T&C TTB Tea # 22 Backlog May 30
I had to laugh at this one. I liked how it looked in the bag, all brown and goldeny, so I wanted to try it. But when I read the reviews on Steepster, they all talked about a “barnlike aroma”
And I live in a place with lots of farms and stuff, but I grew up strictly in the city. I don’t DO barns. I don’t do cow poop. I love horses but my husband is deathly allergic so I don’t even get to go near horses. Basically, if it smells like a barn, you won’t find me anywhere nearby.
I thought I’d pull up muh britches and try this one anyway, just fth of it.
So….it tastes like a barn smells.
Um.
People in other reviews are all like “It has a pleasant barnlike taste! That’s a good thing!”
And i’m like – NO. JUST NO.
So I can’t help but wonder if I would have clued in to the “delightful barnyard aroma” of this tea if I hadn’t read the other reviews first.
I tried really hard to disassociate myself from that, and it was a pretty flavorful cup of tea, I will admit. I added milk to make it more of a breakfast tea. It was a hearty, dark, rich liquor.
But ultimately, I’m not interested in drinking anything that reminds me of the smell of a barn. Seriously, I’d rather drink something that tastes like dirty slush from the side of a high traffic road during a Maritime winter. At least that would be ALL CITY, BABY.
hah.
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hmm I just got this one but haven’t tried it yet.
Omg this made me laugh
Haha, I don’t think “barnyard aroma” sounds like a particularly good thing either.
TeaBrat I hope you like it!
I just couldn’t escape the barnyard.
Haha I love the smell of barn. So many awesome memories! I grew up in the city, but every weekend I could talk my mom into driving out the see my cousins we’d be gone. I have drank milk directly from a cow. :)
P.S. How weird is it that I miss a good Maritime winter slush?
But, would you want to drink a barn? Lol. Not me!
And not that weird! But if you come back you won’t miss it for too long, haha
That all being said, I still like my description of barnyard! ;) To me a freshly kept barn where you can still get the smell of freshly brushed horses, new hay, and no city smells. (no cows. cows are smelly!). My uncle still farms the family farmstead up in Minnesota, with this beautiful full size red barn. Every summer when I was little was spent up there, so maybe that is where I associate the barnyard smell.
Actually thinking of teas that I would describe as having a “city smell” I would describe the Vietnam OP like that. The chocolate/spices/coffee taste to me would be the reason.
hmm I just got this one but haven’t tried it yet.
Omg this made me laugh
Haha, I don’t think “barnyard aroma” sounds like a particularly good thing either.
TeaBrat I hope you like it!
I just couldn’t escape the barnyard.
Haha I love the smell of barn. So many awesome memories! I grew up in the city, but every weekend I could talk my mom into driving out the see my cousins we’d be gone. I have drank milk directly from a cow. :)
P.S. How weird is it that I miss a good Maritime winter slush?
But, would you want to drink a barn? Lol. Not me!
And not that weird! But if you come back you won’t miss it for too long, haha
That all being said, I still like my description of barnyard! ;) To me a freshly kept barn where you can still get the smell of freshly brushed horses, new hay, and no city smells. (no cows. cows are smelly!). My uncle still farms the family farmstead up in Minnesota, with this beautiful full size red barn. Every summer when I was little was spent up there, so maybe that is where I associate the barnyard smell.
Actually thinking of teas that I would describe as having a “city smell” I would describe the Vietnam OP like that. The chocolate/spices/coffee taste to me would be the reason.