Received this one from kittylovestea.
I’m not exactly sure what gooey butter cake is suppose to taste like. But it sounds & looks good.
I’m only getting a nice lemon taste from this with a nice black base. No butter, no cakey goodness. I do have more to give it another go. But right now just a plain old tea that you would turn into iced tea.
ETA: I had this again yesterday. I went & oversteeped it… ok next weekend I am investing in a real tea timer!!
So I was still getting only lemon & some astringency because of the over steep. Once it cooled I did get some of that delicious bakey flavour. I do have enough for one more cup, so I will try it again!
ETA 2: Finished this off this morning, some strange smell coming from the pouch. No astringency this time, but not much flavour. Still lemoney, maybe a hint of cake this time around. Definitely DID NOT over steep this time, no astringency to be found.
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3 minutes is perfect for 52teas. I murdered a tonne of their caramel cheesecake serving before figuring it out.
I’ve started doing all my blacks at 3 minutes, but without a time I have been butchering SO many teas :(
I actually even go for 2.5 mins with 52teas blacks. That’s usually the sweet spot for me.
And yeah, nearly all blacks I steep for 2.5-3 minutes now. Except DavidsTea and Della Terra, which are much better with 4 minutes.
52 teas is 2-2.5 for me on their blacks. 3 and it’s too atringent
When I started I steeped everything for 5 min because I figured I’d get the most flavor, then I’d be upset about bitterness. Now I have a tea timer app on my phone, and I add my own so I can remember to steep 52 teas less than DavidsTea etc. Hearing what others do is also useful.
Cavocorax, I was the same. All blacks got 5. Greens & whites 3 & herbal/fruit/rooibos about 10.
Some teas I really need to check other people’s notes for steeping times.
3 minutes is perfect for 52teas. I murdered a tonne of their caramel cheesecake serving before figuring it out.
I’ve started doing all my blacks at 3 minutes, but without a time I have been butchering SO many teas :(
I actually even go for 2.5 mins with 52teas blacks. That’s usually the sweet spot for me.
And yeah, nearly all blacks I steep for 2.5-3 minutes now. Except DavidsTea and Della Terra, which are much better with 4 minutes.
52 teas is 2-2.5 for me on their blacks. 3 and it’s too atringent
When I started I steeped everything for 5 min because I figured I’d get the most flavor, then I’d be upset about bitterness. Now I have a tea timer app on my phone, and I add my own so I can remember to steep 52 teas less than DavidsTea etc. Hearing what others do is also useful.
Cavocorax, I was the same. All blacks got 5. Greens & whites 3 & herbal/fruit/rooibos about 10.
Some teas I really need to check other people’s notes for steeping times.