This came from Tea-Sipper, I bought some of this in her stash sale a few months ago along with some other goodies.
Not loving this one, maybe I need to play around with it some more. I don’t get any of the tasting notes that other’s have mentioned. There was a lot of safflower in my strainer. I wonder if that is what I’m tasting so much of. I get notes of anise, but am missing the cake aspect. The Cinnamon and cocoa shell comes through faintly and more so in the last few sips. For a Sencha it’s not very buttery. Maybe I didn’t store this properly. I’m not sure what treacle is supposed to taste like but I get the impression it’s supposed to be quite sweet which isn’t the case in this cup. I hope I have some better luck with this one in the future.
Flavors: Anise
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Hmm, this was a very buttery sencha base for me. I remember it being very caramel-like in flavor. I ordered more during the tea elections, but the shipping from the UK is taking forever to get here. * sad face *
That just means you’ll enjoy it even more once it arrives! (: Hopefully the next time I make it it will turn out better.
I found it really buttery, too. Mine also had a lot of safflower – some of it I had to pull apart since it had clumped together so much!
I definitely put a few safflower clumps in mine. I’ll try to break it up next time. Thanks!
I HOPE this one isn’t losing flavor already! I suggest trying a two minute steep… sometimes that brings out more of the flavor while not oversteeping the base tea, especially when it’s a green tea.
I’ll definitely try that! Thanks.
Hmm, this was a very buttery sencha base for me. I remember it being very caramel-like in flavor. I ordered more during the tea elections, but the shipping from the UK is taking forever to get here. * sad face *
That just means you’ll enjoy it even more once it arrives! (: Hopefully the next time I make it it will turn out better.
I found it really buttery, too. Mine also had a lot of safflower – some of it I had to pull apart since it had clumped together so much!
I definitely put a few safflower clumps in mine. I’ll try to break it up next time. Thanks!
I HOPE this one isn’t losing flavor already! I suggest trying a two minute steep… sometimes that brings out more of the flavor while not oversteeping the base tea, especially when it’s a green tea.
I’ll definitely try that! Thanks.