100 Tasting Notes
I followed the advise of the David’s Tea representative and used slightly less tea per cup than the 1 1/4 tsp. that they recommend. The water that I use is “instant hot water” out of the dispenser at the office, and it works just fine for this rooibos. It comes out sweet and buttery, and is very nice after lunch.
Preparation
Flavors are a bit more delicate than what I had expected. Not enough maple flavor and really not as sweet as they claim.
I should send you some of the Maple Cream black that a local shop has. It’s REAL maple goodness!
I looked it up here, and there are no tasting notes. Does your local shop do any business online?
She doesn’t do much of it (her website is terrible), but I’ll send you a message with some info and you can get in touch if you’d like. She does take orders via email/phone, but she doesn’t currently have an e-commerce page. I’d like to try to get that set up for her sometime, actually.
So astringent that I wanted to get a cotton ball and use it as a facial toner.
Well I just nearly shot tea out of my nose! Haha!
Was the water maybe a bit too hot? Or was it just a crappy genmaicha?
Do you have a Chinatown close to you? They’re usually a good source for greens and genmaichas that are cheap but tasty :)
I think I must just have a really low tolerance for astringency. I have two other greens from Tavalon tea (I got a tea of the month subscription as a gift) that I really like. The only other genmaicha that I ever tried was The Republic of Tea’s Tea of Inquiry that wasn’t astringent at all.
Fair enough!
