1324 Tasting Notes
Made a small pot of this one to drink with a family member. It’s a small local company that donates some of its proceeds to charity. A friend actually introduced me to this company with one of their other blends. I picked up a small bag of this one since it seemed like the most interesting blend that they offered. and has banana in it.
Unfortunately, the green base tea isn’t the best and the chocolate flavor is sort of muddled and artificial. There is a slight banana flavor but it kind of gets lost under the chocolate notes and the base tea. One thing I haven’t tried is sweetening the tea and adding milk. Perhaps this tea wasn’t meant to be drunk plain and unsweetened? I never even thought to try it with milk and sweetener because of the green tea base. The packaging for their teas is quite fun and each tea is based on or inspired by a character.
Homemade Advent Swap Day 9
from AJRimmer
I made a cup of this one last night and sipped on it while doing some holiday shopping. This was my first peanut butter and jelly tea. Raspberry PB&J was always my favorite with grape being a close second. The black tea was strong and reminded me of a breakfast tea without any bitterness or astringency. It works really well with the fresh raspberry jam notes. (so many teas miss the mark with raspberry but not this one!) Unfortunately as hard as I tried I didn’t taste anything reminiscent of PB. It’s a lovely raspberry jam tea though! I noticed that in the description of the tea it says that Anne isn’t a fan of PB & J together. So the peanut butter note is meant to be faint here and I might just be unable to identify it. I need to try my next cup of this one with milk when I finally get ahold of some more.
Question for Anne though do you like other types of nut butter sandwiches with jam or jelly?
Flavors: Jam, Raspberry
Preparation
Hey Lexie: To be honest, I’ve not tried other types of nut butter with jam or jelly. I have tried other types of nut butter – but not with jelly. I don’t usually eat a lot of jam or jelly – I attribute this to the fact that my stepmother would buy the cheapest, grossest jelly available – you know – the purple colored sugary substance that really tasted nothing like grape. Gross. So there’s some residual distaste for jam & jelly – even though I quite enjoy a good quality jam or jelly – I still more often than not find myself reaching for something else when it comes to sandwiches (I love PB & banana and PB & marshmallow fluff).
I don’t know if it’s an interesting story or not – but every year, I get myself a advent calendar of some sort (but not a tea one since – I have a lot of tea and I can’t imagine how my family would react if I got myself a tea advent calendar. LOL) This year, I got the Bonne Maman calendar and I’ve been enjoying those jellies. I’ve determined that I enjoy jams/jellies – so long as it’s GOOD jams/jellies – so I might even enjoy PB&J if I tried one with the good stuff – I just haven’t actually tried it yet.
That makes sense! I’ve been wanting to try the Bonne Maman advent calendar but always forget about it til it’s sold out. (:
Homemade Advent Day 4
from AJRimmer
(forgot to post this note apparently)
This one was nice and the banana and passionfruit were definitely present. The passionfruit is somewhat tart and acts as a nice contrast to the banana. The green tea base is present and I also tasted a very strong cream note on the second steep of this tea. It tasted just like the cream note in another 52 Teas blend specifically the amaretto pears with cream tea. This was yummy but an unexpected appearance in this tea.
Flavors: Cream, Passion Fruit, Tart
Preparation
Homemade Advent Day 8
from AJRimmer
I’ve only tried maybe one or two flavors of the flavored matcha from DT so this was a pleasant surprise! I used around 1 1/2 tsp for a small cup since I remembered that based on the other flavored matcha that I have tried it’s good to overleaf slightly.
First I tasted this without any add-ins and found it to be sweet but not overly so and it definitely has an orange flavor. I added a little heavy cream since I’m out of non-dairy milk to try and enhance the creamsicle. The cream helped a little bit but the orange flavor comes across a little chalky and reminds me of those Flintstone vitamins. I still have a bit leftover to try a cold cup of this one. Glad to have gotten the chance to try it as creamsicle teas always catch my eye and seem to be few and far between.
Flavors: Artificial, Chalky, Orange, Sweet
Preparation
Homemade Advent Day 7
from AJRimmer
So after today I should be able to keep up with the advent teas and tasting notes. This one was on my wishlist so that makes me even more excited to try it. The sachet smells amazing almost like a really decadent mint cocoa. More mint than chocolate in smell though which is preferred anyway.
This one tastes just as good as it smells with creamy notes of buttermint and subtle cocoa notes from the cocoa shells. No need to add milk to this one since the oolong base is so smooth and milky. It’s reminding me of mint chocolate chip ice cream.
I wouldn’t mind ordering some of this. AJRimmer mentioned that she likes the sachets more than the loose-leaf so that’s something to note for a future possible order. (Update: This one resteeped well)
Flavors: Cocoa, Creamy, Milk, Mint, Peppermint, Smooth, Sweet
Preparation
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Homemade Advent Day 5
from AJRimmer
I’ve only tried a few pear teas and find that I usually enjoy them. This one has a nice sweet candy-like pear flavor. It’s ever so slightly floral but sort of thin. If this one was on sale I’d consider purchasing it. Like a lot of fruit tisanes, it probably needs more leaf than I used in this particular cup. I like the flavor profile of this one and it almost has a slight wine quality to it. It’s always nice to have an herbal included in an advent calendar.
Remember that day I couldn’t find this tea or anything similar last week? Well, I found it on the kitchen counter. There was enough for a mug and now it’s a sip down! This one was a pretty standard earl grey creme tea. Not a favorite but a nice cup to sip on. Glad to have finished it off as I just received a bunch of tea as a secret Santa gift. I think I prefer earl grey creme teas with vanilla and this one claimed it tasted like vanilla but didn’t quite deliver. I can’t fault it since vanilla isn’t even in the title though.
