299 Tasting Notes
I still can’t decide on a rating but omg SO MUCH BETTER with the temp/steep time advice, thanks guys! This has a real creaminess with the mallow root & nom nom nom spearmint, it’s so good! I expect a bit of sweetness to come in with that creaminess but no, there’s STILL a hint of bitter. It’s just a hint but I haven’t decided how much/if that bothers me. I think it normally wouldn’t but I’m getting flashbacks to that first fuckup cup /o\
Might add a teensy bit of sugar next time.
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Liked this, & the resteep. Like 85% of my tea diet is ideally strong black teas but I really don’t have anything to say about them? Morning tea!!!
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Huh, okay. I didn’t hear my phone alarm because it was too quiet and oversteeped this… and it reaally does not like to be oversteeped – whoa, bitter! Still, I am going to try again because when I saw it come up again and again on the 52teas 12 days of christmas set I KNEW IT HAD TO BE MIIIINE. Smells so good dry. Kinda bubble-gum-y, a bit. Nom nom. So yeah, cold steeping would probably be really good too.
Anyone have a good temp/time mix?
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Oh, how long did you steep?? 82C is a good temp, and I think I steeped it for 2 mins for my mom. I wouldn’t go over 3 min. And 1.5tsp/cup.
Augh, it was probably like 3.5-4 mins because I got distracted with the computer. /o\ Thanks for the advice, going to try again tomorrow! ;)
Ah yes. 52teas are finicky, greens are no exception! I think that this one’s a bit more forgiving than Sun & Cloud Mist (which if you have it, don’t go over like 2 min!), but I’d likely not go over 2.5.
Yes, I steeped all of my packets from 52teas around 2.5 min or under.
Awesome, thanks!!
YUM. At first I wasn’t sure if I liked this because my initial thought was: pales in comparison to the pumpkin chai David’s Tea.. but they’re not really trying to do the same thing, are they?
I added brown sugar and a bit of milk and YESSSS, it’s good. This is a tea to have when you feel like doing the whole milk & sugar thing. Without, it’s just not the same.
BTW, 100th tasting note! :-O
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100 notes! Congrats! :D
Thanks! I do like to blather on. :D
Nice! Those 52 Teas sound pretty good. I have Witching Hour,
Cotton Candy Black, and Banana Foster samples on the way!
And grats on 100!
cotton candy! O___O!!
If I have enough I can send a little your way! I bought a mystery box full of 20+ samples. (Except I know about those 3)
oh neat! that’s an awesome to try a bunch of new stuff (your cupboard is gonna look crazy!!) :P
Oh man I know! I’m gonna be over a hundred soon! :O If the samples are too small though maybe I won’t add them in. I should probably come up with a system. Too bad we couldn’t add notes to our cupboard – flag samples, flag tradeable teas etc.
