1113 Tasting Notes
Thank you for the sample Dexter3657 :)
I haven’t had Earl Grey in a long time…there is something weird and not quite right about this one IMO. It SMELLS really good but tastes weird. I will finish my cup and glad I got to try it but this is on my do not like list , heh.
Preparation
Sorry – I don’t do EG, you asked for Lupicia, so I just passed it along. I hadn’t tried it – not that I would be a good judge. :((
No, don’t get me wrong, super glad to try it! especially for free since I didn’t like it and all :)
Plus everything else you sent has been amazing so far :D
I know, can’t win them all. Yes you get to take it off your list without buying it. :))
Also? Sometimes I feel weird that SO many of my tea reviews are resoundingly positive…so its actually kind of refreshing when I can leave a neutral or somewhat negative review on something, LOL!
I am digging the new Steepster updates! Also still very much digging on this tea. To me this is ideal classic ‘shu’ flavor. Perfect when I am in the mood for it!
Flavors: Earth, Wood
Preparation
Another generous swap sample from Dexter3657!
First off, I wasn’t overly excited by the idea of this tea. I do rather enjoy fresh pears, but the thought of a pear flavored black tea was just kinda “eh” in my mind. Boy was I wrong! OK, you know how a really good Bosc pear will have an almost floral quality to its scent/flavor? This tea somehow captures that. These French teas, man…something magical about them :)
Oh, how convienient, I also have a sample of this from Dexter, yay! You make it sound really good Stephanie, will be hard to resist it, it is screming at me right now, drink me, drink me!!!
:D
I have more of this if you want another sampler. I wasn’t too enthused about it.
Wow it even re-steeps well! Dang, Starfevre, you’re so generous! I’m sending you some surprises this coming week but I haven’t picked them out yet…
I also have a caramel and jasmine tea from Fauchon that I hated very much.
:-O that sounds amazing…
I don’t think there was anything wrong with the tea. I think I just hate jasmine.
I lurve me some jasmine :)
I’ll send you some then.
This tea is hard for me to measure! The leaves remind me of pine needles…so I usually end up guessing how much to use.
Anyway, I love a sweet creamy vegetal green tea, and this one has the added bonus of occasional twinges of tart cherry sneaking in occasionally. Very complex and delish! Happy Friday everybody!!
Sad, sad, sipdown pouts
This short tasting note is every so heartbreaking
*ever so heartbreaking
I have some Stephanie :) I can send it your way!
At least I can still buy Creamy Eggnog :) consoles myself
Aww, Courtney did you not like it??
Not so much for me, but I’m not huge on greens yet.
Well, I’ll gladly take it off your hands if you really want to send it. Hope I can return the favor :)
Stephanie-This one will be in stock only for a month very shortly. :)
That is very exciting. This one is sooo good. I also really liked Nutmeg Cream.
VariaTEA-That one will be in stock as well. This will be happening very very soon and will be in stock only until the end of February.
Ooooh I am so excited. I should probably try all my other Butiki teas so I know what I want to restock once I am ordering.
VariaTEA-It will be slightly different though as we are no longer stocking one of the base teas but it won’t be different by much.
Sweet!
Yum!