793 Tasting Notes
SIpdown! I am having some sinus issues right now, but I can’t really taste a thing in this cup. I’m getting a vague muddled something, but I can’t tell what. I have had this tea for at least six months by guestimate and I enjoyed previous cups so I think I need to chalk this cup up to the tea not aging well. If I buy this tea again I need to make sure to drink it faster!
Preparation
I got two great steeps out of the last serving in the bag. I tried for a third by soaking the leaves overnight in room temp water and that one was a fail. Overall I really liked this tea, enough to put it on my potential reorder list if it ever comes around again. So hard to decide quickly if I like a tea enough to buy more when it is limited edition and the clock is ticking!
I’m not a fan of oolongs but I keep getting sucked into trying them. With yummy names like “lemon pound cake” how can I resist?! I got a sample size of this in store and I’m surprised to say it is pretty good! I’m getting a lot of bright lemon/lemongrass flavoring and none of the cardboard flatness that I tend to get with oolongs. There is a little tang at the end of the sip, but most of it is lovely light lemon, like the scent of a lemon, not the taste of the fruit. I totally neglected this tea while steeping and left it sitting for several minutes, but it seems to deal with the abuse well. Although I’m enjoying this tea, I don’t think I would stock it in my cupboard, but it has been a fun tea to try.
Preparation
This tea is disgusting. I have had and liked an herbal cocoa mint blend in the past (I recall the company had rooibos in the description), but it had been discontinued and I’ve been searching for a replacement since. This is not a proper replacement for it. All I can taste is watery rooibos with a little chocolate mint. The whole thing is weak and watery and unbalanced. I’m glad I found it in bulk and only bought a little bit of it. Bad tea makes expensive compost.
Almost finished with this tin! I FINALLY cold steeped it. I think it is a little too strong, which is fine if I want to drink it on ice, but I decided to carbonate it instead. It has a faint ginger scent that reminds me of ginger ale, but it lacks any bite that a good ginger ale has. How do they do that? Ginger flavor without the bite, so strange! It is generally pretty smooth and pleasant to drink, but still isn’t striking me as anything amazing. On occasion I will get the urge to have a cup of this tea, but reading over my reviews of not feeling strongly about it, I end up wondering why I will gravitate towards it.
Preparation
I’ve gone through almost all of the bag of this without having made any notes! The horror! There is a some cardamon spicy flavor in taste and scent. Adding sugar perks it up a bit. Adding cream brings out the pistachio flavor, but dampens the spice, which is mostly in the scent right now. Overall I’m feeling like this is a nice cup, a fun experience, but not an I must stock up on it kinda tea. I have a cup or more to decide.
Preparation
It’s been a while since I have had a flavored match and I forgot how much I love them! This sample has been sitting around for quite some time, but the pumpkin flavors are still shining through. I made a match a smoothie with the rest of this. Ice, soy milk and a little maple syrup. Simple, but I didn’t want anything to drown out the matcha flavors. I need to figure out a way to justify buying more matcha!
I’m really liking this tea. Started sipping my cup hot and was getting a nice comforting burn down my throat. Now that it has cooled, I get cinnamon and a hint of clove on top of the spice which is on top of muted strawberry. There is a slight flatness that appears as it cools, but it isn’t too distracting.
Preparation
Cold steeped in the fridge, then put through a sodastream machine!
Cold steeped in the fridge, then put through a sodastream machine!
Cold steeped in the fridge, then put through a sodastream machine!
You got that?! Carbonated tea is awesome!!!! It adds an extra bit of refreshing to an already delightful tea. Adding the CO2 tricks my taste buds into registering things as a little sweeter without the sugar. I think I’m going to carbonate all my cold steeped tea from now on.
Aren’t you only supposed to put water in the machine and then flavor afterwards? I know that was the case with mine but mine was very old.
Yeah, that’s what they say. I got mine second hand from a friend who suggested to disregard those instructions and make sure to clean the spout after use, so that is what I do. She said she tried it the recommended way which was hit or miss when adding the flavoring because you never knew when the flavoring would cause a bubbling over reaction.
Brilliant! I can’t wait to try this!
I did it again! I walked away from a cup of this tea and didn’t return until it was cool. It seems to loose a lot of it’s flavoring when cool and I mostly taste just the tea with a hint of pineapple. Where did pineapple come from?! Reheating and adding sugar… I’m still getting mostly pineapple. I can taste a little creaminess from the cashew that comes out more in the aftertaste. It’s not speaking to me.
