15019 Tasting Notes

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drank Victoria Mint by Tea Desire
15019 tasting notes

One from Roswell Strange I have so many samples in my house at the moment that i’m finding it hard to focus on sipping them down, so for the time being until i get my drink back on, i’m content to just try a few each week, gradually whittling them down. I picked this one because i was curious as to what “Victorian MiSt” would taste like…yeah..that’s right. MIST…riiight up until i poured water on it and went. oh..OH…MIIINT. lol
So this one is pretty nice. I don’t need many mint teas in my life, so i don’t feel the need to stock this one, but it was pretty tasty. I enjoyed this tonight while finally watching the last episode of Warehouse 13. thanks Roswell!

Roswell Strange

Oops, sorry about my crappy writing!

Sil

No it was awesome :) hahaha

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Another of my “December” teas that I am trying to work my way through so that the teas in my cupboard don’t go stale. It’s also a way to force me to get through of some of the teas i tend to hoard – like this one. I really like getting to drink this one when i’m at home, since it tastes much better out of a ceramic cup than my travel mugs, not that they’re awful for tea, but there’s something about being able to hold the cup and inhale and just bask in the tea that makes drinking tea so much better :)

ohfancythat

I fully agree with the travel mug thing. I’ve learned that they’re best for stronger flavoured teas :)

Sil

Heh my travel mugs get 2 straight blacks and a flavoured every day – I don’t drink many flavoured teas but every now and then it’s nice to revisit the teas in a mug haha

ohfancythat

I guess my issue is my travel mug has absorbed some piece of every flavoured tea it has ever held, so it ruins straight teas. I guess I just need a new one for straight teas only!

Sil

..or pick up some of the cleaner from mandala…it kicks ass.

ohfancythat

Good to know!!

Courtney

I have two Timolinos and one is for my precious straight black teas and the other for herbal/flavoured.

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Card and Tea Travelling Tea Box

This one is from earlier in the day and i have to say, that as i haven’t tried a lot of Mahamosa teas (yet) i was looking forward to giving this one a shot. Turns out, this one wasn’t too bad. There’s a nice fruity taste to this one, though to be fair i don’t recall just how strawberry like it was heh. I just know that it was a pleasant cup while i had a VERY productive day working from home!

VariaTEA

Yay for being productive and trying new things!

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Tea and Cards Travelling teabox.

I confess, i’ve had this tea before but it was so long ago, i wanted to see if my memory of this tea was correct AND if my tastes had changed so much that this was not a tea i wanted. Turns out that my tastes HAVE changed, and while this was a nice cup of tea, it was not the same incredibly amazing tea that i had back in the day. Dropped the rating a little for not being able to go the distance for a few months but it’s still a tea i’d be willing to rotate in to my cupboard if i placed an order with tealux again. It’s chocolatey and malty and in the grandscheme of things, a tasty tea.

TheTeaFairy

Mmmm, jin jun mei…

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drank Kenyan Tinderet by DAVIDsTEA
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Tea & Cards Travelling teabox

I pulled this one out to give it a shot since i’m always commenting on how much i dislike David’s teas. In the grand scheme of things, while i like that they make it easier for ppl to get in to loose leaf, in the grand scheme of things i’ve never found their flavoured teas to be all that amazing (especially for the price) and their straight blacks have always been….well gross. But, i keep trying them in the hopes that someday..crap work. back to finish in a bit lol

Edit: so anyway…as i was saying. this is another example of how not to do things. I mean CTC’s are not my favourite but this is awful at a 2.5 min steep. i can’t imagine using their FOUR TO SEVEN MINUTE recommendation. this is like stale dark water. i dunno. just ick.

Preparation
Boiling 2 min, 30 sec
yyz

I know, the straight teas from one of the David’s closest to me mostly taste stale.

Nxtdoor

I guess I don’t find them that expensive, at an average of $6 for 2 oz. I know companies charging $5 for a half oz.

Nxtdoor

But I don’t drink their straight teas, only their juice stuff :)

Sil

i guess when i look at the flavoured teas i can get from some of my favourite places, they’re like 4$ for 50g whereas most of the flavoured i like form david’s are closer to 7 for 50, which is what i spend often on 100g.

