6106 Tasting Notes
(52teas (Anne) 2022: 132)
A is for… A Partridgeberry in a Pear Tea!
And it’s another green! Initial sip gives me a playdough vibe (boo) and although I can tell it’s flavoured, I really can’t taste much of it. Definitely would love to try this fresh!
ETA: Oh, funny… the tea is named without the “A” here, but the “A” is clearly on the packet. Some of you must have wondered…
(52teas (Anne) 2022: 131)
A is for… A Walk in the Woods!
Third tea for today, and another green! This one also introduces one of the themes in the “A” tea names – 4/6 that I located for today just start with “A”. Surprisingly, none starting with Apple.
I hadn’t remembered that this tea contained turmeric, which is among my less-favourite ingredients. Interestingly, the tea didn’t turn vibrant yellow, though, so I guess the effect of the yellow colouration is less when the root isn’t ground up.
Flavour-wise, wasn’t really expecting to like this, and I don’t. It’s earthy and otherwise kind of boring. There is apple in the tea but I don’t really taste it.
ETA: So, I don’t have any 52teas starting with the word “Apple” today because apparently I’ve already drank each of the four once in 2022 already. Haha.
In the library world, we never alphabetize using “A”, “An” or “The” (or equivalents from other languages like “La”, “Le”, etc.) I’ve been in the profession for so long now my brain immediately just sees “That starts with a W…” Hahaha. (I now recall how this started a fight with my stepmother once when I saw all her DVDs that started with “The” such as “The Client” were in the Ts, and when I pointed it out, she got super defensive and mad…)
I was debating on whether to follow that logic or not, but decided that it works best in my spreadsheet to include the “A” and “The” as A and T, respectively. It’s also uncommon, otherwise I might have reconsidered!
Ya, I’ve never understood why computers don’t just automatically sort by omitting preceding “A/An” “The”. It bothers me enough that I actually have my teas named on my spreadsheet as “Walk in the Woods, A” so it’ll sort correctly… professional hazard, I guess!
(I realize no one else would ever be as anal about something like that as me, heh.)
If I have my own spreadsheet, I would do it in the same way as you Mastress Alita. A bit of technical info — omitting is pretty much hard for sorting and slowls it a bit. It takes too much of CPU time (not my knowledge, but my brother’s programmer)
(52teas (Anne) 2022: 130)
A is for… Amaretto Pears with Cream!
Second tea of the day, and another green – this seems to be a bit of a theme. I like this tea less than the previous one, perhaps because it has less flavour, but as I’m drinking it room temp I’m noticing some flavours that I’d previously missed, and they are making me appreciate it a bit more. Definitely getting the creaminess now, as well as some pear. I’m unfamiliar with amaretto; maybe there’s some of that too? It’s all coming out in the aftertaste though – initial sips are not very appealing, kind of a basic flavoured green taste. Very interesting. If I was rating based on the aftertaste alone, this tea might even squeak into the 80s, but as is, I think it’s just a 70. I don’t mind teas with a nice aftertaste, but I’d prefer the whole sip was tasty, and just left me with tastiness at the end, too!
(52teas (Anne) 2022: 129)
A is for… Alice’s Tea!
Decided that March would be a fun month to theme my “drink through my 52teas stash” project to the alphabet. Starting a day late, and anticipating some disruptions about mid-month as we plan to head off on our first pandemic trip… so we’ll see where this ends up, but I’m sure it will be fun anyhow. I may spend a couple days on the aforementioned B and C, which make up a full 30% of my stash, and I’m fairly sure there are a couple letters where I have 0-2 teas, so I might skip ahead on those days, or toss in some DavidsTea. We’ll see.
This hasn’t been a favourite tea for me, although the ingredients are fairly appealing – jasmine, apricots, cardamom. I mostly taste jasmine and creaminess, along with some spicing, and a bit of orange. It’s not bad, but not a tea I’d gravitate towards regularly.
2022 Sipdown 70/365!
Mastress Alita’s Sipdown Challenge February 2022: Tea gifted to you
Stretching for this one a bit too, and counting a swap sample from the lovely Roswell Strange for this prompt. It’s not bad, but rooibos is never a favourite. The ginger is pretty light, which is probably ok – it’s mostly a creamy coconut rooibos.
2022 Sipdown 69/365!
Mastress Alita’s Sipdown Challenge February 2022: Tea paired to a favourite fairy tale
Decided to give myself grace and allow an extra day to finish off the February sipdown challenge – yesterday I had both kids and two appointments and it was my daughter’s 3-month milestone so had to do her photos etc. etc. and I was just too busy/not in the mood to complete the last two remaining items. But today, I have no appointments and only the baby, and she’s just had a nice 1.5 hour or so nap!
Picked this tea to pair with Jack and the Beanstalk – not necessarily my favourite fairytale, but it’s garden-related and that’s appealing. Haha. And soybeans are not beans… but close enough.
This tea is very weird. I didn’t look up my previous thoughts, but it definitely tastes like… soybean/bean/chickpea crackers. Like, the ones that kind of look like like hexagonal mosaics. And seaweed. It’s weird, not really my favourite. I’d rather have a cracker. Or some roasted seaweed.
(52teas (Anne) 2022: 127)
Ok, so I think this is the right place for this review. This package is from Oct 2015 or thereabouts. It was pretty tasty, although I believe Frank’s version was a touch more candy-like. But, the base is still great here, and there was a nice cotton candy vibe.
Also, really ramped up my consumption of 52teas this month to try and keep on track with my goal of sampling through each blend once by the end of June! I drank 72 unique teas this month.
