1598 Tasting Notes

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Thanks Val for the sample! (This is one of our Steepster Tea Club selections!)

I like this tea – it’s a mix of a lot of things but I immediately think ‘this is fancy’ when I sip it. There are just so many flavours in it that it’s a treat to sip. I’m getting jasmine notes too. This is a great afternoon cup to drink and re-steep!

Thanks for the sample!

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 5 min, 0 sec

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drank Cherry by Love is Tea (LIT)
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Not sure what happened with this – maybe I have a bad association, but this made me think of cherry cough syrup. I don’t know that cherry is my thing so I won’t rate it as other people may enjoy this tea!

Thanks Yssah for letting me try it out!

TeaLady441

I think the rootbeer one is my favourite so far. :D

yssah

cool ^^

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drank Cinnamon-Orange by Market Spice
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I don’t know why but this tea is synonymous with late-night sipping. Even though it tastes artificially sweet and orangy, i still crave it. I guess it’s like when I crave Big Macs or something like that. :P

Once I’m done drinking the 2 oz I have left, I have 2 oz of this Three Cinnamon Tea my mom brough me from the interior. :D

Ozli

Ehehehe. I haven’t tried this yet!

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drank Checkmate by DAVIDsTEA
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I decided today that I needed to drink Checkmate! Usually I just start boiling water and then sorta stare at everything wondering how I am supposed to choose, but not today. I svaoured this cup, had a nap, and then am off to resteep it! It’s so lightly nutty and flavorful. It really really tastes like white tea to me now – I guess I’m slowly figuring this stuff out.

Besides my Amoda tea order, which I don’t think I’ll get until April because I subscribed 2 days after the March deadline, I have NO MORE TEA on the way. Everything I have now, is what I have. So I feel more like I can just relax and enjoy it instead of, “OMG I better pick something I can sipdown! Why do I have all the tea?”

(I know. Life is so rough.)

Sil

Lol first world problems :). I’m looking forward to getting to where you are at. I have a few orders still to come in, and there’s a mountain of tea sitting on my dinning room table that I still need to organize heh

Ozli

unlesssssss SURPRISE TEA

Indigobloom

Ack, I am so jealous!!

TeaLady441

Oh no! Surprise tea!!!! /0\ (I’m sure I will love it)

And call me a tea nerd, but I think I’d have fun sorting all that tea out!

Sil

cavo – oh it’s fun…but also frustrating hahaha some teas are sitting with Indigobloom and some with kittena and some with raritea as well, so i can’t organize ALL of them haha but neeed to get a bit more oganised so i can get my swaps out this month

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I cold-brewed this for about 5 hours in the fridge and this was the first of many experiments to come! While this is one of the Murchie’s teas that I’ve always consistently enjoyed, this is smoother and mellower. Maybe I understeeped it as it almost feels like this is a green/black blend instead of all black.

Ozli

#MADSCIENCE

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drank Coconut Cream Pie by 52teas
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Thanks ozli!

I sorta oversteeped this, by steeping it for about 5 minutes or so but it worked out just fine. It is really good!

That is all. :P (for now)

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This was a free sample from Yssah with my Ovation package. Thanks!

It semlls quite strongly of blueberries, and it was in such a cute little bag that I thought I would try this out right away.

Once steeped it smells quite strongly of blueberries, but the taste is quite mild and relaxing. There is a lot of creaminess in there, with a hint of vanilla. The black base is very smooth with only a touch of astringency.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 5 min, 0 sec

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81

Thanks Mercuryhime for the sample!

Had I known this was so expensive I might have saved it for another day. Instead I drank the first steep over a few hours while taking care of the baby, and am just now savouring the second steep while I sit down and relax.

The first steep was very smooth and grassy and oolongy, and it made me wonder why I don’t drink regular oolongs more often. They’re so good!

This second steep is much richer with lots of vegetal notes. It’s really enjoyable, but I think the fanciness is lost on me as I don’t really see how this is that much better than my Iron Goddess Oolong (Tie Guan Yin). Maybe I will set the rest of this sample aside and try it again in a few more months to see I can distinguish more.

Mercuryhime

Glad you enjoyed it. Honestly, I didn’t think the quality merited the price either. It’s an everyday tea at not an everyday price. :)

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drank Rootbeer by Love is Tea (LIT)
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I just received this one today, and as the smell of it had completely dominated the package, I thought I had better try it – it smelled so good!

I’m pretty happy I gave this a shot. I was nervous because DavidsTea’s Cherry Cola was abhorrent (is that too strong of a word? Maybe not), but this is very smooth and nice. It reminds me a little of 52 Teas’ Butterbeer.

How do you describe Root Beer tea? I wish I knew what herbs/spices were in it because Root Beer can have a lot of things in it. What I do know is that I steeped it for 5 minutes and it is very smooth and not at all bitter. I think there may even be a bit of vanilla notes mixed in with the “root beer” ish spices.

… I am not doing this tea justice. :P It’s nice though!

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 5 min, 15 sec
momo

I’ve always wanted to make my own root beer but my grandpa did when my dad was a kid and one exploded in their garage so I don’t want to do it LOL there’s a bunch of barks, then it depends on the rootbeer but I know vanilla, some type of mint, anise, licorice, ginger, clove, nutmeg, etc etc can all be used. Sooo much room to experiment!

TeaLady441

Wow. Exploding barrels would put me of too! That and… well that’s an awful lot of ingredients. I’m not good enough at cooking/alchemy to attempt anything like that! But those all sound very tasty – no wonder I like root beer!

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Mmmm. A good tea for a bad-mood-for-nothing sort of day!

Crowkettle

I love the name of this tea.

Isaila

@KettleCrow: I go running for the shelter of my mother’s little helper…

TeaLady441

Hahaha. That’s totally what this tea is for me!

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