400 Tasting Notes

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Saturday Apr. 30, 2011
1st Steep of The Day
I Got My Thomas Jefferson Biography by Page Smith
And Repeated the Cup From Last Evening
Early Evening English Breakfast
This is a Good Strong Blended Black Tea
Great Flavor Rich Bold and Robust.
Great Sipping Cup with a Great Book.
Keep on Steepin

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec

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99

Friday Apr. 29, 2011
2nd Steep of the Day
Early Evening English Breakfast
This is a Good Strong Blended Black Tea
Great Flavor Rich Bold and Robust.
The English Know how to Do Tea. So I can
Keep on Steepin

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec

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100
drank Ginger Snappish by Bigelow
400 tasting notes

Friday Apr. 29, 2011
1st Steep of the Day.
With NO EGGNOGGER Like Yesterday At Work.
It appeared to be TERRIBLE HORRIBLE NO GOOD VERY BAD DAY.
But LOOK IN THE TEA CUPBOARD UP UP AND AWAY Bigelow Save the DAY.
It’s Captain GINGER SNAPPISH on the Way
Put him in HOT WATER and He comes out to PLAY.
What a GREAT START for The LAST WORK DAY Of the WEEK
Great Herb Tea with a Snappy Ginger Bite. Gotta
Keep on Steepin.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 8 min or more

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100

Thursday Apr. 28, 2011
2nd Steep of the Day
Discovered this Tea in an Old Tea Stash Can
Great Herb Tea with A Strong Almond (cherry) Flavor.
Bigelow Again Has Developed at Winning Combination.
Herbs and Spices and Fruits for your Cup, This is A Keeper So
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Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 8 min or more

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100
drank Eggnogg'n by Bigelow
400 tasting notes

Thursday Apr. 28, 2011
1st Steep of the Day
Bigelow’s Eggnogg’n Flavored Black Tea
Had a Few Egg’s Left Over in a Single Bag Mystery Tea Box
Took this one to Work for a GREAT MORNING START CUP.
What a novel Way to Have your Egg’s for Day
This makes a great Breakfast drink at Work.
I have one More Left For Tommorrow. Can’t Wait To
Keep On Steepin

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 8 min or more
gmathis

One of my very favorite Bigelows — but hard to find in these parts! I tend to hoard it for fall and wintry weather. Their Ginger Snappish is good, too (and decaf to boot).

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98

Wednesday Apr. 27, 2011
1st Steep of the Day
Different DAY Same OL’ Rut,,,
Just Like the LAST WORK DAY,,,(see same rut)
Needed a Start Up Tea with a Orange Spice Flair.
Reached for the Raley’s and Steeped up a Jar.
This is a Good Black Tea with a Solid Orange Flavor.
The spice is just enough to Stay in the Background.
Keep On Steepin

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 8 min or more

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99

Tuesday Apr. 26, 2011
2nd steep of the Day
Wanted a CUP OF CELERY Flavored Muscle and Joint Tea.
Great Cup for the Early Evening. This is Strongly GREEN This Time.
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Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 8 min or more

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98

Tuesday Apr. 26, 2011
1st Steep of the Day
Different DAY Same OL’ Rut,,,
Just Like the LAST WORK DAY,,,(see same rut)
Needed a Start Up Tea with a Orange Spice Flair.
Reached for the Raley’s and Steeped up a Jar.
This is a Good Black Tea with a Solid Orange Flavor.
The spice is just enough to Stay in the Background.
Keep On Steepin

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 8 min or more

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99
drank Bavarian Wild Berry by Lipton
400 tasting notes

Monday Apr. 25, 2011
2nd Steep of the Day
Needed my Flavonoids in the Late Afternoon
Went with the Lipton Wild Berry
Great Black Tea with a Strong Fruit Flavor
This could Easily Become a Favorite Ice Tea.
Keep On Steepin

Preparation
Boiling 8 min or more

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98

Monday Apr. 25, 2011
1st Steep of the Day
Different DAY Same OL’ Rut,,,
Just Like the LAST WORK DAY,,,(see same rut)
Needed a Start Up Tea with a Orange Spice Flair.
Reached for the Raley’s and Steeped up a Jar.
This is a Good Black Tea with a Solid Orange Flavor.
The spice is just enough to Stay in the Background.
Keep On Steepin

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 8 min or more

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Long Time Tea Drinker,
Likes Flavored and Black Teas
Starting on Pu-er or Pu-erh Teas

Short time Steepster Poster.
Joined 11-5-2010
Great drinker interaction.
Good accurate tea information.
introducing new Brands and flavors

The Photo is My NEW Yixing
(pronounced “ee” shing) Tea Pot
My Oldest Daughter Got this for Me
from a 2nd Hand Thrift Shop on 12-23-2015
Brews Great Pot of Loose tea.

Check out this Audio Book. Great Listening
http://librivox.org/the-book-of-tea-by-okakura-kakuzo/
The Book of Tea Okakura Kakuzo

The Book of Tea was written by Okakura Kakuzo in the early 20th century. It was first published in 1906, and has since been republished many times. – In the book, Kakuzo introduces the term Teaism and how Tea has affected nearly every aspect of Japanese culture, thought, and life. The book is noted to be accessibile to Western audiences because though Kakuzo was born and raised Japanese, he was trained from a young age to speak English; and would speak it all his life, becoming proficient at communicating his thoughts in the Western Mind. In his book he elucidates such topics as Zen and Taoism, but also the secular aspects of Tea and Japanese life. The book emphasises how Teaism taught the Japanese many things; most importantly, simplicity. Kakuzo argues that this tea-induced simplicity affected art and architecture, and he was a long-time student of the visual arts. He ends the book with a chapter on Tea Masters, and spends some time talking about Sen no Rikyu and his contribution to the Japanese Tea Ceremony.
(Summary from Wikipedia)

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