1403 Tasting Notes
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Last night, I lollygagged on the Dammann Freres site, filling my cart up with all sorts of deliciousness. Two hundred dollars worth of deliciousness to be exact. I have neither the money nor the space for more tea. That rarely deters me.
But this time, I closed the window and patted myself on the shoulder. So yay!
Black Friday fever is a wicked thing.
Yup, this tea is a surprise. With a name like Government House Anniversary Blend, I was expecting something dark, powerful, and stately. That is to say not strawberry and mint.
It’s nice though. Mint is not my favourite thing, but here it is pleasantly subdued by the strawberry. The tea base is slightly astringent. Thankfully, I had steeped briefly.
An enjoyable cup.
Flavors: Mint, Strawberry
Preparation
I really like this one as an evening sip before bed. A bit creamy, a bit tart, a bit orangey. The vanilla ties it all together. Nice combination.
It seems to me that it is exactly the same tea that Sil and Indigobloom and I bought at the tea festival last year under a different name and in different packaging.
Flavors: Cream, Hibiscus, Orange Zest, Tangy, Vanilla
Preparation
After a morning of a minty marshmallowy Laoshan Black, I moved on to this one while snacking on too much bittersweet chocolate and too many almonds and brazil nuts. You see, I am on a roll.
There hasn’t been much time, or energy, for tea drinking lately. Things have been quite busy here, constantly in motion, to the extent that I have overdone it by the time I realize it and then there’s nothing to be done but rest and nurture.
Only some teas do well in travel mugs, of course, and even those lose something of themselves when you are out in the world occupied with whatever it is that has pulled you outside.Then too, there’s the influence of starting and ending the day with absolutely foul Chinese herbs, incredibly bitter, which are taken in tea soup form. Yuck. But apparently good for me, so I will continue the course. Even though my tastebuds are destroyed for a bit after drinking this down.
And then, there’s the spoon of coconut oil that the naturopath prescribed, which I find easily enough to manage in a cup of tea, but then, the tea is somewhat mangled. Some teas manage the coconut flavour better than others.And so the journey towards health continues. That’s pretty much what I’ve been busy with altogether. It’s quite a process.
Today, thankfully, I was able to simply be. At home. With tea.
After the morning herbs and oil tea, I chose this one to unwind with while doing some typing. What joy!
I’m not a big fan of mint really, but here it is subdued enough that it adds just the slightest something something to the Laoshan Black chocolatey thing going on.
Beautiful.
Nope, no molasses to speak of. Vague spices. And not much going on in the cookie department either. I am enjoying the lightly spiced honeybush as an evening cup though. To be fair, I’ve had this tea for ten months. Perhaps there was more going on with it when it was a bit fresher. Also, I am drinking it straight up and unsweetened. Perhaps additions would oomph it up a bit.
Flavors: Spices
Preparation
Flavors: Licorice
Preparation
The body of your text is a smaller font size than the “flavours” line. Is this something Steepster derps up itself or is there a way to change font size?
it’s the same font all the way through for me haha
Oh, when I went back to the review the size was all the same. Maybe it was just loaded weird the first time. (shrug)
haha silly steepster!
I hadn’t done anything differently, so I guess it was just as Sil says: steepster having a moment.
Any Canadians who are fans of liquorice?
Never haha I hate it
This one really worked for me this evening. Both flavours peeked through the base in good proportion. Nice. A good way to come down a bit after spending much of the day out in the rain.
Flavors: Coconut, Cream, Strawberry
