1719 Tasting Notes

97

Revisited the wonderful tea this afternoon. As good as I remembered!

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drank Chance Combinations by Custom
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Under the heading of You might be addicted… All weekend I kept thinking about was getting back to work where the bulk of my stash is stored and trying a mix of Zenjala Coconut Almond and Chocolate Mint Fusion. Both are so good on their own.

Ok, do you remember in science class when you did the experiment with waves. When the amplitude of the waves heading at each other became equal the waves cancelled each other out (or something like that).

Anyway that is what happened here. Despite this sounding like agreat combination, what really happened is they muted or muddied each other. Sad, but wiser. I still have a couple great teas to drink on their own :)

gmathis

I’m trying to recall if I’ve ever eaten anything that successfully combined coconut and mint….

K S

I never gave the mint a thought when I decided to try this. Now that you mention it, the only recognizable flavors were mint and puerh but even they weren’t clean. I have much to learn.

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93

The nice thing about using leaf from last night is that it is almost as easy as a tea bag when your brain didn’t get up with you. Now that I have had a couple mugs I can report the leaf survived the night without me very well.

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93

After I did my usual Saturday morning restaurant tea, I drank sodas most of the day. This evening I steeped this one. Now I wonder why I wasted my day not drinking this. It is so good.

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92
drank Coconut Almond by Zenjala Tea Company
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Oh wow! This is good. Sweet shredded coconut, almond slivers. Mmmm. You don’t really taste the green tea which seems a shame but you really don’t miss it because, well its coconut and almond. I gave the second steep to a co-worker. He buzzed me later and said, “You have got to try this on ice” So I did. He was right it was a great glass of sweet refreshment.

As I was drinking this I kept thinking I have got to mix this with the chocolate mint fusion puerh. I am thinking Almond Joy in a cup. I will make this thought a reality come Monday.

gmathis

Coconut is, after strawberry, my second favorite tea additive, especially in the summer! (Ooh…coconut and strawberry…I think I smell a little afternoon alchemy brewing ;)

K S

Have you tried Golden Moon’s Coconut Poucong? OMGoodness!

gmathis

Sure haven’t, but I know Golden Moon’s quality is excellent. Noted!

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drank Premium Earl Grey by Fusion Teas
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Swapped presses today with a co-worker. I got the second steep of this. This has become his favorite tea. It is a fine Earl Grey.

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92
drank Citrus Sorbet by Zenjala Tea Company
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I used yesterday’s leaf and steeped three more cups (total of five – 12oz mugs). The last still had nice floral flavor and the lemon and lime were still mildly present.

Rehashing a bit the first cup was so lemon lime it tasted fake – like you would expect from a flavored tea bag. Maybe if I used a short first steep it would be greatly improved. The rest of the cups were excellent and highly floral like a high mountain oolong with lemon lime more in the background. I think the base is Huang Jin Gui (Golden Osmanthus) and it is very nice. Really like this one. If I can figure out how to improve cup one I may up the rating even more.

CHAroma

Well, it is an oolong so you could toss the first cup like lots of people do.

K S

That’s just crazy talk! lol. I do this with puerh sometimes, but only as a last resort.

CHAroma

Hahahaha!! I completely agree! But I’ve heard this is a common practice, so I thought I’d mention it. :P I never throw out tea unless it’s completely gross and undrinkable, which fortunately isn’t often.

K S

I don’t remember the last cup I couldn’t drink. I can’t even remember the last cup of aweful tea I have had. In the world of tea, I have been smiled upon :)

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drank Citrus Sorbet by Zenjala Tea Company
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Not a full review yet. I opened the bag and it was heavily lemon lime. Kind of too heavy to the point of smelling artificial. The first cup was not nearly as heavy as it smelled but I couldn’t make up my mind about it. The oolong base was coming through but in the background.

As I steeped cup 2 I noticed how full of leaf the press had become. This time the lemon lime are greatly reduced. This is a good cup.

As the cup cooled the highly floral oolong bagan to shine. Sweet, sweet honeysuckle. Now this is a great cup. I don’t have time to take it further tonight but I think this will go a lot longer.

Until I get to see what comes next I won’t rate it. The first cup was a mid 70’s. The second strarted mid 80’s and became a solid 90.

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drank Decaffeinated British Blend by Tetley
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My wife came through surgery with flying colors. Getting anethesia out of her system is a different story. Been a long afternoon. They had NO tea in the waiting room. None. Zero. Nada. Oh, the pain. Turns out they had a pitcher of ice tea out at the nurse’s station. Except I didn’t know it until too late. sigh. So I came home and grabbed this one. Its tea. Its cold.

Azzrian

Yay! Thank you for the update GOOD NEWS! :)

gmathis

Glad all is well so far.

ashmanra

Glad she is on her way to feeling better!

Missy

Yay for excellent surgery. I wish her a fast recovery. :D

Hesper June

So happy to hear that you wife did so wonderfully!
A speedy recovery to her!

Scott B

Good news on the surgery.

CHAroma

Yay! Hope her recovery goes just as well!

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93
drank White Monkey by Zenjala Tea Company
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Between White Peony and Silver Needle in complexity but with unique characteristics I haven’t seen in a white tea before (hint – chocolate). A longer review on my blog http://theeverdayteablog.blogspot.com/2012/07/zenjala-tea-company-golden-monkey.html

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 3 min, 0 sec
K S

I can’t believe I got the name wrong on my blog. I had it as Golden Monkey. White Monkey is correct and it is an interesting white. I think the link still works.

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