415 Tasting Notes

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drank New Delhi Delight by DAVIDsTEA
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This tea is just…weird. The smell of it reminds me of dutch cheese, which I’m not too fond of (at least in tea form!). I think it tastes gross. I will not buy this again, and am only going to keep it to see if it helps after I eat a heavy meal.

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Boiling 5 min, 0 sec

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drank Mamma Mia by DAVIDsTEA
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I got this tea as a sample when I bought a bunch of tea online. Reminds me of Kanpe Tea from DAVID’s, which I did not like-too tart and strong. I won’t be buying this one.

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Boiling 5 min, 0 sec

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205 °F / 96 °C 5 min, 0 sec

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69
drank Organic The Skinny by DAVIDsTEA
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My co-worker brought this to work for me to try. I really like hot chocolate, and this tea reminds me of an interesting variation of it. I really like the cinnamon, and I can imagine drinking this during the winter as I do my schoolwork or knitting :)

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200 °F / 93 °C 5 min, 0 sec

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drank Kiwi's Big Adventure by DAVIDsTEA
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I didn’t care for this tea at first, but then the lady at David’s tea told me I shouldn’t be pouring boiling water onto green tea because it burns the leaves and therefore gives off the bitter aftertaste. Once I started to let the water cool before pouring, the tea started tasting much better :)

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185 °F / 85 °C 4 min, 0 sec

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drank Rooibos (Organic) by DAVIDsTEA
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While it is an interesting experience to see what rooibos tastes like on its own, I find I prefer it with other things in it. I prefer other rooibos teas like Birthday Cake over plain.

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Boiling 4 min, 0 sec

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drank Green Rooibos by DAVIDsTEA
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drank Forever Nuts by DAVIDsTEA
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195 °F / 90 °C 4 min, 0 sec

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I used to drink coffee, but it started to hurt my stomach so I switched to tea. A friend of mine introduced me to DAVID’s TEA and I couldn’t stop after that! I’ve now been expanding my scope beyond DAVIDs away from “candy-like teas” into more natural teas or flavourings. Current favourite stores include International House of Tea (iHOT) and Verdant Tea.

When it comes to tea ratings, I usually only ever rate them once. I know a lot of people on steepster do many tasting notes for the same teas depending on their mood, but I prefer to rate once and if my opinion changes, I will delete the old note and rate again. How I rate teas goes as following:

1-49: Teas I won’t buy again. Either the taste is disgusting to me, or it’s too bland, etc. I’m most likely not even going to finish the tin/bag.

50-59: Teas I wouldn’t buy again; I have to force myself to drink the whole cup to not waste it.

60-69: I’ll finish the cup and even the bag/tin, but I wouldn’t buy these teas again. Teas of this rating are “lacking something”.

70-79:Teas that are pretty good and ones I might buy again. Usually these teas are ones I have to be “in the mood for” and drink occasionally.

80-89: Great teas! Ones I will drink several times a week and often have in my stash :).

90-100: Favourite must-have teas!

My favourite types of tea are green tea and different types of “natural” herbal tea (different herbs, natural flavourings, etc). I cannot drink black or oolong teas due a sensitive stomach. I don’t really go for white tea due to its cost and the fact that it has just a little caffeine (if I want caffeine I’ll just go for a green tea and if I don’t I’ll go for a herbal-no sense on just having a little caffeine). I also like to do iced teas in the summer time, and then I’ll gravitate towards herbal fruit blends that are bagged to cut costs and convenience (it’s easier to throw out bags than clean a filter). Flavours I don’t care for include anything too tart, bitter, artificial, overly spicy or overly sweet.
Also, when I have time (usually when I’m not working much) I like to make tea lattes out of different rooibos blends.

My everyday green tea is Gunpowder since it is strong and not sensitive to temperatures or steeping time which is something I cannot be bothered with when I’m getting ready for work. Other greens I enjoy are dragonwell, sencha, and different Chinese greens. I’m not the biggest fan of yunnan greens since they are so finicky (although I do like gyokuro)

On a day to day basis I usually have 2-3 cups of green tea and several more cups of different herbal blends.

Besides tea I also work at a couple libraries (I am finishing my library tech diploma),am in my early 20s and got married in Oct 2014.

Location

Northwestern Ontario

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