Today is warm and sunny! I’m celebrating by drinking bagged green teas, haha!
First time I tried this, I followed the directions and it tasted like burnt dirt. Steeping matcha and sencha for 5 to 8 minutes with water initially boiling does nobody any favors!
This time, I steeped at 175F for 3 minutes. You see my “38” rating for this tea? I assigned it after drinking burnt dirt. Three minutes today produced a brew with the color and opacity of 38. On my screen I see a putrid yellow-brown. 38 reminds me of things only babies are capable of producing. Now think about looking down into a cupful of 38. Do you want to drink 38? Do you?
I do not. But I did. It is still gross. Tolerable at lower temperature and less time but it’s still 38. Maybe even lower but somewhere still in that color-rating span.
Flavors: Astringent, Bitter, Burnt, Dirt, Earth, Marine, Straw, Thick
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Nothing says YUM like burnt dirt.
lol tea-sipper… No kidding. Ick.
This tea might not have been very good, but your review was excellent!
I dropped the rest of this box in the break room tea stash. I am cruel, haha!
The only thing that could’ve been worse than living it in the breakroom tea stash would be writing “SEVEN DAYS” in an ominous font across the front of the box.
I think perhaps that went over my head, Mastress Alita.
Reference to Japanese (and American remade) horror movie Ringu/The Ring. Watching a “cursed” VHS tape gives the person 7 days to live (unless they “pass it on” by giving the tape to someone else, who watches it)
I’ve seen both but am terrible with movie references.
Nothing says YUM like burnt dirt.
lol tea-sipper… No kidding. Ick.
This tea might not have been very good, but your review was excellent!
I dropped the rest of this box in the break room tea stash. I am cruel, haha!
The only thing that could’ve been worse than living it in the breakroom tea stash would be writing “SEVEN DAYS” in an ominous font across the front of the box.
I think perhaps that went over my head, Mastress Alita.
Reference to Japanese (and American remade) horror movie Ringu/The Ring. Watching a “cursed” VHS tape gives the person 7 days to live (unless they “pass it on” by giving the tape to someone else, who watches it)
I’ve seen both but am terrible with movie references.