1845 Tasting Notes
Got another bag from postcrossing, back in May.
Oh well, I don’T know if I have steeped it for long or what was wrong, but I noticed only sweet licorice and hints of apples. No ginger nor cinnamon. Apple/Licorice. Uhh, what a dismal!
Dropping from 70 → 60
Flavors: Apple, Licorice
My grandma is celebrating 79 on the 29th, so we had a small celebration today (only day we agreed on, whole close family)… counting people, it was 13 people. One of my brothers is working unfortunately today.
The tea, was delicious once again — apple and its skins, vanilla, pastry notes, quite high in cinnamon. It is respectable opponent to its opponent, granny’s real Apple Strudel. I think that granny’s won a tiny bit — because raisins, but it is really tiny bit!
It’s interesting that other family members weren’t that impressed about this tea though (when I prepared it in big pot for everyone) but they like the real strudel. Give me more!
Flavors: Apple, Apple Skins, Cinnamon, Pastries, Vanilla
Preparation
Happy birthday to your grandma! Mine lived to be over 100 years old. I still miss her, but she left many wonderful memories behind and introduced me to the joys of tea back when I was a little girl.
Learn from her Martin as our grandparents are wise due to the fact they have lived through a lot. Cherish them while you still have them as they are priceless. Glad you celebrated with her.
Happy birthday to your grandma!
Happy birthday to your grandma! It’s nice that you live near her and can spend time with her enjoying tea.
Both the day and the sound lovely.
Happy birthday to your grandmother! May her year be blessed and may she enjoy many more birthdays with you!
That sounds like a wonderful day. I love that you served the tea with your grandma’s strudel. How fun! I hope she enjoyed her day.
Thank you all! I am very glad to have her still around. She lives only downstairs Leafhopper, so indeed close by. She got some Pukka teas from me (and other family members), she don’t need much already. I hope we will celebrate lots of upcoming birthdays! Veronica: Indeed it was nice coincidence, and nice idea to compare liquid strudel and real one :D
Tried again and alone :)
While last time I found it really enjoyable, today it is bit different story! I still quite enjoyed it, but maybe it was too spicy; maybe I have over"appled" it?
It was nice warming up cuppa, mostly apples and allspice. Pretty much mouthwatering, but quite tart aftertaste. I will keep current rating; it’s tasty, but not really perfect!
Flavors: Apple, Tart
A bag from ashmanra, THANK YOU again.
Finally, tried all the teas from her. And only 3 months till Christmas. First snow to appear on “mountains” here this weekend.
White tea, peppermint and ginger sounds like an interesting combo and well it was delivered. It was nice and mellow, peppermint was quite smooth and certainly not overpowering, the base was probably very nice as well. I haven’t noticed much of ginger honestly, but it was noticeable it wasn’t just white and peppermint. It maybe reminded me bit of wintergreen; it was nice and smooth.
Missing the spiciness a bit, what I would expected for winter teas, but it was nice. Thank you for new tea bag into collection as well.
Flavors: Peppermint, Smooth
Preparation
You have snow already? We usually don’t get it until November, which is fine by me.
It should arrive in the weekend :)
Yikes! It’s still 24C here in Ontario. I guess you’ll need all those winter-themed teas! :)
Oooh! I am so jealous, Martin! When I lived on the West coast, I missed snow so badly. My first winter back home was very white and very cold, but last year we had what amounted to white dust a few times. My fingers are crossed for heaps and drifts of snow this winter! Stay warm and safe and enjoy your ‘winter’ teas. : )
That is my eldest daughter’s favorite tea! I am glad it you enjoyed it.
We rarely get snow. It was 78F here today or 25.5C. I can’t believe you will be seeing it so soon! Enjoy and have a hot cuppa!
It is almost too early for me as well, but I am used to :) Well I guess I still miss Finland I have been to 4 years ago from late August till Christmas! There first snow appeared in this time and although it didn’t stayed, it was quite cold all the time.
Yesterday morning tea — I have combined two teaspoons of Bird & Blend’s Carrot Cake with one teaspoon of SebaSTea Ceylon High Grown.
Worked well together, actually it was like that Carrot Cake tea, with different base — black tea. It woke me up quite well, while it still had it’s cinnamon, carrot cake flavour with hints of caramelised hazelnuts.
Pretty nice!
A sample from ashmanra I finally decided to try. THANK YOU! As I am first one who steeps this and drinks it here on this wonderful site, I am bit nervous about it, because I feel bit confused about the tea.
I took three teaspoons, but tea was quite fluffy, so it is actually rather two.
