141 Tasting Notes
So this isn’t part of the travelling tea boxes, but a tea from my own collection. I was just browsing in David’s Tea one day and an awesome tea guide recommended this tea to me. She also suggested I blend it with Blueberry Jam, which I have yet to try, but I feel it will be a great match.
I had this tea today :)
Dry Leaf: The oolong leaves are with pineapple and apricot pieces that give off a nice fruity scent. The leaves themselves are nicely curled.
Steeped: When I poured the hot water over the leaves, they opened up nicely. It’s always nice to watch tea leaves unfold. The water is a nice, light yellow color. The scent from the tea is both sweet and floral. When I took a first sip of this tea, I found it had a light body with a nice soothing, yet subtle sweet taste that a had a nice creamy-ness to the body.
A longer steep added the taste of oolong into the mix, which was rather nice, as there was a nice contrast between the two flavors. For a later steeping, the flavor of the tea got richer in body and more velvety.
Iced: So since it is coming to be summer and the weather is finally acting nice, I feel that having the tea iced as well. I find that this tea is great hot and cold. The sweet scent does not leave, yet it is more subtle. The body is still light and creamy, and the flavor is sweet and very soothing. I can see myself enjoying this tea this summer by the pool reading a book.
Another yummy tea from The Great Canadian Travelling Tea box round 1. I had this tea on April 30th/2014 as well !
Dry leaf: Genmaichas are just so visually appealing to me. I love the contrast in colors and textures in this tea. In this genmaicha, the leaves are sencha tea nestled with the beautiful roasted rice. It was very picturesque and I enjoyed taking photographs of this tea to capture its beauty. The leaves smell nice and sweet, as well as grassy, rich, and nutty. I really loved the myriad of scents in this tea.
Steeped: When pouring the water over these leaves I got a really nice roasted grassy smell. The water itself was a nice, light yellowy/green-y color. The 1st steep was nice and light with subtle flavors of grass.
This is from the Great Canadian Travelling Tea Box round 1! I had this beautiful summery tea on April 30/2014:)
Dry Leaf: Brown leaves that give off a sweet scent.
Steeped: The water is dark and has a sweet and sour scent to it. It has a nice sweet taste and is light in body. I rather enjoyed this tea and found it delicious both hot and iced.
This is from the Travelling Tea Box round 2 and this is the first tea that i decided to drink from this round. I chose to drink this tea because I really enjoyed the caffeinated version that was in the box during the last round. I was excited to compare how it tasted and everything. I have not finished tasting teas from the first round, but I just to try at least one tea from the second round to wet my appetite.
I had this tea on March 27/2014
Dry leaf: As the tea is bagged, I could not see the leaves, but this tea had the same sweet scent that the caf version had. Very berry-licious was my reaction :)
Steeped: The water is dark and amber just like the caf version was and the berry-licious scent has remained after pouring the hot water on the bag. And the taste was also very berry, much like the caf version. This tea is good in my books decaf or not, basically I can enjoy this tea at any moment in the day.
Part of the Travelling Tea Box round 1. I had this tea on March 26/2014.
Dry leaf: Black tea leaves with yellow flower petals. The leaves have a sweet-ish scent to them.
Steeped: The water is a nice light amber that has no distinct scent. The tea has a light body and has a sweet and soothing taste.
Great Canadian Travelling Tea Box (pt.1)
I had this tea today ( March 24th)…. finally caught-up on my tea journal… need to finish box 1 teas and get into the next box that I have _
Dry Leaf: Black tea leaves with flower petals, which has a subtle sweet-ish smell. I love the little tea packages these teas from this company comes in _.
Steeped: The water is a nice amber color and smell very much like a fresh-home-baked apple pie. I was licking my lips with this one. Who doesn’t love apple pie without the calories? Yummm. The tea is nice and sweet, but not overly sweet-smelling. Apple-cinnamon-y taste, which gives the taste buds a mini kick of spice _. And lastly I found this tea nice and light in body…. just another reminder that it may be better to consume this tea than an actual pie…..
Great Canadian Travelling Tea Box (pt.1)
I had this tea on Sunday ( March 23rd)
Dry Leaf: the tea is in a tea bag, so I couldn’t see much. In terms of smell, the tea gave off a minty and licorice-y scent with hints of lemon grass and citrus. The scent was soothing.
Steeped: The smell changes when steeped, it makes it more licorice-y. The water is nice and yellow. The taste is also strong in the licorice sense, and there was also a sour overtone. I am sort of on the fence about this tea.
Great Canadian Travelling Tea Box (pt.1)
I had this tea March 5th… it was so fun taking pictures of this tea as it opened up ever so nicely.
Dry leaf: The tea is all formed in a nice ball pre-bloom.
Steeped: It was so fun to watch the leaves unfold to reveal a flower, while giving off a nice jasmine scent. The flower was beautiful and had a nice grassy scent. The water itself was a nice dark green color. The body of the tea is full and rich in taste. The longer the flower was in the tea, the more bitter I found the water got… making that the only bad thing about this tea.
Great Canadian Travelling Tea Box (pt.1)
I had this tea on Feb 5th
Dry Leaf: black tea leaves ( Darjeeling), some yellowy bits and strawberries. There is a kind of a sweet scent to this tea.
Steeped: The water is a nice dark amber color. It was a semi-sweet taste, and I also found the taste strong and bitter as well a flavor.
