558 Tasting Notes
I won this as part of Tea-Oh’s facebook contest a few weeks ago. I wish I knew what all of the ingredients were, as something in it is just not sitting right with my tongue. Maybe it’s that I used skim milk instead of the richer soy or half and half, maybe it’s the CTC sized leaves, it just wasn’t a tea for me.
I’m looking to give this tea another home. Roughly 50g left. It is similar to Adagio’s masala chai with some added roseblooms. PM me or leave a comment if you would like this tea forwarded to you to try. I really think other chai lovers may enjoy it. I just think I’ll stick with my favorite chai with chocolate-52teas for awhile.
Preparation
Thanks to Jillian, I get to try this honeybush concoction. The smell from the bag is quite strong and sarsaparilla. I used to work at a cafe that made italian sodas and cream sodas and a popular one was sarsaparilla (root beer). I miss those syrups, quite the wonderful selection. I steeped this blend for 8 minutes in boiling water.
I’m not getting much of the “float” but the root beer is certainly there. I still taste the woodsy honeybush underneath the root beer, but I don’t mind it. I can’t see myself drinking this every day, but it is something I could see myself craving. Quite the treat. Thanks again Jillian for sending me samples!
Thanks Janefan for sending me some of this tea. I steeped it at 180F for 3 minutes, but think I need to play around with the parameters more because I didn’t taste much citrus, just mint. I think this would be good added to a plain or citrus green tea blend, as I couldn’t taste much tea. The mint was nice and light though, not in your face like a straight up peppermint tea. This was a nice relaxing after dinner cuppa.
I tried this iced my last evening in Las Vegas. I’m not sure what the quantity of leaf or steeping parameters used were, but it was pretty weak for a 32oz humongous jug of iced tea. The color was a light pink/mauve color. I had a bit of honey added per the barista/tea guys recommendation. I really enjoyed this tea. It had a light, sweet berry flavor. The honey brought out more of the sweet berry flavor and smoothed out the taste. I would love to place an order with them and try some of the other herbal blends. Need more herbals in my cupboard. This tea was delightfully impressive, wish I had more nights to get more!
Preparation
Decupboarding this tea. Iced is the way to go. A little honey adds a better finish to it, and a lot of ice waters down the Apple Pucker feel. Drank so much iced hibiscus tea while in Las Vegas that I had to make something similar when I got home. This hits the spot for now, but I really want to try Swedish Berries from Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf with my own steeping parameters. Hope to place an order with them soon. Only 10-12 more teas to finish before I order again.
Preparation
Mmmm this is wonderful, really hits the spot. I was craving a sweet dessert tea this afternoon and this was waiting for me in my mailbox. Thanks to the SororiTea Sisteres blog contest I get to enjoy this richly caramel tea along with a tin of Liberteas British Breakfast tea. Much thanks for the tea!
Good choice!
I’m glad you enjoyed it! And CONGRATS again on winning!
Ohh! This looks good. My Boyfriend LOVES caramel.
I think I am going to have sneak out of the box, and try some caramel tea. And then some chocolate tea.
Kryptryx- and then mix them! If you also like coffee, might I recommend Caramel LatTEA and Mocha LatTEA (they als have a Chai LatTEA) From Dr. Tea’s Tea Garden. If you like cayenne and chai, might I recommend 52teas’ Mayan Chocolate Chai.
For those of you who are interested in this tea, I only have ONE 2 oz tin left of it at the moment. I might be reblending this one more time, but I can’t guarantee it.
I would love to try this…Would that be ok?
Sure, that would be just fine. I’d be curious to see what you think of it. I think my expectations were too high for this tea.
Thanks, I love rose reminds me of India so I have a feeling this may work for me. Do you have my address?
Yes. I just checked to make sure, I’ll get it out this week! Cofftea-good suggestion. I may save 2tsp to try that way.
Cool, thanks :-)
Sounds like a very interesting tea. With a name like that, you really do need to know the ingredients!
The ingredients—which I’ll update the tea to reflect—ARE a bit odd: Black tea, chopped & powdered ginger, chopped & powdered cardamom, chopped & powdered coriander, chopped & powdered cinnamon, chopped cloves, chopped black pepper, rosepetals, lavender, and jasmine buds.
My purveyor has it (then again he has 700 teas :P and just as many glassware options :P) and he’s wonderful about having all the directions and ingredients, good thing since lavender=allergen, along with chrysanthemum, linden flower, even ginger for some (I prefer punjab region chai—no ginger or very little, lots of cardamom as the key one, sometimes really complex ie curry and rampe leaves but ALWAYS cardamom :D).
Holy crap, I love your purveyor! :)
He’s online, too, though you’ll have to ask about some things like his in-house blends, big high-altitude silk road pu’ehr cakes at all ages and prizes (black and green alike), etc… angelinasteas.com :) He’s AMAZING and heh take this example… but don’t DARE tell him he’s underpriced… Lady Hannah’s Whole Fruit (my sister was getting it for me and shipping it to where I currently am—home is always home, though!), which smelled so incredible she went back and got more (plus my cat’s name is Hannah… it is fate since I was needing some herbal/fruit teas for cold summer no-caffeine, not-sugarybleh drinks)… the Tea Table, I believe, is what it originally was listed as—the reviewer mentioned who had it as the tea of the month… and check the price per ounce… see how much you have to get to even come NEAR Angelina’s prices… seriously, tell him Laura B with Hannah Cat sent you if you do order. He deserves, as a former prize tea judge, to stay in business in this economy, especially since he’s one of very few who’ll carry things like Silk Road Prize Teas, who’ll try out TeaGuys in MA and have Te Teas and even “other” teas people love like PG Tips (though I have this hunch he doesn’t keep THAT in the home cupboard!). He KNOWS his art and is always excited to talk about it from what I have experienced (my sister did encounter him stressed out once and almost hugged him except he was so stressed he’d probably flip despite being North Carolina :P). Too many people just get into tea for the profit; plenty don’t even DRINK tea, let alone know nuances. Anyway, go look at his basic-but-huuuge online assortment and ask him about things like his citrus bouquet or Chief Judge or Meridian blends… and always let him know who sent you. It helps him know that the advertising needed is HERE with yappy people like ME :D