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“Sipdown! (2 | 163) I was dreading this one a bit since it has rose in it, but since it’s just rose petals and not flavoring, I don’t notice it. Mostly it’s a pleasant jasmine green tea. Sweet and...” Read full tasting note
“I wanted to finally write a note for this tea, as the book I’m reading now mentions Emily Dickinson — when it isn’t mentioning Herman Melville anyway (the book is ‘Dayswork’ by Chris Bachelder and...” Read full tasting note
Emily Dickinson was born on December 10th, 1830 and lived in a home that was central to Amherst political society thanks to her father and brothers. Growing up around powerful men prepared Dickinson for a life of the same, but society dictated that, as a woman, she was relegated to seemingly less meaningful ventures. Her anger at this slight comes across in her poetry and letters where she explored complex ideas of meaning and self while examining the smallest details of the world around her. She withdrew herself from society and lived in relative solitude until her death. Only a few of her poems were made public during her lifetime, but four years after her demise, a collection of poems was published and met with popular and critical acclaim. Her poems reveal a complicated mind that examined itself with as much attention to detail as it examined the world. Dickinson’s defiance of categorization and simplification make her a popular poet to study even today.
In the years she spent away from society, Emily Dickinson cultivated an extensive garden. In it, she grew jasmine flowers, cornflowers, roses, and many other flowers, plants and herbs. These flowers appear repeatedly in her poetry so our blend had to be floral. We created a delightful combination of jasmine tea and rose petals that brews to a light ecru cup with long green leaves and rose petal accents. This delicate tea hits you with a strong jasmine taste that’s sweetened and mellowed with the subtle flavors of the rose petals.
Ingredients: Jasmine tea, rose petals, jasmine blossoms, marigold petals and blue cornflower petals.
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Sipdown! (2 | 163)
I was dreading this one a bit since it has rose in it, but since it’s just rose petals and not flavoring, I don’t notice it. Mostly it’s a pleasant jasmine green tea. Sweet and smooth, and it tastes naturally scented to me. The base is a touch earthy but quite mellow, and creates a nice foundation for the jasmine without being too strong.
It’s nice, but I have other jasmine teas that I like more. And seems a bit boring compared to a lot of the other literary blends…
Flavors: Earthy, Floral, Grassy, Jasmine, Mineral, Smooth, Sweet
I wanted to finally write a note for this tea, as the book I’m reading now mentions Emily Dickinson — when it isn’t mentioning Herman Melville anyway (the book is ‘Dayswork’ by Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel). This tea always confuses me, as I forget if it is green tea or black tea. The package doesn’t say, the website doesn’t say. Then I look at the leaf and it LOOKS like a black tea. But then I brew it and it’s green tea. So I finally hand wrote that it’s ‘green’ on the package so I actually remember. But it’s a good tea! Lots of florals! It’s older now, so I’m sure it was much better before. But a cold winter day calls for a floral tea. It also might be better when I don’t brew it like a black tea.
edited to add: OH it looks like Cameron B updated the steepster page to say ‘green tea’, so there you go. :D Should have checked steepster.
I love Emily’s poems and wish this blend was something that appealed to me. Perhaps a fruit (grape, fig) the family cultivated would make this a bit more intriguing. :)
Ooh I love fig! And grape would be good with jasmine.