431 Tasting Notes

96

Just got my Box O’ Goodies from LiberTeas – Thanks so much!

So I started on this tea right away…mostly because I love caramel tea and well Gun’s and Roses. LOL. Boy, was this an awesome tea. I will have to get my very own tin and it shall be my “precious.” This tea has a deep, rich, velvety caramel flavor. I must admit I feel naughty drinking this, it tastes sinful. Nevertheless, it is wonderful and a must try. Thank you for sending me this tea.

Preparation
Boiling 2 min, 30 sec
LiberTEAS

You’re very welcome! :)

Lori

It has become one of my faves!

Rabs

How exactly would one procure a tin of this if one was so inclined? (not that I can afford it atm and I know that you stopped blending, but I can dream, can’t I?) ;)

LiberTEAS

@Rabs well, I don’t have tins at the moment (although I have contemplated getting another case to package up the rest of my supply) You can visit my artfire shop here: http://liberteas.artfire.com

Rabs

Thanks so much! :)

LiberTEAS

you’re welcome!

RachanaC (Rachel)-iHeartTeas

LiberTeas Just bought your last one of these teas. So glad I knew about this one before it was to late.

LiberTEAS

Rachel: Thank you for the order, I do have some left, I just haven’t posted it all to my shop yet. Did you want a tin for this? If so, I am ordering the tins this Monday, but they won’t arrive until the following week, which would prolong the wait for the order. But if you don’t mind waiting, I will include the tin at no extra charge. If you’d rather just have the refill packaging, I will go ahead and mail that out on Monday.

RachanaC (Rachel)-iHeartTeas

I would be happy to wait…thank you!

LiberTEAS

Sure… OK. I will send yours in a tin. :)

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100

Looks like a 100 for this tea. I made it iced using my Bodem pitcher I got through Golden Moon Tea and here is what I did…
15 mins at 175 degree water
5 heaping tablespoons of tea
Filled the pitcher halfway to steep then filled it the rest of the way with cold water.
Amazing…delicious..Wowza…Fantastic and I didn’t use any additives.

Preparation
Iced 8 min or more
-Jessica-

Yummo!!!

RachanaC (Rachel)-iHeartTeas

It truly is good. Having some more before bed.

Cofftea

15 min??? Whoa I thought even the suggested 3 min was too heavy for me lol.

RachanaC (Rachel)-iHeartTeas

I only did it that way because I wanted a stronger more concentrated iced tea. I did 3 mins for a hot cup. :-)

LauraR

Wow, I am bummed I didn’t order this when they had that 50% off sale.

Cofftea

You should be LauraR- it’s good!

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83

What a pleasant surprise. I truly enjoyed drinking this one. It was smokey but it didn’t hurt my throat. It was as Goldielocks (Sp?) put it, just right. My 3 year old daughter had a few sips and enjoyed it. Although, she loves all tea. Well, that I know of at least. She hasn’t had as manny as I have. LOL :o)

Preparation
Boiling 7 min, 0 sec

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87

A very nice, very complex tea with a sweetness, a richness, a smoothness, a slight smokiness, and all the other “nesses” a delicious tea I will enjoy again.

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 15 sec

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88

I like this tea. I am going to start with the…
Cons: A bit watery and not as earthy and rich as I would like.
Pros: Still has a great earthy flavor, a mellow sweetness, fabulous lingering taste after swallowing.

I am pretty sure I will buy this one and next time steep it longer. I know they said 2-3 mins but I think 3:30 will work for me.

Overall: Great tea and worth a try!

Preparation
Boiling 2 min, 30 sec
Cofftea

Watery? The shu’s I’ve had have been so thick I could feel it lol:) But then again I do a high tea/water ratio (1:1).

RachanaC (Rachel)-iHeartTeas

Now thats one serious ratio LOL :)

Cofftea

BUT… I also do a quick rinse (15 sec) and short (20 sec) steeps. I was terrified that between the rinsing and short steeps I’d get a watery cup inspite of the large ratio, but I was definitely wrong.

RachanaC (Rachel)-iHeartTeas

Ahh well that makes sense but I think I may get nervous doing that. My luck I’ll do something wrong.

Cofftea

Actually I like making pu erh when I’m getting bogged down w/ life’s crap. Having to focus on a tea like pu erh requires makes me forget all the other issues in my life.

RachanaC (Rachel)-iHeartTeas

I will try that out sometime. I can always use a new technique on stress relief.

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72

Not bad, it is a bit acidic for me and believe it or not a get a fruit vibe on this one. Nevertheless, a pretty good cup.

I am bumping up this a few points…as it cooled the floral side of this tea made itself known…beautiful. :-)

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec
Cofftea

Just ordered this.

RachanaC (Rachel)-iHeartTeas

If you are into lighter teas you will enjoy it.

Cofftea

The combo of both black and green teas scare me because they have such vastly different parameters…

LiberTEAS

When it comes to black/green tea blends, I generally go with the green tea parameters.

RachanaC (Rachel)-iHeartTeas

I know what you mean but none the less worth a try. I felt the two were similar yet different enough to combine. Can’t explain it but you soon will see when you get it. I will say I liked it better cool.

Cofftea

I agree LiberTEAS, but that brings the same reason I rarely resteep blacks- I don’t like watery blacks. We’ll see. I’m planning on doing this w/ Japanese Sencha parameters anyway (since I still don’t know how to work w/ Chinese greens), so maybe I won’t be a ble to taste the black at all:)

RachanaC (Rachel)-iHeartTeas

Opps sorry LiberTEAS didn’t see that was you that wrote that message.

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88

What a great tea…it is a perfect start to the day. It is rich in flavors, it tasted medium to bold. I tasted the malt in this tea but I will say before it cooled off It tasted a little sour almost tangy. It threw me off a bit but after drinking it some more I really enjoyed it and will drink it again.

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec

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81

Tonight I tried this with a touch of creamer and a dab or Almond Milk and a pinch of sweetener and I let it all steep together for a very long time. What I tasted was closer to maple syrup but still yummy! I was supposed to have Organic Honeybush Apple Tea by Leaf Spa but I decided on this. Honesty, I made it earlier today but I am certain I made it wrong so I I’ll try again tomorrow before reviewing.

Preparation
Boiling 8 min or more

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87

Wow this is a brilliant tea. It has a very pleasant undertone of honey and feels to be a medium on body based on the bold vs. light strength. Keeping in mind this is not a flavored tea the natural flavors almost make you think you are drinking something with additives. I can see this tea being a great tea to start the day. It makes me feel happy, corny but true. Now lets see if a biscotti will work with this tea.

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 2 min, 30 sec
Rabs

Hooray for happy tea! :D

RachanaC (Rachel)-iHeartTeas

Do love me some happy :-)

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69

Ya know I have found myself in an interesting position today. For some reason I not only tried teas today that I am normally fond of but a couple actually surprised me. Take this tea. This is a very lemony tea but the peppermint makes it a bit spicy in a weird way but not actually bad. The peppermint sneaks up on the back end not taking away from the lemon flavor but rather gives it a little bite. I think I would like to try this cold. So lesson learned today don’t judge an entire teas group on a few bad experiences, keep trying them and you never know what you might find.

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 2 min, 45 sec

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