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78
drank Buttered Rum by Earth Teaze
437 tasting notes

trying this again, this is much more fruity this time, strawberry mixed with powdery floral, insence, vanilla and cocoa. Still captures the flavour at times of a raw crude rum.

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78
drank Buttered Rum by Earth Teaze
437 tasting notes

Unlike the first tea I had from this company this tea actually has a good deal of scent and flavour. The dry leaves actually smell like strawberries coated in vanilla sugar and have obvious fairly chunky pieces of vanilla and coconut.

The tea brews to a transluent copper colour and smells slightly like blanched almond and cocoa over a powdery floral sweet note.

Over the first sips there is a hint of cocoa, vanilla and coonut and a slightly spicy woodsy powdery floral note similar to some insense. The first half of the cup lacks the fruity notes that rum usually has, and has slighty bitter vegetal base notes blended with cocoa. It is moderately astringent. There is a slight reference to cream and an
aftertaste that references a dark toffee without the sweetness. As I sip the flavour has some of the slightly woody tones you get from the home made cane alcohol I had in Ecuador. As it cools it develops more fruity tones of strawberry and bananna above the cocoa. The final aftertaste and feel in mouth is of having eaten dark bitter chocolate.

The tea has an interesting mix of flavours it doesn’t quite reach the taste of the commercial rums we have in North America but it does reference a cruder rum flavour without a hint of the alcohol. Overall I think Davids version does a better job of capturing the taste of buttered rum. Having said this, the tea is pleasant enough that I will finish the tin.

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66

Jillian sent this to me as a surprise along with a bunch of others! Thanks so much!

I agree with her it’s a whimpier tasting chai but it’s not bad, either!
Yup! Jillian’s notes pretty much sum it up but I’m sure glad I got to try this one and I did drink the whole cup. It’s a nice easy cup to drink on the go – that’s always a plus!

Thanks J!

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61
drank Organic Spicy Chai by Earth Teaze
1908 tasting notes

Steep down! For such a big box there actually wasn’t very many tea bags in it which strikes me as a bit wasteful. I found that upping the steeping time does help strengthen the flavour, but it still remains a rather dull chai compared to others that I’ve tried.

Preparation
Boiling 6 min, 0 sec

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61
drank Organic Spicy Chai by Earth Teaze
1908 tasting notes

This tea isn’t as bad as another Steepsterite made it out to be, in my opinion, but it is a rather whimpy chai. It mainly seems to be cardamom flavoured but the base needs to be more robust as this one is too weak and makes the chai seems a bit watery.

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec

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21

Unless the leaves are bought from Teavana, or we’re talking about Tazo teabags, chai teas are a difficult thing to master. Because of this, a great chai tea is like a diamond in the rough.

Things did not start off strongly, literally. The tea does not have a strong enough aroma to really excite my senses. The bag is quite unassuming, worryingly so that I doubt any space is allowed for it to breath in.

Steeping gives a nice deep cherry color. Unfortunately, the scent does not say quality, giving more a weak pale spice.

I was quite reluctant to taste this, as a great chai can be a great chai, but a terrible chai is very very terrible. To be safe, I added two packets of sugar.

Once it hits your lips, the flavor is very watery. You can taste the pale black tea, which is not strong enough, and the weak spice floating around. Even with two sugars, the taste is not very appealing.

Although not terrible, it isn’t anything outstanding or great, it is barely even good. Probably with a bit of milk, it could smooth things out.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 30 sec

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