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Another tea from derk! Thank you

Again “simple” day – simple drinks as peppermint tea.

I let the bag in all time, so really long steeping time.

Another very fresh and refreshing peppermint. I can’t compare it to Czech brands, which are weak and dirty in taste.

Very tasty, long mounth-feel. Highly drinkable. If I have to compare with Celestial Seasonings, it’s bit worse, but still highly recommended!

Hmm. No tasting notes and rated? What is happening here on Steepster?

Admins!
If there’s something strange
In your website
Who you gonna call?
Admins!

Ehh, I guess not.

And tea? It was like drinking “Winter is coming” again. It was pretty same, with one exception. It was more smoky – because Lapsang Souchong here. Well, even the ingredients are almost same. Bit more spicy.

Took this tea to cut down as well Christmas-related teas. Same rating as Winter is Coming. Prepared grandpa as well.

A tea bag from postcrossing.

Another green tea. This time as a tea bag – need to cut down the stash in real cupboard a bit. I have there lots of different tea bags, so I picked this one. Green tea, probably from China. but it’s so finely chopped in the bag, I guess it doesn’t matter. Suggested brewing time – 2 minutes.

Brews quite light yellow-green. Aroma of hot hay. Hints of floral notes. Cloudy colour as it cools down.

Taste is… generic green tea. Nothing distinctive. Florals, hay, maybe tiny bit of dirt.
Not to try again.

There is not much of puerh left in this blend. Lots of peppermint there.

So, that said it is naturally very refreshing even prepared grandpa. There are some bold base, which is I assume puerh base. It was as well kind of fruity, I mean stonefruits. Don’t know what brought such taste. Long aftertaste, which I really enjoy!

Keeping the 78 – there are some flaws, which I am not really able to describe, but makes it bit unenjoyable. Maybe too much peppermint – not balanced with puerh?

Tried this tea again for research purposes – so western.

Unfortunately, Steepster ate my tasting note. So short notes only. 4 minutes steeping in, who knows how hot water. I think I was bit careful, so around 90°C.

Used to be more fresh and more flavourful, but it’s my fault to having tea from November 2018.
Notes of hay, grass seed, it’s buttery as well, but much less. There are also mineral notes and bit salty.

Thank you derk!

I have tried this tea again, this time grandpa of 2 grams.

I boiled a water, let it rest for 10 minutes approximately. Filled the glas mug with tea.

Turned out great – very energy boosting green tea, which looks very pretty too. I do not notice olives anymore, but some salty, mineral notes for sure. Thick feel.

Bit buttery, I assume it is mostly because of long steep times and can be avoided if prepared differently, probably western would bring this tea best results. As I have some rest, I will certainly try it too (I was that lazy this morning). I like it for sure, so thank you derk for nice sample (I still have about half rest! I just found it hoarded in cupboard), and Alistair from What-Cha for nice tea (although from November 2018!). I have to agree with eastkyteaguy – it’s nice to see uncommon teas available for western tealovers!

I don’t know how to feel about this tea. It’s tasty, but like something is missing there.

Prepared three teaspoons to DIY tea bag. It’s very sweet in aroma and coconut makes its part too. Blend itself looks very pretty, instagram-like, ready for bite. Brewed in boiling water for quite long (they suggest 4+ min) , I did maybe 8? But as it is rooibos, moreover with lots of other ingredients, I thought it won’t hurt to make it strong.

The aroma of brew is very similar. Coconut! But creamy and cake-like. I have enjoyed the aroma of brew very much. The taste is bit different though. It’s certainly creamy, some notes of coconut there as well. But I am missing some depth of it. It’s creamy coconut, but I have not noticed roses at all, I wonder how fenugreek is in matter of taste, quite distinctive rooibos base (but not woody flavour of it).

Maybe I am just kind of disappointed.

Basic.

Okay black tea, I expect from it’s from Ceylon.

Tea itself is as I said – basic. Nothing from complexity, bit malty and that’s all. Forgettable.

Another tea bag from huge bags, and it was really good one!

I let it steep for long, as I had some other work to do, kind of forgot it afterwards, so it can be bit more than 5 minutes.

It was suprisingly delicious. Very roasted, but mellow. Nutty notes there for sure as well. Nicely complex for A TEA BAG, of UNKNOWN AGE, probably MORE THAN 5 YEARS OLD.

As for news: We have whole country under quarantine. That means we should not go outside if not needed, but it is advised to go to parks, nature and wild. But in small groups, rather just families. So, I am spending my time staying at home or shopping necessary items to household.

Not happy about that completely, honestly I think it is maybe too much, or the situation is much worse than the government says and that makes me very nervous.

Moreover, after yesterday when prime minister said they won’t close down any town and cities they declared today 18 or 19 towns in one region are blocked by military and police. There are still no desinfection, facemasks or respirators. Some regions received few of them, luckily. Newest infected people are just 10 km ( 6.2 mi) away; my mother goes through that town every day to work and back.

I am very afraid recently. And my mood of doing school-work is on point zero.

Got a tea bag in my huge bags section and… as many of you know, I kind of adore Basilur brand for price-quality ratio.

This tea is exactly what I expected from it. Full bodied taste, very malty but it have got character – it is not one-dimmensional as some are. I notice notes of tobacco, cherry wood, bit of smoky as well. Steeping for three minutes was enough to have all of this!

I am not sure if I should look for loose-leaf version. It’s worth to have even teabags!
As for tea bag – I have to rate it that high. I feel I am lover of Ceylon teas – they “speak” the most for me.