1711 Tasting Notes
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52 blacks and I don’t get along so well and I kinda think this one isn’t an exception. I can taste a little ginger on the sip and in the long lingering aftertaste I get some coffee, but there isn’t much in the middle. I’m sure there is likely something spectacular that others can taste, but not me. :(
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I don’t generally like senchas, but I do like houjichas. It seems strange since they seem similar. Oh well!
This tea has that roasty flavor that houjichas have. Almost a slight barley taste to it. I really don’t get the cocoa notes that it is supposed to have tho. The aftertaste lingers and is nice too.
Wow! This is my 500th tasting note! I feel like this is a milestone of some sort!
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Hmmmm… I’m not digging this one. It may be the association I have with an orange blossom soap. At the beginning of the sip the orange almost tastes old, like those asian fermented orange peel candies. It’s better in the middle of the sip, but I don’t think this tea is for me.
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I love it when a traveling tea box comes my way and has stuff that I have been wanting to try in it! This would be one of the teas. I tried to love the black version of this, but just couldn’t pick up on the flavors that others were tasting. It is a problem I sadly have with many 52 blacks, but I discovered that I love their genmaichas and have yet to explore many of their greens.
This tea smells amazing! I can totally smell a blueberry danish! Wow, I can taste it too! It is a little more of an aroma taste, kind of like perfume as opposed to a bold flavorful taste. If that makes any sense. But yeah, spot on with the taste. I’ll have to keep an eye out for a reblend!
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This tea didn’t smell like much in the bag, but I wanted to give it a go anyways. Once steeped, it has a faint honey like scent. It tastes really smooth on the sip, but at the end it gets a little dull and leaves my mouth feeling dry. I’m not sure what all I’m tasting, but the flavors are really light. Could be how the tea was meant to be, could be old. Who knows! Overall I feel pretty eh about it.
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First sip of this was a bit bleh! Reading other’s reviews, I may have over steeped this with a 2m time. Adding a little more water helps! This has a really nice aftertaste with what I associate as cherry blossoms or leaves. I get a little bit of the fruit at the beginning of the sip. There is a grassiness to it. I’m not super impressed with this tea (not really a sencha kind of gal), but I’d guess that in the right setting I might be. Like if I was sitting down for a meal of really nice sushi, this would be a pleasant surprise in my cup.
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I don’t think I have had a white tea from Teavana before! It was a little difficult to make sure I got some tea leaves in my steeper with all the dried fruit in there! I do hate when I am paying tea prices for trailmix. This tea is actually kinda nice. I hate loving newly introduced to me Teavana teas because I’m mostly broken up with the company. This tea has a fruity sweet scent to it. I can taste some pineapple in there and maybe a little grape. I don’t really know what white tea tastes like on it’s own, so I couldn’t tell you if I’m tasting the tea at all. It has a slight sweetness of it’s own, so I didn’t add any sugar. Has a nice aftertaste.
It’s okay. It gets (as my husband calls this look) the frown of approval.
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Tea of the month! I love that Lupicia sends out samples in their tea magazine! I had this this morning. It tasted like many of their other chocolate combo teas without the combo flavor. I have had their chocolate with strawberry, banana and chestnut, all of which really add something to the chocolate base. I don’t think the chocolate is interesting enough to stand on it’s own as a tea. It is great mixed with other stuff. I have a lavender EG that I have been wanting to try with chocolate, so maybe I’ll resteep this in the morning with the EG. We’ll see if this tea has a place in my cupboard as an additive to other teas.
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I haven’t been a big rooibos fan lately. Still, when I read that Lupicia had a limited time tea with chestnut and pumpkin, I had to give it a go. I have had their sweet potato black tea before and it has a similar taste to this. I can pick out a little chestnut, but I’m not really getting the pumpkin. The first few sips were really flavorful, but the sips after that left me searching out the intensity I had gotten before. At the end of each sip my mouth gets dry. Thank you rooibos.
This is a really interesting flavor combination, although I’m not crazy about this tea. I’d love to make a soup with these flavors. I’d also love to try this tea in a black base!
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I didn’t know if I’d like this one, but I think I do. I can pick out the vanilla and spearmint which has a slight cooling effect. I also get a slight lemongrass flavor. It’s been a long time since I have been in Seattle and I don’t know that I paid attention to the sunsets, most likely because I was trying to track down the things that had been stolen out of my van and find my way through the city, but I’ll have to pay more attention next time I visit and think of this tea!
FWIW this one’s actually a green.