15350 Tasting Notes

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drank Gingered Peach by Kally Tea
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Treating this one as a sipdown because there is no way i’m going to finish this tea. Might drop it into my swap box (or just toss it), though i’m not sure i want to subject anyone to this tea. It still tastes like i licked a pile of potpourri, so yeah, not a fan lol

K S

Interesting – appears to be one of those love it or hate it teas.

Sil

yep, sadly i fall on the “dear god get it away from me” side of things haha

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the effort to reduce my cupboard continues! Another sipdown! While i enjoyed this one, i don’t think i’ll be picking it up again. There’s a slightly strange after taste to this one that i am just not liking anymore. I would be tempted to try the other version from upton though, so maybe there’s that :)

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57

blech. today this is tasting very not so good at all. I ended up dumping half of the cup out. on the plus side…sipdown!

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drank Golden Fleece by Verdant Tea
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oh golden fleece…how do i enjoy thee? Well, honestly, I prefer loashan black lol. That’s not to say that this isn’t a great tea, but there’s a sweetness to it that i don’t love more than laoshan black’s malty, chocolately tones. I have a wee bit of this left after my cup today (which i’ll likely be drinking half the day). Not sure what i’m going to do with it yet (drink it, surprise someone? who knows!).

I’m working from home today which is awesome in terms of getting to drink more tea than usual but also not as awesome because i need to head to the doctors this afternoon for a follow up. I’m not overly worried but apparently they need to talk to me about my test results. The joke between me and the folks at work is that they’ve discovered a strange phenomenan…my blood is slowly liquifying and taking on a golden tea like hue grin

In any case, because i’m home for more of today, i figured it was a good time to sit and enjoy this tea since i can happily resteep more readily throughout the day!

Kittenna

Eep! I never like being called back for things.

Sil

yeah..pretty much trying to ignore it until i get there. I think this might be the first time i’ve ever been called back lol

ashmanra

Keep us posted!

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drank Valentine's Blend by Harney & Sons
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Trying to decide what tea goes well with enchiladas while i wait on dinner. Any suggestions? :)

In the meantime i’m having a cup of this as my pre-dinner drink! Still enjoying this one, though i’m sure i’d prefer some others. In a pinch this is a decent enough tea, especially in sachet form for work! Saves having to deal with loose tea and my brew basket haha

Tealizzy

Chili chocolate truffle maybe? Or perhaps save that for dessert ;)

Oolong Owl

hmm.. depends on the sauce. I can see a green chili sauce would be easier to pair something like a green or oolong with. Red, I’m not sure.

Starfevre

Something strongly flavoured at the very least because otherwise your tea will be drowned out by your enchilada.

Terri HarpLady

I like the chili chocolate idea.
I’d probably just go with a really tasty but basic iced tea.
But I have an image on the edge of my mind of something containing lime…
If you drink, just skip the tea & have a marguerita!

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drank Sweet Orange Cream by Kally Tea
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mmmm made some of this as a cold brew on the weekend and just getting around to trying it. As expected i love this way more cold! I will likely finish up the rest of my small amount of this tonight to have tomorrow after work. Even my other half was onside with this as a cold brew, so if there’s a kally tea order in future it will include this one :) tangy, tart and sweet all in one :) (though less orangey this time around to be fair)

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drank Pineapple Cilantro Cream by Butiki Teas
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I figured that I’d better try this tea before my swap partner ends up getting it in the mail and trying it before me. Not that it’s a big deal but it would make me sad to have not had it before them lol.

So let’s recap here. White teas make for boring teas for Sil. :)

With that in mind, i picked this up from stacy anyway because a) half an ounce of tea is never too much to go through. b) i’ll try nearly anything that stacy creates at least once. and sometimes more than once if it’s a damn tea that i really really really want to like

This tea? It’s interesting. I actually prefer the mango cilantro blend that Stacy created for IndigoBloom over this one. This does remind me of pineapple for sure, and it’s a nice enough tea but it doesn’t rock my rocks the way that most of stacy’s other blends do. I’m fairly certain that’s the subtlty of the white tea in this baes. I do really enjoy the pineapple and cilantro flavours but i keep wanting a stronger flavour. So while this is a tasty enough tea, it is not the tea for me.

