This tea just doesn’t quite make it for me. I put off reviewing it because I’ve had residual congestion from a mild flu I had about 2 weeks ago, and thought I wasn’t tasting anything too well. By now, I’ve had quite a few cups of this tea, and it just isn’t quite right. There’s a nice banana flavor, and it’s sweet, but it doesn’t cry bananas foster to me. I even added some brown sugar, but it isn’t really doing anything to accentuate the flavor. Today it turned out a bit bitter/astringent, and I only steeped it for 3 minutes at 185 degrees. I also feel like my mood is turning toward more natural teas…seems to happen occasionally, but it could be messing with the appeal of this tea at this moment. Overall, I think I prefer Frank’s hot, buttered banana bread tea to this one.
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Another profile facelift! My tastes have changed a lot from when I first discovered loose leaf tea.
I can trace my tea journey back to October 2012, when I discovered DavidsTea. Before that, I had the occasional cup and enjoyed high tea at An Afternoon to Remember, which has since closed.
I went through a period of wanting to try all the teas, and was really into flavored teas, especially dessert blacks, but my tastes have substantially changed over time.
I still enjoy the occasional flavored black or rooibos, but I’m more into unflavored black teas right now and recently, puerh. Chinese black teas are amazing…with their notes of chocolate or sweet potato, who needs a flavored tea? I had a much steeper learning curve when it came to puerh. I used to dump out cups of puerh for tasting like leather. Now, I am really enjoying them. I think it took finding good quality puerh and steeping them gong fu style to really enjoy them.
I also, on occasion, enjoy a good oolong, white, or green tea.
Favorite tea companies right now include: Mandala, Teavivre, Butiki, Golden Moon, Lupicia, and DavidsTea (for teaware mostly).
Just a note: I don’t rate my teas numerically because my iPad doesn’t like the scroll bar. Maybe someday that will change…hint hint, steepster! ;)
P.S. My profile picture is of one of my 2 cats, Holly, who is a little princess but very photogenic, and she loves boxes, including those that bring me tea! :)
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