1443 Tasting Notes
A.C. Perch Advent 2021 Day 6
The dry scent is a nice mix of grapefruit and bergamot, but not too strong.
With a 5-minute steep time, I feared this would be drying in the mouth, but there’s absolutely no astringency whatsoever. I don’t know how they make these teas so smooth! The steeped tea tastes exactly like the scent and is delightful!
I would definitely order this one for my cupboard!
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B&B Advent 2021 Day 5
Sigh. More stevia. Why B&B?
There is a minty creaminess which is nice, and it almost starts to taste like a candy cane, but then the stevia kicks in, stays for the aftertaste, and sadly ruins the experience. I am quite sensitive to stevia, so hopefully this will work for others!
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A.C. Perch Advent 2021 Day 5
Ooh, this one came in a much bigger tin with a ribbon attached to reuse the tin as a wee ornament!
The scent is strongly cinnamon candy hearts, which makes me think of the cinnamon tea from H&S with a similar scents that tastes like liquified cinnamon hearts (yum).
The steeped tea smells very similar but mellowed out, with the cinnamon falling more to the background. The flavours are much more subtle and smooth, also I like that there’s coconut included in this blend – how unique. All of these teas are so smooth!
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Those hot cinnamon teas from Harney are such a guilty pleasure for me ha ha. They’re so sweet and yet I still like them! XD
They are so tasty haha. I haven’t had one in many years, but remember them fondly!
My less-teaist work friends are hooked on H&S Hot Cinnamon Spice—always some around the office.
I bet I could get my colleague hooked on it. She’s obsessed with DT’s Birthday Cake haha. Our office (pre-covid) often smelled like it!
The ornament/tin sounds cute! Perfect for a tea lover’s tree!
B&B Advent 2021 Day 4
Once steeped, this has an off-putting pu’erh smell. I waited a while and that wore away thankfully, however, what was left didn’t really do it for me. Peppermint up front and chili spiciness on the back. Seemed to be lacking in complexity and neither of us enjoyed this at all. We both ending up dumping our cups.
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Oh no, did they used too strong pu-erh?
I wasn’t truly a fan, but never had to dump it.
I got a bit of fishy smell at first too ha ha. But mine ended up just tasting like chili! x.x
I think I am overly sensitive to the fishy scent (and smoke as well — which wasn’t in this tea). I said to Lex “Life is too short for bad tea!” and dumped the cup haha!
“Something fishy brewing in Winterfell” lol (sorry)
A.C. Perch Advent 2021 Day 4
I was a bit unsure of this tea because I’m not usually huge on ginger heavy teas unless I’m not feeling well. And then chili as well! I thought the spicy heat would be over the top.
How wrong I was! This company keeps impressing me. The tea was far more lemongrass forward, but all the flavours were very subtle and very smooth. It was a lovely cuppa and I downed it far too quickly!
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B&B Advent 2021 Day 3
Creamy peppermint with hints of chocolate. I like that they changed the base of this to dandelion root. As the tea cools, some of the flavour starts to dissipate, but still tasty.
Lexa describes this as a creamy peppermint tea with a chocolate aftertaste.
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A.C. Perch Advent 2021 Day 3
Lex, her mom, and her nonna are all doing this calendar as well (the B&B caffeine free advent we’ll be enjoying together next month as well haha). However, they are all pretty caffeine sensitive, so when I opened this tea I was a bit concerned! Well, I didn’t need to be, because my phone was blowing up this morning with texts about how much they loved it — “I could sit and drink this all day! What a wonderful journey!”
The scent is intoxicating — bold, yet clean and clear (though I do love a bold black tea that I would take as a breakfast tea). The CTC cut is so small! It almost looks like coffee! This tea is bold, but with only the subtlest hints of tannic-ity at the end. It’s not too malty, but ever so slightly so. I can’t get over the lack of astringency/tannic notes here since sometimes that can be the downfall for these bold black teas.
Lex, her mom, and her Nonna all added milk (oat for some and soy for others), but I enjoyed this straight. I tried a sip of Lex’s with soy milk and it was also divine.
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A.C. Perch Advent 2021 Day 2
Disclaimer: I don’t think anyone else is doing A.C. Perch, but let me know if that’s not the case and I’ll try to hold off posting until a bit later in the day.
I don’t know if I ever had a jasmine tea. I certainly don’t seek them out, but I don’t really have a reason why.
This tea smells of jasmine and mint and I don’t really mind the scent. The jasmine seems to be a mix of sweet and musty (though the sweetness could be the mint).
The taste is very mellow. Subtle hints of mint and jasmine intertwined equally, not neither too strong. I understeeped this by one minute because 5 minutes seemed extreme for a green tea base (granted so did 4 minutes). There is a slight peppermint coolness in the aftertaste, but it’s still mellow. I’m quite happy with this one!
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Whaaaat never had jasmine?! It’s one of the few florals I really like. :)
Yes, I recommend the best: if you ever do a Teavivre order, grab a sample of any of their jasmine teas. If you aren’t a fan after you taste that, you probably just don’t need to drink jasmine teas. haha.
Yeah, you can’t go wrong with Teavivre’s introduction to jasmine. They and Verdant’s (now defunct) Jasmine Silver Needle got me hooked! :)
Thanks for the tip! I’ll have to remember for my next Teavivre order!
A.C. Perch Advent 2021 Day 1
ADVENT SEASON IS UPON US!
We’re so excited to dive into A.C. Perch!
The first tea has a wonderful background and on top of that it smells amazing steeped! A mix of floral with sweetness and makes me think of a delicious high mountain black/oolong mix.
There was a delightful sweetness to this tea paired with a pretty oolong flavour (I’m not sure exactly how to describe that — it wasn’t mineral/cardboard, but something else). I sadly was running around like a mad person attempting to get to work early and only had a few sips.
By the time I got home, the tea had been left out but was ice cold like it had been put in the fridge haha. The sweetness was still present, but with a slight edge of bitterness.
I made a resteep and it’s decent, but I don’t know that it’s really one I’d bother resteeping.
I’m happy with this start to the advent and anything that comes across as not completely positive was all on me and my ridiculous current work schedule.
Not gonna lie, I saw “Poutine” at first and was like… well that’s interesting. LOL!
Hahaha! Can you imagine!