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Gooey Butter Cake from 52teas

Received this one from kittylovestea.

I’m not exactly sure what gooey butter cake is suppose to taste like. But it sounds & looks good.

I’m only getting a nice lemon taste from this with a nice black base. No butter, no cakey goodness. I do have more to give it another go. But right now just a plain old tea that you would turn into iced tea.

ETA: I had this again yesterday. I went & oversteeped it… ok next weekend I am investing in a real tea timer!!
So I was still getting only lemon & some astringency because of the over steep. Once it cooled I did get some of that delicious bakey flavour. I do have enough for one more cup, so I will try it again!

ETA 2: Finished this off this morning, some strange smell coming from the pouch. No astringency this time, but not much flavour. Still lemoney, maybe a hint of cake this time around. Definitely DID NOT over steep this time, no astringency to be found.

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BoxerMama
BoxerMama 2013-03-08 11:51:15 -0500

3 minutes is perfect for 52teas. I murdered a tonne of their caramel cheesecake serving before figuring it out.

tattooed_tea
tattooed_tea 2013-03-08 11:52:10 -0500

I’ve started doing all my blacks at 3 minutes, but without a time I have been butchering SO many teas :(

Kittenna
Kittenna 2013-03-08 11:57:56 -0500

I actually even go for 2.5 mins with 52teas blacks. That’s usually the sweet spot for me.

And yeah, nearly all blacks I steep for 2.5-3 minutes now. Except DavidsTea and Della Terra, which are much better with 4 minutes.

Sil
Sil 2013-03-08 12:51:31 -0500

52 teas is 2-2.5 for me on their blacks. 3 and it’s too atringent

Cavocorax
Cavocorax 2013-03-08 12:53:04 -0500

When I started I steeped everything for 5 min because I figured I’d get the most flavor, then I’d be upset about bitterness. Now I have a tea timer app on my phone, and I add my own so I can remember to steep 52 teas less than DavidsTea etc. Hearing what others do is also useful.

tattooed_tea
tattooed_tea 2013-03-08 13:02:14 -0500

Cavocorax, I was the same. All blacks got 5. Greens & whites 3 & herbal/fruit/rooibos about 10.
Some teas I really need to check other people’s notes for steeping times.

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