I’ve been antsy waiting for this tea.
I smelled every single package. I was actually surprised how sweet and thick the Watermelon Baozhong smelled. This one was a lot fainter.
I brew it up, and the first steep is nice. I mostly taste the caramelized sugar and or honey, with a bare bit of vanilla, and maybe pecan. This was Western at about 1 min and 35-40 seconds. Overall like a sugary syrup.
Second steep I think I overbrewed closer to three minutes. I mostly got some pecan, a lot of caramelized sugar, and light Assam.
Basically, this tasted like I imagine Assams should from tasting notes. “Smooth notes of pecan, brown sugar, and malt with hints of cocoa.” More actual tastes than tasting notes. The vanilla is more of the note making this tea all the more syrupy. Only that’s what this actually tastes like. The malt, though, is a light malt. There is a little bit of bitterness, but little. There’s almost no astringency though.
Third steep-no idea how much time I used, had more pecan and fainter sweetness. Lighter, but still thick enough to call malty in my opinion. This is a medium bodied-or maybe a lighter bodied black tea anyway.
This tea is sweet enough without sugar, and really on its own. A dash a cream did bring out the pecan flavor a little bit more in steep three. I’m going to have to try this again because this tea offers more dimensions to try. I prefer the Dianhong French Toast, but this tea is how Assam should be.
But I agree with LP. It tastes exactly like Honeygram Teddybears.
Flavors: Brown Sugar, Honey, Pecan, Smooth
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Now that’s a drool-worthy description.
I do have tendency to over-describe lol. Brown sugar and honey are the things that people probably can taste for sure. The tea is definitely present and you can tell that it’s an Assam, but you don’t get the bitterness or astringency issues with it straight. Light but there in short.
^^ That. It sounds just lovely.
The way you write reminds me of one of my close friends lol.
Oh dear, this sounds like a must have! :)
When someone chooses Swann’s Way over Devil’s Grass on 4/20 … that’s how good this tea is ;)
Now that’s a drool-worthy description.
I do have tendency to over-describe lol. Brown sugar and honey are the things that people probably can taste for sure. The tea is definitely present and you can tell that it’s an Assam, but you don’t get the bitterness or astringency issues with it straight. Light but there in short.
^^ That. It sounds just lovely.
The way you write reminds me of one of my close friends lol.
Oh dear, this sounds like a must have! :)
When someone chooses Swann’s Way over Devil’s Grass on 4/20 … that’s how good this tea is ;)