244 Tasting Notes

drank Fig Cheesecake by 52teas
244 tasting notes

Good but not great. Kind of cheesecakey in fragrance, but sort of generally dessert-like in flavour. [internal score: 65ish.]

creamer: none
sweetener: sugar

Flavors: Sweet

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML

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100
drank Highgarden by 52teas
244 tasting notes

Do you like floral teas? I do. But I’m used to single-flower blends, like just jasmine or just rose. Here we have a mini bouquet, and it’s gorgeous. I could easily drink this by the litre. The flavours are so complementary and smooth and not perfumey. It’s also a forgiving steep, delicious at any temperature.

creamer: none
sweetener:
– first serving: none
– second serving: a bit of rooh afza (rose-flavoured syrup)
– third serving: I didn’t get that far—Mum stole the rest of the packet!

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 2 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML

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drank Washington Apple by 52teas
244 tasting notes

I like bold flavours, and the apple in this blend is barely perceptible (more noticeable in fragrance than flavour). But I also don’t love strong apple teas, because they taste like hot apple juice, so I’d probably complain about a stronger apple presence, too. Let’s all feel bad for this blend: poor thing, there’s just no winning with me. [internal score: 60ish.]

creamer: none
sweetener: none

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 2 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML
gmathis

I love your ish-es.

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85
drank Grapefruit Green Tea by 52teas
244 tasting notes

I’ve learned that it’s safe to trust 52teas and now try all their teas in my stash, even if I don’t love some of their ingredients. Case in point, this grapefruit green tea. I don’t love grapefruit—but it occurs to me that I actually do like the flavour, I just don’t like the bit of bitterness it has more frequently than not. Here, we’ve got the lovely lightness and brightness of green tea, and the liveliness of grapefruit, without any of the bitterness. It’s fantastic.

creamer: none
sweetener: none
cautions: Drink hot. It got really bitter when it cooled.

Flavors: Grapefruit

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 2 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML

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drank Buddy's Eggnog by Yawn
244 tasting notes

This blend comprises black tea, cinnamon, ginger, and clove. These are not what occur to me when I think of ’nog. The cinnamon, maybe. But ginger and clove? Nah.

Flavors: Clove

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 2 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML
gmathis

Nutmeg is the only other spice that comes to mind when I think about eggnog. With ginger and cloves, you’ve got pumpkin pie without the pumpkin!

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72
drank Ruby Amaretto by Yawn
244 tasting notes

I love amaretto, so I was very happy to see it in a blend, but I’m not entirely sold on the rooibos base. It’s nice, but I think I’d like a black-tea base better.

Flavors: Amaretto, Rooibos

Preparation
Boiling 8 min or more 2 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML

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80
drank Cookie by Yawn
244 tasting notes

Once again, Yawn take a bunch of flowers and turn them into cookies. I support this sorcery 100%.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 2 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML

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drank Chocolate Orange by Yawn
244 tasting notes

I enjoy chocolate + orange, but I prefer keeping things simple. Tea, chocolate, orange. I didn’t find the basic formula improved by the addition of more ingredients. It could be that my palate isn’t sophisticated enough to appreciate it. =)

Flavors: Chocolate, Orange

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 2 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML

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drank Movie Night Popcorn by Yawn
244 tasting notes

This blend didn’t say “popcorn” to me at all. And also they added tartness to my beloved rooibos. Definitely not my cuppa.

Preparation
Boiling 8 min or more 2 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML

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drank Pumpkin Whoopie by Yawn
244 tasting notes

With apple and orange present, poor pumpkin didn’t stand a chance. And then cinnamon? Fuhgeddaboudit. I like the black tea base more than just a straight fruit blend, cos that usually just tastes too much like hot apple juice, but this still isn’t for me.

Flavors: Apple, Cinnamon, Hibiscus

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 2 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML

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2012.10.07: I hear people like to understand other people’s ratings, so here’s a loose guide:

01-29: Dear God, why.
30-49: I’ll finish this cup, I guess, but no more.
50-59: Meh.
60-69: Decent. Maybe I can blend it with something else and make it better.
70-79: Heeey, this is quite good!
80-89: I love it, but I’m not in love with it.
90-100: Permanently resident in my Happy Place.

Update: I have steeped, and it was good. =] Still a tea-ophyte, though.

This is a tea site, so I feel like “well, I’m Indian” should be enough of an introduction. Because, I mean, it’s kind of in my genes, right? But the fact of the matter is that I’m an absolute tea-ophyte.

I’ve just discovered a world beyond Celestial Seasonings. I’ve just discovered “sachets” instead of “normal” tea bags and bought my first loose tea sampler. I don’t get the whole water temperature and steep time thing yet, nor that if I want to get a yixiang tea pot, I’d need one for each type of tea. I have this infuser ball thing, but I haven’t used it yet.

Don’t cringe, but right now I’m still just boiling water and pouring it over a teabag, adding some sugar, and drinking a nice, hot cuppa. I’d like to learn more, I think, and I’d like to train my palate. I figure participating in this community is the best way to do that.

So ya. Hi!

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