75 Tasting Notes
The tea has bits of popcorn inside and it smells like caramel popcorn! My apologies to the tea purists but I always add a little bit of sugar because it makes the flavors pop. It tastes a lot like it smells, with fruity undertones and the rich smell of just popped popcorn.
This is going on my to-buy list! Thank you to Ali for sending this delicious sample!
This morning I decided to try My Morning Mate and on reading the label see; “…mate, black tea and red rooibos…” that’s when my brain short circuited. It’s too early for riddles! How do I steep this thing?!
Being a tea newb, I immediately searched Steepster to see what others had in their tasting notes (thank you). I THINK I brewed it properly because it tastes rather good. It has a slight chicory flavor and a sweet almost caramel smell. I’m not certain what the caffeine content is but I definitely felt the after effects!
Thanks to My Morning Mate, I’m very much awake and ready to tackle the uninteresting required reading that I need to do for an online course. Yay…
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Wow… this tea tastes exactly like Cantaloupe. Exactly. It’s kind of weird for me because I’ve never had a beverage with cantaloupe and the idea of drinking cantaloupe juice is for some reason difficult for me to wrap my head around. That said, this tea is delicious and if you love cantaloupe or fruit teas then you’ll love this!
Next up is to try watermelon (that should be interesting)! something about drinking melons is odd which makes no sense since drinking cream cheese danishes seems perfectly normal. ;D
Haha I think the reason melons are so weird is because they have such subtle and hard to capture flavors where as pastries are more flavorful.
Hubby and I tried to like this one after I bought a bit from Shadowfall’s sale awhile back. Neither of us could do it.. but we’re from an area with amazing cantalope when it’s in season, and this tasted nothing like it to us. Couldn’t even stomach the smell of it.
So many others like it, it must be us and what we’re used to. It makes me nervous to try more from Butiki, but they are rated so highly, I know I eventually will.
The problem (for me at least) with getting sample orders is that I want to try everything all at once. Then I get amped up on caffeine and turn into a late night impulse buyer… mostly of teas. It’s a vicious circle.
Rarely have I had the pleasure of drinking a tea that actually tastes like it smells. With Lemon Chiffon the smell and taste are a perfect match! The only difference is that the smell of this tea tricks my mind into thinking that I’m about to eat/drink lemon frosting but I sip and am reassured that it’s “just tea”. Just really REALLY delicious tea.
It smells like a dessert and the smell becomes a burst of flavor in your mouth. I know that’s not the best description and it’s a little difficult for me to explain… well, if you’ve ever been to a bakery and ordered the little round or crescent moon shaped lemon cookies that are coated with powder sugar, then you already know what this tastes like. It’s delicious!
This tea has a subtle roasted marshmallow (slightly smokey) flavor. My sample seemed to have a lot of marshmallows which was nice but the graham cracker and chocolate (S’mores) flavor wasn’t really there for me. To me, this is more of a creamy marshmallow tea. The smell of the dry leaves is terrific but the flavor just isn’t as strong as I’d like.
Opening a package of Forever Nuts should include background music. The smell is SO good that sometimes I find myself just hovering over the teacup (or opened bag), bathing in the steam until my glasses fog up.
If you like a rich nut flavor, then you’ll love Forever Nuts. I’m a big sugar and cream with tea person but this is naturally sweet and almost has a buttery taste when hot. However when it starts to cool, the flavor changes a little and the apple stands out more. This is definitely going in my top 5 favorites (Thanks VariaTEA)!
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I’m so glad that I went with a sample order because out of 5 teas, I only really liked two and this was one of them!
When I opened the package, the sweet scent of cinnamon and cream filled the air… this tea smells SO good! I prefer very “in your face” flavored teas, so I was really hoping that this would be as good as it smells. At first it was “ok” with the sweet tones of an oatmeal cookie but not as strong as I like. On my second try at making this, I used 2 tsp of tea, a sugar cube, and a splash of cream. It was divine! If anyone has suggestions for “strong” flavorful dessert teas, please share!
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It sounds wonderful! One of Della Terra’s I haven’t tried yet, but I do like several of the ones I’ve tried from them. Too many to order them all at once unfortunately.. and can’t get myself to order sample sizes from them because everything sounds so good. Either myself or my husband has enjoyed everything we’ve gotten so far, but find that sometimes we enjoy them more after we’ve had them a couple of times. Maybe because we are new to loose leaf and flavored teas & just don’t know what to expect.
This Earl Grey is touchy-touchy, in that if you look at it the wrong way it could turn bitter. I made this three times and the first time at 205° for 5 min = very bitter, the second time at 200° for 5 min = slightly bitter but not bad, lastly 190° for 5 min= perfect. My cup was roughly 12oz and I used 3 tsp of Earl Grey Creme. I added a La Perruche sugar cube and a splash of cream which made it even more delicious!
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Both my daughter and husband love this tea! It’s a very subtle vanilla and I think I’ve abused my taste buds with coffee for too long to appreciate the subtlety. I added a cube of sugar and a little cream and it was still yummy but I think this one will be reserved for the familia… plus it’ll keep them out of my favorite teas! ;)
Sounds like an interesting pick.
I’m a sugar adder too… :) I think because my mom always served it to us with sugar and milk. I can usually forgo the milk/cream, but the sugar almost always gets added.