788 Tasting Notes
Steep Information:
Amount: 4 tsp
Water: ~500ml at 212°F
Tool: Mesh basket strainer in mug
Steep Time: a little over 5 minutes https://www.teaity.com/
Served: Hot
Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: sweet strawberry, wood
Steeped Tea Smell: strawberry, rhubarb, summer
Flavor: sweet strawberry, then tart, then a hint woody
Body: Full
Aftertaste: tart and woody
Liquor: Cloudy dark orange brown
Summer in a cup!
Post-Steep Additives:
sugar, just sweet, more like pie, no overall flavor change
Rating: 3/4 leaves
Blog: http://amazonv.blogspot.com/2014/01/52teas-loose-leaf-honeybush-tisane.html
Preparation
Steep Information:
Amount: 6tsp
Water: 1000ml at 185°F
Tool: Breville One-Touch Tea Maker BTM800XL
Steep Time: 2 minutes
Served: Hot
Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: cranberry, grape, sweet,hints vegetal
Steeped Tea Smell: sweet cranberry, grape, vegetal, floral
Flavor: sweet, then sour with a floral finish
Body: Light
Aftertaste: vegetal
Liquor: Translucent light orange brown
Yummy. A Co-Worker asked to take the rest of the bag he liked it so much.
Rating: 3/4 leaves
Blog: http://amazonv.blogspot.com/2014/01/52teas-loose-leaf-white-tea-cran-grape.html
Preparation
Steep Information:
Amount: 4 tsp
Water: 1000ml at 175°F
Tool: Breville One-Touch Tea Maker BTM800XL
Steep Time: 2 minutes
Served: Hot
Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: alcohol, strawberry, cream
Steeped Tea Smell: vegetal, strawberry
Flavor: sweet, vegetal, hints of berry
Body: Light
Aftertaste: tart, grassy
Liquor: translucent light orange green
Blog http://amazonv.blogspot.com/2014/01/52teas-loose-leaf-green-tea-strawberry.html
Preparation
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Steep Information:
Amount: 6 tsp
Water: 1000ml at 185°F
Tool: Breville One-Touch Tea Maker BTM800XL
Steep Time: 2 minutes
Served: Hot
Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: floral, lavendar, sweet, fruity
Steeped Tea Smell: floral, sweet
Flavor: floral, lavendar, slightly soapy, sweet, hint vegetal
Body: Light
Aftertaste: soapy
Liquor: translucent light yellow green
Rating: 2/4 leaves
Blog: http://amazonv.blogspot.com/2014/01/52teas-loose-leaf-white-tea-sugar-plum.html
Preparation
Blog: http://amazonv.blogspot.com/2014/01/52teas-loose-leaf-black-tea-rum-raisin.html
Steep Information:
Amount: 5 tsp
Water: 1200ml at 200°F
Tool: Breville One-Touch Tea Maker BTM800XL
Steep Time: 2 minutes 30seconds
Served: Hot
Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: sweet raisin, rum
Steeped Tea Smell: sweet, bakey, raisin, perhaps a hint of vanilla
Flavor: sweet, bakey black, hint of vanilla
Body: Medium
Aftertaste: toasty, slight astringency
Liquor: translucent dark orange brown pantone ® 491c
Post-Steep Additives:sugar
Rating: 2/4 leaves
Preparation
Autumn Chai Swizzle
Ingredients:
Preparation:
Brew a pot of chai tea Add 2 teaspoons of raw brown sugar and stir until dissolved. Fill a coffee mug with chai tea and Baileys Original Irish Cream. Stir with cinnamon stick.buy chai http://us.the-devotea.com/store/products/star-spangled-chai-usa-only
drink blog post http://the-devotea.com/autumn-chai-swizzle/
Figa
Recipe from Charlie Hodge of the Clyde Common in the Ace Hotel in Portland, Oregon – located in Martha Stewart living magazine.
Figa
Ingredients
24 ounces fig vodka 12 ounces chilled Earl Grey tea (alternate suggestion: Lady Devotea lavender earl grey) 18 ounces tangerine juice ice fresh fig wedges for garnishMethod
Combine the fig vodka, Earl Grey tea and tangerine juice, stirring well. Cover and chill until ready to serve To serve, stir and strain over ice. Garnish with fig wedges and/or thin slices of tangerine floating on topOld-Fashioned Hot Toddy : A real winter warmer
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Ingredients: 1 tbsp honey, 3/4 glass 1910 tea, 60ml shot brandy, 1 slice lemon.
Brew tea and fill a tall glass 3/4 full. Mix in honey. Mix in brandy shots. Add lemon slice and enjoy.
Orange Tiger
Mix
4 Parts chilled Two Tigers
1 part Contreau
1 part Simple syrup
G & Tea : Like the classic, but better
60ml gin
60ml brewed and chilled Lady Devotea
Squeeze of lemon juice
Spoonful of caster sugar
Lime Wedges for garnish
Pour the ingredients into an old-fashioned glass filled with ice.
Stir well
Garnish with lime wheels.