Received this one from a super secret surprise package from Dexter. This has been on my wish list for a long time but I had not yet had the chance to swap for it or put in a Steap Shoppe purchase.
This one smells super delicious, even though it is a pu’erh :P I just want to eat the dry leaf. It smells like cinnamon coffee cake. The brewed tea has a slight hint of pu’erh, but mostly smells like cinnamon french toast (yikes, why is my nose so sensitive to pu’erh; I am going to start claiming I have an allergy. That’s it – I am allergic to pu’erh).
I brewed this one up as per the recommendations from Dex on the package.
This tea is really good, but it is lacking just a little bit. I am getting a sweet cinnamon flacour, some light pastry. I feel like I am getting a bit of egg, such as with french toast. But I think it is lacking that thickness and heaviness of a real cinnamon bread. I think adding a bit of milk or creamer would help, but I am over on the couch and the milk is way over in the fridge….
I am getting just a slight hint of pu but it is tolerable, ha ha (I am allergic, you know, so I can only take it in small amounts…). This one definitely becomes more flavourful as it cools.
Thanks Dexter for so kindly seeing this one on my wishlist and sending it to me!
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Glad to be able to help you strike this one off your list. Pu’erh allergy? LOL that’s funny – I think then I must have bergamont, mint, and licorice allergies. It is funny though how the flavor you don’t really like is the only that shines through – while others hardly notice it. I didn’t really taste pu’erh in this, I just thought it added so depth or bready quality to it. At least you didn’t hate it. :))
i KNEW i hadn’t seen any notes from you in a while..missus i’m running around liking tea tasting notes… random Sil thought….every time i see your name in my dashboard thread view thingy… i start seeing bad romance in my head… because in my head she sings la la…instead of ra ra… true story
Sil – HA HA. And I am here, lurking in the background. I finally have some vision now, but life is going well beyond full speed. I have some new teas to try but just haven’t had the time to devote to trying them and making notes. Going to be like this until about mid- May. But I will survive. I have my tea! I am sure if I ever did leave steepster, it would be some kind of dramatic exit :)
ooooh drama! gets out her popcorn that could be fun… maybe your hairs could take anna’s hairs from me and then there could be a woozle involved and man it’s GO TIME! lol I like seeing ppl lurking even if they’re not active active…as i can totally understand that heh
Glad to be able to help you strike this one off your list. Pu’erh allergy? LOL that’s funny – I think then I must have bergamont, mint, and licorice allergies. It is funny though how the flavor you don’t really like is the only that shines through – while others hardly notice it. I didn’t really taste pu’erh in this, I just thought it added so depth or bready quality to it. At least you didn’t hate it. :))
i KNEW i hadn’t seen any notes from you in a while..missus i’m running around liking tea tasting notes… random Sil thought….every time i see your name in my dashboard thread view thingy… i start seeing bad romance in my head… because in my head she sings la la…instead of ra ra… true story
Sil – HA HA. And I am here, lurking in the background. I finally have some vision now, but life is going well beyond full speed. I have some new teas to try but just haven’t had the time to devote to trying them and making notes. Going to be like this until about mid- May. But I will survive. I have my tea! I am sure if I ever did leave steepster, it would be some kind of dramatic exit :)
ooooh drama! gets out her popcorn that could be fun… maybe your hairs could take anna’s hairs from me and then there could be a woozle involved and man it’s GO TIME! lol I like seeing ppl lurking even if they’re not active active…as i can totally understand that heh