Sipdown (164/170)!
Getting close to finishing off the backlog. Now I just have the teas from yesterday and today; and I didn’t do a whole ton of tea drinking yesterday anyway so that should be fast enough to catch up on. May have to log today’s teas tomorrow though; I’m pretty damn exhausted right now.
This is a long time ago sample sent from the delightful Rosehips that I sadly just recently got to. I made it up as a cold brew, and actually did set aside enough leaf for a hot cup but I ended up giving that portion of the leaf to Tyrell (the guy I’m dating) to give to Lucas. Lucas is one of his two friends who worked/works at DAVIDsTEA – in tasting notes he has been referred to as “Hot DT Guy” but given that I now know and am dating someone who knows him pretty personally I think we’re gonna transition to referring to him by his actual name. Also, he no longer works for DT so the previous moniker isn’t super accurate anyway.
But yeah; it’s sorta a longish story why I sent teas to Lucas/his girlfriend (who does work at DT) Gwyn – and I was gonna share it in my tasting notes for teas from today/my date when I picked out selective info to share with you all; but might as well share it here right? Sure. Yeah.
So while we were at my place, I somehow ended up getting in a fight with Lucas over our apparently drastically varying tea tastes though text message via Tyrell. Lucas was making some pretty wild claims and I sorta (ok, pretty much flat out) called him an idiot who didn’t know good tea. But in an endearing way? He pretty much said that he had never had a DAVIDsTEA blend he disliked; and I know he worked for the company but I call MAJOR BULLSHIT on that. Even his girlfriend, Gwyn, admitted to me today that she didn’t like the newest Chocolate Macaroon tea because it was too sweet. Like come on; don’t bullshit a tea drinker. It’s one thing to push things/promote DT blends to the inexperienced shoppers who come in the store and don’t know better – but I clearly know better.
But then, he said that he LOVES hibiscus; so I went on this spiel that result in me feeding my kinda sorta boyfriend straight hibiscus to prove to him his friend is an idiot (Tyrell thought it was nasty so point accomplished) and on top of that I put together a small sampler of really nice teas for Tyrell to bring to Lucas/Gwyn to show them fancy, super awesome quality shit. That included my hot cup’s worth of this, some Yunnan Sourching, Butiki, Mandala, Dammann Freres, and a few flavoured matchas from Red Leaf.
Take that Lucas!
But yeah; back to the point of this tea and my cold brew and what I thought of it. Honestly, in smell it reminded me a ton of Des Roses et Des Bonbons from Camellia Sinensis – but that’s obviously from the rose. I really wanted gentle rose water and apples from the taste; but let me tell you the rose in this was not subtle.
This was definitely too floral for my liking and I really, really wanted more apple – no, scratch that – any apple flavour from this but it just wasn’t happening.
So, maybe this was a bad one to pick to prove my point to Lucas (at the point I’m not even sure what that point was?) but regardless much thanks again to Rosehips for the kind sample. I was happy to get to try this even if I didn’t totally love it.
Flavors: Rose
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Damn, that’s one long ass note. I haven’t written one this long in ages!
I, too, really wanted to get more apple from this tea and less rose. No matter how I brewed it, the rose always seemed to be the strongest flavour. However, I do admit that the dry leaf itself smells amazing.
Hah! I love the story! Yes, I agree. This is not what I had hoped for either, but I’m glad to get another review. Next time I send you teas, Roswell, I hope they are more enjoyable!
I actually got a lot of apple when I tried this so I am sad to hear you did not. Also, feeding someone straight hibiscus is cruel and unusual punishment. Plus, I like that in order to make a point you are supplying them with some awesome teas.
Damn, that’s one long ass note. I haven’t written one this long in ages!
I, too, really wanted to get more apple from this tea and less rose. No matter how I brewed it, the rose always seemed to be the strongest flavour. However, I do admit that the dry leaf itself smells amazing.
Hah! I love the story! Yes, I agree. This is not what I had hoped for either, but I’m glad to get another review. Next time I send you teas, Roswell, I hope they are more enjoyable!
I actually got a lot of apple when I tried this so I am sad to hear you did not. Also, feeding someone straight hibiscus is cruel and unusual punishment. Plus, I like that in order to make a point you are supplying them with some awesome teas.