104 Tasting Notes
I made my usual three cup pot, and I have to say that it was better than actually taking echinacia pills. I hate taking the pills. There was hint of a flavor that I associate with that raw, cabbage like taste of the loose chamomile I tried recently. But just a hint and not nearly as over powering. I’m wondering if that is the taste of the echinnacea itself.
I couldn’t taste the eucalyptus, but there was definitely a mintyness that I liked. It definitely opened up my sinuses, and honey helped that vaguely bitter flavor.
Not really sure about the rating. It may not taste amazing, but it certainly seems to do the job.
Preparation
Since I was pretty sure I was going to love this just from the smell, I immediately made a three cup pot when I got home from shopping this evening. The smell of fresh, hot blueberry muffins filled the kitchen when I poured the first cup.
The taste in the first two cups was not as intense as I thought it would be. It was very berry, but not blue berry. Then I added some honey to the second cup, and the blueberry flavor just popped for me. I could taste the honey as well, but instead of masking the flavor of the blueberries it seemed to bring it out.
The last cup was the same. I’m so happy I picked this up this evening.
Preparation
I think one of the things I’m beginning to like most about loose leaf tea is that every time you brew it, the tea tastes a little different. This time the smell was more like fruit loops but the taste had less citrus to it.
Still yummy, just a little different.
Preparation
So I think I’ve finally hit on the best way for me to drink this chai. 2tsp of tea/cup, and I did a slightly better job of measuring the boiling water when I put it in the ingenuitea. I prepared my cup by putting a tsp or so of crystallized honey and say about a fourth of a cup of milk into my mug.
When I let the tea drain into my mug, it almost over flowed, but the temperature was just hot enough to melt the honey, and it was drinkable after a few stirrings. It was very milky, and I guess it was what you could call a chai latte. It was good. The apple flavor was right there in front, not masked by the honey, and the spice caused the slightest tingle on my lips and tongue.
Very drinkable, so I’m going to bump the rating.
Preparation
By steeping this earl grey for 2 minutes instead of 3 I suddenly have some thing yummy I can drink without additions, well except for a teaspoon of honey. However, that is just to round out the bitterness at the end of the cup. Not sure why the last swallow was so bitter, but I was able to do a second steep, and that last swallow was bitter as well, even with the honey. Still, I enjoyed it enough to bump the rating..
Preparation
I’m just a little afraid of this. I’ve had chamomile tea in a bag before, but the loose tea was just too much. I’ve decided that I need to taste the rest of the tea in my possession, so I thought I would try it again in the bag.
The smell of the tea bags is like the loose tea, but not nearly as strong. I’m brewing this in my three cup pot.
First cup: A lovely, almost golden color. The smell is sweet, unlike the loose tea. Starting to feel a little better about this. First sip — can taste the vegetation but it’s not nearly as intense.
Second cup: Pretty much as the first. I wish I had brought the honey with me, but I usually don’t put honey in my chamomile. For some reason, I feel overly sensitive to the taste. I keep expecting to take a sip and get that horrible cabbage like taste I got from the loose chamomile flowers. I’m not sure why, but I do.
There will be no third cup. I used to like chamomile just on its own, but not anymore. Especially, since I usually find something far more tasty and exciting in my tea cup nowadays.
