6111 Tasting Notes
(52teas (Anne) 2022: 205)
Oof, couldn’t smell the rancid sunflower seeds and missed picking them out, but they definitely are affecting the flavour. It seems like it would have been tasty when it was fresh (my rating suggests that, too), and even now, the maple is present and tasty. The sunflower seeds are just causing an unpleasant staleness, and I can’t really taste much of the base tea (or cream) either. Fairly mediocre cup as a result, but attributable to age.
(52teas (Anne) 2022: 204)
2022 Sipdown 97/365!
Pulled out some (more) undocumented teas, and found a couple gems, including this one! And, it’s worth the find. The banana is light, but the spicing is so good. It tastes like more than just cinnamon; I don’t know exactly what it is but it’s quite lovely. Too bad there was only the one cup!
(52teas (Anne) 2022: 203)
2022 Sipdown 96/365!
Y is for… Yunnan Eggnog!
Again, the name on my packet is different from Steepster. shrug Anyhow, this is the end of my 52teas alphabet challenge, as I have no X or Z teas! Hurrah, I made it, and only 3 days late. It’s nice that the last tea in my countdown was also a sipdown, one of very few this month that weren’t matcha. Probably will do a DavidsTea or other company alphabet challenge later in the year.
Although I enjoyed the base of this tea, I got very little in the way of flavouring. No eggnog at all. I wouldn’t mind seeing this reblended, though!
(52teas (Anne) 2022: 199)
W is for… White Rabbit’s Tea!
(My packet does not include the “The”, so this tea falls under W.) I found it interesting that most of the W 52teas I had left to drink were white teas! 3 of ‘em. Anyhow, this tea was ok and I caught just a hint of carrot cakey spicing… but that’s about it.
(52teas (Anne) 2022: 198) [Final tea drank in March]
V is for… Voodoo Cashew Mate!
Not always a fan of mate, but the flavours here really worked for me! It was deliciously nutty and creamy and roasty, with most of the mate earthiness masked by the flavourings. I think I’d prefer these flavours on a different base, but this is not one I should have any trouble finishing. Bonus, looks like I have 2 packets, probably because I got a second in a grab bag at some point. Yum!
It looks like I managed to drink 71 unique blends from 52teas this month, so I’m well on my way to drinking through all of them by mid-year! I admittedly intentionally have not yet had a cup from about a half dozen favourite 52teas that only have that one cup left in them… I’ll save those for my final few, I think. And then probably start a campaign to get them reblended ASAP!
(DavidsTea 2022: already recorded)
2022 Sipdown 95/365! (Final March sipdown)
V is for… Vanilla Matcha!
Back to the alphabet! I skipped “U” (as well as Q, a few days back) as I didn’t have any 52teas or matchas starting with that letter, so V it is.
This packet of matcha was only 9g (from the advent) so the resulting latte was pretty light in flavour, but it served its purpose. I think I prefer more than 9g of matcha in a nordic mug, though.
I bought the advent on sale and have been enjoying opening a door each day, though I haven’t had a chance to try any of them yet. It’s fun to start each day with a little surprise!
Haha, I wanted to do that initially but curiousity got the better of me (and besides, I’d already spoiled myself on what was in it).
