15727 Tasting Notes
Sip down! Which is totally weird because apparently I never logged this prior to the sip down. This is a nice enough vanilla black but I prefer the version from steeped and infused. Th black is a little lighter than I’d reefer and the vanilla not as strong. Still I’m grateful for the sample from zen tea!
Quick note because the parents are still here and they’re laughing at me taking notes on teas. I figure there will be a number of back logs from me tonight once they leave lol. Been having this one most of the day while we play games and enjoy our time together. My parents loved their little package of presents and I was able to surprise Ian with his expansion to the game he loves. I’m still in awe over what my parents bought us though – a full set of d5 all clad pots! Add that to the tea kettle I Bought myself and I’m over the moon this Christmas :)
I love my All Clad-have had it for years. D5 didn’t exist then, but it sounds like it’s an improvement over an already great product.
Woo-hoo! That is a fantastic gift! You will think of this day for years and years as you use them!
Nice!! always a pleasure cooking in fancy pots :P
yeah i’m pretty blown away… we were going to but a MUCH cheaper set to get us a set..and then once both of us were working, pick up an atual set to last for years…
goes nicely with the breville variable temp kettle i bought myself lol
aha well now you can save up for something else instead! a yixing pot maybe! :P
No juice in the house so i’m kicking off today with a much needed matcha smoothie before the parents get here for fun and games all day long! I really like the sweetness of this one in smoothie form. Soooo good and just the right pop to kick off the morning before i roll into tea mode :)
ok fine…ONE more tea… lol
not sure how i feel about this one. It’s fruity, but i’m not sure i can pinpoint this as being raspberry. It’s tasty though, so i’ll see if i can play with it and get more of a raspberry flavour out of it. I generally have trouble with whites, so that’s not shocking :)
Preparation
Alright…i think? this is the last tea for the evening now that I’ve sent my parents off to bed and we can get ready for tomorrow’s festivities. I hoped for a bit more from this tea. It vaguely reminds me of frank’s chocomate, though that may just be because of the toasted mate. I think i may have to pass this on to someone else to try as it appears i’m not overly a fan of mate. However! I will try this again with milk or something added to it to see if that makes it a bit more creamy and delicious.
So I have to say…compared to Stacy’s maple pecan oolong, this one is nowhere near her take on maple. This tea does however remind me of one of Della Terra’s teas, though i can’t for the life of my place which one it is. Maybe i’ll be able to figure that one out tomorrow. While the maple is there, it’s just not as strong as I’d like it to be. A decent cup, but nothing I’d feel the need to reorder.
backlogging!
mmmm maple tea! I had this one first for a comparison against the next tea – I wanted to see how the new tea i picked up compares to stacy’s take on maple pecan. Not that the other tea is pecan…but the maple part should be ok to compare against. I’m almost out of this one, so a reorder may need to happen in the near future. I need to get through a few more teas first though! haha
mmmm backlog! Had this tonight as well, brewed it for dad even though he didn’t ask for it. I just have no red rose in the house for them to have so they have to be content with what i’ve got to offer lol I really enjoy this one from butiki!
Hah whenever my dad-in-law is over he asks if we have any red rose yet. He just has to live with my ‘fancy tea’. Although he doesn’t seem to mind the earl grey or unflavoured black teas I’ve made for him though. I don’t understand how anyone could prefer red rose over a nice yunnan though!
My Mum doesn’t care as long as it’s bagged “orange pekoe”. Tetley, Red Rose, Salada… this is me “not” snickering. because it’s a grade, not a type of tea!!
heh yeah that happens lots in my parents house
Backlog!
I had this tonight as well as mom wanted to try a new tea. I didn’t brew it properly but that’s ok because there will be plenty of tea and games tomorrow while we cook and spend time together! I’ve been having a lovely time with my parents so far. This is a pretty good tea, though not my favourite now that I’ve had a bunch more :)
