1845 Tasting Notes
Again I get cup of warm, yet dry grass note, juicy, but not sour lemon taste and warming ginger which was again appreciated.
Smooth taste, everything so right and correct. I enjoyed today cup of this tea.
Flavors: Dry Grass, Ginger, Lemon Zest
Preparation
October 2020 subscription (probably, not really sure tbh)
Ehm, not really happy to see it again in subscription, but as I have liked this tea, I guess it’s pretty much okay! I just want to try teas I haven’t tried before.
I probably lost trace how much I liked this tea. It’s great as usual; nice pumpkin note, nice spicy notes, nice base tea. It works well altogether, there isn’t anything too strong which overpowers everything else. It’s warming blend and I just like it a lot.
Flavors: Cinnamon, Clove, Pumpkin, Vegetal
Preparation
I bought this tea because family cupboard was running out of orange tea. And I haven’t seen Teekanne Fresh Orange in the shop (Lidl) today, so I brought this one.
I am quite curious, because my father and brother loves just that Teekanne one; so hopefully this won’t dissapoint too much.
Dry pyramid sachet is quite weird combination of orange and peach, while the latter seemed more promindent to me.
But brewed and after 5 minutes, I do notice the oranges. Juicy oranges. And they are in taste as well, though I think I notice the peach as well. It is maybe kind of artificial too, or like some vitamins. Not bad though. Feels bit watery, maybe I will try longer steep next time.
Flavors: Artificial, Orange, Peach
Preparation
SIPDOWN as I needed to “melt” a bit, as our cherry tree is cutted down and outside was only 1°C. It took four hours.
And this flavour reminds me… winter. It was a flavour always drank in cold, winter days. Maybe because it’s mild and cinnamon is cozy?
Anyway… again I am not that impressed of this tea. Steeped for 3 minutes and I get sweet apples somewhere in background, again mostly rosehip. Hibiscus not that much today. Cinnamon was present as a warming element through all the drinking. Wasn’t bad, but maybe too much on sweet side?
This brand is one big dismal.
Flavors: Cinnamon, Red Apple
Preparation
Simply went grandpa today morning. I took everything that was sent to me by derk who get it from White Antlers, so again a tea I haven’t bought myself, though looking (not only once) on Mandala Tea website.
Anyway, I have used almost boiling, but not yet, water. I think it could be around 90°C and it was great. I quite a lot agree with derk’s statement saying liquid honeysuckle. As I don’t recall the taste/aroma of it too much, I guess it’s correct. It was indeed somewhere floral/vegetal. As well the aftertaste was mellow and enjoyable; I get hints of pine maybe as well? Hints of mineral, yellow melons and smooth.
Maybe a bit wrong way using everything and so “simple way”. But that’s it, I don’t have it anymore :D
Flavors: Floral, Honeysuckle, Melon, Mineral, Pine, Vegetal
Preparation
Apparently I have made cup of this tea, but as well apparently I didn’t made a note. Anyway, thank you ashmanra and it’s as well a SIPDOWN.
Went strong. Maybe too strong. 3 teaspoons, 300 ml, 2-3 minutes steep. I got dark copper brew, quite aromatic, reminds me black currant and vanilla in aroma. It is indeed wonderful aroma.
Whoa, maybe I have overleafed. No… I didn’t.
Brisk black tea, then again black currant hits the tongue. I like this pleasantly sour note. Then it’s creamy, vanilla-smoothness. And in the end, there are hints of malts. Don’t get much of the bergamot, but somehow I notice it it’s citrusy there. Pure black currant would be much tart and sour.
Maybe it’s bit drying; but I don’t mind. It’s black tea afterall. Thank you again, ashmanra :)
OFF TOPIC: I bought bag of pecans (200g). I would love to try pecan pie; does any of you… my US (and Canada, sorry for missing you out guys!) friends, some recipe that works well and wants to share with me? I would prefer some without much sugar… and if possible without corn syrup as I can’t get that here.
And one more OT: our cherry tree is going to being cut down tomorrow afternoon, sadly :/
Flavors: Black Currant, Creamy, Pleasantly Sour, Vanilla
Preparation
Oh dear! Poor cherry tree! Save some of the wood, even a branch, for the memory. Cherry wood is so pretty…
Martin I have never made this pie but I think it will fulfill your requirements. The measurements/temperature are American but Google can switch those to metric/Celsius for you if you cook this. Pecan pie is very good with vanilla ice cream. https://littlehousebigalaska.com/2018/11/pecan-pie-without-corn-syrup.html
I’m also sad to hear about your cherry tree. I can’t help you with the pecan pie recipe, but I hope the one from White Antlers works out.
