1024 Tasting Notes
I turned the very last of my stock of this into my very first cold brew and it was AWESOME.
A quick hot rinse to wake up the herbal stuff and then 3-4hrs in the fridge was enough to make this delicious. Of course I’ve finally made peace with this blend now that I’ve run out of it!
I’m trying for a second longer steep of this overnight. From all I read of cold brewing it shouldn’t be bitter.
The coconut scent was off the charts when I opened this sample from my swap with Scheherazade so I was pretty stoked to try it.
Nice and creamy. The rooibos comes through in a bit of woodsiness only, but that’s perfectly fine. Had my sample with a bit of almond & coconut milk for breakfast. The more it cools, the more the flavours come out. Nice.
This was a bonus from my swap with Scheherazade! Thanks for the extra treat, Sarah.
I was a little anxious after reading reviews of this tea because I’m no fan of licorice and aniseed! Though I think I may have ended up with some of the bottom of the barrel here, as this was just a mildly spiced rooibos. Delicious with a splash of vanilla soy.
I haven’t got a lot of experience with customisable teabags but I have to admit these ones are awesome and much better than the ones you can get from T2, the Australian equivalent of DAVIDs. Also cheaper, actually, so I guess I’m missing out on a lot when people say these are expensive!
I prefer to use other brewing methods around the house and I have a timolino when I’m on the run but I have these around as a backup and for guests who aren’t comfortable with tackling loose leaf—putting it in a teabag makes them feel more comfortable. Because they’re weirdos. But I’ll get them in the club soon enough…
I have a couple of 2L Takeya iced tea jugs that are sold at T2 in Australia as “T2’s The Jug”.
The original 2L jugs had filters that weren’t nearly long enough for the jug, and to be honest they weren’t quite big enough for fruit tea ingredients to make a full 2L jug either. Thankfully the company seem to have learned quickly from this error and the new jugs come with much longer filters. I’m not sure if T2’s jugs are quite the latest version as the filter in my new jug purchased in December 2013 still doesn’t reach as far down as the one on Takeya’s website shows, but it’s still great and does the job.
I would have been happy with just my black one but I couldn’t resist the beautiful limited edition light blue one and I have to admit having two is excellent over summer. All iced tea all the time.
