11834 Tasting Notes
SIPDOWN!
So this time around? This tea is much improved. I’m not sure if it was teh ratio of goodness in this steeping or what but its much more strawberry like than the first time, though the cake like goodness is also less noticeable in this steep versus the last one. Bumping the rating up since I can see the potential for delicious goodness that this one has.
Sipdown! (on my version) for now as i’m sending off the last little bit of this in a swap for someone else to get a chance to try. So glad that Stacy is letting us pik up more of this version, though i think we’ll need a new entry for it once we get it!
Have any ideas for a name? I will probably be making a label on Monday and could call it whatever you guys want.
Hmmm… I’m not original only thing that popped into my head was “two friends” haha
I ordered an oz! I was gonna suggest 2 friends as well.
Well, that’s 2 for 2 Friends unless Kittenna pops in with something crazy. :D
You could call it “Sil’s Special” :)
Ahaha that’s more original than “Chocolate Orange Assam” :P I say go for it.
Oh man…cold brewed this the other night in the hopes of trying to find that ian likes cold brewed since in the summer time he tends to want to drink a ton of juice. This one was pretty well received so i think this may work until i can find another one that he enjoys. I’m still trying to decide if i like this better hot or cold…
Preparation
Thank you whatshesaid (who forever more will always make me think of whatsherface)
I finally got a chance to try this one from our swap today and it’s quite nice. It reminds me of a less creamy caramel creme. I prefer the base tea in this one though. I’ll have to try adding a splash of milk to this at some point as well. Good thing i’ve got a few cups of this to try out :)
Sipdown! Because we are cooking with tea tonight! Oh yeah!on the menu some braised chicken with smokey tea, maple, onions, garlic, sugar, tomatoes with a side of rice…. Hpefully this turns out ok :)
I have a recipe I made awhile back for a whole chicken marinated in lapsang with asian spices & then baked. It was pretty tasty!
Sounds delicious!
sounds delicious too terri!
Yours sounds tasty too!
mmmmm lapsang is my fave tea to cook with!
so verdict? REALLLLLYYYYY tasty dinner tonight :)
Yay!!
I still have to cook…Instead I’ve just placed 3 tea orders, LOL!
I guess I’d better get away from my computer & get my axx in the kitchen!
Mmmmm. What did the man think of the tea infused food?
Oh he loved it. :) a hit overall
Yum. I have some chicken that I just threw in the freezer; maybe I’ll have to bring it back out and try something like this. Although, horror, I may actually not have enough straight lapsang to do something like this!
I keep seeing “sip-down.” What does that mean?
sometimes folks celebrate finishing up a tea and getting to remove it from their cupboard. :)
Oh, I see. It’s sort of sad to me.
only when your cupboard is small lol for me it’s a victory when my cupboard gets huge… it means less tea in my cupboard and one step closer to being able to place an order for new teas! :)
That makes sense. For people that can’t afford too many, it means having to wait awhile before having a new tea to replace it. So, I miss that tea for awhile.
I’m sure if you have a big enough collection, it doesn’t feel that way. :)
Sip downs are sad when it’s a tea you have really loved & you’re drinking the very last cup..,sigh…but once you’ve done a few tea trades and you have a big pile (or 2 or 3) of samples that you’re best friend in Canada sent to you, sip downs feel like a glorious accomplishment, right Sil? ;)
haha yes terri!
SIPDOWN! (300 to go)
Thank you Indigobloom for sharing this on with me. The dry aroma of this is delightful! it really is a nice plum, green tea smell. When it’s brewed though, the scent becomes more green tea than anything. While drinking this, i get slight hints of the plum but nothing that really shouts out to my tastebuds. It’s a pleasant enough green tea but nothing to write home about on the plum side.
Preparation
SIPDOWN!
Thanks to kittenna for letting me try this one. Sadly this is pretty much a random black tea with some hint of something that might be flavouring but then almost might not be. I’m not sure if it’s suffering from age or what but it’s pretty meh. I don’t dislike drinking it, but it’s kinda like hey this isn’t a bad cup of slightly flavoured water.
In the continuing saga of my cupboard though…it’s all organized…everything IN my steepster cupboard is in fact IN my cupboard. Including teas that i won’t drink but may swap. I have a pile of 1-2 cup samples that i can burn through sooner rather than later as well. There are 25 teas not logged in my cupboard because they’re random teas from china that i can’t log and there are about 20 teas that i’m babysitting that won’t go in to my cupboard until i’m actively looking to swap things with people (all from David’s tea).
So the grand total as of this moment? 301 teas..including the 2 in transit via sharon, but not including the della terra and butiki order that i jointly placed with the girls here since i may not get those for a while yet.
Wow!!
Day-am, and here I feel bad for the… 50 (?) or so that I have. That must be overwhelming!
Incendiare…it was completely NOT overwhelming until i hit about 250. Now…now i don’t even know where to start lol
Stay tuned for my unofficial tea count sometime later this week. Prepare to be astounded.
Yay!looking forward to it you crazy tea lady
Taking a break from organizing my tea cupboard to have a cup of tea. Today i’m getting organized – took a picture of my entire stash minus 10 teas or so and posted it on FB for a friend. Now i’m adding in the teas that my friend has me house sitting and try to make sure my cupboard is 100% up to date. I’m also setting aside the 1-2 cup samples so that I can hit those first. :)
Thanks to ysaurella for a swap of this one. This tea is supposed to be a mix of maple syrup and chestnuts. The aroma however is one that is slightly perfumey. It’s not quite floral but it has that perfume kind of tastes. I know it’s not cross contamination since i split out my samples into tins to keep them from mixing with everything around them.
After brewing this…It’s a fairly average tea in my opinion. It has a nice taste, though the aroma apparently set my allergies off a bit since i’ve been sneezing a bit while drinking this haha. Other teas do both maple and chestnuts better than this one but it’s not a bad tea. The black base isn’t overly bitter or strong, but it does add depth to the blend. overall, not a bad little tea.
Preparation
SIPDOWN!
Thanks to kittenna for sharing some of this. The dry smell of this tea is pretty spot on to how i remember rainbow sherbet. However, after brewing it, it tastes more like a swampy mixture of randomw fruity citrusy flavours. Not something i’m a fan of, and even the addition of s bit of sugar didn’t help much. While i’m glad to have tried it, that’s as far as i need to go with this.
