Punjaban Party

The TTB has arrived! So big, so many teas… no chance to try them all!
Tea #34

I have prepared this tea unfortunately twice. First mug I had I knocked myself down, spilling 2 minutes steeped tea all over the table, chair and floor.

Second attempt was better (haven’t knocked it down), but of course I had to use new two teaspoons, with less cardamom in. But I have to agree completely with note by Cameron B., CTC base is smooth, strong and flavourful, spices are prefectly mixed, fennel being most prominent in this cup, ginger warms me up and I have decided to keep the remains and try it with stovetop preparation and milk. I will return with a note of that preparation method.

TTB
Chai with more ginger and fennel notes than clove. I like it, I might need to dig out my bag of fennel and start adding it to other teas! Glad Igot to try this one.

TTB Review #37: I definitely think this one is best cold. Lots of interesting flavors interacting here. The ginger, cardamom, and fennel all make their presence known, but, as tends to be the case with most ginger-inclusive teas, the ginger mostly steals the show. I may have used too much for it comes across very strongly. Overall decent but not great.

My goodness, this tea is so good.

I don’t normally make non-sipdown tasting notes, but this is so tasty that I had to. I can taste the ginger, the fennel, and the cardamom all distinctly, and nothing is too strong or overpowering. The CTC base is somehow so smooth, which is shocking to me ha ha. It has enough body to support the spices, but there’s no trace of bitterness at all. The candied ginger is adding just a touch of sweetness, but not too much. I just… yum.

And honestly, I’ve been super impressed with all 4 of the teas I ordered from The Chai Box. Even though they’re all masala chai blends and they’re all black teas, each has its own personality. I haven’t even tried any of them on the stovetop yet, I’ve been so happy with them plain.

The other reviewers don’t seem to share my opinion though, ha ha… :P

I am cold. A chai sounded good. I find this one to be a bit lacking though. It’s spicy which is good but otherwise, it is rather bland. A true chai, in my opinion, should be able to stand on its own and with milk. This barely gets the job done.

This is a pretty typical chai from the TTB, but it tastes nice. There’s a ton of candied ginger, but that doesn’t seem to make much impact. I definitely taste the cardamom and fennel. The second steep is almost as tasty as the first. It’s quite pleasant to start the day with a warm cup of this.

Iced Tea with Vanilla Cold Foam Sipdown (225)

Strange VariaTEA TTB: Tea 23

My sister gave birth this week, a month before her due date. So it’s been hectic and I’ve largely been sustaining on iced white mochas with cold foam from Starbucks. Though at some point I decided I wanted to try out my new handheld milk frother and make a cold foam. I decided vanilla cold foam on a plain chai was the. Eat way to go since it was a fairly simple flavour combo. The frother worked great. The tea tasted sorta like bubblegum. So it wasn’t bad by any means but I was very confused.

Advent Calendar Day 15

This chai was heavy on the ginger and also unexpectedly sweet. It didn’t have that nasty stevia aftertaste, thankfully, so maybe the sweetness is coming from the candied ginger? Anyway, nothing super special or memorable, but a pleasant enough cup to start my day!

Tea Thoughts Halloween countdown box day 1. This box is bringing me absolute and total joy. I’m in complete fall tea mode and my chai options are currently pretty limited, so I was quite happy to open this.
I’m getting a bit of cardamom, but the dominant flavors are definitely the ginger. Makes sense, as the dry blend is absolutely packed with ginger bits and candied ginger. The fennel is pretty dominant as well, which I actually don’t mind in this blend. Overall, so smooth and easy to drink. A lovely chai!