Azzrian

Hahahahaha :)

Tell us how you really feel….

Waaaaaiiit… I thought you liked this one?

I really really really wanted to try it REALLY bad. I had waited for someone to have it for me to try and so I think maybe my expectations were far too high perhaps.
LOL Missy!
It was not terrible. It was just sort of – well you know – MEH was the ONLY way to explain it! LOL

Oh. I just bought this one and hadn’t tried it yet! LOL. I thought it was one of the ones going online-only, so I grabbed because I figured I wouldn’t get another chance.

I don’t think you will HATE it. I don’t know it was just so lacking for such a firm name. I mean WHISKEY ya know!

LOL
how long did you steep it for? somehow I find there is more flavour with a really short steep

Ummmmmmmm uhhhhhhhhhh duahhhhhhh well…probably at the long end of the suggested steeping time so probably 5 since they suggest 4-5 minutes.

Hahaha I was going to pick up a sample, but then decided against it. I am glad I didn’t this time around.. (though I am still VERY curious.. same with the White Tiger)

try it at 30-45 seconds. I kid you not! just use a teaspoon to scoop some out :)

Wow okay I will do this today and see what comes of it! Thank you Indigobloom!

Np! I was going to include that as instructions but some people don’t like it that way at all… me, I prefer it at about 90s for some reason :)

Wow, okay, I think Indigo is right! I tried my first cup of this at 90 seconds, and it seemed pretty tasty. Not the best cup of tea I’ve ever had or anything – basically, I probably won’t re-cupboard it, but I’ll be happy to drink the rest.

Then I had a second cup. Admittedly I re-steeped the leaves, but if the recommended time was 4-5 minutes, and my first steep was 90 seconds, I should probably be able to get a second cup out of them, right? Um. Right? Anyway, I gave it four minutes the second time.

And it’s really…flat? Like some sort of flavour came out in the longer steep that is killing everything I tasted before. It’s meh, yeah, meh. If this is how it normally tastes at a 4-5 minute steep and I hadn’t had the shorter steep, I’d be unhappy I bought it.

I will have to experiment with fresh leaves I guess!

I still have yet to getting around to trying it Indigoblooms way. Why would the tea company not tell you to do it this way in the first place is what I wonder. I have to get to this today. Frustrating.

DanielScott: I did that once myself, getting distracted at work and all of a sudden my second infusion was terrible! bleh!
Azzrian: I know right?! but David’s is known for being messed up with their steeping instructions. Also I’ve seen some people who genuinely prefer it at 4 min. shrugs

Funny, I’ve generally found DT’s instructions to be really good! Like I do it “my” way first, and it’s good, and then I do it “their” way and it’s way better!

Granted, maybe that’s because I tend to prefer blacks, and their blacks often really are better at 4 minutes or more.

oh yah their black tea instructions are great lol
It’s the green/oolong tea that gets me head scratching. Look at the water temp recs. Some of them say 94c! (good for some oolongs yeh but not a green! lol)