6105 Tasting Notes

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drank Blood Orange Spice by 52teas
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(52teas (Anne) 2022: 19)

The tea I confused with Strawberry Cinnamon Roll, somehow. This one does taste orangey with a bit of spice, but the flavours are muted. Not bad, but not particularly remarkable. I preferred the other tea once I sorted out which was which.

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(52teas (Anne) 2022: 18)

I’m not trusting my water and/or tastebuds lately; I’ve been having a lot of trouble picking up flavourings in tea for the past two days, and I don’t know if it’s just the teas I’ve selected, a brewing issue, or something with my tastebuds. Better reviews of most teas will have to come later, I suppose.

Anyhow, brewed this up at the same time as Blood Orange Spice black tea and weirdly, I actually confused the two and thought this was BOS until I tried the other and thought really hard about what I had made. Very surprising, I thought, that I had difficulty telling these two apart due to both the different flavourings AND different bases. However, I did establish that I preferred this tea and actually rather enjoyed it, even though I obviously wasn’t picking up on strawberry, just a fruitiness and I believe, some cream and spice (cinnamon). Lightly-flavoured, either way.

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drank Strawberry Zabaglione by 52teas
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(52teas (Anne) 2022: 17)
2022 Sipdown 8/365!

Mastress Alita’s Sipdown Challenge January 2022: Tea flavoured like your favourite pie

I’m stretching a bit here to count this as being “flavoured like my favourite pie”, which I’m going to arbitrarily decide is strawberry rhubarb (but I’m not sure I have any strawberry rhubarb teas ready to sip down). I actually thought I had already sipped down this tea, as I couldn’t find it during my inventory – but found this final cup of it misplaced in a basket of miscellaneous teas in my cupboard. Unfortunately, not much flavour left. I’m not sure if this has been reblended since, but this is definitely a 5- or 6-year old version here, from one of my earliest non-kickstarter (I think?) orders. It would be nice to have a reblend at some point.

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Intended to latte this tonight but ran out of milk, oops. So I steeped it a bit too strong, and added some coconut milk. Good blueberry flavour, and I tasted the almond this time, but it was astringent. I’m not sure if the increased flavour was worth the astringency, but I still drank it.

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drank Foggy Coconut by 52teas
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(52teas (Anne) 2022: 16)

Hello again, my dear delicious friend Foggy Coconut! I was so excited to see this tea in this (last) year’s 12 teas of Christmas! Anne has a knack for variations on earl grey, and I love many of them, with this one at or near the top. It tastes much like I remember, possibly a touch less harsh/less strong, but that could be a ratios thing too. Flavour is delicious though – light bergamot, creamy coconut. I’ll be savouring this package and the additional pouch I ordered as well.

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drank Movie Night by DAVIDsTEA
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(DavidsTea 2022: 17)

Couldn’t resist picking up some of this throwback! Tasty slightly toasty tea with a good dose of caramel. A nice sweet treat, and tastes much like I remember.

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(52teas (Anne) 2022: 15)

Yummm, this is so good. This reblend, from the 2021 12 teas of Christmas, tastes much like the original, as far as I can tell. Fantastic slightly smoky, savoury green base with dark berry flavours and some cream. Really, really delicious.

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drank Golden Hour by Amoda Tea
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2022 Sipdown 7/365!

Mastress Alita’s Sipdown Challenge January 2022: Spicy tea

Some good sipdown progress today! This was a sample from an Amoda order, possibly back when 52teas contributed to the Christmas sub boxes? It’s noted as a “relaxing turmeric latte blend” and well, that’s what it was. Very turmeric. I happened to have a partial can of coconut milk in the fridge and opted to “latte” it with that instead of regular milk, and then added the very last of my vanilla agave syrup from DavidsTea because it was just a bit too earthy and unsweet for me otherwise. End result was perfectly drinkable, and probably fairly enjoyable for those who enjoy coconut and turmeric; I’m not too keen on turmeric so wouldn’t buy it myself but it was nice enough to sample!

