6106 Tasting Notes
2022 Sipdown 12/365!
Light in flavour, but actually pretty good. It’s reminding me of… that nut tea from (originally Teaopia) that I really enjoyed, name totally escaping me right now. It’s lightly chocolate, a bit toasty, and has just enough hazelnut. And now I’m craving nutella, again. (I had forgotten that breastfeeding cravings massively trump pregnancy cravings for me; I am wanting and eating ALL the things and nutella has come up more than once.) Simple as it is, I’d reorder this tea again.
2022 Sipdown 11/365!
Mastress Alita’s Sipdown Challenge January 2022: Tea with bean notes
Delicious beany/brown sugar green tea, but as I commented in my first note, the “reserve” part is lost on me, as I found it no better than other fresh greens I’ve tried. Perhaps if I’d drank it sooner and in direct comparison to a regular harvest, I’d be able to tell?
2022 Sipdown 10/365!
Barely even a cup’s worth of this left, but it was tasty. I’ve been making a lot of hot chocolate for my husband/son lately, and this tasted like unsweet, rich hot chocolate. It was really good, a great way to send off the tea. I’d get more of this in the future for sure.
Ooh, that sounds good! I’ve been reading some very favorable Upton reviews lately.
Love Tie Guan Yin Blacks. I only see them around every blue moon, though.
Oh, never tried (or heard of) a Black Tieguanyin. Neat! :)
I’ve had one black Tie Guan Yin that was average and one that was nice, so the jury’s out! What-Cha had some similar varietals (black Huang Jin Gui and Jin Guan Yin, maybe?) a while ago.
I think I may have had one from Verdant that was also pretty tasty. I definitely ordered this for the novelty factor, and ended up pleasantly surprised with the flavour!
2022 Sipdown 9/365!
And now for some sipdowns! This was another misfiled tea, probably because I meant to finish it due to coconut. Lucky for me, the coconut was still ok here, and I had a delightfully vanilla/caramel coconut cup of black tea as a result. I think it was a bit lighter in flavour than it once was, but still pretty enjoyable.
(52teas (Anne) 2022: 24)
A lot of tea confusion for me lately, but this one stuck out – and in particular, the pecan flavouring Anne used in this batch (yes, this is a note for the 2021 12 teas of Christmas version). I noticed the pecan immediately and although it’s different from the original, I rather liked it! The banana wasn’t too strong, but again, seem to be having some tastebud issues, however, it did taste like a delicious nutty banana. I’ll probably pull out the old version of it that I still have (and I believe, that I drank recently) to compare, although I believe this version is better.
Sidenote, there is something strangely relaxing and therapeutic about sitting and drinking tea/writing tasting notes while watching/listening to the robo vacuum I got for Christmas slowly make its way around the floors. It’s a strong contender for best Christmas present ever, even though it ran over a cat toy earlier tonight and helplessly beep-beep-beeped at me to come fix it. Haha.
I actually liked the pecan flavor too. It was a mistake on my part as I meant to order the walnut essence – so, it was either I not blend the hot buttered banana bread (because there wasn’t time to get the walnut essence) or – try it with pecan and I was really happy with how it turned out.
I’m so glad you went with the pecan flavour. I think I enjoyed this batch more than past ones too, and I’m not sure how much to attribute to the pecan :)
(52teas (Anne) 2022: 22)
Another unfortunate case of tea confusion; I couldn’t tell this one apart from Pumpkin Cheesecake Chai. In fact, I don’t even really have much to say about it as I didn’t taste much at all aside from kind of a vague spiced fruitiness (which was similar in the pumpkin tea, obviously). Will pay more attention and revisit later.
(52teas (Anne) 2022: 21)
Put off drinking this one for a whole year, mostly because once I received it, I wasn’t really wanting to have high-caffeine teas (not like this is any higher than other straight blacks likely, but still.) Anyhow, I think I oversteeped or perhaps just overleafed – there was an astringency to it that made me think that it was too strong as opposed to naturally-astringent/tannic teas. It wasn’t bad, but I’ll have to try it again paying more attention to the parameters.
This one takes me back.