17 Tasting Notes
This tea tastes exactly like a candy cane kiss!
Dry: smells mint-y and excited me
Steeped: tastes exactly like a candy-cane Hershey kiss, which is exciting considering I haven’t been fond of mint teas of late.
2nd steep: didn’t try
Looking forward to: trying it as a latte
As I don’t like chai, a friend got me this knowing it is one of Teavana’s most popular non-chai offerings
Dry: smells like fruit, and I like fruit.
Steeped: flavour is more subtle than I would have hoped, but adding sugar enhances it and makes it quite a lovely fruit-y drink.
2nd steep: quite similar to the first steep, steep a little longer, add some sugar and you can’t tell if it’s the first or not
3rd steep: same as 2nd.
Looking forward to: trying it iced once the weather warms up.
Received this tea as part of the Sweet Indulgence gift box. I was a little bit leery of it, as I often find green teas somewhat bland.
Dry: smell wasn’t very strong, didn’t inspire excitement (as some other teas do)
Steeped: still not much smell, very subtle flavour, addition of sugar did not enhance flavour either.
2nd steep: steeped for longer (10 minutes) and sweetened with 2 tsp agave and its now a quite nice subtly lime flavoured tea.
May try it iced.
Preparation
I received a lovely rainbow tin of Birthday Cake as a Christmas present, and it makes me ever so happy.
Dry: smells really strong, and really sweet, like vanilla icing
Steeped: smells strongly, coworkers said like maple, or something else sweet. Tastes sweet, but not too sweet, and quite like a vanilla cake. An excellent way to start what may be a long day! Coworkers kept commenting how good I was making the room smell as well.
2nd steep: both smell and flavour not as intense, need to steep quite a bit longer for similar amounts of flavour.
