31 Tasting Notes

71
drank Earl Grey by Tazo
31 tasting notes

Found a cool site today: http://steep.it. Tea timer that has some cool url rewriting. For example: http://steep.it/black will automatically start a steeping timer for 3 minutes. So will http://steep.it/3minutes. I used it to steep my Earl Grey today. This is 2 minutes less than usual, so we’ll have to see what difference it makes. If it is good here, I need to try this tea timer with the Gypsy Raspberry Earl Grey.

Water: ~ 8oz
Bags/Amount: 1 bag
Aroma: hint of bergamot, nice black tea smell
Taste: Little bitterness, still nice bergamot flavor

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec
Angrboda

Thanks for that link! That’s awesome. :) I have bookmarked.

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59
drank Orange Blossom by Tazo
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Wonderful smell, but slightly watered down taste. Makes me want to find something like this that is better though.

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 5 min, 0 sec

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73

Much better this time. 2 bags to about 20oz water. The hint of raspberry is more of a tease, but it still makes a good Earl Grey

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec

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83

Have I mentioned that I love the smell of this tea? ;) Not much else to add

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 8 min or more

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76
drank Earl Grey by Bigelow
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This is what we have at work. Good enough for a midday tea. Strong on the bergamot, but I really like that about it. This is what got me hooked on Earl Greys.

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 5 min, 0 sec

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71
drank Earl Grey by Tazo
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Made this as my wakeup tea, and got asked if it was Trix by my Vanpool ;)

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 5 min, 0 sec

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83

Since I don’t really have a teapot, I just pulled the pot of water off of the burner before it really boiled.

I love the smell of this tea. Fruity, with a hint of the green tea flavor :). Nice reddish hint in it too.

Still too hot to taste at this point, but I can wait :)

Just got my first taste, mmmmm, that is good. Fruity taste, hint of pear. I’ve been leaving the bag in based on recommendations from other people on this site, and last time I enjoyed it.

I really need to figure out a better balance between the amount of water and the amout of tea. I probably need between 1 and 1.5 bags if I am using bags, but I haven’t figured it out yet. This is a little watered down, still yummy though.

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 8 min or more

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79

This is a good one. Prepared like a black tea, but a tiny bit less on the steeping time. It’s too hot to totally drink, but it’s delicious smelling and the tiny tastes I have had are good.

Fruity, flowery, yummy :)

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 30 sec

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71
drank Earl Grey by Tazo
31 tasting notes

Better than the Raspberry Earl Grey earlier. It was still a little bitter, but there was more balance to it. Not as sweet as I usually like my Grey’s

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 30 sec

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73

Oversteeped it today. I was trying to make a better cup of tea than usual.

My usual is heat in the microwave for about 2 minutes, then let it steep for 3-5 minutes then drink. I also usually have 1 teabag per about 16oz of water. Today I tried boiling the water on the stove, and then 2 teabags per 16oz. Definitely too much.

The aroma of this tea is divine. Bergamot with a hint of extra sweetness from the raspberries. I probably let it steep for too long, and ended up with a slightly bitter tea with a hint of bergamot :(. I’ll try again later with just one bag.

Bummed since this was my first experiment at a better cup.

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec
Michael Letterle

Microwave? :( Totally need to get your work to spring for one of these: http://www.zojirushi.com/ourproducts/elepots/cw_pzc.html

James Deville

actually at work we have one of those water cooler/heaters that gives probably 195-200 degree F water. I was using the Microwave at home, but I’ve switched to using the stove. I might have to look into that zojirushi for home though. I’m planning on buying one of these: http://www.adagio.com/gifts/holiday_ingenuiTEA.html later this month.

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