12 Tasting Notes

95

An amazing tea; not as sweet as the other Formosa Red from this company, but with a very sweet and pleasant aroma, and a light touch of sweetness and honey, a bit of grassy taste as well, to the tea’s flavor.

Flavors: Grass, Honey, Sweet

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 4 min, 30 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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15

It was bitter, astringent, and generally crappy. I was really surprised; this was way worse than any other tea I’ve had in a long time. Upton usually does a good job with teas; I suspect this was just either a bad batch or a mistake on my part.

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 4 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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92

Nice tea; a bit sweeter than most, with a really beautiful red color, and a lot of pleasant body

Preparation
5 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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85

Not especially sweet. Some notes of grass, a hint of chocolate and toast. Little or no astringency or tannin aftertaste. I can imagine this as a really good tea for a winter day.

Flavors: Chocolate, Grass, Toast

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 5 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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100

I’ve had mine for a while (maybe not this exact model, but these kinds of Zojirushi Water Boiler and Warmers. It literally could not get better for the single tea drinker. You can make tea a cup at a time, pre-boil water and have it around until you need it, or make a pot in a few minutes. I can’t recommend it enough.

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40
drank Lipton Black Tea by Lipton
12 tasting notes

As teas go, this is at best middling. But at worst, it’s also middling. It’s not offensively terrible, it’s not overloaded with weird flavors, and it holds well even if it’s oversteeped, under temperature, or under just plain crappy conditions. It’s… tea. Not great tea, but tea. I’d recommend it over things like Bigelows & Constant Comment.

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22
drank Earl Grey by Bigelow
12 tasting notes

too much bergamot for my taste

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85

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Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 45 sec 1 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML

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70
drank Black Pearl Tea by Lipton
12 tasting notes

Better than average, and convenient in a teabag. Nothing majorly special about it, though

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 4 min, 0 sec

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