to just sit in, make some tea and watch a television program you hate as much as you love alone — and Sakurambo makes a great drink for that. It remains brilliantly fruity and smooth. I never have had to sweeten it, which I take that as a symbol of its quality. Basically, to say the same about every Lupicia I’ve tried: — it’s totally worth trying. You’ll be hooked.

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec

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90

I haven’t had this in the past month, so I decided to do another steeping. I really love this tea, you lot. The aroma is still ultra refreshing. It remains a smooth experience. One day I am honestly going to figure out of Lupicia does it. They are extraordinary.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 2 min, 30 sec 2 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML

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65
drank Good Morning by Lupicia
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Drinking a morning tea in the afternoon is surely the best way to start the day. This is one of the last teas from my Lupicia Happy Bag that I haven’t tried yet, and the reason for that is, I have never been a breakfast tea type person. Don’t get me wrong, — I love a mean Earl Grey like the rest of them, but ultimately, I prefer sweet and fruity black teas over bold ones. I often find them too bitter.

This one, however, is the exception. It is still a bold tea, but even with brewing it a minute longer than Lupicia’s recommendation, I had a very smooth experience. Anyway, I added two ounces of milk, so there’s that, haha.

I don’t think I’ll repurchase it nevertheless.

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec
Anna

I might try this now, just because you’re my Cosmic Lupicia Twin – if you think it’s pretty decent, it probably is.

Crystal O.

That’s a very high honor! :D

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75

I liked this tea as well. I have never had much chai in my life, so when Abby gave me this, I leaped at the chance to try it. Coco Chai had a very nice tropical flavor that blended nicely with the ginger, cinnamon and cloves. I located the honey and lemon sticks that I purchased from Fresh & Easy, a grocery chain, awhile ago. So I sweetened this as well.

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 4 min, 0 sec

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80
drank Forever Nuts by DAVIDsTEA
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When I placed my most recent Lupicia order, I had purchased a “medium” mesh infuser, believing it would fit my current teapot. It turns out I was wrong. It was too big, but it was the perfect fit for my oversized latte mug I purchased from Target sometime last year? Super happy, because I hated using it for tea. I never had an infuser large enough to steep a large quantity of tea.

Anyway, there’s a point to this. I should probably get to it. I made this today partly in celebration of Beck releasing the lead single to his upcoming album(, and I am “forever nuts” ‘bout Beck; haha, I am hilarious). It — the tea, that is — was given to me by Steepster user Abby Noelle. It was a little baby tin (hadn’t realized David’s Tea’s tea samplers were so absolutely adorable) and was enough for at least two small cups or one HUGE cup of tea. I obviously chose the latter. I mean, I wrote an introduction paragraph that foresaw that outcome.

I really liked it. I don’t sweeten my tea very often, so I had this one straight. I love almonds, so I appreciated the taste super well. I didn’t see how it was spicy, though. It tasted more sweet to me, but maybe that’s due to the fact I couldn’t really taste the cinnamon. I will have to do a second steeping to see if that draws it out more. But — yeah, this is a super messy log, I know. I just liked this tea, and after looking at their website, it’s super cheap. I would definitely pick up ounces of this.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 0 sec

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70

I had this earlier. I wanted to just get my steep in before I forgot. I don’t know what to say though other than “it’s a slight twist on a classic.”

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 45 sec

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