400 Tasting Notes

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drank Butterscotch Blondie by Tazo
400 tasting notes

March 25 2020 Just tried a box of OLD Stock, Produced 4/11/2028 expires 4/2020
Good Cup warm and Sweet a Tazo Original

Flavors: Butterscotch

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 45 sec 1 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
gmathis

Well, hello there! Good to see you back. I think I may have a bag or two of this left, probably the same vintage…maybe I’d better trot it out soon.

Gary

Steep a cup during Stay at Home

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98
drank Berry Hisbibcus by Lipton
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July 3rd 2019 Needed some Fruity 4th of July Refreshment, Went for some Old Stock Lipton Berry Hibiscus, Great Choice, Super Fruity, Hibiscus Slipperyness, with this Steep.

Flavors: Hibiscus

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 3 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML

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100

Jan. 29th 4:30 PM
2nd Steep of the Day
Last had this on Tuesday Feb. 15, 2011
Found some OLD STOCK in the Tea Chest
Steeped Some Apple Cinnamon Herb tea this Rainy Afternoon
This Strauss Herbal Tea Is strongly Flavored with Cinnamon.
and The Apple Comes in As a After Thought.
It Could be More Accurate as Cinnamon- Then Apple
But Nevertheless the Order, the Cup Was Great while listening to the Rain in Mebane NC.
Keep on Steepin

Flavors: Apple, Cinnamon

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 3 min, 30 sec 16 OZ / 473 ML

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98
drank Orange Tea by Kwong sang Tea Company
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11-22-2018 Steeped a pot of this old stock Chinese Orange Black Tea, What a Treat, It has been sealed and stayed fresh for some time, The Steep was about 5 Minutes with Boiling water, the cup was fresh and Vibrant Orange Flavor still in the Front of the palate, the back of the flavor was a subtle black presence, Very Pleasing, I reordered some that is advertised as “INSTANT” I hope it is a description ERROR, I’ll See on delivery.

Flavors: Orange

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 45 sec 2 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML

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95

Great New Found Tea from Greystone in Canada, Good Warm Ginger Flavor,
Smooth Afternoon Tea

Flavors: Ginger, Lemongrass

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 4 min, 30 sec 2 g 16 OZ / 473 ML

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98
drank Ginger Peach by English Tea Shop
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Friday Aug. 10 2018 Enjoying this Great Cup with Ginger and Peach Overtones, Smooth Book reading companion.

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 15 sec 2 g 16 OZ / 473 ML

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95

3-13-2018 1st Steep of the Day at Noon time, Great Tasting and Smooth Tea for after lunch relaxation.

Preparation
Boiling 6 min, 0 sec 8 OZ / 236 ML

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95
drank Vanilla Caramel by Lipton
400 tasting notes

3-9-2018 Early afternoon Soothing Vanilla Caramel from Lipton, Great to Relax Wtih

Flavors: Caramel, Vanilla

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec 12 OZ / 354 ML

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95
drank Oolong by Xiaoxiang
400 tasting notes

Gift Tea, Can’t Read Chinese, Know Nothing About It, would like to buy again, but can’t figure anything out

Flavors: Citrus, Green

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 0 sec 3 g 12 OZ / 354 ML

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98
drank Ginger Orange by Touch Organic
400 tasting notes

9-23-2017 1st Steep of the Day, New Touch Organic Ginger Orange, Delightful, Smooth, Subtile, Full Leaf Swells to fill the Pyramid Bag, Made a 10oz cup with first steep, need to increase the Volume, The cup was Enjoyable but needed a 2nd to be Satisfied. Keep on Steepin.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 2 min, 30 sec 10 OZ / 295 ML

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Long Time Tea Drinker,
Likes Flavored and Black Teas
Starting on Pu-er or Pu-erh Teas

Short time Steepster Poster.
Joined 11-5-2010
Great drinker interaction.
Good accurate tea information.
introducing new Brands and flavors

The Photo is My NEW Yixing
(pronounced “ee” shing) Tea Pot
My Oldest Daughter Got this for Me
from a 2nd Hand Thrift Shop on 12-23-2015
Brews Great Pot of Loose tea.

Check out this Audio Book. Great Listening
http://librivox.org/the-book-of-tea-by-okakura-kakuzo/
The Book of Tea Okakura Kakuzo

The Book of Tea was written by Okakura Kakuzo in the early 20th century. It was first published in 1906, and has since been republished many times. – In the book, Kakuzo introduces the term Teaism and how Tea has affected nearly every aspect of Japanese culture, thought, and life. The book is noted to be accessibile to Western audiences because though Kakuzo was born and raised Japanese, he was trained from a young age to speak English; and would speak it all his life, becoming proficient at communicating his thoughts in the Western Mind. In his book he elucidates such topics as Zen and Taoism, but also the secular aspects of Tea and Japanese life. The book emphasises how Teaism taught the Japanese many things; most importantly, simplicity. Kakuzo argues that this tea-induced simplicity affected art and architecture, and he was a long-time student of the visual arts. He ends the book with a chapter on Tea Masters, and spends some time talking about Sen no Rikyu and his contribution to the Japanese Tea Ceremony.
(Summary from Wikipedia)

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