Ysaurella

ah you see I loved this one very much :)

Bonnie

Ok, this is the other white tea that I can’t taste. No tastebud activity whatsoever. I’m a freak!

Ysaurella

noooo you’re not Bonnie !

Sil

Bonnie – yeah this one is a really subtle taste. Creamy eggnog i get more from. Typically it’s why i’m happy when 90% of the blends are black teas haha

Bonnie

Thanks Ysaurella! Is it raining? You’ve had lot’s of rain recently according to my map.

Ysaurella

yes absolutely today it rained a lot and it’s so cold (2° C….yes I know it’s not cold for my Canadian Friends ;) but it is for Paris )

Sil

Ysaurella – 2 degress in france when it’s raining IS cold lol. There’s something about the rain that makes is feel colder.

tattooed_tea

It’s the darn dampness. Raining all day today, it may have hit 4 celcius. Brrrr

Kittenna

I’ll have to try this one next to IB’s version, which hopefully hasn’t been contaminated.

Indigobloom

I found this one much creamier. In a good way!

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86

SIPDOWN!

Also, still getting an initial smokey taste from this tea as I steep it. Not sure what’s up with that, but I do enjoy it and would order this again.

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drank Pear Matcha by Matcha Outlet
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Very nearly a sipdown, to the point that I may not finish the rest of this matcha. I’m finding the intensity of the pear matcha overwhelming today and the subtle artificial taste is making me not happy. I had to add chocolate matcha to this to make it drinkable. I suspect that i would love this a lot more with delicate flavouring instead of the robust. At the end of the day it’s just not my favourite anymore.

Indigobloom

Boo :(
Surprised it isn’t dampened by smoothies!

Sil

oh god. i WISH it was… it’s like POW IN YOUR FACE! If i have this left by the time you come over.. you are for sure welcome to the last of it haha

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drank Creamy Eggnog by Butiki Teas
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Last tea of the evening as I’m having a pretty rough day today. I was good for the most part until my other half came home and made me talk about why i was upset lol. Good on him of course (and nothing to do with him) but now i’m all cried out and dehydrated. So after having some more water and some food, i wanted a comforting tea to end the night with. Something that would be enough to put a smile on my face without me having to venture into a new tea or find a sample to sip down. As i flipped through my cupboard it was this one that first caught my eye – likely since i try to stay away from blacks this late in the evening, even if the caffeine doesn’t affect me.

So now i’m sipping on this creamy cup of happy. I enjoy that even though this is sweet and creamy, i can still taste the green base in the tea. I’m also chuckling a little at Ysaurella who also had a cup of this tonight who doesn’t enjoy this as much as i do. Perfectly alright of course, but just a reminder of how different things work for different people. :)

Courtney

Hope tomorrow is better :)

Lala

Hope you feel better!

Sil

Tomorrow is always another day. My cup of tea is helping :) appreciate it guys

mrs.stenhouse12

Feel better soon! Thank goodness for tea :)

Miss Starfish

Hope things improve :)

Donna A

I like this one, enough that I re-ordered it. Its especially nice in the evening.

Fjellrev

Hold your chin up! I hope you’ll feel better too.

Ysaurella

absolutely agree Sil, and as the ratings were so high for this tea I know I will retry it (I am always doing several try with teas anyway this is often a question of personal taste and personal arrangments with steeping times, amount of leaves etc…)

Indigobloom

Good man, your bf! tell him I approve ;)

Butiki Teas

Sorry to hear that you aren’t feeling so great. I hope today is treating you better.

Sil

yeah. My other half wins for being awesome. today is a better day. i have new teas i’m trying.

Donna A

Nothing like new teas to try to make it a better day!

CelebriTEA

Creamy cup of HAPPY is right on target…mmm

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So no real clue what to write about myself here. A friend got me into drinking loose tea and it’s something I thoroughly enjoy though I have nowhere near the experience that many folks on the boards seem to have.

My other interests are cycling, reading, board games, disney cruises, world of warcraft and dancing – in no particular order. I love travelling as well!

Most of that is on hold these days though, including tea drinking like I used to as I have a new little one who eats up all my spare time.

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