Martin it occurs to me that you might not want to go to all the trouble of making a pie crust. If you don’t, but still want to make something tasty with your pecans, this is a nice cookie recipe (Pecan Sandies) and we all know how nicely tea and cookies go together… https://www.marthastewart.com/342386/pecan-sandies
Thank you White Antlers, I think I can make it even with pie crust. It doesn’t sound very hard and I will try it. The cookies seems delicious as well! *drolls
Leafhopper: It isn’t very healthy unfortunately, so for safety measures it is better to cut it down. I think I will try that recipe above, it indeed seems good and not sweet at all which is important for me (dad is diabetic and we don’t like too sweet things)
I am glad you enjoyed your tea! I like pecan pie and pecans are my favorite kind of nut. We have a pecan tree but the squirrels steal all the nuts!
I am sorry about your cherry tree. Definitely save a few limbs or piece of trunk for a project. I want to make some wooden chignon sticks (hair sticks) so I am looking for some special wood. Maybe I should use some fallen pecan limb!
I’m glad you are making a pecan pie, Martin! I remember you mentioned it before. However, the pecan pie I make is mostly corn syrup and a ton of brown sugar, so I don’t know how that will work for you.
Always sad to see a fruit tree go. When I was growing up, our cherry tree was the perfect size for a skinny little fourth grade girl to shimmy up (there was a v-branch that would accommodate her skinny backside) with a book and a transistor radio and read all afternoon.
Pecan pie is on my holiday baking list, but my Aunt Nancy’s never-fail recipe is all about the corn syrup and sugar. Hope you find an alternative.
I should feel romantic now. Not sure, but whatever.
Tea I got from postcrossing, directly from Japan. Postcard here: https://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/JP-1450698
Images downloaded from Twitter post. All of them, as I wasn’t able to find official website.
Tea:
They suggest two minutes and I went for 2 minutes steep. It was alright! It reminded me apple pie, it was on the sweet side, very ripe red apples. Highly aromatic, but not annoying; sweet.
In conclusion: fine tea, with sweet apple taste, maybe too sweet for some. The base wasn’t noticeable at all, which is kind of sad.
Flavors: Red Apple, Sweet
Preparation
Sipdown and thank you dreamloomer!
After 6 hours of lectures sitting in front of screen, with 30 minutes lunch break, indeed Hello, Sofa!
I decided to steep longer than previous time; though last time it was very hot and spicy and I wasn’t that impressed. Though it says it contains matcha, I again went for boiling water.
Quite paradoxically, it was mellower than last time and now I can agree with “An easy going all-organic Spicy Chai with Matcha” on their bag. I am not really able to distinguish spices, but I think I noticed pepper and cinnamon, unfortunately much less orange zest than last time.
I find this tea interesting, but not looking trying again. Maybe less ginger/pepper notes and it would be more interesting… is base bit missing? I keep 70/100, as I am not that much impressed of this tea. But I am glad I could try it.
Very curious person over!
Flavors: Black Pepper, Cinnamon, Ginger, Orange Zest
Preparation
Wow, what an interesting idea for a tea. Also, it’s funny they call it “herbal tea” when it has matcha, ha ha! That could be a fun surprise for someone expecting no caffeine. :P
Agreed. Calling it an herbal is a bit misleading. I wonder how many people decided to drink this as a relaxing cup before bed. :D
It contains only 2 per cent of Matcha. So it is 0,036g of Matcha in each tea bag. How much caffeine can it contain? Almost nothing in my opinion.
Okay, that makes a bit more sense and probably wouldn’t keep anyone up. Still, saying it’s an herbal is strange.
Three entries of same tea. I decided to use this one.
Huge bags section after loooong time. A tea bag. A tea that old, that Ahmad doesn’t offer it anymore in the Czech Republic.
The bag was in foil wrapping, so I have hoped it will be still quite fresh. It wasn’t much overpowering when I have opened that outer wrapping, but it’s black tea blend! I took a sniff on the bag and noticed citruses. Not sure if bergamot, it was rather lemony for me, but again it’s old!
I went for two and something minutes steep and mug was filled with dark brown (read: mahagony) liquid.
Aroma of Chinese teas mostly — think Keemun chocolate note, with hints of citrusy. Probably bergamot as they say.
Taste is very mellow (I bit blame the age, to be honest), again Keemun taking most part, smooth, and hints of citruses. Again the bergamot I suppose. Backbone of malty notes.
Whoa, I haven’t expected such a great flavour for that old tea. Just be careful with steeping time I guess.
Flavors: Cacao, Citrusy, Lemon Zest, Malt
Preparation
SIPDOWN
A gift from the company and well, I think I would order it. It’s pretty nice tea for drinking now and then. As it was bottom of the pouch, it was bit dusty. So it was stronger than usual, just a little rose and rather lavender forward.
As there wasn’t much of rose, it was maybe bit better for me. I liked the lavender, but it wasn’t too strong in floral at all. It was like a black Assam with hints of the lavender-rose note. Those hints were just on spot. Liked it more than whole pouch, but it wasn’t intended that way, right?
