227 Tasting Notes
Couldn’t find a category for this tea. Spice blend as it says on the box. They should add the category here on Steepster. I’m thinking it should be yummy once i find the right mix with brown sugar and hot milk.
Gotta wait for 5 more minutes. It’s brown and getting darker.
Mmmm smells fabulous. Amazing cocoa scent. Like a very very very good hot chocolate smell. God i hope it tastes kinda like that too. Can you tell i kinda like chocolate? ;)
Its smooth. I mean bit weird having cocoa in water but it’s quite good. Needs some milk tho. Maybe just a bit of sugar.
Cup of milk is in, teaspoon of sugar… ok now with milk it needs more sugar too ;)
Lol this is so not tea. Teabag is the only thing they got in common. But o boy… mmmmmmmmmm…
So 2 cups of hot water, 7 minute steep, then add a cup of hot milk and 2-4 teaspoons of sugar. Lay back and enjoy it…
Pics:
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l188/malomorgen/Teas/choc1.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l188/malomorgen/Teas/choc2.jpg
Preparation
Smells nice. Just barely feel that pure jasmine scent that i dislike.
Color is becoming dark red. Maybe even most red tea I’ve had so far. Which is slightly surprising for a vanilla/jasmine tea.
Taste is quite fruity, can feel hibiscus, ginger, cardamom a bit. Idk about vanilla and jasmine – its just too much strong scents in it to recognize them all. Slightly acid. Has some exotic taste in it, ginger and cardamom give it a nice kick but it’s still just bit above average fruit herbal tea.
Gotta try with a teaspoon of honey. Might make it better.
Yes it is somewhat better. Not great…
Pic: http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l188/malomorgen/Teas/ajv.jpg
EDIT couple hours later
it’s twice as good cold :D
Preparation
This rooibos is so basic and plain that I’ve came to the conclusion that its best to experiment. I got this gift set lately – like a tea set for kids – strawberry themed. In it it has a small tin of strawberry, apple and other stuff. Probably some vanilla. So im trying to mix it now. One teaspoon of plain rooibos and one teaspoon of the fruity thing.
It’s not bad, there must be some lemon in it cause its a bit acid. Ill try some honey with it.
OK i got a quite decent fruit blend. Just as good as the fruit teas that are most popular in my country. Reminds me of them bit too much even. I kinda got used on having some actual tea in my teas.
All together blend is better than just plain rooibos.
Few pics:
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l188/malomorgen/Teas/r1.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l188/malomorgen/Teas/r2.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l188/malomorgen/Teas/r3.jpg
Preparation
I really like pic #3. If I tried to do a cool shot like that, then I’d probably end up spilling the tea all over my keyboard and killing my laptop. ;)
lol laptop is fine so far. my bed however got soaked more than once :D
Croatian keyboards aren’t QWERTY!!! …and I don’t know why I notice that stuff…
That’s a lovely cup, though.
yep borrowed/stole that cup from mum. she got it as a gift.
lol good notice. indeed out keyboards are QWERTZ ;) next time i’ll reveal all the weird letters hidden under the cup…
Went for a lucky pick with my eyes closed. Picked ripe ginseng pu-ehr. We shall see :D
Doesn’t smell bad (for a pu-ehr lol). Less strong. But I’ve been trying to air them out a bit too.
Washing it off now few times. The puehr smell kicked in (eeek).
After 3 longer washings first steep. 15 seconds. Very short. Experience thought me its better. Smells just like ripe pu ehr. Color not very dark but i washed it off well.
First sip – not that bad as it has been with some. Almost kinda like it. Idk bout ginseng. I just taste pu ehr that is bit better than the others. Has an interesting bitter note. But i still must say these ripe ones all taste pretty much same to me. Some are just bit better than the others. By better i mean more drinkable. Oh well the search continues…
few pics:
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l188/malomorgen/Teas/781dea71d78940499d5c32c573407f54.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l188/malomorgen/Teas/86ed9195ea304e1bb7acb25681455373.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l188/malomorgen/Teas/0a54c946cb3349abbe25e419688e805d.jpg
Preparation
3 rises? wow. Sounds as complicated as the entry lol.
idk its very cheap sampler set of mini pu ehr cakes and i find it almost undrinkable unless i wash it off well lol. not sure its supposed be done exactly like that but i tend to do stuff my way ;)
I loved the pics :)
I love checking out the tea photos too!
love photography. i take some with most new teas. is just what i have a habit to do. hope they upgrade the logging system so we can upload photos too. till then ill try to link them here and there. well specially with the flowering teas…
I did investigate what I’ve suspected and turns out i was right. This and my green jasmine tea are the exact same teas. This time i steeped it properly (didn’t forget about it) and yes its the same one, one of my favorites. Green tea, by itself quite mild with bit of jasmine scent, just right amount of lemon peel to harmonize the taste, bit of rose petals to make it more sweet and then awesome ginger that gives it a perfect kick. Like it a lot. It’s very good when steeped properly.
What i like about German packing of this tea – its called Morning tea and every teabag comes with a short message. Kinda like a fortune cookie. Today’s message was: make today better than yesterday.
