6106 Tasting Notes

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Steeped: smells kind of like apple cider.

Taste: nutty and barely sweet, with lemongrass in the background. Not really getting cider, nor green tea. Maybe I had the water cooler than I thought.

Will update this later. Gah homework.

ETA: Ok…. It’s now so much later I can’t remember anything more to say! Guess I will rate this properly the next time I have it (and I won’t have it an hour before I give a presentation!)

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 5 min, 30 sec

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93
drank Checkmate by DAVIDsTEA
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93
drank Cranberry Pear by DAVIDsTEA
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Round three of cold-steeping experimentation. Tried a couple tbsp of this in 12(?) oz. water overnight, and it was pretty tasty. All the sweetness steeped out of the fruit (I tasted it), and the tea pretty much tasted like delicious cranberry pear sweetness. However, I think I like it better warm.

Preparation
Iced 8 min or more

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80
drank Green and Fruity by DAVIDsTEA
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Boo, I had this yesterday as my Feb 29th free tea, and it really wasn’t very good :( For starters, I think it was way too weak, and just tasted off. I had them put some sweetener in after I had wandered around the mall a while with it, but it didn’t much help. Not going to downgrade the rating just because of this experience though… still need to pick it up again myself and try it, preferably stronger.

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90

Cold-steeped the last tiny tiny bit of this in the fridge last night (before I go buy more). It was tasty – like a really smooth, creamy grapefruit. I found that I wanted more ‘zing’ though (there was none, it was that smooth); if I brewed it cold again in the future I might end up adding a touch of lemon juice and sweetener. I must admit I kind of preferred Bear Trap iced to this one, if only because of the delicious tartness. So my rating stands for it as a hot tea, less as an iced one :)

Preparation
Iced 8 min or more

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80
drank Cherry Potion by DAVIDsTEA
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Figured I’d try this one today since apparently Cherry Potion & Mango Madness are being discontinued (and Strawberry White is not?) Hmmm, rumours, rumours.

Anyways, this one smells sooooooo tart steeped. I’m a metre from my cup and my mouth is watering at the tart cherry smell. Yum. This might have potential as an iced tea (if I get to try that).

Flavour-wise it’s fruity and tart, but definitely not as much as it smells, which is kind of relieving. It’s actually a fair bit more pleasant than I was expecting. I think I brewed it a tad weak puts tea ball back in, but I kind of like it as a light fruity tea. Yum.

I admit I can’t exactly pinpoint what the fruity flavour is…. oh well. My taste bud-to-brain connections will hopefully improve eventually.

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 5 min, 0 sec
Lucy

I wasn’t a big fan of it hot.. but try it iced! Holy is it good =)

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95
drank Mulberry Magic by DAVIDsTEA
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Likewise, this one’s delicious as always….

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec
Bonnie

I think this is a yummy tea too!

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drank Checkmate by DAVIDsTEA
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I really wish there was a way to log teas without leaving a repetitive tasting note… (or is there and I just don’t know how?)

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 30 sec
Daddyselephant

When you click “Add Tasting Note” down at the bottom where it says “save this post”? There’s also a link that says “write something later” Voila! No note!

Kittenna

:D How does that show up to other people? Hopefully not irritating…

Daddyselephant

It doesn’t show up unless they look at their “recent activity” which shows everything.

Kittenna

Appreciated, thank you!

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drank Splash! by DAVIDsTEA
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Given that this tea has peppermint in it, I wasn’t expecting to be a fan…. so no surprise when I tried it today as a TOTD and wasn’t a fan! Ginger was the predominant flavour I was getting, with a pepperminty background, which I hate. Drinkable, but yech. Not a tea for me. But now I can say I tried it!

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drank Jessie's Tea by DAVIDsTEA
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Evening caffeine-free tea. Nothing super special; not getting the creaminess today that I did previously. Oh well, won’t be a re-buy but that’s ok. Too bad I just got a sample of it in my DT order! :(

Preparation
Boiling 8 min or more

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I have always been a tea fan (primarily herbals and Japanese greens/oolongs) but in the last year or so, tea has become increasingly more appealing as not only a delicious, calming drink, but as a relatively cheap, healthy reward or treat to give myself when I deserve something. I should clarify that, however; the reward is expanding my tea cupboard, not drinking tea – I place no restrictions on myself in terms of drinking anything from my cupboard as that would defeat my many goals!

My DavidsTea addiction was born in late 2011, despite having spent nearly a year intentionally avoiding their local mall location (but apparently it was just avoiding the inevitable!). I seem to have some desire to try every tea they’ve ever had, so much of my stash is from there, although I’ve recently branched out and ordered from numerous other companies.

I like to try and drink all my teas unaltered, as one of the main reasons I’m drinking tea other than for the flavour is to be healthy and increase my water intake without adding too many calories! I’ve found that the trick in this regard is to be very careful about steeping time, as most teas are quite pleasant to drink straight as long as they haven’t been oversteeped. However, I tend to be forgetful (particularly at work) when I don’t set a timer, resulting in a few horrors (The Earl’s Garden is not so pleasant after, say, 7+ minutes of steeping).

I’m currently trying to figure out which types of teas are my favourites. Herbals are no longer at the top; oolongs have thoroughly taken over that spot, with greens a reasonably close second. My preference is for straight versions of both, but I do love a good flavoured oolong (flavoured greens are really hit or miss for me). Herbals I do love iced/cold-brewed, but I drink few routinely (Mulberry Magic from DavidsTea being a notable exception). I’m learning to like straight black teas thanks to the chocolatey, malty, delicious Laoshan Black from Verdant Tea, and malty, caramelly flavoured blacks work for me, but I’m pretty picky about anything with astringency. Lately I’ve found red rooibos to be rather medicinal, which I dislike, but green rooibos and honeybush blends are tolerable. I haven’t explored pu’erh, mate, or guayasa a great deal (although I have a few options in my cupboard).

I’ve decided to institute a rating system so my ratings will be more consistent. Following the smiley/frowny faces Steepster gives us:

100: This tea is amazing and I will go out of my way to keep it in stock.

85-99: My core collection (or a tea that would be, if I was allowing myself to restock everything!) Teas I get cravings for, and drink often.

75-84: Good but not amazing; I might keep these in stock sparingly depending on current preferences.

67-74: Not bad, I’ll happily finish what I have but probably won’t ever buy it again as there’s likely something rated more highly that I prefer.

51-66: Drinkable and maybe has some aspect that I like, but not really worth picking up again.

34-50: Not for me, but I can see why others might like it. I’ll make it through the cup and maybe experiment with the rest to get rid of it.

0-33: It’s a struggle to get through the cup, if I do at all. I will not willingly consume this one again, and will attempt to get rid of the rest of the tea if I have any left.

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