6105 Tasting Notes
Travel mug tea #2 for Easter outing
Delicious as usual. Always a hit in the travel mug; the flavour stands up really well.
As a side note, I ended up mixing together resteeps of a handful of teas I’d brought with me (this, Vanilla Orchid, Sechong Oolong, Lemon Pound Cake) and it was really delicious. I could pick out the individual teas in different sips, which was unexpected and neat. I need to try blending teas more often.
Travel mug tea #1 for Easter outing
Long time no post. I’ve been busy and going to sleep early, also suffering from frequent headaches, which is really no fun at all. Not migraines, just headaches… not sure if it’s dehydration, sleep deprivation, or something else entirely. Oh well…
Anyhow, this was my least favourite of the 6 teas I brought along. Too much chocolate and not enough lavender (but that’s probably because I really just wanted a lavender tea).
Note for the Anne version.
Boo. This tea seems to have lost a ton of flavour, because I previously (2 years ago) enjoyed it, and now, I couldn’t even figure out what it was when drinking it, as it tasted more or less like a straight black tea with some vague flavouring. Bleh. I had quite liked it, too.
Couldn’t find another entry for this; this is for the tea that Sil brought back from China all those years ago! ;)
Anyhow, I expected to be adding milk + maple syrup here, but I sampled it before adding them and was pleasantly surprised at the smoothness and flavour, as well as the balanced level of smoke. Tastes like a Chinese black (duh), with maltiness and chocolate, and light smoke. No astringency, acridity, just a great, flavourful cup of tea. Thanks Sil!
Not enamoured with this one. It was okay today; a tropically-fruity oolong (bonus: you could actually taste the delicious oolong), but something about the flavouring just wasn’t doing it for me. Perhaps it was just more mildly flavoured than I wanted. Couldn’t pick out specific fruits, though I wasn’t paying much attention while drinking it (I believe I was watching the baby crawl around/puke on the floor).
I still love this tea, but something wasn’t quite right when I had it a few days ago. Not sure what I did wrong. I do know it is prone to both overleafing and oversteeping, but thought I’d been careful about those. Perhaps it was just because it was in a travel mug. (And the second infusion was oversteeped.)