Steeped and Infused

SIPDOWN!

Relaxing tonight and finishing off a few teas while I add 5 bajiillion into my cupboard :)

had this tonight…a decent cup but nothing spectacular.

So I have to say…compared to Stacy’s maple pecan oolong, this one is nowhere near her take on maple. This tea does however remind me of one of Della Terra’s teas, though i can’t for the life of my place which one it is. Maybe i’ll be able to figure that one out tomorrow. While the maple is there, it’s just not as strong as I’d like it to be. A decent cup, but nothing I’d feel the need to reorder.

Sipdown!

Mid morning tea for today and it’s a delicious sipdown. Added a bit of extra leaf to this one in my travel mug and it’s a bit more vanilla-y than before. I’d be willing to pick this one up again in the future with a few others from Steeped and Infused.

So tasty tonight. Jut what I wanted with dinner. A splash of vanilla to go with our meal. Such a good day today.

Oh man.. THIS is what i want Della Terra’s cafe vanilla to be. Such a good strong, solid vanilla creamy taste. I am really digging this as possibly being my go to vanilla tea. I’m going to have cafe vanilla after this just to make sure me memory isn’t failing me.

So this is a sipdown…because even though i haven’t finished the sample bag i bought, I don’t want to. And i think this is gross enough that I won’t let anyone else get stuck with it. so there. blech.

I had to guess on the steeping parameters for this once sine they haven’t listed it on their website. There’s something a little “off” about this tea as it is more like a cider than it is an apple pie. Still though, I’ll give it a few more chances since i’m not 100% sure how to best brew this. But for right now i’m looking for a bit more apple.

It’s “Green Chai,” but I’m not sure this is quite a Chai or a Green; with their combination, the characteristics of each seem to wither. It’s a bit of a strange mix—rose petals, nuts, vanilla? It doesn’t seem so ‘chai’ or too green to me.
The tea’s aroma is very sweet—I think it’s the cinnamon and vanilla coming out. As a tea, it’s quite flavourful; a hint of green with a lot of flavour. I’d recommend drinking it not if you want something mellow, but if you’re looking for a dessert tea. I can also enjoy it when I’m looking for a bright, flavourful break from my morning black teas.

This isn’t very high-quality tea; my loose leaves range in size from small what-appear-to-be shredded leaves, to a semi-large half-shredded leaf, to quite a number of sticks and twigs, to a few soft buds—all combined with several small chunks of dried strawberries. I bought this when I was much newer to tea, when I didn’t yet know how to visually identify the characteristics of a quality white tea.
Regardless, I give it a try. The liquor brews to a light gold/amber colour, and the aroma is strong and fruity, filled with hints of berries after a 4-minute steeping. The taste is not nearly as sweet as its scent, thank goodness—it has a hint of strawberry, but its presence is not overbearing, sitting rather equally and in tandem with the taste of the white tea.
While not high-quality white tea, I quite enjoy this tea in the morning to ease me into my work day. It’s mellow, soft, and just slightly fruity, but not so perky that it’s jolting. I’ll drink this batch and possibly consider buying it again—with some higher quality leaves.