1629 Tasting Notes
What is that stench? Oh its White Cucumber. It smells so pungent in the tin! It smells like a mix of old ketchup and old mustard… like what you’d smell at a carnival or one of those carts in NYC selling those dirty water hot dogs.
Steeped, it wasn’t so bad. It was yellow and the smell wasn’t as bad. The taste was milder – thank goodness! Though I didn’t enjoy this one as much. It left a strange aftertaste in my mouth. A milder “dirty water hot dogs” taste. Not bad, but I can’t say I’ll reach for this often. Well.. I might just to finish this tin as fast as possible.
EDIT — I’m going to try this iced.
Preparation
I received this in the sampler package from Den’s Tea. I love the extra matcha in here. It was powdery when I opened the wrapping. This was excellent but I still prefer the whole leaf tea. The leaves in this pyramid bag were a tad crushed up. Not bad for a bagged tea :) Convenient to take around too.
I actually like this one better this time around. My boyfriend made it for me and added some agave. It had the smokey, savory ham smell to it, but it didn’t taste like ham to me. Very good! It tastes better with the agave for sure. I’m bumping up the rating a little!
