The dry leaves were smelling so good ! Caramel and a hint of chocolate for sure it was so sweet…I bought it ! I met an angel…
Then it was just a demon !
I struggled with this tea all day long.
I had it this morning and steeped it 4 min but I found it strong and bitter but I drank it.
I took it with me at work because I thought I did something wrong.
Second cup at work, I have been busy and I forgot it, it steeped for 6 minutes probably : it was just undrinkable to me : bitter incredibly bitter, I just dropped the beverage.
I made a second steep and for 3 minutes and a half this time, it was nice.
I made a third steep and it was nice as well.
The tea base is an assam and it is too strong for me I think. It hides me the fantastic flavors this tea has from the second steep.
It means I should find someone to drink all my first steep cups :)
I’ll try this with milk and sugar as well, may be good even on first steep.
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good grief, tea should not be that difficult, who needs a moody tea? I think maybe give Mariage Frères a short break until they can straighten up their act. That’s two disappointments in a row :(
I have a really hard time drinking Assam bases without milk — I hope you have more success when you try it with some :)
you know I am quite a stubborn…I think I’ll give another try tomorrow because this tea is really appreciated in general and want to try with a very short steep (2 mn) it may work …impossible n’est pas français (famous French saying…quite pretentious ;) )
LOL, well, best of luck and may you triumph :)
Good luck. Milk and maybe sweet too would be the cure.
It is better with milk – and IMO this tea is better if you use a generous ammount but skimp on time. As little as 3 minutes or even less!
It was my first MF tea, not sure if I am sentimental about it. Weirdly enough it was the tea served to me at a thai spa in Lisbon, and they had brewed it perfectly there, so it can be done!
Well..it did have a word ‘wedding’ in the name…Anyhow, hope you’ll find a way to enjoy it, my assam behaved after adding milk, maybe they are designed for that in some cases..? But then again you did get it work after few tries so maybe it’s just playing hard to get.. :3
“Impossible n’est pas français.” I love that!
good grief, tea should not be that difficult, who needs a moody tea? I think maybe give Mariage Frères a short break until they can straighten up their act. That’s two disappointments in a row :(
I have a really hard time drinking Assam bases without milk — I hope you have more success when you try it with some :)
you know I am quite a stubborn…I think I’ll give another try tomorrow because this tea is really appreciated in general and want to try with a very short steep (2 mn) it may work …impossible n’est pas français (famous French saying…quite pretentious ;) )
LOL, well, best of luck and may you triumph :)
Good luck. Milk and maybe sweet too would be the cure.
It is better with milk – and IMO this tea is better if you use a generous ammount but skimp on time. As little as 3 minutes or even less!
It was my first MF tea, not sure if I am sentimental about it. Weirdly enough it was the tea served to me at a thai spa in Lisbon, and they had brewed it perfectly there, so it can be done!
Well..it did have a word ‘wedding’ in the name…Anyhow, hope you’ll find a way to enjoy it, my assam behaved after adding milk, maybe they are designed for that in some cases..? But then again you did get it work after few tries so maybe it’s just playing hard to get.. :3
“Impossible n’est pas français.” I love that!