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okay, I stand corrected, the 3min steep is the optimal time for this tea (yay scientific method!)
this tea is incredibly heavy on the cinnamon, has a smooth black tea base and there’s… something? that sort of clings to the tongue in a pleasant earthy-acid way — reminds me of the way hibiscus has a very specific taste!
it’s an overtly winter brew, and I wish they had more teas they made specifically for each season; alas, not all seasons have a ‘magical’ (consumerist) … vibe, I guess?
(on a personal note, my advisor FINALLY started reviewing my thesis, yay! enjoying this tea as I listen to the new Capitão Fausto album and continue trying to find stuff to cut to send my work to a conference as well)
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thank you so much ashmanra :) it sucks to deal with all the corrections, but hopefully I won’t have to hound the man in the near future
Back on the 3min steep time, and I think this may actually be better than the 4 minutes.
Although the black tea itself is pretty disguised, the ingredient that apparently leaves a film on my tongue is gone as well.
My philosophy for this tea is basically: considering how the shop advertised the different bases of this tea as basically interchangeable, I don’t think I’m actually SUPPOSED to be tasting the black tea and all its subtleties
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I know, I’m drinking Christmas tea in February
In my defense, I bought this in early December, however, at the time I was drinking the Japanese cherry green tea I finished yesterday, and I sipdown one loose-leaf tea at a time (and the bag this was in might not be the best, so now I have it in my airtight tea container)
The bag did not have any brewing instructions, so this is very much a trial run! I did 3min with water at about 95C, as some black teas come out a bit too earthy at the 5min mark and this is the tea I brought to work, so I need it to be drinkable; it’s easier to drink understeeped tea than oversteeped, in my opinion
Preamble aside, the tea itself!
Honestly, it is really Christmas-y, heavy on the cinnamon, but I can see this as a infusion used year-round.
However, I think it could have done with the full 5min, it felt a bit underdeveloped
Still, this is a fun tea :D
(also really cute, I’ll add a pic once I get home, forgot to take it before I left)
I love limited editions, they give me an excuse to, at least for some time, deviate from the typical tea I drink — it’s an excuse to branch out from my “regular” choices :)
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the one green tea my sister enjoys! (she only drinks black tea…)
smells like candy but is not overtly sweet
I know, for sure, that this tea will enter my usual tea rotation
(bought this at an Aveiro location with this name, hope it’s not a duplicate!)