200 Tasting Notes
This was my second pot. Maybe I wasn’t in the mood first time round, because I found it a little bland and probably underbrewed it, then put the leaves back in and overbrewed it. Still, this time it was much better. Really lovely sweet flavour, very much enjoying it. Especially on the tip of your tongue as the first sip goes in. Awesome
I had the last war tea this evening. I have been drinking less tea because it is so hot these days, but sitting outside at 10.30pm with a cup of war tea was splendid. I am wondering whether to get loose leaf lapsang souchong at some point because i’m sure it’ll be better
Like last time I drank it, I find myself trying to work out the interesting aftertaste that it leaves. It’s certainly very pleasant, perhaps a bit woody, I still can’t put my finger on it. This tea is good enough that I had it one day and then the next day wanted to get some more. Normally I chop and change a lot so to go back to it so soon means it’s pretty tasty!
My friends Martin and Paul gave me this tea for my birthday and it’s incredible. I put in two teaspoons and it made 8 cups of tea (i.e. 4 brews of my two-cup pot) without any deterioration in taste at all. Incredible. And picked by monkeys. This tea excites me a lot
This was just one of the teas I tried on my holiday. Oscars is a cafe in Freiburg and they serve very good drinks including this rather nice green tea. I also discovered other splendid tea shops: notably Au Fin Moka near La Place Stanislas in Nancy (I can’t remember what I drank there but I think it was a darjeeling)
