3014 Tasting Notes

60
drank The Creator by Wild Coast Brew
3014 tasting notes

From the 2025 steepster TTB

This is a very lemongrass and mint blend with not much else going on. I can’t taste the ginger at all. I made sure to get some fireweed leaves but couldn’t make out any flavours from it. The mint really takes over. Without being able to taste the other ingredients, it is tough to rate this blend. I think the idea is creative and interesting but I don’t feel inspired by plain peppermint and lemongrass tea.

Flavors: Lemongrass, Menthol, Mint, Peppermint

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 5 min, 45 sec

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77
drank Emperor's Garden by Tea Center
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Trying this tea again as I work my way through older teas. This is really nice iced but I enjoy it hot as well. The green base is fairly light but it gives a bit of vegetal green flavour. The strawberry and fruity notes come through strongly. This tea isn’t sour at all, but also isn’t very sweet. I would have liked more tropical fruits given the name. Maybe some fruits actually grown in the palace gardens in southern Asia like persimmons, citrons, mandarins, or apricots. That being said, there are some fruity notes that could be pineapple and peach. Both are fairly muted but not unwelcome. There is also a very light floral component, but this helping happened to not have any rose petals so the flavour was much less than most cups of this I brew.

Flavors: Floral, Fruity, Green, Strawberry, Vegetal

Preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 4 min, 0 sec

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79
drank Gingerbread Chai by 52teas
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I think mine is from 2021, so this was a welcome but bittersweet sipdown. This is a nice chai blend during the winter months or cold mornings of early spring. Now that I’m into later spring I no longer desire it the same way, but I don’t want to leave it for another year. It was a delight while it lasted!

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76
drank Blue Magic Matcha by DAVIDsTEA
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I wasn’t sure if I would actually like this because I love ginger, but really hated the apple ginger matcha I tried a while back.

I found my cold latte (250 mL cold soy milk and 50 mL hot water with 2 tsp of matcha…don’t judge me) to be a bit grey-blue. I think non-dairy milks might not be the correct pH for this to turn beep blue. It looked a bit chalky, but I also used a lot of matcha because I’m soooo tired this morning. I could fall asleep right now. I’m not sure how much caffeine is in this one because matcha is further down the ingredient list, but I should have gotten at least an espresso shot worth.

This is very fruity (acai and berries) with some acidicty. The ginger comes in the aftertaste for me.

Flavors: Berry, Chalky, Fruity, Ginger

Preparation
2 tsp 7 OZ / 200 ML

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78
drank Dozy Girl by Bird & Blend Tea Co.
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Free sample from my recent B&B order. I really enjoyed this hot. I get lots of lavender, rose, and chamomile. The blend has some hibiscus, which gives some sourness but it is not overwhelming. It was pretty weak on the second cup, but I enjoyed it enough to give it a 78. The main fault is that it could use more citrus flavour from verbena.

Flavors: Chamomile, Citrus, Floral, Hibiscus, Lavender, Rose

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 15 sec

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79
drank Gingerbread Chai by 52teas
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70
drank Peppermint by Great Value
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The humble grocery store peppermint can pleasantly surprise you if you give it a chance. I’ve been drinking this quite a bit because there are old teas at work up for grabs and I love peppermint. I don’t know how old it is but I like the freshness and the potency. Lots of menthol and a touch of sweetness. It isn’t super remarkable, but it is better than many peppermints I have tried.

Flavors: Menthol, Peppermint

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec

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75
drank Ginger Cola Black Tea by 52teas
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Proper review coming soon. I made this with barista oat creamer and I want to try it with just plain soy milk first before I speak to how creamy the base brew actually is.

It’s good, though. Very tasty.

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I studied biochem and botany at University with a focus on genetics and evolutionary biology. Now, I work in biology setting up labs for students. I love science fiction and spend too much of my time reading comic books. I’m a passionate keeper of spiders, cacti, and exotic plants. I eat a vegan, plant-based diet for moral and environmental reasons (I mention this only because it is relevant to which flavoured teas I drink).

I drink mostly flavoured and low caffeine teas/tisanes, but I will try anything twice. As far as pure teas go, I gravitate towards whites, yellows, and jade oolongs. Most of my teas are older and in smaller smounts, so I can’t offer samples of most blends. But you can still message me any time :)

My cupboard and stash spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-HjWKR3um-xEnj6HC9vMvKXOAyj_bpW5u_2ixEC20-k/edit?usp=sharing are both outdated and I have not organized my current list of teas in several years.
Most of these are only tiny samples/I can’t always spare any, but feel free to ask.

Favourite flavours/ingredients:
Rum/alcohol, clove, cardamom, rosemary, pine, sage, anise, moss/Earthy, lychee, floral, creamy, malt, hay, rice/grain, toasty, desserty, cocoa/chocolate, decaf or no caffeine, very unusual flavours

Favourite tea types
Decaf teas (any variety)/no caf tisanes like honeybush and rooibos, fruit blends without hibiscus, yellow, jade oolong, white, Darjeeling blacks, Longjing

Least favourite flavours/ingredients:
Acidic/sour/tart, melon, grapefruit, bitter, astringent, smokey, green apple, sickly sweet (too much chicory, cinnamon, or licorice root), yerba mate, turmeric, mushroom/fungus, vegetal and savoury

No
Animal products: [confectioners glaze, gelatine, milk-based natural flavours, white choc chips, caramel bits, etc]
St. John’s wort (herb)
Stevia

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