351 Tasting Notes
Additional notes.
After my sample, last year, I had picked up 10 more little disks of this shortly after. I hadn’t got around to drinking more until yesterday. I am still working on sipdowns of the tea that I got too much of. >.<
This time instead of gongfu, I went for 10 ounces for 30 secs, 1m, 2m It has still had a thick taste, very fruity with berries, stone fruits, citrus, very malty flavor. Not so floral this time, and crisp citrus aftertaste. Notes of honey, a heavier molasses, and light spice notes. It was a pleasant afternoon tea. It is heavy on the energy (caffeine) but I love that. I got so much more work accomplished lol. So beware. I had energy all the way until 4 am. I don’t get jittery or anything with it, it just good energy to me.
I now know 10 people with COVID19. The latest is a beautiful family, Aaron’s cousin, who got is from her husband who had to work, they didn’t practice safe distancing at the work place, and now they have it and all their four little kids. Tragic times. So stay safe out there.
Flavors: Berries, Citrusy, Fruity, Honey, Malt, Molasses, Spices, Stonefruits
Preparation
I’ve had this for forever but like many others, I haven’t written anything, just rated it. It’s very sweet like some of the other David’s Tea that I bought. I have only bought four so keep that in mind hehe. I have to do a fast rinse before drinking it for my taste buds. After a flash rinse. I brew it as recommended.
The banana is very creamy, that’s what I taste in the beginning. If I don’t rinse, I don’t taste it much but more sweetness. Then at the end of the sip, I get a quick grapefruit note. Neither is really that strong. It’s well-balanced. It sounds like a weird mixture but it doesn’t taste weird and the notes are well separated… meaning I didn’t get a weird muted mix but two distinct flavor notes. I love banana and I love grapefruit so this has always been a nice cup of tea. When I make it cold brew (I still have to do a flash rinse before), I don’t really get any of the citruses but more banana.
P.S. I wish I could change my profile. It’s really old and things have changed >.<. After I made it, I never was able to edit it (maybe once?) other than my picture. Tangent, I know. :P
Flavors: banana, Creamy, Grapefruit, Sweet
Preparation
Huh, I wonder why you are having profile edit problems? Maybe it’s a newer member thing? I think many of the Steepster problems have been more with newer members. I wish you could edit it though.
I just edited my profile and it worked fine for me, but I have been a member for over 6 years so maybe that’s why. The only problem I’m having at the moment is that my ‘notices’ tab won’t open, so I’ve got 700 notifications every time I log in!
It could be. I think I’ve been here for a little over a year. I can’t change it on my phone or on my laptop. There is what a get: Error 503 first byte timeout
first byte timeout
Guru Mediation:
Details: cache-dca17781-DCA 1588813068 974986809
I did actually get that a couple of days ago, but I refreshed the page and it’s been fine ever since
Thanks, Nattie. I’ll keep trying. :D
I have same trouble with editing profile :/
I tried to send a message to Inkling earlier and got the error screen but it turned out that it had actually sent anyway. Maybe try adding a test word or two to your profile and see if it saves despite the error message?
Nattie, I do that each time. I just tried it now, same thing. I’m sorry you’re having the same issue too, Martin!
Private messaging has not worked well for me in Google Chrome, but is fine a different browser (Microsoft Edge is OK, at least on my laptop).
gmathis, the only way I can private message without getting that error is to save one private message link from an email notification, then I can get to it.
I’ve been making sporadic attempts to update my profile info and have been having problems myself. I doubt that the age of one’s account has anything to do with it, because I’ve been here a little over four years and have the same issues. I can usually receive private messages, but I can hardly ever reply to them. For some reason, I can also not consistently make edits to my postings after submission. Oh yeah, I also still get constant 503 errors when I try to log in, and my content often gets eaten when I try to post anything. Am I the only person having all these problems? I find it hard to believe that I am, but I also notice that different people complain about having different issues with their accounts. I have often found it weird that so many of us seem to express frustration with the varying degrees of frequency and severity of different issues experienced on the same platform.
eastkyteaguy Nope, you’re definately not alone. I stay logged in for that purpose. Sometimes if something happens and I get logged out, I run into 503 errors and there are times I think I’ll never be able to get back in again. Same with posts. I still can’t talk in the forum either. I can read them though but if I post there, it gives me the 503.
eastkyteaguy – I was actually thinking that it was easier on accounts MUCH older than four years though – like ten years. But that is just my crazy theory, as I have some of the problems you mentioned anyway.
