276 Tasting Notes

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drank Gold by Teekanne
276 tasting notes

Strong malty and earthy aroma.
Very malty and a bit earthy in taste, quite rich, a bit astringent.
Not bad for a mass produced tea, yet nothing spectacular.

Flavors: Earth, Malt

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 2 g 8 OZ / 250 ML

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71

Strong ginger and nice lemon grass in aroma, slight peppery notes, a little liquorice.
Very subtle green tea in taste, disctinct spicy notes from ginger and pepper, a lot of lemon undertones.

Good, balanced, the adjuncts only slightly dominate the proper tea, very refreshing.

Flavors: Lemon, Lemon Zest, Lemongrass, Licorice, Pepper

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 5 min, 0 sec 2 g 7 OZ / 200 ML

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52
drank Strawberry by Pickwick
276 tasting notes

Very strong but rather artificial strawberry aroma, like in sweets.
Nice, maltish base, subtle strawberry notes (in taste they seem more natural).
The overall impression is not bad, especially for a Pickwick.

Flavors: Malt, Strawberry

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 5 min, 30 sec 2 g 7 OZ / 200 ML

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60

It really smells like warm, freshly baked lemon macaroons! With subtle green tea notes in the background.
It’s not sweet. The base green tea is not high quality, of course, but it’s quite discernible. There are strong lemon peel notes (not sour) and strong biscuit notes.

Not bad (for Lipton).

Flavors: Cake, Fruity, Lemon Zest

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 3 min, 30 sec 2 g 7 OZ / 200 ML

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65
drank Sweet Chai by Yogi Tea
276 tasting notes

Aroma is very heavy with anise and licorice, with some cinnamon, cloves and pepper notes.

The taste is obviously quite sweet, really peppery, with strong anise and cinnamon.

Can be really good with a splash of milk.

Flavors: Anise, Black Pepper, Cinnamon, Clove, Licorice, Pepper, Spicy, Sweet

Preparation
Boiling 7 min, 0 sec 2 g 200 OZ / 5914 ML

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60

Cardamom, cinnamon, licorice, black pepper and orange peel dominate the aroma.

The taste is distinctly sweet from licorice, with strong cinnamon, cardamom and orange peel notes, with a little ginger in the background.

Nice and warming.

Flavors: Black Pepper, Cardamon, Cinnamon, Licorice, Orange Zest

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec 2 g 7 OZ / 200 ML

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85

Very strong and refreshing lemon aroma, subtle green tea notes in the background.
Assertive, strong, slightly tart green tea notes dominate the taste. Lemon notes are in the backgroud, stronger than subtle aloe vera.
All in all the tea is very good and well composed. Lemon and aloe vera do not dominate, the main focus is definitely on the green tea.

Flavors: Citrusy, Grass, Lemon, Tart

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 5 min, 0 sec 2 g 7 OZ / 200 ML

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drank Amazingly Grey by Lipton
276 tasting notes

Obviously in aroma I expected a lot of bergamot, but it’s lemon that dominates, along with slight earthy notes reminiscent of pu-erh.
The taste is also a bit earthy, but mainly bland, with only slight notes of lemon and bergamot.

They are claiming that “Lipton Amazingly Grey Tea is how Lipton does Early Grey”. Well, in that case they’re doing it wrong. The tea is barely “Grey” and definitely not “Amazing”. far from amazing, actually.

Flavors: Bergamot, Earth, Lemon

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec 2 g 7 OZ / 200 ML

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63
drank Vanilla Tea by Lipton
276 tasting notes

Distinct vanilla aroma, doesn’t seem artificial, a bit sweet, reminds of vanilla ice cream. Slight malty and earthy notes in the background.
The taste is only slightly flavored, vanilla only compliments black tea notes.

Flavors: Earth, Malt, Vanilla

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 2 g 7 OZ / 200 ML

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35

Very rich aroma. Liquorice, cocoa beans, fennel, cinnamon, cardamon, traces of mint, nutty flavours.
Distinctly sweet from liquorice, with subtle but nicely complementing cocoa notes, some spices, cinnamon mainly. Unfortunately, chilli is only on a threshold level. If I didn’t know that it is included, maybe I wouldn’t sense it. It should be called “Sweet liquorice and spices”, so despite it being quite good, I canl;t honestly recommend it.

Flavors: Cardamon, Cinnamon, Cocoa, Fennel, Licorice, Mint, Nuts

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 5 min, 0 sec 2 g 7 OZ / 200 ML

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I drink tea almost all the time.

However, my tea drinking can be divided into two main categories.

1. I work a lot at my computer and when I work, I need to always have tea at hand. That’s when I drink bag varieties, mostly black blends, often corporate ones. They need to be at least drinkable, of course, but I don’t focus on the taste much, though I don’t go below a certain level…

2. When I read (and read a lot) or when I’m just relaxing, I savor tea. That’s when the better varieties come into play, that’s when I use leafs instead of bags, that’s when I really focus on what I’m drinking.

I’m Polish, temporarily living in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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