6444 Tasting Notes
Iced Tea Sipdown (278)
I made this a long time ago and just didn’t drink it for some reason. The same way I had my laptop open all day and barely did school work. I guess it’s a procrastination day.
Unfortunately because of the procrastination, or maybe just the tea, I am so meh about this. It’s fruity and tastes fine but something about it is just so flat. I find some companies that make “champagne” teas have a way of adding an effervescence too the tea so that even made plain it evokes that sparkling element. This tea doesn’t quite get there so it’s all just ok but also one I don’t mind saying goodbye to…again.
Sipdown (279)
This one was so weird. Good but weird. Because if I am being honest, I think I expected this to taste like Forever Nuts. Instead, it tasted like a fruity hard candy. I was genuinely confused the first couple sips because of that. I double checked the packaging and after confirming it was in fact Candied Almonds that I brewed, I checked out steepster and was happy to find Roswell Strange had the same experience.
The first sips were all red fruit candy…like strawberry hard candies. The more I drink, the more it tastes like apple candy. Still a fruit candy and not nuts. I don’t know if I need more of this but it’s nice enough and certainly took me by surprise.
NOPE. Nopity nope. This one is just far too brisk for me. There is a hint of maybe stone fruit or honey underneath the metallic astringency that’s nice but it’s all so much copper and bleh. I have about a 16 oz serving of this but I really don’t want it again so it’s going into the swap box for someone who enjoys more brisk black tea profiles.
This reminds me of Peppermint Marshmallow Melting in Hot Chocolate…but its not as good. Now, in fairness, I rated Peppermint Marshmallow at 100 because I love it that much so that’s a tough sell to be better than. With that said, this is still a nice tea.
I think both the candy cane and chocolate come through strongly. They smell of chocolate hits you as the cup reaches your mouth. The sip starts off minty – candy cane mint, of course – and then sort of settles into a mint chocolate vibe. It is more truffle than chocolate bar and not as sweet as I expected/hoped this would be. That could be again because I was thinking Peppermint Marshmallow where the marshmallow adds sweetness.
Ultimately, it delivers on what the name promises. Am I in love? No. Will I have trouble finishing this? Also no. I just think if a tea were to be reblended in the future, Peppermint Marshmallow over this.
Next time, I think I will try this as a latte…
Thank you Roswell Strange for sharing this with me. It was randomly selected for today’s #septembersipdown and I’m honestly so grateful it was a flavoured puerh and not a straight one. Gotta ease my way in.
This actually isn’t bad as far as puerh teas go. That’s due in large part to the mint which covers up the muddy/mushroom/umami qualities of puerh that I don’t really like. I don’t get much in the way of lime or rum if I’m being honest. Mostly this is a mint tea that coats your mouth like puerhs do with that thick/dense mouthfeel.
Oh wait…I take that back…some lime and rum are coming through in the tailend of the sip.So, as far as puerhs go, this is great. As far as teas go, this is meh. I’d probably just have a mint tea on a different base instead of this. As such, I won’t be seeking it out again but I’m also not looking to toss the rest of the sample. So thanks again Roswell Strange for finding me a tolerable puerh :)
Tolerable is a success, in my books ;)
There are a few Cornelia Bean blends that I’m quite interested in (including this one), but I’m not sure the $25 shipping to the US is worth it.
@Roswell Strange haha just such a low bar and yet so few puerhs reach it
@amandastory516 the last time I ordered from Cornelia Bean was years ago and if I am being honest, none of the teas really stand out to me. I don’t even remember what I got. The ones I had recently were samples from Roswell Strange so she might have better insight into whether the shipping is worth it.
I probably wouldn’t pay the shipping – all my Cornelia blends I bought at the store in person, on vacation. Though, I do really like the three pu’erhs I bought (this, Pistachio, and Anise). Those I will be very sad about when I finish them off.
I made this tea this afternoon as a tea lemonade and intended to take it to my room and drink it while I listened to my income tax law lecture for this week. Then a lot of stuff happened around the house in preparation of something for my nephew that is happening tomorrow and I didn’t get a chance to drink it…or listen to my lecture.
So, it’s now 10:15 at night and I am finally drinking it. Still have not listened to my lecture, which is bad since I need to listen to it for tomorrow afternoon. Instead, I am listening to Roswell Strange’s podcast, Geek Steep, which is far more interesting! I am really enjoying it and definitely recommend it for all! I might be biased but it’s a lot of fun!
This tea is so awesome as a tea lemonade. Just juicy mango and great lemonade flavor…from the lemonade.
Sipdown (274)
My hope for this was the mint would hide the petrichor quality of the mate. It didn’t. Instead the two flavors came together and made this super medicinal and just not for me. With that said, it did give me a touch of energy so yay for that! And thank you Roswell Strange for sharing this with me but alas mate and I are still not friends.
Thank you Roswell Strange for sharing this one with me! I’d been starting to think I was a fan of rose teas again but this was not very good. It was bitter and tasted like potpourri. I have a little of the sample left and my hope is that it was my steeping (the recommended parameters) that messed it up. We shall see.
