726 Tasting Notes
Definitely making a dent in my tea stash, which is always a good thing!
I only have enough of this tea to have one more cuppa. After that, I’ll only have maybe 5 more Jasmines in my collection hahaha. Gotta get me some more! This is def my fave type of tea to have before bed.
Sipdown!
idk why but Mint tea always smells like farts to me. I think I always associate Mint tea with being sick so I’m not the biggest fan of it.
Wanted to do an herbal tea tonight since I already had my Jasmine but I don’t actually own a lot of herbals. Had this in my random teabag stash so I figured I’d give it a go!
It tastes like your traditional mint tea. Nothing pretty special about it. Just… mint.
Went to the dentist this morning bc of my messed up gum and they said it was nothing to worry about… Legit I told them that I noticed it when I all of a suddenly started drinking tea again and they said that the tea had nothing to do with it!
Recently I’ve been craving Jasmine as I relax before going to bed. Luckily the caffeine in the tea doesn’t affect me all that much! This one has been my go-to tea since it’s not necessarily my favorite, but it’s still a cup that I enjoy!
Also not sure if I mentioned this in a previous note, but my boyfriend and his team started cleaning out someone’s desk (she left to go to a different location a couple months ago so they figured she probably forgot about all her stuff and they’d be safe cleaning out her desk). They found a tin of matcha, Teavana’s double-walled glass matcha bowl, and a matcha whisk. No one knew how to use it but Alex figured I did! So he took it home as a surprise gift to me hahaha. The matcha bowl itself, I could tell just by looking at it, does a terrible job of being a matcha bowl. The bottom comes to a somewhat point and it’s narrow. It does do a pretty good job of being an oversized teacup though!
Preparation
Sipdown!
As per usual, I started brewing this cup and then forgot about it because my sister called…. even though it steeped for probably over 10 minutes, it’s still delicious!
Nice and smooth. Once I get to a manageable tea amount, this would be something that I would love to purchase!
Preparation
Sipdown!
From the Marco Polo TTB ages ago.
Last time I drank Houjicha was maybe 5 years ago and I remember not liking it as much… yeah that didn’t change. It’s the roastiness that I don’t like?? It legit tastes like you’re eating a mouthful of tanbark, and trust me, I know how tanbark tastes like since once in elementary school I fell of a swing and landed on my face hahaha
Anyway, good tea, but not a fan. If you like a woodsy taste, then this would be your cuppa
Flavors: Bark, Wood
Preparation
I remember when I first drank Jasmine I would steep it for literally a minute because I liked it super watered down. Tonight, I had it go for 3 minutes and still felt like there could be a bit more flavor to it so I threw the leaves back in…. and then accidentally forgot about them… oops.
The color is a lot more golden than I would have liked, but it’s at least not ruined! Tons of Jasmine flavor since it was steeping for maybe 6 minutes.
Sidenote: I love Disney+ and I’ve watched over 7 hours of Lizzie McGuire over the course of the past two days. Considering the fact that I worked yesterday and didn’t get home till 9…. yeah.. that’s a lot ahaha.
Backlog!
The Saturday after my cousin arrived, she, my sister, and I made breakfast at my place. I let her chose any tea from my collection to try and I showed her this tea as well since this is one of the weirdest looking teas I own. She went with this one to have with breakfast!
Brewed a bit differently from before. Before I actually followed the directions but it came up a bit watered down. I decided to throw in a couple more pearls and made enough for my cousin and I to enjoy.
Unfortunately when I made my second cuppa (to take with me for the road), I forgot about it and it was far too bitter :( But hey, at least the first steeping was delish!
