6106 Tasting Notes
(52teas (Anne) 2022: 163)
H is for… Hakuna Matata!
Another tea with no reviews (aside from one from Anne). So odd; I think people here other than me also subscribe? Maybe everyone is like me and fails at logging teas regularly, too :D
Anyhow, wasn’t a big fan of this one. The orange ended up dominating, the base or a flavouring ingredient imparted some bitterness, and overall I didn’t really enjoy it. I do think it needs another shot, because I don’t know the temp of the water I used as I was at my MIL’s place, so it may have been too hot.
Yes, I’m so glad you are posting about all these teas from 52Teas that I have never even heard of, and apparently not many other people have written notes for.
There have been a couple good ones that I’m surprised about. This one, I’m at this point not a fan, and perhaps others with it felt the same and didn’t bother to write about it.
(52teas (Anne) 2022: 162)
H is for… Honey Butter Cookie!
As is seeming to be an odd trend lately, I wasn’t a huge fan of this hot – mostly just couldn’t taste much flavouring – but drinking it cold, hours later, I’m tasting some butteriness in the aftertaste. The honey was present all along, but I like it more now that I can taste the butter.(DavidsTea 2022: 79)
G is for… Grapefruit Granita!
This tea has a really lovely grapefruit flavour, no bitterness, and was very unsweet, which was unexpected since it contains sweet blackberry leaves. I assume it was just luck of the draw that I didn’t get any in the 1.5tsp I used, but I was briefly pleased that it was a rare tea that hadn’t come pre-sweetened!
Probably one of my favourite grapefruit teas so far, if I had to choose.
(52teas (Anne) 2022: 161)
G is for… Gingered Plum!
I can’t remember what I’ve thought of this tea in the past, but yesterday when I had it warm, I was pretty ambivalent about it. Nothing really distinctive, just a cup of tea. Today, after sitting out overnight, I’m enjoying it much more – there’s a really delicious creaminess in the aftertaste which follows some nice candied ginger flavours. On the initial sip, I get a bit of ginger but also almost a licorice flavour, which I’m not fond of, but this aftertaste is just stellar. It’s really interesting how some flavours show up like that, although I prefer a tea that tastes good both on the initial sip and in the aftertaste. It looks like I got a large size of this tea when I purchased it, so I’m glad that I do actually enjoy it!
(52teas (Anne) 2022: 160)
G is for… Gingerly Pineapple!
The flavouring here is surprisingly light on the ginger – definitely more pineapple than anything, with only a whisper of ginger (more in the aftertaste). I’m not a huge fan of the flavouring, but the base is a really nice buttery and fresh-tasting oolong; because of the base, I actually do enjoy this tea although I’d definitely prefer the base with different flavours (berries?!).
(52teas (Anne) 2022: 159)
G is for… Grapefruit Brown Sugar!
I find this tea just to be a mild grapefruit tea. Not really any flavouring beyond that. Since grapefruit isn’t top on my flavour list, it’s not a hit for me. I don’t think I’ve ever tried this sweetened though; perhaps it would be better with a touch of sugar.
(52teas (Anne) 2022: 158)
G is for… Gooey Butter Cake!
I really really want to love this tea, but it isn’t working for me. All I get is a mildly flavoured lemon black – no cakey, butter flavours, and the lemon could be stronger. Not a bad tea, just not what I wanted here.
(DavidsTea 2022: 78)
2022 Sipdown 79/365!
F is for… Forever Frosty!
For some reason I was thinking this would taste similar to Forever Nuts (it’s probably because of the name), but after drinking it, I realized that it’s perhaps just the latest in the series of various holiday-ish fruit/cinnamon teas that have come out over the years. Like Sleigh Ride? Or maybe Prancer’s Punch? (I haven’t had those teas in a while, so don’t really remember). I did like the punch of orange in the aroma, but it was definitely the cinnamon that took over in the sip. In fact, cinnamon is pretty much all I taste, with an aftertaste of some other spices, maybe. I don’t find this tea to be anything special. It’s ok, but kind of boring, I guess?
(DavidsTea 2022: already recorded)
2022 Sipdown 78/365!
F is for… Fireside Mocha!
Although I love the mocha-y aroma of this tea, I think I’ve had it a few too many times recently and I’m now finding it a bit sickly. Ditto to the flavour – it’s too sweet. However, adding milk seems to temper that, and turn it into a nice latte-esque beverage – that’s how I finished it off today! Down to a single (new) pouch of this tea; feels like a little bit of progress.
