Dammit! Steepster ate my tasting note – and I had this one really well written out! Urgh. I guess I’ll summarize basically what I had said…
First, I had started with an interesting story: Last time I went into Tea Desire I was looking to get more of this, but I was unable to do so because apparently it’s so popular here in S’toon that a woman came in about bought 450g of it – cleaning out the rest of their stock, so now I have to wait. I believe I also shared that story on Lala’s tasting note of this tea…
And then I also mentioned that I haven’t bought tea in a really long time – actually, since my first day starting at the mall. Yay me! I’m just biding my time until I have enough saved up from paychecks to put in a really large Butiki order though, so maybe not yay me?
Preparation:
- Heavily over leafed because tonight is about doing whatever I want to feel good (so about 2 tsp. of leaf)
- Steeped for a short period of time (between a minute and a minute and a half) so I can still get a potent resteep out of it
- Water temp was pretty close to exactly 80 degrees
Taste:
- Strong notes of currants which make me think of currant jam
- Very subtle and slight notes of strawberry; perhaps as a psychological thing from reading in Lala’s review that she tasted strawberries
- Clear presence and taste of the white tea base
I think I’m actually being able to taste the base in white teas much more than I used to be able to before. I think, perhaps, that’s because I’m more knowledgeable now and have further developed my palette to the point where I can clearly identify such notes and distinctions in white tea (since it’s a tea type that is pretty new to me – typically I’ve drank herbals or blacks).
Anyway, now to stretch out and do something totally lazy and relaxing. Curse you steepster for eating tasting notes! But also, bless you tea for being a great turn around for a miserable day!
