Plum Deluxe Advent Calendar – Day 4
Well this looks interesting. I’m not one to drink English or Irish breakfast teas, as I find them to be quite brisk and I don’t generally add milk to tea. The addition of lemon here sounds interesting, and what a varied mix of black teas! This has Assam, Ceylon, Kenya, and Darjeeling teas.
Yeah, this is not for me. It mostly tastes “tea-ish”, meaning like a bagged black tea. I have a hard time describing that flavor for some reason. There are some bits of malt and leather, hay from the Darjeeling, and a bit of a grainy cereal sort of note. The lemon is very faint and I’m not sure I would know it was there if it hadn’t been pointed out. I will say, it’s fairly smooth with no bitterness and very little astringency.
I don’t think I’ll assign a rating, just because this really isn’t my thing. But it was fun to try!
(today’s advent teas: https://www.instagram.com/p/CIYX874AFsO/)
Flavors: Astringent, Autumn Leaf Pile, Earth, Grain, Hay, Leather, Lemon, Malt, Smooth, Tannic, Wood
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Cup for me apparently! I like tea-ish teas :D
How would you describe that flavor? :P
I drink a lot of Barry’s tea (and Irish tea brand of a black breakfast tea) because this is how I was introduced to tea from my Nann and I often add a squeeze of lemon to it. I used to add milk before we were vegan, but I have yet to find a plant milk that reaaaally works.
Awww that’s such a nice thought. I have trouble with non-dairy milks in tea also, they’re always too strong and end up overpowering the tea IMO.
I don’t :P — but usually when I do it’s tannic and, well, tea-like. I don’t usually have idea how to call it other way. Some are leathery. So yep, you noted all of them :)
Right? Oat is the closet I’ve found, but the slight chalkiness at the end of the cup just isn’t worth it.
@Martin – Alita’s “autumn leaf” seems close to me, it is rather leafy. And tannic, leathery like you said.
@Courtney – I added oat milk to the second half of my cup and it’s quite good! It complements the cereal notes well.
That sounds like a good descriptor as well! :)
Cup for me apparently! I like tea-ish teas :D
How would you describe that flavor? :P
I drink a lot of Barry’s tea (and Irish tea brand of a black breakfast tea) because this is how I was introduced to tea from my Nann and I often add a squeeze of lemon to it. I used to add milk before we were vegan, but I have yet to find a plant milk that reaaaally works.
Awww that’s such a nice thought. I have trouble with non-dairy milks in tea also, they’re always too strong and end up overpowering the tea IMO.
I don’t :P — but usually when I do it’s tannic and, well, tea-like. I don’t usually have idea how to call it other way. Some are leathery. So yep, you noted all of them :)
Right? Oat is the closet I’ve found, but the slight chalkiness at the end of the cup just isn’t worth it.
@Martin – Alita’s “autumn leaf” seems close to me, it is rather leafy. And tannic, leathery like you said.
@Courtney – I added oat milk to the second half of my cup and it’s quite good! It complements the cereal notes well.
That sounds like a good descriptor as well! :)