2958 Tasting Notes
I was scared this might be too sweet, but I think it ended up brewing to be just right. The spearmint and the marshmallow root were fantastic, I love the tea so much. The tea base is fantastic and I like the vanilla-y taste from the marshmallow.
Flavors: Marshmallow, Spearmint, Sweet, Tannin, Vanilla, Vegetal
Preparation
i shall try this someday
I highly recommend it. It is very sweet like those sugar covered leaf shaped spearmint candies. I wish I had bought a full size of it, because I only have 1/2 ounce which will do me for about 8 cups total. I only have about 4 cups of it left. :( I might need to order from 52 teas again soon.
nice!
I steeped a few cups of this for my mother and I to try out my new fancy teacups. I feel like an adult when I own proper silverware and expensive tea cups.
The dry leaves smell heavenly, like maple, and cake, and malty black tea. I wish the brewed tea would be the tiniest bit stronger, but I enjoyed the maple. I found the black tea base to be too astringent and overly tannic for my tastes, but I do like the strong flavour.
Flavors: Astringent, Cake, Malt, Maple, Pancake Syrup, Tannic, Tannin
Preparation
Try steeping it a little less time – the blend I use has Assam tea in it and it can become tannic when steeped too long. I recommend starting at 2 1/2 minutes.
I’ll try that next time. When I tasted it at about 1 min 30 seconds the maple was too weak for my liking. Maybe I’ll try steeping it 2.5 minutes but add a bit of maple syrup as a sweetener.
Try playing around with the brew time to help avoid the tannic quality – everyone has different taste buds and the tannins affect everyone differently. Some people actually like an astringent, tannic quality to a tea, I’m not one of them. So I usually find that with most black teas, especially Assams, 2 1/2 minutes is my threshold. I personally found that with the 2 1/2 minutes, the tea was strong enough in flavor without additional sweetening but I’m not going to quibble with someone who wants to add more maple because . . . more maple. :)
The dry leaves smell fantastic, I really love the dark cocoa, hints of fruit and espresso, and lots of mystery. I dislike the smell of the brewed liquid. To me it smells like marijuana and pavement. Luckily the liquid tastes much better, kind of like a coffee house. I can really taste coffee beans, cocoa, and a medium oolong base.
I really like it overall, however I wish I could taste more cherry. I’m not getting anything fruity, I would have named this blend Urban mocha or something similar, but maybe my tea is a little older because I got the sample from someone. I do enjoy the fact that I get no bitterness from the brewed tea, because I somehow expected there to be some from the coffee beans.Flavors: Chocolate, Cocoa, Dark Wood, Espresso, Petrichor
Preparation
I could smell the malty smooth tea before I even took the first sip. I love that in a tea.
Unfortunately I can’t taste orange/fruit, but there is a heavy cocoa/chocolate presence and the tea base is dark and lovely. It tastes like a good after dinner tea with the malt and strong black tea taste. This would be lovely with a touch of honey (although I think it has the perfect amount of sweetness right now) and some milk to balance the cocoa. Overall it is very pleasant and not bitter or thin at all.
Flavors: Chocolate, Cocoa, Creamy, Dark Bittersweet, Malt, Milk, Smooth
Preparation
I took this teabag home from a visit with my cousin last month and forgot about it. We both have so much tea we have not even tried all the flavours we each have. It is kind of crazy if you consider how long it would take us to get through it all. I think I could go a year without buying tea before my stash would look empty.
I expected a sweet and vanilla-y tea, but I can not taste much over how tart this tea is. There is the faintest bit of fruitiness, but mostly just acidic pink liquid. I only steeped 30 seconds in slightly warm water, so I don’t think I’m brewing it incorrectly. I can’t finish the cup, I just can’t believe how sour it is. Maybe I got a bad batch?
Flavors: Fruity, Tart
Preparation
Is it a hibiscus tea? Those tend to be pretty tart.
It might have had hibiscus in it, I got the teabag from someone so I didn’t buy the box. I know I do not enjoy tart rosehip or hibiscus teas, so I try to avoid them when I can. I would not have expected blackberry vanilla tea to taste that sour though.
It might have hibiscus.
I looked it up, hibiscus is the first ingredient.
tee hee hee! there you go :)
I think this makes for a decent iced/cold tea.
A bit too tart in my opinion, but I like the blueberry flavour.
Be sure not to steep too long or it gets an overwhelming taste of horribly sour hibiscus. It is actually a bit sweet if steeped correctly, however.
Flavors: Blueberry, Fruity, Hibiscus, Sour, Tart
