Ok, decided to try this again. I have two 25g bags, so made a cup of each to drink side to side. Both bags have an obvious vanilla smell. Sitting here with one in each hand and going back and forth, sometimes I think I can detect a difference in intensity, and sometimes I can’t. For both, I’m definitely finding it to be vanilla, not chocolate. Steeped 3g (approx 2 tsp – it’s light tea) in 10oz water (just off boiling) for 3min. I could definitely taste a difference between the two cups – one definitely had more vanilla. For both, I was again missing the chocolatey flavour I remembered from my previous batch. Both cups had a little bit of vanilla dust in the bottom. I tried resteeping for 5min, and both cups were kind of bland/watery in the resteep. Ugh, I wish I still had that sample to compare with! Also, I need someone to come over and taste with me, in case the problem here is just in my taste buds/brain. So confused. :p
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Ok, I just had a cup of North Winds and it’s also less chocolatey than I remember, so there may actually be something wrong with either my water or my tastebuds today. #teadrinkerproblems
The struggle of not knowing if it’s just you or the tea sometimes is very real, haha
This is very strange. This came from the exact same batch of tea you go the sample from. And the exact same batch that everyone else got their tea from. There are variations from vanilla bean to vanilla bean. But the beans are all Grade A which means that there are few discrepancies as possible. Your issue is lack of chocolateyness? That taste comes from the base tea. Have you tried the tea again since posting this, and has there been any difference?
Ok, I just had a cup of North Winds and it’s also less chocolatey than I remember, so there may actually be something wrong with either my water or my tastebuds today. #teadrinkerproblems
The struggle of not knowing if it’s just you or the tea sometimes is very real, haha
This is very strange. This came from the exact same batch of tea you go the sample from. And the exact same batch that everyone else got their tea from. There are variations from vanilla bean to vanilla bean. But the beans are all Grade A which means that there are few discrepancies as possible. Your issue is lack of chocolateyness? That taste comes from the base tea. Have you tried the tea again since posting this, and has there been any difference?