I have steeped it for quite long, 4 or maybe 5 minutes. It brews classical brown black colour typical for black teas. Aroma wasn’t much noticeable, so I have hoped that taste would be better. Unfortuantely, from black currant flavor, vanilla flavor, bergamot oil, caramel flavor I noticed only hints of black currant, rather it was quite malty, robust tea, no vanilla nor bergamot. Hints of caramel sweetness was there but maybe I have expected it way stronger!
I had no expectations, as I had no idea what flavour it should be. But it is certainly dismal in terms of flavoured tea. And those notes? No, I don’t think they are in. Maybe next time?
Preparation
I have been waiting for a sale to buy this because it is supposed to be Harney’s older ‘Paris’ blend flavoring that I loved. I think you should steep if for only two minutes and see how it tastes… maybe even just one minute steep? :D
Will try tea-sipper! I prefer having strong teas and little bit over suggested volume, but as I had only the name of tea, I haven’t got any idea what should be in nor how it should taste like.
Harney says-Vieux Paris translates into Old Paris in French. This blend is our original recipe Paris tea. Mike Harney has enjoyed many a pot of tea in the famous Parisian tea shops. In homage to the city, he created what’s become one of Harney & Sons’ most popular and beloved blends worldwide. Paris is a fruity black tea with vanilla and caramel flavors, and a hint of lemony Bergamot. The aroma is delightful!
Ingredients:
Black tea, oolong tea, black currant flavor, vanilla flavor, bergamot oil, caramel flavor. Contains natural & artificial flavors.
White Antlers: I have noticed that, but! O haven’t seen the notes which should be in at all!
Martin, I hate it when that happens. I don’t much care for flavored teas, but when I do buy some, the whole point is to get ALL the advertised flavors.
Tea-sipper: apparently the difference is (I called and asked) the original long ago had artificial vanilla flavoring. As they upgraded all their tea and ingredients over time they switched to natural vanilla only, but said some customers asked for the original blend back. I wondered if the skyrocketing price of vanilla beans had anything to do with the decision. Ha ha!
ashmanra – yes, I’m very happy that those others complained because I thought the older Paris was much better! This is why I’m intrigued to know if this actually does taste like the older blend.
tea-sipper: I don’t think I ever had the older one so it is hard to say. I don’t think I noticed a huge difference in the two but it had been a long time since I sipped down the new style Paris. I hope it surpasses your expectations! Or at least is as good as you remember!
Yuuum! Finally I could enjoy this tea without awful headache.
I was craving for something smooth and floral; and this delivered both.
Grandpa — 1 tsp per 300 ml.
It was just perfect. Very nice in aroma, jasmine, orchids, lightly creamy. In taste it was so smooth, even when I used boiling water, again jasmine and creamy, coated all my mouth with its velvety texture. Aftertaste was long, hints of vegetal, bit of genmaicha taste. Somehow I believe it can offer more and more! I really enjoy that qualitiy, that it is strong in aroma as well in taste, but not overpowering all other notes!
Flavors: Creamy, Jasmine, Smooth, Toasted Rice, Vegetal
Preparation
A big bags section after long time. I don’t expect anything.
And it is… nothing to write about. Yes, it is green tea, cheap, though not bitter (probably colder water made it actually drinkable), hay-like. The peach is sweet and well present in taste, though artificial and far from “ripe and fresh pieces of peach”.
Pretty much meh, but I finished it and that’s plus. Maybe it is age.
Flavors: Artificial, Hay, Peach
Preparation
Drank yesterday evening while I was visiting my friends; and well, they did not offered any teas, only a few fruit blends.
The aroma was pretty nice, though quite sweet. It was mostly the tangerine with hints of ginger.
Brewed, well, it was very strong in tangerine, bit in artificial way. The ginger was doing warming up effect when colder.
Don’t look on teeth of given horse — Czech proverb
Wasn’t impressed, but haven’t expected anything too much, so… okay?
Flavors: Citrus
Preparation
While I wasn’t very impressed last time I had this tea about situation over here; it is not getting better — it is actually very, very bad recently.
And the tea…? I am way more satisfied with it. Yep, it isn’t top-notch tea; but I liked it for being that nice. It had quite nice body from Assam base, and today it was more into lavender than rose. But the rose was noticeable as well, mostly for the aroma which of course was bit soapy, but not in bad way! It was maybe too floral for some, including me, but I think I will drink it now or then, when I will have mood for something different than malty, strong blacks; I may offer it to family members, friends…
I am thinking about placing another order, this time to choose some, bit more autumn-winter flavours.
Flavors: Floral, Lavender, Rose