Kawaii433 – If you ever want me to post something in the forum on your behalf, let me know!
Thanks for the offer, tea-sipper, I will remember that if I need something posted :D
I used to be able to post to the forums on this account, and then within the last few weeks, lost that ability. I made a brand-new, crap account (mastressalitaclone), and that account can post to the forums… so age of the account definitely has nothing to do with what errors seem to manifest for a person…
Mastress Alita Thanks for the info. That clears that question up.
It’s a very relaxing cup of tea with nice toasted rice and a seaweed-marine aroma. The liquor was a somewhat cloudy, golden yellow with green hues. The taste is delightful. A tasty genmaicha with very light bitterness and light astringency, delicately sweet but nothing artificial. Strong notes of toasted popped rice, popcorn, umami, vegetal, a delicate subtle sencha.
I’ve had it hot and cold brew. The cold brew has no bitterness. I prefer it hot.
Hope you are all doing well. :D
Flavors: Popcorn, Rice, Seaweed, Toasted Rice, Toasty, Umami
Preparation
Hope you are well, too! (:
Thank you, Nattie! I’m doing well. <3
hmm, they call this herbal but there is sencha?
tea-sipper True lol. Never thought about that. Definitely has Sencha in it!
I would expect “Genmaicha Herbal Tea” to be just the genmai (rice) which is actually a thing you can get in Japan, to either steep as a tea in and of itself or as an additive (I like them in houjicha).
Mixed reviews on this one hehe. I like it.
Thank you so much tea-sipper for sending me this. As many of you say, it is chocolatey but I really like the roasty toasty nutty flavor. It’s on the light side of maple but although I like maple, I don’t require very much of the taste to make things I eat or drink tasty. For example, on pancakes, I just spread a tablespoon on the top pancake lol. I wish I could say the same about butter! I can drown it in butter and be a happy camper. I’m a salty over sweet type of person so this tea was very very good to me. It is one of my favorites out of the whole wonderful package that tea-sipper sent me awhile ago. I’m going to put it on my wishlist for the future.
Hope all is well and safe with you.
Flavors: Chocolate, Cocoa, Creamy, Nuts, Roasted, Roasted nuts, Vanilla
Preparation
I have quite a bit of different Dan Cong tea from Yunnan Sourcing. After trying most of them, and other vendors as well… I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not the vendor but Dan Cong tea just isn’t for me. It’s far too flowery, perfumey-like for me. So please note that in my rating. You may find it to be a 95 if you love Dan Cong oolong. ^^
Setting that aside, hehe, the tea has large leaves that have a roasted aroma. The liquor is a deep clear brown with the aroma of stonefruits, honey. It has a thick mouthfeel, rich flavor, fruity with hints of stonefruits (peach, apricot) and apple notes. It’s quite flowery, has roasted seeds notes with notes of the sweetness of honey. There is a very long lingering taste of orchid at the end, a floral finish.
6g, 212℉, 110ml, 8 steeps: rinse, 10s, 15s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 60s, 90s, 120s
Stay safe out there!
Flavors: Floral, Flowers, Fruit Tree Flowers, Fruity, Honey, Peach, Perfume, Stonefruits
Preparation
Quick additional notes: I finally tried it with a little half and half (1T in 16 oz), and one small drop of honey. It’s wonderful this way for a night drink. You still get the tart aftertaste followed with more creaminess. It balances it out even more to me. I know I said I was going to try it as a latte but haven’t got there quite yet lol. I’m drinking a lot of my TeaVivre teas lately, and feeling for them and other companies whose businesses are affected by Coronavirus.
