Banana Nut Pancakes

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I may have skipped class but at least I was productive enough to get my studying done and over with. Yay!

So, now I am sipping on this lovely tea and writing tasting notes, with less guilt than before as I knew I was procrastinating earlier. Anyways, as for the tea, it is incredibly nutty and has an essence of baked bread, though with that said, I don’t think I am having the same experience everyone else seemed to have had. It’s pleasant enough but nothing particularly special to me. Meanwhile, everyone seemed to be in love with this. I am wondering if I maybe grabbed more banana pieces when I attempted to make this back on vacation with the shitty Florida water that made everything weird because I got zero banana in this cup. Also, pancakes is a stretch though I could sorta see it from the baked goods element of the base. All in all, it has been fun to try but I doubt it would be a restock for my cupboard.

Speaking of which, I think I need to do a whole reorganization of my teas and my steepster cupboard. I am noticing I don’t have some teas listed while others, I thought I got rid of, are still present. Sometime soon I will need to go through and do an inventory of my stash and hopefully prioritize some teas to drink.

Banana nut deliciousness in every sip. Earlier reviews commented on the weak banana flavour, so I’m wondering if this has been reformulated to contain more flavour? It’s definitely there. There is a slight touch of vanilla behind the nuttiness too.

This without a doubt fills the hole that has been left behind by Butiki’s Foxy Roxy’s. I think I may enjoy the base here even more too.

Tea Advent Calendar – Day 16

This is the first tea in my advent swap with Shae that wasn’t new to me. But I’m not complaining, because this is one of my all-time favorites and I don’t currently have it in my cupboard. It’s just as yummy as I remembered!

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I really liked this one! I feel like I’ve had a few “Banana Nut” teas lately: bread, pancakes or otherwise. Honestly, I think this is my favourite variation though. I know people have been critical about the amount/concentration of banana notes but I thought the ratio was just right! More banana than anything else, with a nice malty kind of flavour, slight briskness, and a lovely nutty finish!

I’d love to elaborate more, but I didn’t take notes when I drank this and this is pretty much as much as I remember…

This one is my morning cup, and my second A Quarter to Tea blend. I love banana nut bread, and my dad used to make me banana nut pancakes all the time, but in the past few years I found out that I can’t really have wheat so I haven’t really had those treats recently. So this tea is perfect!

Brewed up, this tea smells intensely sweet and buttery. It’s making my whole office smell good. The flavor is very buttery and walnuty, without having that bitter flavor some teas get from walnuts. The banana flavor isn’t very strong, but the flavor I do get is great. It doesn’t taste like fake sweet banana, but tastes like you had some overripe bananas that you mushed up and added to some batter. The buttery flavor really helps to create the idea of pancakes. The base tea takes a back seat and just seems to be there to support the other flavors, which to me really works in a blend like this. Overall I’m really loving this one, but I would love it even more with more banana.

Second tea from my order…….

I was really excited when I saw the listing for this one. I’m not the biggest maple fan (I know it’s almost against the law here in Canada) and most pancake teas are maple something. This is Banana Nut Vanilla Butter Pancake. That makes me happy.

I like this – I really like this, but as others have commented I think it needs more banana. The banana flavor is really nice and should shine more.
There has been some conversation about the base in this one. I actually like it. I think there is just a hint of astringency and that helps cut the sweetness, it helps with the balance. I also like the mouth feel. Bold and thick aren’t the right words, but this isn’t thin and weak – it’s just right. Something about the mouth feel helps with the buttery aspect of this.
I’m rambling – Nutty, buttery, hint of vanilla, some banana, nice base. Really good – could be amazing with more banana.

Just a note – this is a really heavy tea, there isn’t much in the 1oz bag. That’s not a criticism – I’m just saying that there are lots of nut chunks in here making it heavy. If you want lots to play with order 2oz. :)

The Quarter to Tea blends really peaked my interest when she posted to the forum. I was unfortunately a little late to the draw to get in on the free samples, but the teas peaked my curiosity enough that I went ahead and purchased a sample pack. I have been longing for some fun blends again, and these looked like they fit the bill.

This tea is pretty tasty. I mostly get a sweet nutty flavor from the tea. I suspect I am tasting a the banana as the swee" component of the flavor, but it doesn’t jump out as banana. I like the flavor, I think I could use a little more umph in the base of the tea, but overall this is a winner. Yum. Looking forward to trying the rest.

First off, thanks to much to quarter to Tea for sending out these great samples of teas. I’m always looking for new blends, especially since there is no more butiki. :( I picked this one because i LOOOOVE a good banana tea.

Ceylon’s are not my go to tea, as they generally have an astringency that I dislike. In this tea though, i quite like the base. I steeped this for 4.5 mins and there’s no bitterness or astringency. the base is quite nice and comes through without overpowering the tea. I did make sure to get some nuts and bananas in to the cup for a balanced steeping. What comes through predominantly is the pankcake/walnut feel. I don’t really get much in the way of banana. Once the cup cools, there is a hint of banana, but it remains a nutty/walnut? pancake sort of blend. that aside, i still quite like this tea but i want more banana! So imo….boost up the banana in this bad boy and you’ll have a fantastic tea here :) Really nice first cup from A quarter to tea. thanks for sharing!

Another sample from A Quarter to Tea – thank you! I HAD to try this one as well. Ceylon black tea with walnuts and bananas! I made sure to get that big piece of banana into the infuser! Sadly, any Ceylon is not my favorite. The description says “rich” Ceylon but to my tastes, Ceylon is anything but rich. Sadly there wasn’t as much banana or walnut flavors as I was hoping either. As it cools, there are hints of banana and walnut. The second steep was the same. I’m probably not steeping this one correctly but there isn’t enough sample to figure that out. Maybe I should be using two teaspoons for a whole mug. http://www.etsy.com/shop/AQuarterToTea
Steep #1 // 1 teaspoon for a mug filled 3/4 // 7 minutes after boiling // 3 minute steep
Steep #2 // just boiled // 3-4 min