Trying to catch up on reading tasting notes at some point! I noticed today that Maya Tea is discontinuing many of their teas, and by the time you read this, they will probably be out of stock. (Banana Macaroon went fast.) I wasn’t planning on buying any more tea right now, so didn’t. Many of the teas on clearance are teas I bought samples of and haven’t even tried yet, so I guess I should make an effort.
This is an odd one. The base: rooibos and green tea. But looking at it, it looks like black tea is mixed in, and since it tastes like a barbeque sauce, my mind goes to lapsang… or maybe that’s the rooibos. I taste no jasmine whatsoever… really it’s that flavor that is like orange that is supposed to be jasmine flavoring. But there is also orange here, so who knows. I like the “sunset” in the name – makes me think of a big ol’ orange. The second steep takes on that bubblegum flavor. So, eh, not the blend I imagined but I should have known better. So maybe they shouldn’t have even marketed this as “jasmine” and it would have done better. And then there is a drying to mouth sort of thing happening, which isn’t pleasant on a hot day. Not really thirst quenching. Hey, it was $1. Would I buy it again for $1? No.
Steep #1 // 1 1/2 teaspoons // 30 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // 30 min after boiling // 4 min
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Hi! I love tea and trying new ones – it adds a bit of variety to my day! Books, music, TV & movies are my thing… and tea, of course.
Some of my favorite tea shops (still operating):
birdandblendtea.com
teavivre.com
52teas.com
svtea.com
whisperingpinestea.com
justea.com
harney.com
Dammann Freres
fusionteas.com
shop.Javateaco.com
Lupicia
Octaviatea.com
Davidstea.com
eco-cha.com
what-cha.com
singleoriginteas.com
teasenz.com
tealyra.com
Mandalatea.com
verdanttea.com
Favorite tea shops (RIP):
butikiteas.com
steapshoppe.com
steepcityteas.com
aquartertotea.com
dellaterrateas.com
zentealife.com
angrytearoom.com
theteamerchant.net
joysteaspoon.com
tealiciousllc.com
Rivertea
Specialteas
My icon photo is Richard Mayhew from the graphic novel ‘Neverwhere’ by Neil Gaiman, Mike Carey & Glenn Fabry.
Most of the teas listed in my cupboard are actually sample sizes. I don’t really have 2,000 ounces of tea around here! Many of my teas have only one teaspoon left… maybe two. But I like keeping them in my cupboard list for reference to what I could be sipping. Usually, I write tasting notes once for each tea. I’m still drinking them, just not writing tasting notes each time!
I’m always in search of: Hattialli, Qu Hao black, Jin Jun Mei, teas using marshmallow root.
My dislikes: hibiscus, ginger (unless in chai), turmeric, bee pollen, charcoal type flavors
My ratings:
95-100 – Super awesome deliciousness favorites – cupboard essential
80-95 – Also pretty delicious
65-80 – Pretty good
50-65 – Okay
1-50 – Probably won’t want to sip it again
I’m planning on being a Steepsterer as long as there IS a Steepster, so if you’re not hearing from me, that means something happened to my health… if you know what I mean. (Or as evidenced by the great computer hiatus of 2019, something happened to my computer… I have a dumb phone so can’t access internet on that. As of 12/20/21 my wifi might start getting unreliable.)
Happy sipping!
Location
USA
