212 Tasting Notes

96
drank Indian Tea by Market Spice
212 tasting notes

Best part of waking up are spices in your cup! Yum Yum.

I really like the balance of this blend. The tea is a pleasant addition to the cinnamon, clove and cardamom. I can’t say that any one flavor is more evident than the others.

An excellent cup to wake up to.

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88

I think I like this tea more the more I drink it. The vanilla balances the rooibos perfectly. Despite the cinnamon being tame, I feel it’s a good addition to the vanilla and rooibos.

Very comfortable to curl up with late at night.

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec

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60

Not a bad Irish breakfast.

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78

I would normally say, “I’m not one for fruity teas.” Except this time I really like this fruity tea.

BLUEBERRIES! That’s pretty much I noticed. The rooibos is a mild accent to the blueberries. Really strange that the rooibos doesn’t take a more dominant role. I saw a blueberry in the tea. Now I wonder if I will get a plump blueberry out of my infuser.

I’d keep this tea around as a treat. My daughter really likes it too, score! Another tea I think will be great iced.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 0 sec

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79

Not a bad tea. I honestly don’t know how to describe this. It’s your basic black tea. Good to wake up to.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 2 min, 0 sec

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79

My favorite way to imbibe black tea is iced and sweetened. Might have some thing to do with growing up in Nevada. Iced tea is excellent in the summer. I didn’t think I was going to enjoy this tea hot because of my preference, but I did.

The first thing I notice is the hint of some mysterious spice. It reminds me of cardamom or cinnamon. It’s surprising enough to make a person take notice. Orange pekoe is a rich full-bodied accent to that mystery spice. I like the texture, very soft and smooth on my tongue.

One word of caution, it is very easy to make this tea super strong. I used my standard measurements. I was surprised to see it looking “done” with in a minute. I think I can probably use a smaller quantity. I’m guessing this one will be excellent cold brewed.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 2 min, 15 sec

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78
drank Orange Creamsicle by Market Spice
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This smells just like orange creamsicles. It also happens to taste like them too. Score! Very interesting that I can’t taste the tea much.Mostly I taste the orange and the cream.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec

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72

I think I am used to teas that over power me with added flavors. I felt this was a smooth tea, but good!

I felt the vanilla was more apparent than the cinnamon. Lots of creaminess with this tea. I think it’s definitely one I would like to keep around.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec

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76

I’m having better luck with this tea company now. Today started off a bit rough.

I find the hazelnut pretty mild. I actually taste it more right at the end, like an after thought. I see in the description they use buttery like taste. I get that but it’s not quite butter. It lacks the creamy component butter has, but it’s not oily. What ever it is, it’s pretty good.

The tea base really shows up. It’s a little woody. Like maybe it was stored in a wood chest. Akin to the way clothes smell when they’ve been next to cedar balls for a while.

I feel this is a pretty good tea. Especially when I consider we paid 65 cents an ounce for it.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 2 min, 0 sec

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65

I love chai tea because the spices are a heady mixture of “come and get me.” I’ve never had a chai that really needed milk and sugar before though. I always brewed them just like any other tea, until today.

So I tried it without sugar and that was less than pleasant, very astringent. Add a little sugar, and it gets better. Not quite as good as with a bit of creamer in though. Milk and I have a love/hate relationship, we love to hate each other.

In the final mixture, ginger and cardamom are most apparent. Clove takes the middle ground here. Pepper and cinnamon break through timidly at the very last.

Not bad over all but remember to dress this one up.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 2 min, 30 sec

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I’ve discovered I really like the spicy, nutty teas. Some fruity teas are pretty good but they are hit and miss for me. Flower teas really aren’t my thing right now. Seems like my preferences are changing so this may be different in the future.

Tea Rating system:

90 – 100: This is a tea I will always have on hand at work, and at home. I will leave it on altars as offerings of perfection.

80 – 89: This, or one of it’s close cousins, will likely be in my cabinet at home. When this tea runs out, I will buy more. I’ll always wonder if there is something better, but be too afraid to look to stray from home to find it.

70 – 79: Definitely good, but not a clear winner. I enjoy it, I’ll finish it, but I probably won’t buy it again until I’ve exhausted all other versions of this product from any reputable retailer. Though, it may enjoy a resurrection for custom blending.

60 – 69: This tea is okay, but definitely not something I’m going to brew again. I’m going to give what I have left away.

30 – 59: I didn’t finish drinking this tea. I actually poured it out, and went for something else. I’ll still give this tea away, but I’ll do it with a warning and a plead for forgiveness.

0 – 29: This tea is riding securely towards an iceberg at the helm of the failboat. I’ve taken this out of my tea tin, and laid it on a napkin as potpurri. I do not consider it fit for human consumption.

Yes, I did copy this from Dylan. It’s okay we share every thing any ways.

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