ok, this will be one of the weirder reviews on steepster. Yesterday i posted to see how I should steep this tea using a teaspoon, a finum and a timer (I don’t know how to use anything but a teapot at this point in my tea education). I didn’t want to ruin this “legendary” tea for myself with a stupid steep (which i do lots of)….. so this morning I took the plunge and steeped 3 tsp in 16 oz of water for 3 minutes….I couldn’t wait to smell this wet (as dry is was a lovely deep chocolate smelling tea)… so I steep it and what do I smell?
HASHISH OR POT!!??!! I dunno which one of those things it was that I smell at concerts. Seriously. I was transported straight back to the California Music Festival with REO Speedwagon, Aerosmith and Ted Nugent headlining…. I tried again. BAM! Same thing!!! Hash or Pot!!! Did anyone else get the same note off of this? Now that I’m drinking it, (with milk and sugar of course) I’m getting some of the other notes… wood, barley, bread, rolling papers (seriously, I’m getting a bit of paper-ish thing….maybe that’s the wood note). This is a tea with a ton of depth, even on first steeping by a rookie. I can see why many have made a fuss over this…. firstly, you get a flashback for free (if you went to concerts in the 70s and 80s…hahaha), secondly, this is a wonderfully complex tea that I can detect NO astringency from whatsoever. Because I take milk and sugar in all my tea, I can taste “through” them to the subtleties that each tea brings. I would not hesitate to recommend this tea to an avid tea drinker….or a pothead. Fabulous.
Flavors: Cannabis, Chocolate, Hops, Malt
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Damn, I wish I knew what cannabis smells like, oh wai…. do I now? XD
haha that’s funny. not an experience i’ve had but amusing :) it’s worth trying a little with no milk and sugar
Funny you should say…but at tea tastings I’ve often scented tea’s that have that cannabis note (although not the flavor). This tea is best western brewed…which means if nobody bothers to tell you is ‘in a teapot’ using a basket (I like a deep stainless one which are easy to find). My own pot is pretty inexpensive…glass with a stainless steep basket. The basket can be cleaned with baking soda to get the oils out or chucked into the top of my dishwasher. At any rate, for a 24 oz pot I use a bit more than a tablespoon of tea and steep almost 3 minutes.
I like a strong brew. My tea is milk (evaporated) and sweetened too.
Damn, I wish I knew what cannabis smells like, oh wai…. do I now? XD
haha that’s funny. not an experience i’ve had but amusing :) it’s worth trying a little with no milk and sugar
Funny you should say…but at tea tastings I’ve often scented tea’s that have that cannabis note (although not the flavor). This tea is best western brewed…which means if nobody bothers to tell you is ‘in a teapot’ using a basket (I like a deep stainless one which are easy to find). My own pot is pretty inexpensive…glass with a stainless steep basket. The basket can be cleaned with baking soda to get the oils out or chucked into the top of my dishwasher. At any rate, for a 24 oz pot I use a bit more than a tablespoon of tea and steep almost 3 minutes.
I like a strong brew. My tea is milk (evaporated) and sweetened too.