4754 Tasting Notes
I had forgotten that I had this! Found it the other day and had the most amazing cup of it – smoky, sweet, and just perfectly balanced. I had a second cup more recently, though, and I don’t think I hit the sweet spot – too hot, too much leaf, infused too long? – as it had some bitterness that had been completely absent in the previous cup.
I just realized that I have these weird fruit candies that block bitter receptors – I wonder what tea would taste like after having one of those?!
Roswell Strange – you have no notes on this tea? I find that odd. I got it recently (Mar 7, according to the bag), and was told it was fairly new? However, not super impressed by it, unfortunately. I’m hoping it was just user error, but have a feeling it’s just not a fantastic tea. It’s just… bland? DT has had some fantastic high-quality greens in recent years, so I assumed this would be the same.
I feel like this tea is very successful and true to its name… and because of that, I’m not a huge fan. It’s a very well-done grapefruit tea, though, with minimal bitterness, but grapefruit sometimes doesn’t work for me. However, I just had the bright idea to sweeten it a little; that might work really well?
Here’s the way I like it best (although, I must admit that I love grapefruit): I usually add a pinch (a teensy pinch) of kosher salt to the cup. This is the way I generally consume my grapefruit, with a light sprinkling of salt to the top of a halved grapefruit.
A little sugar (as you mentioned) might help bring out the brown sugar notes a bit more as well.
Uh, this is really yummy. It apparently fits right into my favourite little oolong niche of creamy yet savoury, not overly floral. It’s really delicious, not quite as creamy as a milk oolong, but more depth. If I get 50g of free tea and it’s still around, this is definitely my pick.
I don’t know that the blackberries really came through here, but I also maybe shouldn’t have put in milk, as it probably dulled the flavours. That said, I enjoyed the spice combination and will be happy to drink this again! Heavier on the cardamom and lighter on the cinnamon = the type of chai that I find quite enjoyable.
Oh yes, I am crazy about this tea. I think it might be the base more than the flavouring, but I’m definitely digging the combination, and steep every last flavour molecule out before tossing the leaves.
Upping the rating from 82 into the 90s, because I definitely would buy 4oz of this…
I was under the rather incorrect impression that this was going to be a blueberry tea, and was initially disappointed when I read otherwise, but the ingredients started to intrigue me – I don’t know that I’ve ever had a tea with powdered passion fruit before. It turned out to be a rather pleasant experience – I could distinctly taste the passionfruit, although the cacao and cayenne weren’t obvious (I drank this while working, though, so I also wasn’t paying a great deal of attention).
Probably not a tea I’d keep around, but it was tasty enough, and I’m interested to see if I can pull out some more flavours in round 2!
Recently got my box of teas from 52teas, containing a whole bunch of awesome things, so I’m slowly trying them all! A bright spot in all of this craziness.
Drank this tea today, unfortunately wasn’t a big fan – I’m finding that many orange-flavoured teas lately either taste like bubblegum or are bitter and cleaner-like; this tea falls into the former category for me. I did shake up the pouch a bit, but really only tasted bubblegum and missed any of the spicing (cinnamon, nutmeg) that is in the blend. We’ll see if I can improve it for future cups (maybe I didn’t mix it up well enough?)
