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Homemade Advent Calendar from Arby: Day 21

I wasn’t sure what to expect with this one, as Arby included a note that it can skew sour, especially when brewed hot. I cold-brewed it and am drinking it as I wind down this evening. It’s pretty complex and interesting, with a faint herbal bite that I associate with aromatic bitters. Maybe it’s the orange or lemon peel? There’s also some sweetness, and then lots of bright fruit notes.

Flavors: Apple, Bitter, Citrus, Citrus Zest, Herbaceous, Herbal, Orange, Sweet

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Pretty average black tea with some bergamot and vanilla notes, very astringent aftertaste. Fine but not one I would reach for with all the other great black teas I have.

Flavors: Bergamot, Blueberry, Vanilla

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 5 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 10 OZ / 295 ML

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drank An Irish Dram by Demmers Teehaus
1792 tasting notes

In spite of this being a few years old, it has upheld its flavour incredibly well. For a Ceylon, it isn’t too astringent. While the leaf smells creamier, when it comes to the flavour, this tastes more like straight up whiskey than Irish cream. And not a smoky whiskey, either. Very subtle. I’m not a fan of whiskey myself but this reminds me of the liquor-laced fillings found in holiday chocolates.

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Arby Advent Day 14
The orange in this is so bright and tasty. The spices are warming underneath, with clove being the most obvious flavor. There’s a tiny bit of bitterness from the peel of the orange, but it’s a relatively well-balanced blend. I’ve enjoyed this one both warm and cold. The spices and fruit combine so well – I’m a fan!

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Strong milk, warm butter and butterscotch aroma, solid ooolong notes in the background.
Subdued bitterness, strong milky aromas, subtle buttery aftertaste.
Certainly unusual, but really good.

Flavors: Butter, Butterscotch, Earth, Milk

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 5 min, 0 sec 5 g 12 OZ / 350 ML

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Flavors: Apple Skins, Astringent, Jasmine, Passion Fruit

Preparation
170 °F / 76 °C 2 min, 30 sec 3 g 7 OZ / 200 ML

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Preparation
Boiling 2 min, 45 sec 6 tsp 51 OZ / 1500 ML

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Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec

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drank Christmas Carol by Demmers Teehaus
63 tasting notes

So, I did buy couple of christmas teas. Still I don’t actually know how orange tea has anything to do with christmas, but I don’t care since this is pretty good orange tea despite christmas tea status. It smells like orange candy and tastes nicely tangy and sour just how I like my citrus teas. I have heard before that Demmers Teehaus makes good tea and I had to see if it’s true or not, it is.

Flavors: Orange, Sour, Tangy

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I was interested in rooibos earl grey last year, at the Thé-o-dor shop, while smelling all of their sublime rooibos blends. With limited luggage space, I ended up restocking a few other favorite blends, thinking this simpler idea might be easier to find, and test, from other blenders. And did find this one. It was a bit cheaper, a reasonable around 5 euros per 100 grams. And that kind of shows – the rooibos is not as smooth as from some other brands, the bergamot is a bit too-much. It still makes for a very nice cup of tea, if I am careful to not brew it too hot (bergamot goes bitter) nor too weak. It´s just perfect for a late afternoon cup of tea, when I am already weary of too much caffeine but want something more tea-like than a mere tisane.

Flavors: Bergamot

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 6 min, 15 sec

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drank Rooibos Peach by Demmers Teehaus
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A little while ago Anna sent me a sample of Lupicia´s Jardin Sauvage – a Jekyll and Hyde tea for me. I loathed it when brewed hot and absolutely loved it when I cold steeped it overnight. It did wake me to the possibilities of cold brewed flavoured green rooibos, which is such an awesome concept for me in the summertime.

I was reminded of that Lupicia tea when I chanced upon this green rooibos with peach. Blender is another of those kind of generic german (austrian in this case, i believe) blenders – you know, not expensive teas, lots of flavoured teas, a certain propensity for adding sunflower petals, dried carrot or pineapple or grapefruit rind to unlikely teas. This one just has the sunflower petals and it´s pretty much what you would expect – not as awesome, or subtle or full ot interesting secondary flavours as the Lupicia. But it is nice, and it is much much cheaper than the Lupicia, a definite plus particularly for a iced tea. Flavour is mostly artificial, but not too cloying and it´s kind of one of those correct does-what-it-says-on-the-label teas. No surprises or hidden depths, but it does make very nice, and very lazy, iced tea – put some tea in a bottle, pour water and put in dridge, strain whenever you want it, sweeten if you want. I suspect the 100 grams I got will not make it to autumn.

