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Maybe more of blend in the bag today, longer steeping time or whatever?

But it certainly changed my opinion, because it was very nice. There were peach flavours as well the blueberry ones! Actually the blueberry was more present, non-artificial at all and slighlty tart as they are! And then there is a slight sweetness from peaches. Not generic fruits like last time…

I am not that super hyped about this tea, but it deserves bit better than 66. 75.

Received from postrcossing back in February and forgotten. Along with 4 more tea bags, from Greece. But tea is from Ceylon :)

Upon opening the foil wrapping, a familiar aroma came up. I still haven’t found out what is it, but I know it!

The brewed tea is quite nice. I noticed “fire” made from cinnamon (again!), base tea is quite okay, quite basic. And cardamon. I expected some spicy notes, but there are not any! It is rather mellow, and not fruity at all tea.

Bit above average. I have probably expected bit more.

I expected more when I got Fresh Orange from same series. But apparently Fresh Orange is much better and stands off all other teas. This one, is apparently apple flavourred and yes, I have noticed it as pleasantly sour apple pieces, while I rather expected sweet notes of apples. And cinnamon? It is there in flavours as well, but rather like a warming element than anything else. Pretty boring, one-dimensional.

Not bad, but nothing to write home about.

Right after I finished my Ceylon tea, my father (who went retired today!) come and said he wants a coffee. Well, and he don’t want to drink it alone, so I have picked another tea, this time something caffeine-free as that tea was very caffeine strong.

I apparently picked wrong tea. Rooibos was well present, but “madam Grey” flavour — that citrusy aroma and taste was incredlibly strong, reminding me rather dish soap, noticed only lemon notes. It was indeed very strong, making aroma and taste quite unbearable. Well in ingredients is listed: rooibos 90 %, aroma. So 10 % of that tea bag (2 g) is full of aroma/flavours, or I don’t know what?

It was way too strong! That’s what I disliked on this tea.

Apparently it’s few days only since I drank this one for first time and now it is sipdown as well. Well, thanks for sample derk!

Prepared same as 9 days ago — 3 grams of tea, western. 4 minutes steeping.

Aroma is storngly toffee! Then honey, stewed fruits. Oh wow, such different!
Taste is different too… do I steeped it longer today? It is stewed fruits, malts, little but noticeable astringency. Certainly this tea feels heavier today, I don’t notice any roasted nuts today. Not even that citrus zest. I am not that sure about easy-drinking tea too.

Whoa, 9 days difference, so big difference in tea as well. There is only one same thing. I am tired. I woke up about 3.30 am (after going to bed in 10 pm) and haven’t slept since. I don’t know why.

Decided to brew pu-erh in gaiwan again, I need to calm down and this somehow works well to me. Not just tea, but sitting and enjoying the cuppa.

I prepared 5 grams in 85 ml gaiwan, boiling water in thermos. Quick rinse (10 seconds), letting humidity for 5 minutes to entry the chunk of tea.

First steep was ten seconds long and it brewed so dark… bit oily brew. The taste was quite boring, typical shu flavour, woody, no notes of chocolate I noticed last time.
Second one was with 5 seconds extra, brewed even darker, the taste is nice and mellow, but again that typical shu, without any complexity. I haven’t reached that soup is ultra thick and will coat your mouth throughout the session, just like a good old Irish stout! yet too. But it looks like that for sure. Some sweet notes bit reminding vanilla appears.

Third one, 25 seconds. It’s not that dark! Dark mahogany colour right now, clear.
Indeed some sweet notes are there. Not sure about the vanilla, but sweet. What is sweet, but somehow mild? Not sugary sweet? Is it that notes of chocolates I noticed other day?

Another. 30 seconds.
Smooth shu. There are no rough notes. Decent.

45 seconds. I am drinking it somehow fast. Do I hurry? Noo! Why then? Anyway, it’s so nice, mellow, easydrinking.

Another 45 seconds long steep. Did I bite dark chocolate? No, it is just a tea.

Praying for justice and calm heads in US, I hope that methods of police will change too. I don’t consider normal kneeing on someone’s neck. Moreover when he was trying to breath. I don’t say that riots will solve anything, but honestly I am not surprised. What else they can do? Should they remain silent? I am afraid that is what they want.

Hmm. Received two tea bags from derk, but for some reason it was forgotten. And moreover not even in my virtual cupboard. I decided to brew it 5 minutes in freshly boiled water, without any checking how I should make it. And by coincidence I prepare it fairly similar to derk. THANK YOU to California.

Anyway to the tea; I needed something to calm nerves a bit, and this worked beautifully. I did not passed mathematics exam I took today (yes, in Saturday), which indeed made me sad. I had so high hopes. So next week re-sit.

This tea struck my nose with its spearmint notes. Refreshing, fresh; then hints of flowers and in background hints of vanilla. Brewed, vanilla notes with flower notes are there in aroma, but in taste it is mellow vanilla flower tea. With cooling aftertaste of spearmint. It is bit sweet for my tooth, but basically I can’t say any disparaging word.

No song pairing, okay, let’s make one (cover from Bob Dylan): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMurtgI1CTI
Food pairing: store-bought chocolate mousse
Photo pairing:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/152410333@N04/49952614157 — taken today after I went to our garden to mow grass (with scythe), but as it was dry, it was too hard to mow. I gave up pretty quickly, but honestly I wanted to take few pictures…

Big bags series tea.

Well, it’s not bad; actually, quite tasty.

The mint is very nice and pleasant, refreshing and smooth. But it is that strong that base tea is overpowered and not noticeable. Probably the base is as well good, just weak in flavours. No malty notes; almost nothing as I wrote before. I would like base stronger, or weaker mint.

Certainly it has got peachy flavour. And rose flavour.

But it was quite weak in flavour. Maybe cold-brewing as suggested would be great idea.

But I am glad that I noticed both flavours; and it worked quite well. But only so light!

I have to downrate this one a bit (84 → 80), I brewed completely same as last time.

It tasted pretty generic green tea with no grassy notes, rather just mineral and little seaweed. Little bit it reminded me ocean air in aroma.

Probably old, I know…