6106 Tasting Notes
January subscription tea 1/4
I was super excited to try this tea – I love lime, AND pear, AND vanilla! How could things go wrong? Exactly – they couldn’t. This was delicious. Very reminiscent of Butiki’s Lime Marshmallow (I believe that’s what it was called). The lime is strong, the tea is creamy. Om nom nom. I can’t say I tasted any pear, though. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was just drowned out by the lime. Really enjoyed this, though.
Sipdown! 38/365
Yeah, this one was still good. A creamy chai with some kick, but mild enough to enjoy without additions, and the “right” blend of spices for me (aka heavy on cardamom and a balance of ginger/cinnamon/clove). I believe I had this multiple times in travel mugs, and it was always good. Farewell, delicious tea.
Read what Roswell had to say about this one and agree – didn’t really strike me as a “tranquil” blend – it was very much, IMO, a vibrant juice tea. And actually, a pretty decent one at that. I couldn’t pinpoint exactly the flavours I was tasting, but I enjoyed it enough to resteep twice, which is very impressive for an herbal tea! I’m not well-versed in what tulsi tastes like, but nothing stuck out to me so either it blended in well, or the flavour just wasn’t really present. I’d suggest drinking it for being delicious, and ignoring the name.
Mehhh. I got 10g of this recently as I didn’t remember having had it previously. Until I tasted it and not only was it familiar, I didn’t care for it. Sadness. Now I’m stuck with like, 8g of it AND I’m 99% I have another 8g bag of it hiding around somewhere. It’s not even the rooibos/honeybush bothering me here, I just am not caring for the multitude of blended flavours which leads to a murky spiciness. Gingerbread feels like it could be so much simpler, but then again, I’m not a tea blender.
A pleasant, light jasmine tea. Apparently is primarily oolong (which makes sense – it was darker than a typical green but no astringency of a black). Interestingly, also includes mango/strawberry/peach/apple, but could have fooled me. I’m not even sure I tasted anything fruity.
Sipdown! 36/365
Jeez. I had 3 cups’ worth of this tea, and apparently oversteeped it each time. I do also think that this tea is somewhat finicky, and develops unpleasant astringency fairly quickly – I don’t usually fail that many times with a single tea. Anyhow, I wanted this tea to work, and there were flashes of deliciousness, for sure. Some creaminess, some jasmine, some nuts, but not enough of any of them, and masked by an overly strong base. I’d give it another shot someday, though.
ooh this one sounds pretty tasty heh
This one does sound tasty…
not on the website
Should be up this week. We had a family emergency mid-month and are finally getting caught up.
Lauren sorry to hear about the emergency! Hope all is well
Yep. You guys probably want to at least try this one.