Ankara Apple from Bird & Blend Tea Co.
Istanbul was the last port on a very cold rainy cruise, part of my working vacation 5 moth experience. We were at port on the European side. I had three full days to explore the city go to hammans etc....
View ArticlePeach Apple Crisp from The Persimmon Tree Tea Company
My first taste of this was just Rooibos. This may be because this sample is a little old. As it cooled, I tasted pastry and cinnamon, with some baked fruit underneath. At this point the peach is more...
View ArticleLove from HYLEYS
This tea is quite a floral strawberry tea. The top note is a mix of rose and safflower, with the safflower dominant to the rose with its watermelon note this blends with a strawberry cream with the...
View ArticleLaoshan Black Tea Mellow Alpine Type from Quindao Laoshan Ling Xuan Tea
This tea doesn't live up to the quality of the other Laoshan tea I have. It requires hotter temperatures and longer steeping times, but it does have one of the strongest honey notes I have had in a...
View ArticleFujiian White Jasmine from Verdant Tea
The buds in this tea are not as white or as tightly closed as some Silver Needles, I've had and they are about the same length as Rishi's premium organic ones. The down on them is short and fuzzy and...
View ArticleAssam #8 from Tealux
Malt, sweet potato/roasted notes, hint of a floral note, and red fruit notes meet my nose. This tea smells more intense than the last time I made it. I used more leaf using about 1.75 TSP for 225 ml....
View ArticleNoël à Londres from Dammann Freres
This tea smells strongly of cinnamon, fruit, and pastry. The fruit is almost more cherry like (perhaps from the almond) than apple, but the apple is present. This is another one where the flavour is...
View ArticleRandom Steepings from Various Artists
2 tsp cocoa nibs 1 tsp soba cha, a couple thin slices of ginger, 4 small pods of cardamon, 1cm worth of cinnamon stick 3 arms of star anise. 1 clove @14 oz of water steeped for @6 min Not bad and chai...
View ArticlePassion Fruit from HYLEYS
This tea has a fruity, candy like passion fruit that smells almost creamy with a touch of mango. It produces a bright orange amber tea that may appear cloudy as actual passion fruit pulp is used. But...
View ArticleYunnan Special Gold Organic from Capital Tea Ltd.
I find that most of my Yunnan's fall between the spectrum of leathery spicy and honey fruity all with cocoa underneath, but each are unique in some ways. The crudest, roughest one has almost licorice...
View ArticleNoël à Venise from Dammann Freres
This tea tastes of lightly floral lemon pie filling with a sweetened aftertaste from the caramel. There is a hint of vanilla and cool sugary meringue note. A smooth base underneath, adds a bit of depth...
View Article2013 Handmade Jin Jun Mei from Ken Lee - Aliexpress dealer
This is one of my favourite all day teas. Its initial cups are bright and fruity and almost creamy, it lasts anywhere between 7-11 steeps,and it finishes in caramel honey. I haven't had it for a while...
View ArticleNoël à Prague from Dammann Freres
This one really does benefit from a longer steep time and from being allowed to cool to get the full benefit of its flavours. I steeped it for around 6 minutes this time with no ill effects. The tea...
View ArticleTaiwanese Wild Mountain Black from Butiki Teas
I'm really enjoying this bright and lovely tea this morning thanks to the generosity of *CrowKettle*. After a four minute steep I'm left with a sweet scent that is a blend of citrus, sweet fruit such...
View ArticleGolden Garden Estate FBOPF (EX-SP) from Capital Tea Ltd.
This is quite a nice Ceylon. It seems to lie between those Ceylon's that are sugary sweet, those that hold lots of citrus notes, and those with deep malt notes. It's a pretty well balanced cup, with...
View ArticleBlack Lavender from Herbal Infusions
This tea is kind of interesting. I' m not sure if it was quite what I was expecting, the flavouring is subtle and the base underneath is quite robust. The scent of the tea is a blend between vanilla,...
View ArticleYu Lu Yan Cha Black from Verdant Tea
I've been thoroughly enjoying this lovely tea all day today. I find it lays somewhere in between the two Xinyang Hong Chas I have. Appearance wise it is closer to the Yixiang tea version with black...
View ArticleGoût Russe Douchka from Dammann Freres
I'm enjoying this tea more and more as it cools and the flavours intensify at first it seemed a little mild. I really like strong Earl Greys. The ingredient list is bergamot and orange essential oils,...
View ArticleRandom Steepings from Various Artists
More lavender experiments... This time I used less than 1 tsp lavender 2 1cm thick slices of ginger A pinch of dried lemongrass I like it but I think I have to decide what I want to be in prominence...
View ArticleCharlotte au Chocolat from Dammann Freres
The dry tea smells very much like the dessert it's named after! Brewed for 4 minutes, the brewed tea smells of chocolate, and amaretto infused with a touch of wood smoke, with the smoke and some of the...
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