6444 Tasting Notes
P is for…Pink Lemonade
This is another tea shared with me by Sil! Thank you!
I had one sip of this and wasn’t loving it which I guess is a good thing because my nephew got ahold of it and drooled all over it. He seemed to be a fan and kept drinking so after he slobbered all over it, I tossed the rest. I have one more serving so hopefully I’ll get a better note then. Until then, I wasn’t a fan but my nephew was.
Sipdown (219)
P (again) is for…Peach Ice Cream
I have been terrible at this so this alphabet is taking forever. And I decided to do an alphabet teas day today and technically already did P but then did O after and I was more excited about my P teas than the Q teas so I’m doing P again.
Part of the reason I was more excited about P teas is the new caffeine free teas Sil kindly shared with me. Thank you!! This is one of those teas and I don’t think it’s one I had before.
I was okay with it but it was more tart than I expected for something called peach ice cream. It was sort of peachy but mostly hibiscus. Nothing that said ice cream to me. Not a bad tea but not peach ice cream either.
Matcha Latte Sipdown (220)
Thank you Roswell Strange for the chance to try all the matchas at Three 6 Tea. They all had a distinct sweet taste and this was no exception. In fact it was the standard matcha with a Candy blueberry aftertaste. Not much pineapple or coconut. Nice but not special.
O is for…Orange Chocolate
Thank you for sharing Sil but this isn’t for me. There have been so many different teas with this flavour profile and it’s mostly been done better. I think the base teas just don’t suit this flavour profile as well as a black tea does. I mean I may be bias but this is a lot of orange and oolong and not enough chocolate. On the bright side the pu’erh isn’t super obvious.
P is for…Pancake Breakfast
Thank you Roswell Strange for the sub box that found this tea in my stash again!
I am sort of over pancake teas. Have been for a while. So I mostly wanted something that would pair alright with my caramel/gingerbread sweet cream in an iced latte. This fit the bill and also it meant I could use up a fair bit of leaf. At the end of the day though, the pancake is strong with this one and so I was sort of meh about the whole thing.
Also I know I’m at “O” but those teas were in a different room and I was too lazy to go get them.
Salted Caramel/Gingerbread Sweet Cream Latte (193)
M is for…Most Ardently
This made for a yummy latte with salted caramel/gingerbread sweet cream. Granted, it was slightly oily (from the chocolate I’m guessing), but I just kept a spoon in my cup and stirred it so I couldn’t see the oil. It also was mostly just a generically sweet which made for a good platform for the sweet cream but probably wouldn’t make for a very interesting plain tea.
Iced Matcha Sipdown (194)
M is for…Mojito Matcha
It’s matcha Monday and most Mondays I have been sharing my current read with my matcha pic. This week I’m reading It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey and in keeping with the summer vibes and the M tea plan, this matcha just screamed to me.
I was struggling a bit today and I accidentally poured brita water into the matcha shaker as opposed to the hot water. So I dumped it and started again. I also followed DAVIDsTEA’s recommendation and used 5 matcha spoons, which made this too sweet. It was good and had a nice mint component and the sweetness had some lime which was nice. Overall this is good but it’s not one I ever reached for since I usually prefer matcha lattes and this is not a latte friendly matcha.
Thank you Roswell Strange for sharing!!
