98 Tasting Notes
Had 2 cups this morning, steeped 10 min, which got me through finishing my paper with (I think) much more ease. I love having this as a hot cocoa substitute…it fits the bill! If you’re resteeping this, add a teaspoon more of fresh tea, and it’ll come out tasting about the same!
Preparation
Made some of this that I got from a friend (thanks Rebecca!) this morning and was excited to try it for the first time. Smells great—very Thai-ish. It was about 3/4 tea, 1/4 soymilk, and I took a sip. Tasty! I felt like I couldn’t taste the spice enough, though…finished the cup (which was delicious) during my art class and then came back and read the description. Oops—2 teaspoons per 6 oz? I was doing about half that (if that). Next time I’ll portion it out more carefully. Very good, and probably much better when correctly prepared!
Preparation
Blended 1.5 tsp of this with 1 tsp of Azteca Fire and brewed for 10 minutes with boiling water. Perfect, absolutely perfect. Oh, and the smell pre-steeping is a lot like flowery Fig Newtons, according to my roommate. I’m running low—oh dear.
Preparation
I’m still acquiring the taste for matcha, and so today I made some cold with soymilk and no added sweetener (but the soymilk is “original” and sweetened slightly). Pretty darn awesome! I love the even, concentrated energy I get from this drink. I’ll transition gradually to drinking it with only water, but I’m in no hurry. I mixed the powder and the milk the day before to give it time to dissolve the little globules of matcha, which worked pretty well. Once it’s fully dissolved, it doesn’t settle out—a big plus! It’s been hot, so I’m drinking this cold, which is quite refreshing. I’ll add more notes as I try it with less soymilk as a buffer.
Ooh, this is good. I’m not much of a green tea drinker but I got a sample pack from TeaSource to try and remedy that. This has a lovely, lightly grassy aroma (I’m still getting used to that) and a fabulous smooth taste when mixed with a little drizzle of agave. I just steeped it the second time (same temp, about 30 sec longer) without adding sweetener and it’s fantastic…smooth and not astringent at all. I really like how the second infusion of lots of my favorite teas is even better than the first! My favorite green tea so far (Triple Leaf Green showed me just how good it could be, and this is even better)—I think this will be a staple. Yay for green!
Preparation
I’d been wondering about this tea for a while now and finally got some this fall. Wow. It took a couple times to get to know how to steep this tea well—about 10 minutes in boiling water does the trick. It’s chocolatey and a bit fruity, has a hint of spice (if you brew it long enough), and is supremely cozy and comforting. I would love to try it with a little splash of soymilk—I tried it with a lot of soymilk and completely lost the flavor of the tea. This is definitely one of my favorite cozy/warm teas. The first 2 ounces I got were gone in a matter of weeks. I’m steeping it right now with some Honeybush Vanilla and it’s very difficult to wait to try it—the aroma is intoxicating. If you like spicy hot chocolate you will love this.
Preparation
So. Good. I don’t drink black tea too often because I usually really don’t want any caffeine, but this morning I had a paper to write. Soooo…I brewed up a cup of this. It smells AMAZING, like caramely mapley almondy goodness, and it has a very refreshing black tea taste with end-notes of round sweetness. It’s great for sipping while working on a paper! I re-steeped this two more times, the second time with some Honeybush Vanilla and the third time with the same contents. It holds up well to a second steeping—maybe not so well to a third, but the honeybush carried it through, and I wasn’t expecting it to last more than one time anyway. Delicious and doesn’t need milk or sugar to make it so—which is perfect for me! I’ll be sorry to see the 4oz I have dwindle away.
Preparation
Yum! So much amazing cinnamon scent…I got myself a tin of this as a Christmas present last year, and it’s unbelievably cozy. I have an association with drinking it during every final for the same (2-year) class…it’s a bit light on the tea taste and seems like mostly cinnamon (or, as they say on the tin, “cinnamons”) and orangey clove. I like to mix in another tea with this (like a rooibos or a green) to give it a little more body. Would probably taste really really amazing with a splash of soymilk…I’ll have to get on that.