310 Tasting Notes

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drank Forbidden Fruit by DAVIDsTEA
310 tasting notes

This is my first DavidsTea hate. I hate it. Somehow the melon flavors are tasting like roses to me. There is nothing that I hate more than rose petals in my tea. I know they aren’t there, but that is what I am getting. It’s almost like a pot-pourri. Bleah. Also, I cannot tell that this is an oolong. I cannot taste the base at all (which is incidentally what I love about the flavored black teas, but somehow with an oolong I want to taste it).

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 4 min, 0 sec
Daddyselephant

Awww, sad. This is one of our favorites, we were sad to see it discontinued. But hey! At least you didn’t fall for a discontinued tea, am I right?"

Kristin

True. Although I am falling for all of the spring teas. That’s gonna come back to bite me.

Uniquity

Stock up : )

Kristin

Unfortunately I’ll have to drink some of what I have before I can order more. Tea drawer is maxed out. Husband’s head will explode if I buy more tea. :)

Uniquity

Ah, that’s when you get hubby addicted and turn tea drawer into tea shelves. : )

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98

Enjoying a nice snowy day at home, cooking, drinking tea, and reading books. This is a perfect tea for book reading.

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90

Brewed this time at a lower temp, just below boiling (which for me was around 190 as my boiling temp is 198) and it’s a little better. I still get mostly black tea flavor in the sip, but the after-sip is intensified a little. I was initially a little disappointed because I wanted it to have a big pow of pancake flavor and it’s really more subtle. I remembered, however, that the last maple tea I had (Fava Tea Maple Black) was overwhelming in its maple flavor and despite maple being one of my favorite flavors on earth, I never finished the 1 oz pouch of that tea… so maybe the subtleness of this tea is actually impressive. If it had more pancake/maple flavor, it might be too much. This tea is nicely balanced and quite enjoyable. If you are looking for a big maple punch though, this is not for you.

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 3 min, 0 sec
JoonSusanna

The maple sugar tea sounds amazing…I love maple! I may have to check that out…

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90

This is a nice tea. I’m not sure that I am tasting everything that everyone else is tasting. I get a black tea flavor followed by a little tiny bit of pancake flavor in the after-sip. I wanted more. But, like some others have said, I am witholding my rating until I can try it again and adjust how I brewed it. Suggestions welcome.

~1.7 tsp/12 oz/boiling/3 min/sweetened with a little agave nectar.

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 3 min, 0 sec
Frolic

I’m definitely liking it at 205 degrees better than boiling right now. Still steeping it for about 3 minutes.

Kristin

Since my boiling temp is ~198 (I’m at high altitude), I’ll try 190 an see if that helps. Thanks for the suggestion.

Frolic

Ah I should have read your bio better but let us know how it goes below boiling.

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95
drank Bamboo Mountain by The Tao of Tea
310 tasting notes

I don’t usually like my oolongs on the lighter greener side, rather preferring them to be the roasty dark chinese restaurant type variety, but I like this one. I went out to lunch today and ordered the oolong tea. It came in a super cute cast iron teapot (now I want one of those and I want this tea). The tea was very light in color and had a floral jasmine like flavor to it. I think I drank 3 cups of it. Very nice tea.

Note – I’m not entirely sure it was from The Tao of Tea. It was about this color (in the pic) and it the description sounds right. The name of the tea is definitely Bamboo Mountain so odds are I’ve made a correct guess about the company.

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 3 min, 0 sec
Kristin

Confirmed with restaurant that the tea was indeed from Tao of Tea.

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96
drank Cocomama Lime by DAVIDsTEA
310 tasting notes

My office was rather warm today and I kind of wanted tea, but the thought of hot tea wasn’t doing it for me. So I steeped this up really strong, 3 tsp/10 oz/4 min, added some agave nectar, and then poured it over ice. It was so freakin’ yummy! This makes a great iced tea.

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 4 min, 15 sec

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drank Forever Nuts by DAVIDsTEA
310 tasting notes

Why oh why does it have to taste so good? Darn it. Every Davids Tea I try is awesome and yet soooo far away and hard to get. Ladykittykat did me a huge favor and sent me several teas that i didn’t include in my last order. And of course, I only got a sample of this one and I love it. Oh well. I need to drink the tea I have and then I can think of another mondo order.

2 heaping tsp/12 oz/8 min.

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 8 min or more
Uniquity

I gotta say, I live near one so don’t have to worry about shipping costs but I can easily spend oger $50 accidentally. And often! But, it is one of my go to tea shops, so I guess that makes it easier to justify, somehow!

Daddyselephant

Always happy to send off another package! Forever Nuts is one of De’s favorites!

Kristin

Thanks to both of you. I figured I’d try to deplete my tea supply and then I would easily be able to hit the $50 mark. :) But, I might definitely take you up on that offer sometime if I start craving one.

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93
drank Pink Flamingo by DAVIDsTEA
310 tasting notes

I really didn’t expect to like this. I got this as a sample in my last order and it’s been sitting in my desk drawer ever since. I smelled it a couple of times and I got lots of grapefruit scent… and I’d throw it back in the drawer. But today, I finally committed to it. And wow… I actually love this. I might have added a fair amount of agave nectar to it, but I am getting super sweet ruby red grapefruit and it’s tasty. This might be awesome as an iced tea in the summer.

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C

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86
drank Read My Lips by DAVIDsTEA
310 tasting notes

Perfect apres-ski apres-beer tea. Lovely.

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 4 min, 0 sec
Lisbet

Oh my god that sounds delicious.

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90
drank Bear Trap by DAVIDsTEA
310 tasting notes

Backlogging – Ok, I’ve found the sweet spot and it’s amazingly good. This tea is making a quick disappearing act in my tea drawer… sad. Here is how to make this tea great:

2 heaping tsp to 12 oz mug
boiling water
8 min
Add a little agave nectar to sweeten (or sugar).

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 8 min or more

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Rating Scale:
90-100 – Love it. Must order this one again.
75-90 – Pretty good. Maybe I’ll order it again.
60-75 – It’s ok. Drinkable. It’s not my thing, but someone else might love it. Won’t order again.
50-60 – Meh. I wish I hadn’t ordered it, but i’ll finish this cup.
30-60 – Barely drinkable. – Throwing away/giving away the rest of this one.
0-30 – Went down the drain. Too sad to even pass along to friends.

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