Also, i’m equating them with teas that are on the lower/medium (eg. S&V; bayswater..) side of things….there are for sure flavoured and straight teas that are way more expensive, but they are generally teas i would drop into the “higher quality” side of things (butiki?)

David’s>Teavana but i’d still generally rather buy from other places…though david’s teaware is super fun :)

ohfancythat

I agree, though I still have a few faves :)
David’s>Adagio for me so far though

Sil

agreed whatshesad. i despise adagio. pain in the ass to get to canada and their black base is largely “the suck”

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86
drank Wuyishan Black by Steepster
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87
drank Hello Sweetie by Butiki Teas
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farewell sweetie! Until we meet again, which is likely sometime in the near-ish future. Had my last cup of this today while dealing with stupid meetings. I can’t wait for the weekend. really. it could come sooner, please?

mj

I second that request!

DeliriumsFrogs

Ditto, here. Weekend, where are you!?

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My other tea of the morning. I’ve decided to work from home until Wednesday given that it’s a holiday on tuesday and as a result have the world isn’t at work and my meetings are waaaaaaay less than normal. This gives me time to spend with my tea and means maaaaaybe, just maaaaaybe, i won’t work 12-16hr days for the next couple. Plus no travel time = more time for painting and cleaning and moving things around in the house. We picked up the paint yesterday so now it’s time to finish up the living room and the kitchen. They we’ll be set for putting all the other rooms away. and THAT would make me a happy camper, if we can finish it all by July 1st :)

Terri HarpLady

We’re still working on getting the front porch ready to paint. I say ‘still working’, but in reality very little work has been done over the last week. First my sweet potatoes arrived & had to be planted. Then it rained for days, so the wood prep project was on hold. My goal for today, which includes both sons, is to complete all prep work & maybe even start slapping some paint around!

Sil

nice! good luck! I’ll post pics of the living room and kitchen on FB once we get through more. Ian’s home today so we may do stuff while i’m in between meetings, but so far he’s just sleeeeeeeping… bah

OMGsrsly

YES. Work from home! You’ve inspired me… I think I’ll work extra tomorrow and Sat, and take Monday off. :D

Terri HarpLady

I got 1 coat on most of the railings. Tomrrow I gotta put on another coat, & then I get to paint the floor!

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84
drank Laoshan Black by Verdant Tea
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Working from home today and as a result i decided it was time to finish off the last little cup i had left of the batch terri sent me to tie me over until my preorder arrives. cough guess uh…i should have had it slower? :) Cavo has a stash she may let me steal, so that might get me through to July, but this really is my go to tea on bad days. That’s not to say that i don’t love my other teas but this IS the tea i reach for when i want something comforting and easy that tastes great.

Terri HarpLady

When’s the order supposed to arrive?

Sil

quarter past NEVER!

ugh.. it ships July 14, so add 10 business days and i’m looking at pretty much August 1.

Sil

I’m so desperate i ordered 1st picking LB (which miiiight get here next week or the week after) to tie me over even though i don’t love it as much lol

Sil

which is pretty stupid given how many teas i have that i could drink instead…. lol

Terri HarpLady

I should have sent you some more!

Sil

Hahaha not to worry, I’ll manage :)

Terri HarpLady

Oh, I know, it’s not like you’re gonna run out of tea :)
BTW, our YS order is en route to stl

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83
drank Ginger Lime by Bayswater Tea Co.
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Today this was really nice. the peppercorns made it much spicier than normal so it was a happy time for me. Not as much ginger as i wanted, but given the peppercorns it still had kick. I need to remember to a) cold brew this tomorrow and b) add a little honey to see how that brings out the flavours.

Final Count: 182 [70 samples = fake cupboard at 112 with a week and a half to go! 1 tea from October left in my cupboard and 4 from December…not too shabby, figure maybe 110 by the time july rolls around at this rate heh]

OMGsrsly

Remember you have a parcel coming from meeee! :)

Sil

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so many samples to get through.. lol

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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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