Flavors: Creamy, Nutty, Strawberry
Preparation
Very nice. :D Thank you tea-sipper!
Notes of baked bread, light caramel, vanilla, multiple fruit notes of berries, stonefruits, maybe some cherry notes. A little sweetness but not overwhelmingly so, malty, pretty bold and with a tsp of cream it was wonderful for breakfast. My darn stomach doesn’t like tea in the morning so much anymore /cry.
I hope you are all doing good. I’ve become quite a review-voyeur lol since I’m still working on sipdowns. I’m enjoying all of your reviews <3 as always.
Flavors: Berries, Caramel, Creamy, Dark Chocolate, Fruity, Honey, Stonefruits, Vanilla
Preparation
Glad you like it! Their older flavoring for this was even better. I hope your stomach improves for your morning tea!
Aww hehe well this one was very good so I am happy with it. Thank you! I am kind of getting used to a tsp of cream in my morning coffee. Since I started trying flavored, that’s what I drink in the morning since they go well with cream. After that, it seems I can drink any tea straight. :D
I still have a little TOL left…have never tried it with milk. We may have to remedy that very soon!
gmathis Let me know how you like it :D
I did and I did!
hehe :D
Dried leaves smelled of dried grass. Long light brown leaves. Liquor is medium amber with a molasses aroma. I like this tea a lot better gongfu. It’s rather complex so it changes throughout the infusions. Beginning with malt, sweet potato, molasses, a little mushroom and then as the infusions continued… A little cocoa, caramel, honey, and mineral notes. Sweet potato, malt, some baked bread throughout the infusions. I can’t determine what type of spice but there is a little spice in the finish (cloves?) and a cooling feeling on the tongue as well. Almost mint but not quite. If you like Yunnan black tea, you may want to give this one a try. ^^
6g, 212℉, 110ml
7 steeps: rinse, 10s, 15s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 60s, 90s, 120s
Flavors: Baked Bread, Cocoa, Malt, Molasses, Spices, Sweet Potatoes, Sweet, warm grass
Preparation
Sipdown. Boy, are my sipdowns super slow. In the beginning, I bought way too much of a tea at a time.
The dry leaf smelled good, sweet caramel aroma. It brewed to a pretty deep red, liquor smells of caramel. To me though, the flavor came off as artificial. I do like that it wasn’t overly sweet, but this caramel/toffee flavor rooibos just wasn’t for me. To be fair, I admit that I’m not a huge fan of rooibos and I drink it for health purposes. The strawberry is by far the best of the three.
Preparation western brew: 12oz, 212 ºF, 5g, 5 mins
Flavors: Caramel, Sweet, Toffee
Preparation
The first time I tried it Cameron B. sent me some. Ah, I got to try this again. Thank you TeaSipper! Lightly cinnamon, just the right amount. I love Cinnamon but not overly done cinnamon that it masks all the other flavors. This was just right. Freshly baked apple hints, french toast, maple goodness, buttery, bready… And not overly sweet at all. Nice balance. This time I tried it was a splash of heavy cream. Oh my, a delicious breakfast for me today hehe.
Flavors: Apple, Baked Bread, Butter, Cinnamon, Maple, Sweet, Toast
My sister in law has contracted it too. It is a bad virus we have here.
mrmopar, I hope your sister-in-law gets better fast. Aaron’s mom got it almost 8 weeks ago, and she is still on oxygen. It’s really sad. She got it from his husband who was traveling back from work on an airplane. They both have been struggling since.
This fricken virus. I’m so sorry mrmopar and Kawaii433.
tea-sipper, thank you.<3
My cousin and his wife supposedly both have it. My aunt has also been in isolation due to an outbreak at her workplace. She seems fine though. It’s been weeks since she was potentially exposed to the virus, and thankfully, she has had no symptoms and no one who lives with her has gotten sick.
Oh, thank goodness she has the mild version, eastkyteaguy <3