377 Tasting Notes

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I prefer smoked yerba mates, that’s why this one seems to bland and indistinct for me. Not much to focus on. Fortunately I have only a sample, not a whole pack.

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C

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77

Very strong, smoky, ashen and wooden aroma.
Really strong, bitter, assertive taste, gives the instant stimulating kick to the head.
I wouldn’t like to drink it as everyday yerba mate, but sporadically it’s great.

Flavors: Ash, Bitter, Smoke, Wood

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C

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90
drank Yerba Mate by Rosamonte
377 tasting notes

My yerba mate of choice, with assertive taste, solid earthy background and distinct smoky notes. Turns out equally good with hot water, cold water or even icy water in summer.

Flavors: Earth, Smoke

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C

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60
drank Fruit Fusion by Pickwick
377 tasting notes

Strong aroma, with a lot of lemon and harsh, spicy ginger tones.
A lot of ginger in taste, but sadly more for taste than for spicyness, solid citrus peel undertones, barely a hint of licorice (which is good, because it doesn’t dominate).
Overtall, pretty decent, expecially for Pickwick.

Flavors: Citrus, Citrus Zest, Ginger, Spicy

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 5 min, 0 sec 2 g 8 OZ / 250 ML

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86
drank White Peach by Exotic Teapot
377 tasting notes

Strong peach aroma with subtle notes of the base white tea and delicate flower notes.
The taste is very fruity, with plenty of peach notes, but there is no sweetness in it. You can feel slight bitterness, nice flower undertones (jasmine mainly) and slight astringency.
Really good, as all the Exotic Teapot teas I tried.

Flavors: Astringent, Bitter, Floral, Flowers, Fruity, Jasmine, Peach

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 7 min, 0 sec 11 OZ / 330 ML

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20
drank Irish Cream by Fredsted
377 tasting notes

Strong chocolate and caramel aroma, with solid, malty black tea base.
The taste is not that good. I generally like Fredsted teas, but this one tastes like a steeped cardboard – bland, watery, with artificial flavouring.

Flavors: Cardboard

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 5 min, 0 sec 1 g 10 OZ / 300 ML

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75
drank White Orange by Exotic Teapot
377 tasting notes

Very balanced, complex taste, with subtle orange notes, base white flower tea in the background, slight floral aromas (mainly jasmine) and overall refreshing, soothing quality.

Flavors: Citrus, Floral, Jasmine, Orange, Straw

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 8 min or more 11 OZ / 330 ML

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55
drank Royal Ceylon by Lipton
377 tasting notes

Average level of the corporate and bag-packed black tea.
Not much in aroma department.
Slight earthy and malty notes in taste, it certainly isn’t strong. Just an unobtrusive cheap tea that accompanied work quite well.

Flavors: Earth, Malt

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 5 min, 0 sec 2 g 11 OZ / 330 ML

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77

Gunpowder beads expand wonderfully, giving reddish hue.
Beautiful aroma, with plenty of jasmine and earthy notes.
Assertive, earthy taste, with distinct astringency and slight bitterness.
Really good tea. Too bad it’s probably very hard to find. Mine was brought to me as the gift from Taiwan.

Flavors: Astringent, Bitter, Earth, Jasmine

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 7 min, 0 sec 5 g 11 OZ / 330 ML

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75

The visual effect of a blooming flower is overwhelming, but the tea itself really takes time to brew and enjoy, because at first it’s very watery and disappointing.
It took about fifteen minutes for the strong aroma to develop. Nice sweetish strawberry and grassy notes of the base white tea, plus subtle flowery aromas from jasmine and rose..
The taste is slightly sour, very fresh, with strong strawberry notes and good-quality white tea in the background.
Probably the second steep, after unraveling all the threads, is going to be even more rewarding.

Flavors: Flowers, Freshly Cut Grass, Jasmine, Rose, Sour, Straw, Strawberry

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 8 min or more 11 OZ / 330 ML

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I drink tea almost all the time.

However, my tea drinking can be divided into two main categories.

1. I work a lot at my computer and when I work, I need to always have tea at hand. That’s when I drink bag varieties, mostly black blends, often corporate ones. They need to be at least drinkable, of course, but I don’t focus on the taste much, though I don’t go below a certain level…

2. When I read (and read a lot) or when I’m just relaxing, I savor tea. That’s when the better varieties come into play, that’s when I use leafs instead of bags, that’s when I really focus on what I’m drinking.

I’m Polish, temporarily living in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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