Preparation
Iced 8 min or more

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drank Wintermärchen by Demmers Teehaus
1024 tasting notes

Coziness in a cup for a chilly night.

I made this up last night but I also had McDonalds for dinner and the Maccas made me feel gross, so this didn’t get drunk.

But then I did the trashy thing of microwaving the cold cup tonight and now it’s perfect.

0.6°C. Just waiting for that electric blanket to warm up so I can keep watching Orange is the New Black but from the comfort of my warm bed.

ohfancythat

I’ve done that before, can’t let tea go to waste!
I’ve done it with coffee too and surprisingly it wasn’t terrible

Orange is the New Black, I’m starting season 2 tonight!

Memily

Yup that’s what I did too! I’m in a “three episodes a night” groove now, just finishing S02E06. Some great back stories coming out.

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drank Wintermärchen by Demmers Teehaus
1024 tasting notes

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drank Wintermärchen by Demmers Teehaus
1024 tasting notes

Aaaaand after drinking cold virus teas all day I returned to this one for a bedtime hug.

Sipdown is gonna be so much sooner than I thought thanks to last night’s party!

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drank Wintermärchen by Demmers Teehaus
1024 tasting notes

I brewed up a big jug of this last night for Eurovision finale and it was a huge hit.

Go Austria! In both senses (Eurovision AND tea)!

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drank Wintermärchen by Demmers Teehaus
1024 tasting notes

I got sent this as a gift from my beautiful wonderful Loops in Austria, after she came to visit me, because she is selfless and so thoughtful. So it’s already very special to me, before I’ve even tried it.

Tonight I finally did try it though! It’s the start of the proper descent into winter lately, and tonight I rode home in quite biting drizzle and wanted something warm and delicious. This was calling.

I’ve been having a good huff of it once a month and it smells like a delicious pile of glühwein spices. Well, tonight I can confirm that it also tastes like glühwein, without the wine. Yum. So cosy and wintry and I wonder if you could actually make glühwein with it!? Maybe I’ll find out in a few weeks, hmm…

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I haven’t really enjoyed darjeelings for the last couple of years. I have always participated in First Flush -tastings whenever possible, I felt that DJs are supposed to be tasted every spring. It was my duty, but not a particular pleasure.

I haven’t tasted anything from Teesta Valley specifically, so I am comparing this to my general memories of Darjeeling FF2010.

Dry leaves were especially green, I recall last year’s leaves were darker. This is also reflected in taste, this tea was really light. Taste sort of flows through me, it is hard to get hold of anything but a sweet, somewhat floral aftertaste. I find this taste seducing, teasing, but pleasant. Maybe this year I enjoy Darjeelings!
Aftertaste hit pretty quickly, and it is sort of honeylike, floral berrythingy.
There aren’t any elements I commonly associate with black teas, and that I like. It may be my light brewing, I used few leaves in a low temperature. I tried later with more leaves and hotter water, and I think the tea lost its balance with higher temperature.
Overall a really nice tea to have.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 1 min, 30 sec

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drank Earl Grey Royal by Demmers Teehaus
237 tasting notes

I made a nice little pot of this today but then was immediately called into a meeting and didn’t get a chance to try it until several hours later, when it had gone quite cold. I’ll hold off rating until I get a chance to taste it properly, but I do think it will be a good one. It’s got some jasmine in there too, so I’m hoping the two aromas/flavors will play nicely together.

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

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drank Yamamoto by Demmers Teehaus
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I love this. So refreshing, just the right amount of citrus, and a gorgeous smell. Great wake up/mid morning drink.

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Bio vanilla lemon white is fresh and energetic tea. Sweet lemony smell and golden colour. First sip is pure lemon and then later some vanilla. I would like the vanilla aroma to be a bit stronger. Overall an exellent white tea.

Preparation
160 °F / 71 °C 2 min, 0 sec

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This tea is great. It has great aroma and tastes delicious. Keep the loose tea sealed so it doesn’t loose it’s aroma. I brew it by the pot and the longer it sits the better it tastes. It doesn’t go bitter on me.

Preparation
Boiling 8 min or more

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