15695 Tasting Notes
Cold Brew!
Made this a few days ago and really enjoyed how refreshing and crisp the light and almost effervescent notes of blueberry and citrus were. Felt very apropos for Spring, and boy do I want it to be Spring. We keep getting more snow here in Montreal and I just want nothing more for it to melt and us to get back to a place where I can have some outdoor tea sessions again.
Had this one over the weekend and actually quite enjoyed it! I’m sticking with my initial description of the texture as being almost like a “slurry” since it’s so thick from all the powders in the blend, but that deeply fudgey chocolate note and strong malty character was really wonderful.
Made this one last night!
I have to say that this is probably my favourite Caleb-inspired Critical Role/Fandom blend I’ve come across. With a simple ingredient list it so clearly mirrors his background story and fire motif, and the luster dust is a beautiful extra trust for this beloved dirt wizard.
The taste was as expected in some ways – a hint of earthy ginger and a beautiful crawling back of the throat heat from the chili. Overall, it was sweeter than anticipated but that’s really on me for forgetting that there’s licorice root in the blend. In the future I’d probably just steep for a shorter period of time and I think that would reduce that note in a way that would be more pleasant for my own tastes.
I don’t think it’ll ever stop surprising me how much I enjoy this flavour option since, with the standard Teeccino base blend, it seems to wild and uncomplimentary. But, it’s not like either the mango or lemon balm are super intense. The tea actually barely tastes like mango at all. It’s just a very smooth, roasty and semi-sweet base blend with a tad more general fruit flavour than I’d otherwise expect. And just, so smooth. You really taste that mix of date and carob in the best sorta way.
Sipdown (2532)!
I was hoping that without advent fatigue I might enjoy this blend more, but I still found it kind of dull tasting with one of the strongest notes being the pu’erh itself which was rather earthy in a dusty muddy sort of way. I wanted more cinnamon or clove intensity or a brighter citrus note and I just didn’t get those. Not bad tasting, but a more forgettable spiced orange profile in the vast sea of options out there…
I had this last night and though I didn’t taste a lot of banana I thought the floral blueberry flavour and fresh green and orchid-like notes of the oolong were both quite smooth and sophisticated. Very easy drinking, and just switched up enough from feeling like a plain blueberry blend.
I’m gonna blame and thank the Hibiscus & Fennel kombucha from Gutsy that I’ve been drinking for leading me to pull out this blend because the balance between that darkly sweet anise/black licorice note (or fennel, for the kombucha) and a more tart berry flavour is REALLY similar. In fact, this almost feels like a loose leaf version of the kombucha except for the fact it also has a lot of really aromatic, fresh cardamom notes too.
This was a fine tasting cup, but the strawberry flavouring was very intense in both a floral and creamy sort of way. It felt a bit like the blend didn’t know what kind of strawberry tea it wanted to be and I think I’d have appreciated the simplicity of it more if it was all in with floral or all in with decadent or, even, tart and juicy strawberry. Didn’t love the mix as much…
Iced Tea!
Another sweeter blend with really, really juicy mango and lychee notes – even with a couple years of age on the tea leaf! The earthy and mildly spicy ginger and vegetal matcha do a pretty good job of balancing the intense fruit flavours though. Not enough to necessarily create a perfect balance, but they’re present to the point where this is saved from being a cloying experience. More than anything it’s a reminded to me of how much I love the combo of mango and lychee. So fresh!
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