227 Tasting Notes

79

I burned my finger for this one. It better be good :D

Most interesting looking one so far. The mixture is in general rather light. Has like some white little seeds with roots, then some big green seeds, then some round balls which i hope are some seeds to (even tho it really reminds me of sheep poo), cloves and some chunks of something that looks like soil, and a little bit of chopped green and black leaves.

Tea smells nice. Very nice even. It has nice yellow color. Doesn’t smell so much like cloves even tho it has more than that Christmas tea. Think it smells of cinnamon. Very very pleasant smell.

Tastes first very aromatic and yummy (cinnamon kick) then the spicy and peppery kick in. Kinda love it after this first sip :D Quite strong tho. There must be ginger in it. Lots of it…

Would be interesting to know what all the other stuff is. Gonna have to try to google it later.

Package says its usually mixed with milk and sweetener. So gonna try it with some cream and honey. To drink like this is good but i’ll steep it shorter next time. Or put less tea in it.
Mmmm yumm, milk makes it less strong and creamier and honey makes it sweet which is kinda opposite of what it was. Very good.

Nice surprise I honestly expected i won’t like it. And i was wrong. This one is a tea with a kick. Gonna leave it for some special moods ;)

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 7 min, 0 sec

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Leaves are, like all other Nature’s Adornments teas, rather small. Black of course.
Tea looks nice – clear deep red/brown.
Smells ok. Very black tea-ish :D
Tastes like it too. Quite similar to English Breakfast. Think ill drink it with honey and cream. Even tho it ain’t bad like this.
Mmmm good, it’s less strong than a teabag of English breakfast, gotta steep more next time. Other than that tastes like good black tea with milk. And those i love lately…

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 30 sec

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50

made it last night. after i had brushed my teeth so i didnt wanna sweeten it. its not good unsweetened. and its even worse cold and unsweetened. i wont buy this tea again….

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Hmmm, this tea doesn’t smell nice at all. But lets give it a try.
Color is clear strong yellow.
Omg smells really bad. Makes me really not wanna drink it.
No no no no no this tastes worse than the worse pu ehr i’ve tried. Ewww idk whats up with this particular tea… Think ill flush the rest…

EDIT bit later
Ok i opened a teabag of Twinings Jasmine Green Tea just to smell it to try and figure out if its just jasmine that i don’t like. And yep – smells very similar to this one. Not gonna try it because i just really cant stand this smell or taste. Just wanted to say that my rating might have been too hard. Might actually be good for someone who likes jasmine. I can’t do it. Weirdly i have a tea called Green Jasmine from Yogi Tea that i really like. It doesn’t taste or smell like these two at all…
Idk its confusing…

Preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 3 min, 0 sec
coral23

this is becoming a pattern, you don’t like chrysanthemum and jasmine, which are two of my favorites =P oh well, on to more tea discovery!

malomorgen

well chrysanthemum was pu-ehr – mostly had the pu-ehr taste (cheap one too) – so who knows i might like chrysanthemum itself. ripe pu-ehrs are still all very weird to me. takes some getting used to. jasmine tho i really dont like ;)

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drank Oolong by Nature's Adornments
227 tasting notes

Not a bad oolong…

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200 °F / 93 °C 2 min, 45 sec

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Color isn’t as red (more brownish) and tea isn’t as clear as they get.
I don’t know how to comment the taste of the tea itself because I always drink it with milk and honey. It’s drinkable but now i’m pouring in milk and trying the old fashioned way. Hehe looks awesome to pour milk in hot dark tea. Gotta take photos of that sometime.
Hmmm….
Well it is good. Not as strong as the teabag. And a little bit different. More of that herbal taste perhaps.
Don’t know quite good but i prefer Twinings. Got used to it by now. Yep this one has way more of that fresh herbal kinda taste to it. Good just different. Less strong and not so black tea taste. More herbal greenish. Maybe i should just put more tea in next time…

I’ll rate it just slightly under Twinings. Still very high. Still quite yummy…

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec

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I did the classic tea brewing. 7 minutes in hot water (not boiling). I’d like to but don’t have all the equipment for the traditional yerba maté preparation. Maybe some day….

Leaves are light green.
Color of the tea is surprisingly quite green. Dark shade of it too. Not very saturated. Clear.
There’s no particular smell – just plain herbal tea smell.
No bitterness i read about. At all. It’s a very gentle herbal tea. So far quite yummy too. Didn’t put much leaves in it tho (was careful) and i waited till the water cools down a bit.
Tastes herbal. Gentle. Even a bit sweetish. I like it a lot…
I don’t know if this qualifies as green tea, but if it did (and it tastes most close to it) i’d say its a very good kind of it.
Yay, another yummy tea :D

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 7 min, 15 sec

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Had this one few night ago.
Well it’s bit spicy. Tastes very Indian :) Basically they gave it a perfect name that says it all. I’m not a huge fan of very spiced teas. Specially cloves. Had enough of those in the Christmas tea blend that I bought couple months back. But it ain’t bad. Prefer more herbal taste and less spice taste tho. Average rating. More than drinkable…

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205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec

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Got a pack of 7 different tea 1oz samplers today. I always get all excited when i see new tea in front of me ;) Water was boiling already when i saw the package on the table. So i couldn’t wait. Picked Earl Gray first. Just so i can compare it to the teabag one from Twinings.
First of all the leaves aren’t that big but they look nice and the tea smells nice in the bag. I can see little pink flowers in the mix too. Don’t know whats that from (still a n00b). But i intend to Google it.
Color is very nice, clear deep red. Smells nice and not too strong.
Tastes quite mild. Which i kinda like. Is somehow different than the teabags but can’t say why. Has probably less strong bergamot taste (which i also prefer). Not sure about it tho. It tastes bit less lemony but more sour. And black tea in it might be less strong. Maybe i just didn’t steep same amount comparing to the teabag. Basically the difference is a slight sour note that this one has. Not sure why.
After drinking leaves a nice aroma in my mouth. Sooo… well i like it. Earl Gray became one of those teas that i like to drink when i just want a neutral drink – nothing sweet or very particular – just something i can drink in between the special ones, just drink it on regular basis.

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Boiling 4 min, 0 sec

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today i tasted in this oolong something like that thing i love about silver needle. not as full but it reminded me of it. that def gives it a slightly higher rating than b4…

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 3 min, 15 sec

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born with a bit of a restless, curious and exploring spirit ;) love to travel and i do it a lot lately. enjoy good food and drinks. love trying out new stuff. just about to start exploring the world of teas and i’m really enthusiastic about it ;)

EDIT 4 months later:
still a n00b here but starting to get it ;) i try to buy loose tea but i got a lot of teabags too cuz it’s easier to find here. from not liking black tea ended up love it. green can be quite good too but waiting for more real ones to try. whites are sometimes awesome, sometimes not, rooibos and fruity blends are a good replacement for juices… and so on… still excited about every new tea… loving it more every day :D

since my favorite hobby is photography i take photos whenever something is interesting. including my tea making process…

Rating system (i’ll try to use it from now on):
0-20 sorry, can’t do it. ewwy
20-50 i’ll drink it if i have to, i f not no ty
50-70 its not bad, quite drinkable
70-85 i like it, might buy more
85-100 gimme more of this stuff

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