cteresa

I am getting a cold, so not a good time to be enjoying any new teas. But this was the exception, ginger tea usually really helps my throat. Fresh ginger tea is the most effective but that takes work and when getting a cold all I want is to toss a teabag into a cup of boiling water. Twinings´ Ginger and Lemon has been pretty useful at being that so far. But a while ago I was given this Pukka sample, which I was saving for the right occasion.

It´s OK to good. It´s not too spicy, nothing comparable to the kick of fresh ginger, but that makes it easier to keep drinking. It does have some kick, a milder aftertaste. It supposedly contains liquorice, a pet hate of mine, but I can not really spot it. I think I can spot the taste of the turmeric, and I don´t really like it, that note tastes sorts of muddy to me.

Am I going to buy this? Probably not if I can find the Twinings one. I like better the taste of the Twinings, it is a bit more sinus clearing hot and it is also probably cheaper (to be confirmed when I find it). This Pukka tea feels stupidly expensive here to me – around 5 euros for an admittedly very pretty box of 20 foil-sealed teabags. Only advantage the Pukka tea has to me is precisely the portability and convenience of those sealed teabags.

2012-11-08 16:42:38 -0500

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Ysaurella 2012-11-09 07:26:59 -0500

Get well soon Cteresa

cteresa 2012-11-09 10:37:07 -0500

Thank you!

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Bad weather tea drinker – I drink tons, too much to count, from October till March and then when it gets hotter I will drink very little tea and only cold water will do for me. I hang around steepster much more frequently in (northern hemisphere) cold season.

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I tend to prefer black tea, though am I always willing to try anything once. I like flavoured black teas but right now I seem to prefer green teas unflavoured.

I am one of those people who actually loves Lapsang Souchong. I am not crazy about Earl Grey in general. I don´t quite get Darjeeling teas, but maybe I can learn… I got a weakness for floral scents – jasmine green, black rose, osmanthus white, violet tea…

I like rooibos, though not all, but I loathe hibiscus. I do not like fennel/liquorice/anise in blends or teas with chicory. I am picky about what I consider true cinnamon.

I am not too dogmatic, I am even borderline heretical, regarding the loose vs bagged thing. I would rather use a teabag, bought or home filled than have a pot of tea overbrew. And hermetically sealed foil wrapping for tea bags are a great great invention.

As you can probably tell from my cupboard, the brands I find more interesting right now are Mariage Fréres, Yumchaa and Thé-o-Dor. And Twinings tea often works just right for me.