6106 Tasting Notes
Drank this like, two weeks ago, and have forgotten everything about it. It was okay; I think I intended to be assessing it for cold-brewing/icing, but definitely forgot about that. I should try again, as I have lots of it left, and the flavours seem like they would make for a yummy iced tea!
Sipdown! 161/365!
Thanks for the share, Roswell Strange! I was feeling like a black tea the other day, and also like I should get in a sipdown, so I found this in my teabox from Roswell. Thankfully, it was better than the herbals of theirs that I have tried; not a bad example of a bagged assam, IMO. Malty and a bit thinner than my preference would be, but decent flavour.
Sipdown! 160/365!
I actually made two jugs of this, but am too lazy to log it twice. This tea wasn’t bad, actually – a fairly typical hibiscus fruit tea with a bit of orange – but the one difference was the use of banana, which gave it a bit of a different flavour. Can’t really say it tasted much like cherries in particular. Sweetened, it actually was one of the better iced teas I’ve made lately, but probably not worth buying. (This was an offload from a friend, the same friend with whom I’ve recently been drinking tea, as it happens, though this was from a few years back.)
Mixed this with my lavender from last summer. I don’t think I used enough lavender; the vanilla drowned it out! I was trying not to overdo it as the last time I added lavender to a tea, it was a bit potent. Will try again, though. This has got to be a winning combination. Haha.
I guess my previous cups of this were at work/unlogged. Ah well. It’s not a stellar tea; tastes a bit on the lighter side of what I’m used to from black pearls, although the familiar chocolatey, malty flavours are present. I only used 4 pearls, though, for an 8oz cup, so it might be a little underleafed (I have 5 pearls left for the last cup).
I’m not sure if it’s the power of suggestion, but I just read a tasting note mentioning cigars, and I swear I also tasted a bit of that acrid, ashy taste as well (not really in a bad way). Not bad, but I’d probably go for a different version next time. I think YS and Teavivre both have black pearls; likely many other companies as well.
Sipdown! 158/365!
I think this tea now holds the record for my fastest-sipped-down multiple-cup tea packet. Haha. I don’t even usually go through my 2-3 cup DavidsTea samples this quickly! But I do, of course, have more of this on the way, and can’t wait. I think I had 5 cups from this packet, and not a single one was disappointing (hit or miss on the resteeps though, but that’s likely my carelessness).
Fantastic flavour, fantastic base teas. Sorry to anyone who missed out!
Frank-era version of this tea (I don’t know if there is an Anne-era version yet.)
My packet looks to be in awfully bad shape. Lots of tea dust. The cup I had was ok; some banana, not really any cheesecake, a good dose of mariney green tea. My score suggests I didn’t love this the first time around either; it’s just okay. Really prefer plain old marshmallow treat.
No, I have not recreated this. Instead, I created the banana marshmallow treat. I don’t know if I’ve done a cheesecake flavor with genmaicha – but sitting here and thinking about it… I can say that genmaicha wouldn’t be my first choice with a cheesecake flavor unless it’s the other flavors involved that I’d like enhanced by the roasted flavor in the genmaicha. The cheesecake flavor is just too finicky, unfortunately. I’ve come to realize that the right base is a requirement.
Friend enjoyed this; I enjoyed the resteeps. I don’t think I’m overly keen on the combo of lavender and chocolate (or maybe it’s the honeybush here that I don’t care for), but it’s still enjoyable. Just not a combo to seek out again, until it occurs to me to mix cacao shells with lavender… hmmm….. maybe I’ll try that combo before dismissing it entirely.
