3010 Tasting Notes
This is WONDERFUL (thanks Lori!)—-you can taste each individual flavor distinctly…got the almonds, got the vanilla, got, the rooibos, got the other goodies. Very, very sweet, without needing additional sugar. Spending a lazy Mother’s Day sipping, rocking and listening to Pushing Daisies soundtrack (gift from teenage son) and getting the leaky toilet fixed (gift from husband).
I used more like a teaspoon and a half to a 12-oz mug, which means this smells heavenly, but after I actually paid attention to the directions, discovered that’s a little too strong. Which may be why I’m getting quite a bit of pear bite and not much truffleness in the flavor. But did I say this smells heavenly? I keep sticking my cold morning nose in the cup like a caramel pear truffle pig.
(Addendum): Adjustments made … less leaf, little less steep time … yum!!!
Preparation
The first of my “limerick” teas :o) Quite a mystery, in that the Franklin Tea site doesn’t give me much to go on … but I could have sworn I was tasting some citrus. Orange? Mango? Very light, very enigmatic, very nice.
I think you should write a limerick about each tea… ;)
That’s be a stretch, especially if I have to rhyme “orange,” but I’m never one to run from a literary challenge:
The Franklin Tea Company sells
Green tea that’s as good at it smells.
It’s possible I missed it,
But it think it’s got citrus,
But nothing on their website tells.
You, m’dear, rock! :)
woah, Shakespeare notes and limerick notes! head explodes
I like Teas Etc. rating system - zero to coffee. This one is a little more than halfway up their scale. Nice, dark and strong, but I made my first test cup at work - minus anything but tap water, in probably not the most clean/pristine mug in the world, minus my favorite “One Perfect Cup” measuring spoon, and in the microwave - so I don’t have anything very exact to say about it. Taking the rest of the sample home to a friendlier environment. I think I’ll like it.
Another tuck-in from Doulton…thank you for widening my horizons :o)
Green tea + lemongrass is a winner combo for me, but the mate (which I also like, separately) makes this one come out with a Pine-Sol whang. Of course, if it’s doing to my insides what Pine-Sol does to my nasty kitchen floor, the health benefits may outweigh the industrial flavor.
Really, really nice balance of the two flavors. Not too much of one or the other; perfect peach-i-cot.
The little brown rabbit next to the work picnic table kept eyeing me while I was sipping and smiling. I offered him some, but he wasn’t real interested.
Sounds like the Rabbit missed out! Maybe he was more of a White Tea fan…or Oooooooolong?!
I would have laughed if you said he drank it… maybe he needs something green like matcha.
This is one of the better blends that Metropolitan Tea offers. In fact, I used to create a similar blend that I called “Summer’s Harvest.” This blend is so very much like that one, that I hardly miss my Summer’s Harvest at all.
bunnies do like fruit, but my bunnies have not been too keen on tea either
Let’s see…wasn’t it chamomile that Mama Cottontail offered Peter when he went belly-up after a buffet in Mr. McGregor’s garden? I’m a little rusty on my Beatrix Potter.
Doulton tucked one of these into her Shirley Temple package - I’m loving the little muslin tea bags (anybody remember Gold Rush bubble gum?) - and the “tasty and competent” rating previously posted stands. I didn’t pay close attention and let the water get too hot, boiled it instead of the 90C recommendation on the tag.
I’m getting a lot more almondy-cakey flavor than I am fruit and spices, but if I just had a piece of my mom’s fruit’n’apple cake right now, this would be a perfect match.
Amendment/addition: I tossed the back half of the mug on ice at lunchtime and tasted about twice the amount of spice. Usually it’s the other way around. Hmmm.
Let this slide well past five minutes, a little skim milk in the bottom of the cup … even nicer! Rarely do I sweeten, but add a sprinkling of sugar to this, and I think we’ve got dessert.
(Addendum: tried it iced after lawn-mowing detail; not as good, but still OK.)
