Well to finish the disappointing trifecta of a night, of course I taste nothing but honeybush in this tea.
I bought a set of 5 James Bond movies, used for like $30 on Amazon, THROUGH Amazon at that, not another seller. Here I am looking forward to watching Tomorrow Never Dies…and the menu is skipping. I take it out and clean it…only for it to not be able to read the disc completely.
I made popcorn to go with this and it tastes like stale olive oil. I JUST used this same olive oil days ago in cooking so what gives.
And then finally, this tea. I know, maybe it’s just in need of a bit more time, but I made an entire teapot for movie watching, and all I can taste is honeybush. I tried sweetening it, and it improved nothing. So I stuck the infuser basket back in. It steeped for a long time while I was busy making terrible popcorn.
I’m guessing maybe this bag was actually from a reblend and not from when it first came out? Didn’t bother to think of that. Well, in that case, I wish I had only made a cup first :/
I even tried putting the basket back in the tea pot and letting it sit for nearly 20 minutes more and there’s a little chocolatey taste now, but I will have to try again far later I think.
And now I’m going to go sulk some more.
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Can I ask how much tea you used and how much water? This makes me sad.
I used about 4 tsp and I’m not sure on the water, I just measured 14 oz left in it so maybe 18 oz? At most 20, so 4.5 – 5 oz per tsp of tea roughly. It smells good though so I will try more patience…kind of hard with the picture on the bag though. Don’t be sad, now I feel worse and I’m going to have to go spill a shaken martini on that DVD.
I prefer mine dirty and neat. Did you get the water up to a full rolling boil?
Sounds like you are having a rough night. Don’t worry. It will get better and you will have a better relaxing night.
Yep, water was boiling for a good 30 seconds too because I was still getting everything ready.
Thanks, Meg, I am feeling better because returning the DVD set = $30 back so at least that’s a decent positive haha.
Sorry about your night!
I also bought some of this tea and couldn’t taste any of the flavors.
I’m fairly certain that the bag I ordered was also from a re-blend, as I wavered on it for a while :( Here’s hoping you have tired tastebuds or something, although I’m worried that QueenOfTarts felt the same way…
Can I ask how much tea you used and how much water? This makes me sad.
I used about 4 tsp and I’m not sure on the water, I just measured 14 oz left in it so maybe 18 oz? At most 20, so 4.5 – 5 oz per tsp of tea roughly. It smells good though so I will try more patience…kind of hard with the picture on the bag though. Don’t be sad, now I feel worse and I’m going to have to go spill a shaken martini on that DVD.
I prefer mine dirty and neat. Did you get the water up to a full rolling boil?
Sounds like you are having a rough night. Don’t worry. It will get better and you will have a better relaxing night.
Yep, water was boiling for a good 30 seconds too because I was still getting everything ready.
Thanks, Meg, I am feeling better because returning the DVD set = $30 back so at least that’s a decent positive haha.
Sorry about your night!
I also bought some of this tea and couldn’t taste any of the flavors.
I’m fairly certain that the bag I ordered was also from a re-blend, as I wavered on it for a while :( Here’s hoping you have tired tastebuds or something, although I’m worried that QueenOfTarts felt the same way…