Tasting note 450!
My replacement tea from Della Terra came in the mail today (the package of A Rabbit’s Garden from my Black Friday order split across the bottom and spilled all throughout the original package) – this time super well packaged. It was in layers of tissue paper. Since the smell from the Black Friday order has been taunting me ever since (SO peachy), I decided to open this one up and give it a try.
Honestly – in hindsight this may have been a bad pick to try out (I only got 1 oz. though) because I know I dislike vegetal green teas, and this blend even has actual vegetables in it. That’s sort of a foreboding sign, is it not? However – all I could think about was the sweet aspect I enjoy in actual vegetables: the sugary part of snap peas, the juicy fruitiness in Peaches and Cream corn, that kind of thing…
I think that’s likely what Della Terra was going for anyway. So I just couldn’t resist trying.
Parameters for this cup were 1 1/2 tsp. of leaf in an 8 oz. mug of practically 80 degree celsius water, steeped for about two minutes. The liquor steeps up to be a slightly yellow light green colour and smells like a typical green tea with faint peach notes akin to the dry smell, but toned down.
Now to taste and find out whether I made a good choice or a bad choice. Dramatic drum roll, anyone?
Ok – initial feelings on the taste are mixed. Yes this is predictably strong in vegetal green tea taste, though thankfully it doesn’t immediately scream “grass” or “seaweed”. More so, spinach or something else sort of like that? I actually do feel like maybe there’s some sugar snap pea in there – but the carrot is pretty lost, and I think the corn is weak at best – though strongest sort of end sip. However, the peach! It’s actually really truly there! And it sort of saves this from being an unholy cup of unpleasant green tea. It kicks in about mid sip, and then kind of floods all the crevices of your mouth: it’s sweet and juicy. Also, not at all bitter.
So really, as someone who doesn’t typically like green tea at all but who ordered some anyway, I’m pretty satisfied with this tea. It’s vegetal – but you have to expect that from a vegetable tea, there’s a nice kind of buttery quality to the taste (buttered corn, anyone?), and the peach is fresh and sweet and just awesome. I think this tea does exactly what it’s trying to do.
Would I order it again? Likely not – but I don’t think it’ll be horribly hard to finish, and I’m pretty pleasantly surprised.
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450th tasting note on the same day! High five and congrats on so many :) I am seriously convinced we are kindred spirits. haha.
I think we’re matched on tasting notes right now :P We’ve been pretty even all week, though. Up for some friendly competition to see who can reach the most tasting notes by the end of January? I must warn you though, I start working at Tea Desire tomorrow, so I could have an unfair advantage ;)
Congrats on 450! And I love the name of this tea!
Yes, I love the name too! I really enjoy when blends have cool names other than plain things (I’m thinking of you, Mulberry White). That’s probably part of what drew me in to this one ;)
That is true, you will be surrounded by tea all day while I try to stay awake in lecture after lecture of class. However, it would be fun to see how this pans out so I am definitely up for a little competition.
450th tasting note on the same day! High five and congrats on so many :) I am seriously convinced we are kindred spirits. haha.
I think we’re matched on tasting notes right now :P We’ve been pretty even all week, though. Up for some friendly competition to see who can reach the most tasting notes by the end of January? I must warn you though, I start working at Tea Desire tomorrow, so I could have an unfair advantage ;)
Congrats on 450! And I love the name of this tea!
Yes, I love the name too! I really enjoy when blends have cool names other than plain things (I’m thinking of you, Mulberry White). That’s probably part of what drew me in to this one ;)
That is true, you will be surrounded by tea all day while I try to stay awake in lecture after lecture of class. However, it would be fun to see how this pans out so I am definitely up for a little competition.