87

Catching up on my TV watching this morning. Kids’ piano recitals this afternoon.

And I voted yesterday so I don’t have to think about how to work it in on Tuesday.

The tea smells very lemony in the tin. Tart, with some other spices in the mix though I can’t tease out individual smells.

After steeping, the tea is a medium gold color, with suspended particles in it and smells like a less tart version of the dry leaf smell.

Lemon is definitely the main flavor here, and it’s a nice one. It’s not sweet, but it is neither bitter nor too tart. Whatever other spice (clove?) might be in the mix gives it a sort of sultry flavor, which keeps it from being too perky.

It’s a very nice lemon flavored green tea. I’m trying to remember whether I’ve tasted others of this type and I’m not remembering, though it seems very likely. It’s times like these I would love a meaningful way to search my own notes.

Flavors: Lemon, Spices

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 1 min, 30 sec 2 tsp 17 OZ / 500 ML
derk

Way to vote!

Mastress Alita

The lack of a meaning way to search the notes on here is why I actually write all my tea reviews on a Notepad file and just paste them to Steepster; then I can at least Ctrl+F and text search my file to search through it, which is far more useful than ever hoping for future updates to this site, I’ve learned. (Also, I have a backup of all my tasting notes, heh).

__Morgana__

I have so many notes at this point I could only do that if there was an export function. Either that or spend an inordinate amount of time copying things. :-(

Mastress Alita

Well, I wrote everything externally from the beginning. I’ve been so used to forums “eating” my writing it’s just been my practice to do that so I always have a safe copy that I can back up on my HDD. It occured to me later I now had the added handy ability of quickly searching for flavors, tea names and other things since I had them all on a single file.

Login or sign up to leave a comment.

People who liked this

Comments

derk

Way to vote!

Mastress Alita

The lack of a meaning way to search the notes on here is why I actually write all my tea reviews on a Notepad file and just paste them to Steepster; then I can at least Ctrl+F and text search my file to search through it, which is far more useful than ever hoping for future updates to this site, I’ve learned. (Also, I have a backup of all my tasting notes, heh).

__Morgana__

I have so many notes at this point I could only do that if there was an export function. Either that or spend an inordinate amount of time copying things. :-(

Mastress Alita

Well, I wrote everything externally from the beginning. I’ve been so used to forums “eating” my writing it’s just been my practice to do that so I always have a safe copy that I can back up on my HDD. It occured to me later I now had the added handy ability of quickly searching for flavors, tea names and other things since I had them all on a single file.

Login or sign up to leave a comment.

Profile

Bio

I got obsessed with tea in 2010 for a while, then other things intruded, then I cycled back to it. I seem to be continuing that in for a while, out for a while cycle. I have a short attention span, but no shortage of tea.

I’m a mom, writer, gamer, lawyer, reader, runner, traveler, and enjoyer of life, literature, art, music, thought and kindness, in no particular order. I write fantasy and science fiction under the name J. J. Roth.

Personal biases: I drink tea without additives. If a tea needs milk or sugar to improve its flavor, its unlikely I’ll rate it high. The exception is chai, which I drink with milk/sugar or substitute. Rooibos and honeybush were my gateway drugs, but as my tastes developed they became less appealing — I still enjoy nicely done blends. I do not mix well with tulsi or yerba mate, and savory teas are more often a miss than a hit with me. I used to hate hibiscus, but I’ve turned that corner. Licorice, not so much.

Since I find others’ rating legends helpful, I added my own. But I don’t really find myself hating most things I try.

I try to rate teas in relation to others of the same type, for example, Earl Greys against other Earl Greys. But if a tea rates very high with me, it’s a stand out against all other teas I’ve tried.

95-100 A once in a lifetime experience; the best there is

90-94 Excellent; first rate; top notch; really terrific; will definitely buy more

80-89 Very good; will likely buy more

70-79 Good; would enjoy again, might buy again

60-69 Okay; wouldn’t pass up if offered, but likely won’t buy again

Below 60 Meh, so-so, iffy, or ick. The lower the number, the closer to ick.

I don’t swap. It’s nothing personal, it’s just that I have way more tea than any one person needs and am not lacking for new things to try. Also, I have way too much going on already in daily life and the additional commitment to get packages to people adds to my already high stress level. (Maybe it shouldn’t, but it does.)

That said, I enjoy reading folks’ notes, talking about what I drink, and getting to “know” people virtually here on Steepster so I can get ideas of other things I might want to try if I can ever again justify buying more tea. I also like keeping track of what I drink and what I thought about it.

My current process for tea note generation is described in my note on this tea: https://steepster.com/teas/mariage-freres/6990-the-des-impressionnistes

Location

Bay Area, California

Website

http://www.jjroth.net

Following These People

Moderator Tools

Mark as Spammer