1113 Tasting Notes
My brother is getting married tomorrow. I’m super excited for him. But tonight we are Matteo’s for the groom’s dinner. They offered coffee, I asked for tea. Should have picked the black tea. This one has either been sitting in the tea chest for a bit or is just that bad. Sorry but the metallic notes bite and the grassy notes are too sharp. Nope.
Old Tea Bag Sip Down
Part 9. Last one. For real.
This one was hiding. The bag looks fairly beaten up but not in too bad of shape. Should be decent. Oh. Ooo. The aroma coming off the liquor as the tea steeps is quite nice. Notes of earthy honey, cream of wheat, and those lovely woody Keenum notes. This is actually quite lovely. Would be even better fresh and loose but heck this is much better than I thought it would be. My only reason for rating it in the 60s is simply because it is not very strong. This could be due to it being an older tea bag, which I am fairly certain of. Beyond a small lack of character, the flavors hint at malt, some cream of wheat, a bit of lacquer, and a gambit of woody notes.
Color me surprised. At our Bowls for BrainPower Power event to help feed kids. Instead of a coffee table they have a tea table! It’s just tea bags. Only two types. But it’s tea! So of course. I had to try some. Never heard of this brand. Not impressed with the plastic on the outside of each of the bags. The teabag looks okay. The aroma is decent. The wet leaf is CTC so nothing impressive. I’m assuming it’s not true bergamot oil. The astringency is puckering and not entirely pleasant. Flavor overall is decent. Drinkable but not something I would seek out to buy.
Old Tea Bag Sip Down
Part 8. Last one.
This is the oldest-looking bag in the bunch. The floral notes have definitely diminished but there is enough there to be able to tell that it is chamomile without even looking at the bag. The liquor aroma reminds me of cardboard and sweetened apple juice. Probably mixed together by a three-year-old. Oh, and how kind, some wood shavings were added too. The flavor is weak but apple juice and the floral notes still hit.
Well, this was an interesting sipdown. Green tea bags X. Black tea bags okay. Herbals, fine but not amazing.
Old Tea Bag Sip Down
Part 7
More chamomile. Uh… so this one has been steeping for around 30 mins now. I made a cuppa while prepping the pizza dough and then got a hankering to play Pistol Whip and promptly forgot. The water is now tepid. As is the flavor. It’s not bad despite the fact that it’s been steeping for really long. It just tastes old. If it was fresh I can sense this would be a nice cup for one of those days when your throat needs some extra help. But I can’t say I’d reach for it at any other point.
Old Tea Bag Sip Down
Part 5 & 6
Well, this is interesting. My parents had two of these but they both have different packaging. The first looks like the picture attached to this page. Yellow cream color and the second has a maroon box in the middle. The second one certainly beats the first in the dry aroma. The bergamot is very strong.
1: Wet aroma is lacking. Slightly woody with a hint of citrus. Nice liquor color. Rose and dark cherry wood. This must be the older one. It tastes like it’s been sitting for a few years too long. Vapid with a hint of citrus.
2. Wet aroma is kind of woody with a hint of bergamot. A hint darker than its predecessor with the same colors. Olf in flavor with a higher amount of bergamot flavor. A lingering camphor feeling along with a woody note.
So far I have learned that black and herbal teas last longer in tea bags then green does.
Old Tea Bag Sip Down
Part 4
My parents went to Germany a few years ago. I’m assuming this is a remnant from that trip. The dry aroma is a weird sweet cardboard. As I sit here watching it steep it looks more like an oolong or a black tea. The liquor aroma is slightly fishy a bit earthy. Maybe this would be better when it is fresh but right now… it’s not good. The leaf looks a little more decent than the last tea bag but it’s still a sad CTC. Ugh… yeah no… I can’t finish this…
Old Tea Bag Sip Down
Part 3
This is the one I’m the least enthused to consume. It’s already steeped but I am dreading bringing it to my lips. The aroma from the dry leaf was nothing. Literally. The wet leaf is surprisingly a bit citrusy with a hint of vegetal notes. But the appearance is hideous. Looks like they swept it off the floor. Tea dregs. Okay, moment of truth. Wh.. The heck is this??! It’s not good but it’s not the metallic overly grassy disgusting I thought it was going to be. It’s somewhat soft in mouth feel a bit citrus, a bit of veggies, finished with dried grass.Not bad but… weird. This is weird.
Old Tea Bag Sip Down
Part 2
Mosaic has tea. They are not a tea company. This is a ‘classic’ blend that many companies offer because many people know it and know what to expect. Mostly. The leaf is very CTC. Not very pretty. A basic leaf mush. But then I look at the tea liquor and I go, “huh”… that actually is a nice liquor color. Rose gold with an orange rim. But it has been sitting for a bit. It’s lost quite a bit of flavor. A bit of dry wood. Maybe some birch and cedar along with a bit of varnish. Despite the fact that it has been sitting for a bit I can tell this still would not have been the best tea. It’s decent but nothing I would seek out. And speaking of seeking out, you can’t buy this from the company unless you are a company that wants to sell their tea. I suggest staying away, far away, from their matcha. That picture is atrocious.
