714 Tasting Notes
Blog: http://amazonv.blogspot.com/2014/01/52teas-loose-leaf-black-tea-rum-raisin.html
Steep Information:
Amount: 5 tsp
Water: 1200ml at 200°F
Tool: Breville One-Touch Tea Maker BTM800XL
Steep Time: 2 minutes 30seconds
Served: Hot
Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: sweet raisin, rum
Steeped Tea Smell: sweet, bakey, raisin, perhaps a hint of vanilla
Flavor: sweet, bakey black, hint of vanilla
Body: Medium
Aftertaste: toasty, slight astringency
Liquor: translucent dark orange brown pantone ® 491c
Post-Steep Additives:sugar
Rating: 2/4 leaves
Preparation
Autumn Chai Swizzle
Ingredients:
Preparation:
Brew a pot of chai tea Add 2 teaspoons of raw brown sugar and stir until dissolved. Fill a coffee mug with chai tea and Baileys Original Irish Cream. Stir with cinnamon stick.buy chai http://us.the-devotea.com/store/products/star-spangled-chai-usa-only
drink blog post http://the-devotea.com/autumn-chai-swizzle/
Figa
Recipe from Charlie Hodge of the Clyde Common in the Ace Hotel in Portland, Oregon – located in Martha Stewart living magazine.
Figa
Ingredients
24 ounces fig vodka 12 ounces chilled Earl Grey tea (alternate suggestion: Lady Devotea lavender earl grey) 18 ounces tangerine juice ice fresh fig wedges for garnishMethod
Combine the fig vodka, Earl Grey tea and tangerine juice, stirring well. Cover and chill until ready to serve To serve, stir and strain over ice. Garnish with fig wedges and/or thin slices of tangerine floating on topOld-Fashioned Hot Toddy : A real winter warmer
http://the-devotea.com/old-fashioned-hot-toddy-a-real-winter-warmer/
Ingredients: 1 tbsp honey, 3/4 glass 1910 tea, 60ml shot brandy, 1 slice lemon.
Brew tea and fill a tall glass 3/4 full. Mix in honey. Mix in brandy shots. Add lemon slice and enjoy.
Orange Tiger
Mix
4 Parts chilled Two Tigers
1 part Contreau
1 part Simple syrup
G & Tea : Like the classic, but better
60ml gin
60ml brewed and chilled Lady Devotea
Squeeze of lemon juice
Spoonful of caster sugar
Lime Wedges for garnish
Pour the ingredients into an old-fashioned glass filled with ice.
Stir well
Garnish with lime wheels.
Steep Information:
Amount: 4 tsp
Water: 500ml at 205°F
Tool: Breville One-Touch Tea Maker BTM800XL
Steep Time: 5 minutes
Served: Hot
Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: apple, hibiscus
Steeped Tea Smell: hibiscus
Flavor: apples, hibiscus, watery
Body: Medium
Aftertaste:
Liquor: translucent dark orange red
not remarkable
Rating: 2/4 leaves
Blog http://amazonv.blogspot.com/2013/11/tiesta-tea-loose-leaf-herbal-tisane.html
Preparation
Steep Information:
Amount: 2 packets
Water: 750ml at 212°F
Tool: Breville One-Touch Tea Maker BTM800XL
Steep Time: 3 minutes
Served: Hot
Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: alcohol, chocolate, savory, hints floral
Steeped Tea Smell: chocolate, rose, slight bakey background
Flavor: bakey, sweet, savory rose, then a tangy finish
Body: Medium
Aftertaste: tangy, perfumy
Liquor: translucent dark brown
the finish kills it
Post-Steep Additives:
sugar
reduces the after tang
Rating: 2/4 leaves
Blog: http://amazonv.blogspot.com/2013/11/tea-forte-loose-leaf-black-tea.html
Preparation
Lady Devotea’s Punch: 15mls Benedicine, 15mls Bourbon, 15mls Rum, 30mls shiraz or cab sav, 1 cup Lady Devotea, 2 tsp sugar. Make tea, dissolve sugar in it. Ice it down, add the alcohol, and shake.
http://the-devotea.com/lady-devoteas-punch-full-of-flavor-and-lively/
Preparation
Lady’s Night in –
2 parts Lady Devotea iced and strong,
1 part Absolute Citrus,
1 part simple syrup (i made mine with honey)
http://the-devotea.com/ladys-night-in/
