237 Tasting Notes
Another sample from mj1851 :) I love this tea! I added a bit of sugar and some milk before tasting it, just because I couldn’t do straight black this morning, so the flavours may be a bit different straight, but I’ll make another tasting note when I have it black.
I don’t know if it actually contains amaretto flavouring, or if they used a super fruity base with a bit of a malt taste plus the almond flavour, but whatever it is, it works! This is really very good. I’m usually not the one to jump on a tea containing nuts, although I enjoy them but I would definitely buy some of this. I wonder if I cold steeped it and added lemon juice, would it taste like an amaretto sour? Probably not.
The scent of the dry leaf reminds me of David’s Tea ’ s forever nuts. Taste-wise, it’s a whole different story. I love that I can clearly taste the base. The taste on the tongue is a bit nutty, with cinnamon, it’s good.
But the magic happens when you exhale. All those pastry notes come out to play, and frosting was invited. It’s truly wonderful, like taking a deep breath before the next bite of your warm, sticky cinnamon bun.
mj1851 told me it was "get it in my mouth now* good. Girl, I agree
Ok I’ve just chugged sipped on another cooler cup. Now the taste of the exhale is the taste of the tea altogether. MUST BUY.
Nooooo, mj1851 sent me her last teaspoon of this and I screwed it up! I made a smoothie, but used too much ice and although I can taste the matcha, I can’t taste the flavoring. I love matcha so I’m happy, but I wish I would’ve been able to taste the toffee.
Boo :( Definitely have to place an order with red leaf teas now. Thanks for enabling mj1851 ;P
The super awesome mj1851 sent me a whole BOX of this :D yes, it’s bagged tea, but don’t be a hater, ‘cause this is SO good. It is more like liquid shortbread than liquid sugar cookie, and that’s bonus points in my books! The tea is litterally pouring down my chin because I can’t drink it fast enough. So glad I made a whole pot of this.
Haha, I love it that much too! I may have gotten a tad too excited about this tea when I discovered it this past Christmas and thought, “OMG I won’t be able to buy this until next Christmas?!?!”…. and subsequently bought 8 boxes. Since you mentioned that it’s not even sold in Canada, I thought I’d share the wealth! I’m glad you like it :-)
Well, next holiday seasson, I’ll look for it and if I can’t find it, I might ask you to ship me a few boxes cuz whooaaa so goood. Will you be my christmas tea mule? lol
I will totally be your christmas tea mule. That would be so fun! I’d get to be one of Santa’s elves lol
As I’m drinking this, I can’t help but to think I’d love for my really good oolongs to have a bit of a vanilla taste. I love vanilla. This is not the best oolong I have, but I keep restocking because of the vanilla. It’s expensive for what it is though.
You might look at Silk Dragon from the Tea Merchant. A really good oolong, IMO, as well as being nicely vanilla.
Would love to, but as I was checking out, I saw that shipping was around 8 dollars. For a 7.50$ tea. :(
Yeah, I wasn’t sure what shipping would be. I make up a lot of tea orders only to stop when I get to shipping. I can’t justify shipping of as much or more than the tea costs. So I stack more and more in my cart until I then can’t justify spending that much on tea. :) I can’t remember if there is any in the TTB. Shoot me a PM with your address and I’d be happy to send some along to you.
So I read an article on the health benefits of green tea and since I’m easily influenced, made a whole pot of this, then drank it in about 15 minutes because I can’t pour this down my throat fast enough. Am now considering a re-steep. I usually don’t resteep, ‘cause I like variety…Meh, we’ll see
