769 Tasting Notes
Made this this morning at work, I think I put too much matcha in for the quantity of liquid because it’s a teensy bit bitter/strong. I’m used to my older matchas and although this is aged, it was in a sealed package in my freezer until very recently so it’s aged better than most of them. Still, the orange flavour is still strong and I’ll try again tomorrow with a bit less matcha, possibly lower temperature water/milk and see what happens.
Well, the dry and wet smell of this one is not so great. It’s super old but peppermint is one of those things that usually lingers. There’s something else to it, but I can’t seem to get my arms around it.
Taste-wise, this is…okay. Just okay. Slightly minty, more earthy than I expected and drinkable but just okay. Probably partly age to blame but the package was completely still sealed until about half an hour ago so probably not entirely that to blame.
I’m not sure how I tolerated this tea before but it has not gotten better with age. There is a sort of sickly something I’m tasting in the cup and it did not go well with dinner at all. The flavour was plenty strong but there was just something about it that turned me off. Couldn’t even finish the pot.
Soooo delicious. I was blown away at how much flavour was left in this tea given it’s age and it was just perfect to hit the spot this evening.
I never would have thought to combine blackberry and sage! Is it savory?
I think Liquid Proust combined these two flavours at one point too.
It’s more sweet, but then, I tend to add sweetener. The sage just adds a bit of something that makes the whole thing come together. So much better than just straight blackberry somehow.
This past week’s Tea of the Week is also a Blackberry Sage tea – Yunnan grown Teas (A golden Yunnan & an Assamica grown in Yunnan Province) with blackberries and white sage. It’s really good. I don’t have it yet available for sale because I need more pouches . . . but it will be on the website later this coming week.
ooooooh, I shouldn’t be buying tea but I might not be able to resist that.
This is old and it shows. Slight hint of sweetness but any flavour is gone. Still kind of soothing to drink with the matcha taste even if it is very mild.
Just had this for a morning pick-me-up and it seems to have done the trick. The chocolate flavour is pretty weak but the matcha itself is still okay so it’s drinkable. Maybe next time I will just add more of it.
AND, I just completely updated my steepster cupboard to be accurate. I feel so productive :p Except Second Breakfast by Whispering Pines isn’t on there yet because the page is having one of their mobile caching issues and won’t let me add it. Ah well, for later.
Old but still decent. It was flavoured ‘robust’ so that’s probably why I can still taste the cherry despite it’s age. It spent most of it’s life in a sealed package in the freezer, but I’m trying to drink up my matcha, even if it doesn’t taste flavoured anymore. Thankfully this one does. I think I made the initial water a bit hot so it’s a teensy bit sharp tasting but otherwise good.
Made as a latte. Hopefully I’ll wake up now.
