Hmm. Maybe I don’t hate this one as much as I thought I did. I used a tiny soy sauce dispenser to brew this in, because I didn’t feel like pulling out my glass pot (Also, the soy sauce dispenser was $2, you you can gongfu for cheap!). 1/2 tbsp leaves, 3 oz water, 1 minute rinse. Then I did 2x 1 minute brews and mixed them in a mug.
Not too bad. The long rinse really cut down on the overpowering vanilla, and the flavour is good. Sweet, milky, vanilla-y tea. Not much seaweed background at all. The vanilla flavour is pulling a little astringent to me, but then the vanilla flavour in this tea isn’t my favourite.
I’ve dropped the rating because I don’t know what I was thinking before. I’m pleased with this tea, but definitely won’t purchase more.
In other news, I’m experimenting with flavouring teas. I mixed up one today, just in a glass canning jar. 1/3 cup Lover’s Leap ceylon, 2 drops lime essential oil rubbed into the jar and 2 drops on the leaves, 1 tsp lavender flowers. It’s sitting in the back of the cupboard to age for the next couple (few?) weeks. If I can find a local place that sells food grade flavour oils, I want to try making a smoky bacon marshmallow tea. Just because I can.
