Holiday tea 2023 #10
From CameronB! Thanks again for the wonderful teas! Almost a full tin of this one, so I best start working on it. I think two teaspoons in a mug would have been okay here, I tamed it a bit with 1 3/4 teaspoons. It’s nice to occasionally see an organic tea. And I love to see “BREAKFAST” in the description — for some reason I expect more scrumptiousness in a “breakfast” blend? The black tea seems sturdy enough on a medium level of spices added here: licorice, cinnamon, nutmeg, orange peel and vanilla flavor. And then I see it’s also mixed with puerh! There was an odd flavor in there, and I think it’s the particular puerh they used. Not bad really, just noticeable. Reminds me a bit of Butiki’s puerh, which was never really my favorite from Butiki. This is supposedly an eggnog inspired tea, which I can see, but also wish they hadn’t included orange, in that case. The flavors/ spice are smooth enough to work for breakfast (kind of like the amount of spice in eggnog), with a fairly sturdy base for snowy winter mornings. I’ll have to try it with a splash of eggnog or milk at some point. The second steep, I sometimes leave the infuser tilted over the mug. This time it happened to fall back IN the mug and I didn’t notice for a while, but the flavor wasn’t entirely ruined.
Steep #1 // 1 3/4 teaspoons for a full mug // 20 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // just boiled // <10 min steep
Holiday tea 2023 #11 Bird & Blend – Yule Log