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2022 Sipdown 6/365!

Haven’t had a straight tea in a while and this was in a basket of sipdown-ready teas that I created and then basically ignored for at least a year. Worked out well! Unfortunately, I oversteeped despite knowing that darjeelings are notoriously fickle, but it probably could have been saved with a bit of dilution. I just drank it slowly and it was ok until I had the last sips after some food and the bitterness was just too much. The flavour profile was actually pretty nice – very classic darjeeling/muscatel to my untrained palate. I’m looking forward to the resteep tomorrow.

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2022 Sipdown 5/365!

Mastress Alita’s Sipdown Challenge January 2022: New tea

I believe this was a free sample from B&B at some point; I always like when companies send free samples of teas I haven’t tried!

Wasn’t really expecting much from this tea, but it’s actually kind of pleasant. I unintentionally let it cool completely, so it feels nearly chilled (even though my house is apparently 21.5 degrees right now, it tastes almost icy), and kind of like a fruity sour orange lemonade? I’m not really picking up on the peach here, more of a lemony-orange. I suspect that would make a decent iced tea, though, with that fruity tartness.

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I have always been a tea fan (primarily herbals and Japanese greens/oolongs) but in the last year or so, tea has become increasingly more appealing as not only a delicious, calming drink, but as a relatively cheap, healthy reward or treat to give myself when I deserve something. I should clarify that, however; the reward is expanding my tea cupboard, not drinking tea – I place no restrictions on myself in terms of drinking anything from my cupboard as that would defeat my many goals!

My DavidsTea addiction was born in late 2011, despite having spent nearly a year intentionally avoiding their local mall location (but apparently it was just avoiding the inevitable!). I seem to have some desire to try every tea they’ve ever had, so much of my stash is from there, although I’ve recently branched out and ordered from numerous other companies.

I like to try and drink all my teas unaltered, as one of the main reasons I’m drinking tea other than for the flavour is to be healthy and increase my water intake without adding too many calories! I’ve found that the trick in this regard is to be very careful about steeping time, as most teas are quite pleasant to drink straight as long as they haven’t been oversteeped. However, I tend to be forgetful (particularly at work) when I don’t set a timer, resulting in a few horrors (The Earl’s Garden is not so pleasant after, say, 7+ minutes of steeping).

I’m currently trying to figure out which types of teas are my favourites. Herbals are no longer at the top; oolongs have thoroughly taken over that spot, with greens a reasonably close second. My preference is for straight versions of both, but I do love a good flavoured oolong (flavoured greens are really hit or miss for me). Herbals I do love iced/cold-brewed, but I drink few routinely (Mulberry Magic from DavidsTea being a notable exception). I’m learning to like straight black teas thanks to the chocolatey, malty, delicious Laoshan Black from Verdant Tea, and malty, caramelly flavoured blacks work for me, but I’m pretty picky about anything with astringency. Lately I’ve found red rooibos to be rather medicinal, which I dislike, but green rooibos and honeybush blends are tolerable. I haven’t explored pu’erh, mate, or guayasa a great deal (although I have a few options in my cupboard).

I’ve decided to institute a rating system so my ratings will be more consistent. Following the smiley/frowny faces Steepster gives us:

100: This tea is amazing and I will go out of my way to keep it in stock.

85-99: My core collection (or a tea that would be, if I was allowing myself to restock everything!) Teas I get cravings for, and drink often.

75-84: Good but not amazing; I might keep these in stock sparingly depending on current preferences.

67-74: Not bad, I’ll happily finish what I have but probably won’t ever buy it again as there’s likely something rated more highly that I prefer.

51-66: Drinkable and maybe has some aspect that I like, but not really worth picking up again.

34-50: Not for me, but I can see why others might like it. I’ll make it through the cup and maybe experiment with the rest to get rid of it.

0-33: It’s a struggle to get through the cup, if I do at all. I will not willingly consume this one again, and will attempt to get rid of the rest of the tea if I have any left.

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