6106 Tasting Notes
Ok, so someone gave me this tea as a sample, but I cannot find it on Steepster. It’s pyramid teabags with the company name, “Origin Ceylon Tea” (which, by the way, appears to be a German tea company), but the only other info I have is handwritten on the ziploc – Sencha Sanquhar Single Estate Origin Ceylon Tea. But, this isn’t a tea on Steepster or on their site. Sil, VariaTea – familiar at all? I don’t recognize the writing offhand, but if it was from either of you, I’m sure it would have been logged before…
Anyhow, it’s not a big deal if this mystery is never solved, because this tea was pretty meh. I also think I oversteeped it by accident, making it even more unremarkable. Will have to try again with the second and final teabag.
Sipdown! 30/365
This was good. Much better than my recollection of the first cup was. I believe this needs a bit of a careful hand when infusing, otherwise it’s just too strong in all directions (tea astringency, flavouring). Lovely caramelly/chocolatey decadence.
Sipdown! 29/365
Ahahahaha, sounds like this was originally from Crowkettle, and came to me via Sil, so thanks to you both! It’s marked “Floral Death”, which I think is hilarious. (I recall being apprehensive when I saw it in my bag the first time, but my flavour preferences have shifted a bit since then.) The tea contained rose petals, which worried me, but to my absolute delight, it appears to be much more heavily lavender/jasmine/not rose (I don’t like rose). So this one-cup sample was very much enjoyed by me, as lavender teas seem to have a calming effect on me, and I could use some calming. Haha. The white base was excellent here, with the florals; I would just prefer the tea to be even more heavy on the lavender.
Hahahahaha I remember that :)
Yeah. Definitely not your cup of tea, haha.
Ha! I love this tea, but yeh, if you are not into floral, you are going to HATE this one. I mix it with plain white for a friend who is just meh about floral.
Wow! What a flashback :) This tea has gotten around and is doing surprisingly well considering when I bought it (four years ago now!?).
I agree on the lavender.
It was a treat! :D
Sipdown! 27/365
Ooh, I should have probably just used the rest of this as a natural sweetener in other teas – I brewed up a whole cup of it and MAN was that sweet. Cloying, actually. There was a bit of an aftertaste that reminded me of artificial sweeteners/stevia, but I suspect if it was added in low amounts to other teas, it wouldn’t be nearly as noticeable.
Recommending this not as a standalone drink, but as an addition to others.
Chalk up another for the too-old teas, but at least since this is an oolong, it’s still tasty to drink, just likely missing some of its previous sparkle (if it had any). So yeah, it’s a green oolong. It’s smooth going down, light on the flavour, a good balance of florals and cream. Not too much in the way of those “green” flavours (agh, what are those compounds called).
This actually is decent enough to rate – judging by the notes of Sil and Raritea (thanks for the sample, btw!), it probably wasn’t a spectacular marvel of a tea, but a good, solid, green oolong. I’ll be looking forward to the few cups of this I have left.
Oh wow. I like to look at my previous notes on teas, out of curiousity, and this one has a bit of nostalgia – it looks like I last drank it when I had just started dating “the sweetest boy ever”… who is now both my husband and the father of our child. (I need some heart-emojis here!)
Anyways, my experience drinking this tea was a touch less magical this time – it was a few days ago, and I hardly remember it because I believe the baby was pitching a fit because bedtime. Sigh. I think it was also oversteeped and too strong, probably for similar reasons. Anyhow, one cup left of this as well – hopefully to be consumed while I can actually pay attention!
It’s funny to me that I was there for the start-ish of all that :) glad you guys have come this far
Funny how all the best things in life started coming around the same time! (I thought the funniest part was that in the comments, I had hopes of someone to share my tea stash with. Sadly no. Only when he’s sick.)
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Sad times. This tea is definitely too old. It has that metallic tang of too-old (or over oversteeped/steeped with too hot of water) green tea – and I was careful with those last two. Sigh. There was some sweetness once I got past the initial flavours of the cup, but I guess this is just one tea that will remain unrated! It was probably good, though. :(
