299 Tasting Notes
K liked this a fair bit more than me! I liked it, but I’m always a BIT disappointed by maple flavours. Mostly this reminded us of the maple whiskey that K bought.. so we added a shot :P and that was pretty good, too! Lovely to have with an apple crisp! ;) Won’t buy more of this one, but it was nice to sample. :D
Preparation
Had a big pot of this for games & Kelly this afternoon. Played Crazy Eights, a Harry Potter trading card game (oh yes), Lexigo and Crib. FUN. I always forget how much I enjoy games and usually have be dragged into them… what a dummy :P :P
Anyway, this tea is a great tea! Simple and yum.
People seem to love this tea a lot more than I did. Had this last night. Smelled REALLY GOOD dry and I really just wanted to nom it up. After steeping though, meh. The nutty yumminess became sorta obnoxious sicky-sweetness. I’m not really one for herbals that aren’t minty, overall, so I’m not really target market, but yeah, not for me.
Mmmmm, soapy. :/ Another tea that I’m going to give another go before rating, since I was a bit distracted by ALL THE DISHES EVER and oversteeped a bit. So, we’ll see. Because it smells AMAZING and I definitely want to try it again, but… yuck.
Weird ETA Uhhhhh this is growing on me as it cools? IDEK.
Weird. I was curious about it because I’d heard good things, but I’ll have to see how you rate.
Soapy… Not a selling point!
Yeah, I’ll probably try it again today! Lots of lavender.
I usually enjoy this one, but history and roses have apparently shown that I enjoy drinking soapy things.
Yeah, I made it again last night for a shorter steep and I don`t know, it keeps growing on me…. it`s WEIRD but I like it? Probably not enough to re-order it, but it’s a nice relaxing bedtime tea.
Weeeird. Good? Interesting. I don’t know, guys. Strange stuff. Was v unsure about coffee flavoured tea (dnw watery coffee!) but this was very flavourful. I understand why people call pu-erh “fishy” becuse, uh huh. But it’s not bad? It sounds like it should be, it smells like it should be but I don’t know, it’s kinda homey and mellow and soft…… and I’m absolutely boggled as to how to rate it. Resteeped it, still boggled.
Haha. Pu’erh sounds so weird! I’m nervous to try mine.
Yeeaaah, I found this one to be rather strange. Or was it the Coffee Chai?? checks
Yup, nevermind, I have some of this but haven’t tried it yet. Stay away from the Coffee Chai IMO.
Haha, good to know! Coffee chai does sound like something I’m unlikely to buy though :D
Yeah, idk about pu’erh… I’m intrigued, though.
Had this tonight after a disastrous Red Velvet Cake x Lapsang Souchong accident (uncool, UNCOOL). The last two times I had this, I messed it up (underleafing, maybe? probably oversteeping; let’s be honest) and I was starting to doubt my original rating but nope – still accurate! Yum yum yum.
That’s very ominous.. :P
It tasted fishy! I sipped & thought “AUGHHH GROSSSS” and then left it a bit, thought: it could not have been that bad? But it was FISHY again??? D: So I gave up on it. But then my Earl Grey tasted like curry, so something might just be wrong with me today. o_O
O.o There must be something very wrong with you..Sounds like you need the Doctor.
It’s almost a year since I finished my Long Life Oolong but I remember coming across some “interesting” taste variations, depending on steeping and ingredient proportions. I don’t recall it being very prominent but I got a hint of fishiness a handful of times too. Sense of taste and smell are funny though ;)
Something happened to this tea with me too. Not fishiness, but whatever it is, the thought of drinking it now makes me gag.
Yikes. Do not want. I hope you don’t have a lot of it!
HUH. Thanks, guys – maybe I’m not crazy! :-O I’ve only got a tiiiiny little tin of it (a couple more cups) but as it is, I’m kinda scared to try it again :P :P