6444 Tasting Notes
I grabbed this as a tea latte from the Pusateri’s under Saks while at work and they put 1 teabag in a 20 oz cup. Needless to say this was watered down and not really all that great. I guess I’ll stick to Starbucks holiday drinks and tea lattes at home (or from DAVIDs).
So when you first discover tea and then find out about black friday sales you tend to go a bit overboard and then you have way too much tea that you felt you needed because it was such a good price and how else would you try all the teas. Well apparently I am rediscovering tea because somehow I just can’t stop myself from placing orders. Seriously. It’s bad. And I can’t even say it’s because of sales since only one order is from the BF sales. In the past two weeks I have placed a 52 Teas order (which is being shipped with the 12 Teas of Christmas order I placed a while ago), a Necessiteas order, A Quarter to Tea order, and a Liquid Prost order. Not to mention Teavivre teas just arrived yesterday and I have a monthly subscription with TeaTaxi. Plus a swap with Arby incoming. I am already over 200 teas so this is both exciting and terrifying.
As for this particular tea, it’s been quite soothing while I considered all the money I have spent on tea thus far. And how much more I may potentially spend this weekend. The ginger is adding a warmth while the apricot/stone fruit flavor is taking over. It is lovely and calming and just an easy drink to sip on this evening.
Yes!! You are welcome to all my teas when they arrive. I will send you a list of what I ordered because everything from Necessiteas is like 2+ ozs as opposed to my usual sample sizes.
Sometimes I am not sure whether I need an intervention or a hug more urgently. Yup, totally get it. So I am sending you a cyber-hug.
Had this as an eggnog latte (or maybe a smoothie…actually I think it was a smoothie) the other day and I don’t recall much other than this having an alcohol sort of smell/taste to it. Sorta like chocolate and amaretto. It was okay but nothing I need to have again, especially in light of the mate in the base.
Sipdown
Banana starts the sip and lingers throughout. It gives way for some cherry which quickly devolves into hibiscus. In the aftertaste, all flavors come together as a sort of mix of banana medicine and fruit punch with the slightest touch of cough medicine. That sounds weird but this is a nice alternative to other fruit blends and one I think I’d like more of.
So finishing this off as an eggnog latte was a great choice. The eggnog helps create the idea of the custard base while the tea imparts a large dose of the caramelized, almost burnt sugar flavor on top. Delicious!