Sweet 'n' Salty Popcorn

Homemade Advent Day 23
from AJRimmer
The dry leaf of this one is pretty. Steeped up the flavor is quite salty with some cardamom as well. The licorice is there but quite faint and perhaps add a touch of sweetness. It’s not as heavy on the rice and green tea as the other genmaicha’s I’ve had. So much so that I don’t know that I would recognize this as one if I was blindtasting it. I’m not sure that this one works for me and I’ve also never been one for salty snacks etc. A fun one to try as it was quite bizarre haha.
This advent calendar has been amazing and so fun to try. I feel like I have a better understanding of a few companies offerings and got to try a ton of new teas. I also got to cross off a few teas that were on my wishlist and added a couple teas as well that I need more of…. Thanks again! AJRimmer

I enjoyed the other popcorn tea from B&B, so I was curious as to how this would be different. Hmm I’d say this one is a lot less like popcorn. Basically it’s just green tea with some vague sweetness, maybe some saltiness, maybe a bit of popped rice. The green tea base is all right. I think they should have gone harder with the genmaicha vibe with lots more popped rice and added a bit of flavoring and salt to that. Since they held back too much, the vision doesn’t come through clearly enough. I do enjoy the lightly sweet, slightly savory green tea flavor, and I’m sure I could finish the bag if it were caffeine-free, but I’ll probably save enough for a couple cups and pass the rest along.

Mastress Alita’s sipdown challengeTuesday, January 19th: National Popcorn Day Tea #2

From the Boxing Day sale and a fitting tea to try today!  This blend sounded good to me!  The dry blend somehow has a fruity scent to it — not sure how but the flavor is all sweet popcorn.  (Looking at other notes, Courtney notices a grapefruit scent, but I don’t think that is the specific fruit I was noticing.)   I don’t think I’ve had a quinoa tea yet, so I’m not sure what that is imparting to the flavor.  It mostly looks like a genmaicha, certainly not an overabundance of actual popcorn.  But there are some odd ingredients here — liquorice and cardamom.  Luckily the liquorice doesn’t make this weird, but it might do that with age.  All around the name is accurate to the flavor so I’m happy with this one!   But then the second steep tastes like licorice to prove me wrong… enough to make it noticeable anyway.
Steep #1 // 1 heaping teaspoon for a full mug // 37 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 //  28 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep

Adventaggedon Day 19 – Tea 4/6

This was labelled on today’s tea sachet as “Poppin’ Xmas Sweet n’ Salty Popcorn” but, I believe, it’s this tea…

I wasn’t a fan – the concept is intriguing and I understand using a Genmaicha as the base for a popcorn type of profile but the use of liquorice in this blend is ghastly. It’s so cloying and coating, and it feels aggressive for a Genmaicha. I mean, if you consider the toasty notes of a Genmaicha “salty” (Sorta!? They’re more umami or nutty to me) then I guess the name is accurate because there’s definitely sweetness.

But no – hard pass. I wouldn’t drink this one again.

Advent Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/CI_pDY_AA7m/

Bird & Blend Advent Day 19 (19-December 2020)

I got a hint of grapefruit when I first ripped open the sachet, but that’s dissipated now that’s the tea has steeped. I’m getting that distinct puffed rice scent that must be the puffed quinoa. There’s a sweetness that’s also got a hint of bitter, like a caramel that’s almost gone too far, but also is very, very light. Also, it’s got a nice buttery texture to it. The green tea base is really great here as well. It’s a very good tea. I would consider ordering this one.

A says “This tastes like popcorn! It’s cool, but it’s so weird! It tastes like salty, buttery popcorn!”