144 Tasting Notes
This seems like a perfect blend of coffee and pu’erh, and the chocolate/almond/caramel adds the nice and much-needed touch of sweetness. I didn’t do a rinse since I thought it might chase away the flavouring, and the first steep had the faintest bit of fishiness. The second steep was a little bland. Maybe I’ll try shorter steeps next time.
Ughh, not a big fan of this one. Everyone else seems to love it but there’s something in there that just kind of reminds me of… dirt maybe? I don’t know if it’s the sweetness, or something about the flavouring, but I’m pretty sure it’s not the green rooibos because I’ve tried that straight up and it didn’t bother me. Maybe I’ll try it iced…. maybe.
Mmmm. One of my first straight green teas. Wonderfully devoid of bitterness and as others have said, very buttery. I always kind of wondered what people meant when they said a tea was buttery, and now I know. I got this as a sample and I can’t wait to buy more next time I’m at David’s (I wish it wasn’t so expensive though!)
Preparation
I don’t like chamomile, so this tea was kind of destined for failure… but I tried it anyway, out of curiosity. What did I learn?? I am apparently super sensitive to the taste of licorice! At first sip this seemed okay, then I noticed a sweet aftertaste… then it got sweeter and sweeter, sticking to the back of my throat, very cloying…. very very unpleasant! Aahhh! I took another sip and it happened again! I crammed my mouth full of m&ms but it did nothing to get rid of the taste in the back of my throat. Currently chugging water but to no avail. Bleehhhh! Never again!
Hmm, not really getting a lot of pineapple here. Lots of the black tea, and behind that a bit of something fruity and woody. Kind of thin, but not unpleasant. My parents brought this back from Hawaii for me and on the box it suggests using a sweetener to enhance the fruit flavour. Trying that next time!
Edit: Lighter on the second steep— less of the black tea and wood, more of the fruit.
I think one of the reasons I love this tea so much is because it actually gets better as it cools. Since I have a cat tongue (very very sensitive to heat!) and I tend to sip my tea slowly my tea always gets too cold and weird by the last third of the cup or so. But this one is good to the last sip, yay!
I got this from a place in Portland that I really like, unfortunately this tea was kinda weird though. :/ I guess they’re discontinuing it too. Both the dry leaves and the steeped tea smell like cherry candies/cough drops, and that’s exactly how it tastes. Very artificial. I’m not sure exactly what’s in it but I expected a lot better! I could see this maybe making an okay sweet iced tea though? Maybe??
