This tea smells so good. Fruity and sweet and berry-y and good. So. Freakin’. Good. Which is good because someone in the office? Yeah, making it smell bad. Good smelling things are needed. Post-brewing, I’m getting an almost caramel or burnt sugar smell. Like pound cake or graham crackers but richer. This smells like a strawberry sauce-covered dessert.
It tastes like strawberry syrup and burnt sugar. Tartly berry sweet in a dark way (not a white sugar sweet way) and very dessert-y. Rich taste even if it has a lighter body.
I do feel like I’m missing something not drinking it out of my strawberry tea cups though. Totoro isn’t always the perfect cup, I suppose.
ETA: Second steep at a lower temp (boiling water into my cup for a moment then into my ingenuiTEA so 200° maybe?) @ 4:45. More fruit, less burnt sugar. A bit softer, smoother, nice. Definitely worth the resteep.
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I’ve been watching a lot of Miyazake lately and I have the “Hey, let’s go!” song stuck in my head. I like it, though, so I don’t mind it being there.
Anyhow re-steeps on the Marco Polo have been very good to me as well. I’m hoping to get around to logging my cream and sugar experience soon. Maybe tomorrow.
I so enjoy this tea. Thank you for sharing it with me!
I’ve been watching a lot of Miyazake lately and I have the “Hey, let’s go!” song stuck in my head. I like it, though, so I don’t mind it being there.
Anyhow re-steeps on the Marco Polo have been very good to me as well. I’m hoping to get around to logging my cream and sugar experience soon. Maybe tomorrow.
I so enjoy this tea. Thank you for sharing it with me!