I had a cuppa this in the company of the fabulous Raritea! She is awesome, we had a great time.
Ah, what a day!!
We attended a tea tasting at Tao Tea Leaf and it was amazing. Tao is so generous in offering samples of his many wonderful teas, I was a little overwhelmed. Most of them I had tried before so this was more of an opp to familiarize myself with the brews and yet I still get tea jitters looking at them all heh.
Anyhow, on to the tea. It was ok. Very tart, due to the hibby I presume. Under that, there was a hint of earthiness and fruitiness which I am having trouble identifying. What does Melissa Balm taste like? and Blackberry leaf? shrugs
Then when the cup cooled I finally got some of the licorice. Very sweet licorice!
Overall, I don’t mind this blend and I’d like to try it again at home using my own preferred parameters… but I wouldn’t buy more than a sample (which they don’t offer, sadly)
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Yay, you guys got to meet up!
Wish you coulda been there Kittenna :)
Woot! Yay for meet ups!
hehehe it was so much fun. We need to all meet up SOON! :D
Hi Indigobloom – I’m not sure how you tasted this tea at Tao’s as it’s one of the teas at The Tea Emporium. I’m really glad you enjoyed it – it’s quite lovely iced as well. We do sell samples by the way – always – our regular package sizes are 100gr – but do 50gr samples of everything.
50g is still too much as a sample in my opinion. I’d really like to see more canadian companies being willing to offer 20g samples (half ounce ish).
Sweber, sorry for the confusion! We attended the Tao tasting and then grabbed some lunch followed by a walk over to the Loblaws at College and Church.
Sil, I agree. With Tea Emporium, I tend to go for a to go cup before making a purchase commitment, or buy some of their more premium teas which are offered at 10g minimum purchase because they are a bit pricey
Indigo…yeah i do that sometimes but i also sometimes hate spending 3-4$ on ONE cup of tea when 20g would be about that or less…most of the time and would give me multiple steepings (and re-steepings)
yep, it’s annoying to be sure. Back in the day when I was just getting into it, I had a mission to try ALL the Davids and Teaopia teas so would get a cup to go every morning. That was expensive but helped me manage my stash. It’s exploded since then of course, mostly because I order online and of course the value in a cup vs loose samples. Sighs
Yay, you guys got to meet up!
Wish you coulda been there Kittenna :)
Woot! Yay for meet ups!
hehehe it was so much fun. We need to all meet up SOON! :D
Hi Indigobloom – I’m not sure how you tasted this tea at Tao’s as it’s one of the teas at The Tea Emporium. I’m really glad you enjoyed it – it’s quite lovely iced as well. We do sell samples by the way – always – our regular package sizes are 100gr – but do 50gr samples of everything.
50g is still too much as a sample in my opinion. I’d really like to see more canadian companies being willing to offer 20g samples (half ounce ish).
Sweber, sorry for the confusion! We attended the Tao tasting and then grabbed some lunch followed by a walk over to the Loblaws at College and Church.
Sil, I agree. With Tea Emporium, I tend to go for a to go cup before making a purchase commitment, or buy some of their more premium teas which are offered at 10g minimum purchase because they are a bit pricey
Indigo…yeah i do that sometimes but i also sometimes hate spending 3-4$ on ONE cup of tea when 20g would be about that or less…most of the time and would give me multiple steepings (and re-steepings)
yep, it’s annoying to be sure. Back in the day when I was just getting into it, I had a mission to try ALL the Davids and Teaopia teas so would get a cup to go every morning. That was expensive but helped me manage my stash. It’s exploded since then of course, mostly because I order online and of course the value in a cup vs loose samples. Sighs