I figured this would be one of Lupicia’s candy oolongs – see, I’ve found there are two main categories. The candy oolongs are all rolled oolongs, and all over the top in terms of bursting-with-flavour fruitiness – like the Melon Oolong, or this one. They all have added pieces of something reminding me of those …
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Chestnut – Lupicia
How utterly weird – this is so much closer to what I expected the Milk Caramel I tried yesterday to be. And may I say wow. This is a very impressive tea. In the bag it smells like a gooey, chestnutty bread pudding. There is a toffee-like quality to it, too, which carries through right …
Kotobuki – Lupicia
I had no special hopes for this one – I know I’m beginning to sound like a broken record here, but this order was the first time I purchased from Lupicia without doing the full-on, in-store smelling thing, so I really just picked out things that could just as easily be a miss. In the …
Cerisier Vert – Lupicia
I already told you about the liquid, cherry-flavoured penicillin that was forced upon me when I was but a tiny Gluttonette, so I will spare you a rerun. Keywords like, ‘very vomity’, ‘traumatized’, and ‘still terrified of Dr. Pepper’ might help jog your memory. Artificial cherry flavouring, hence, is about as far from what I …
Houji Fruits – Lupicia
Oh, oh, oh, so nice. You remember that little Apricot Houji burial that took place at Fiumicino a while back? This one has that same perfectly balanced smooth houijicha base with the addition of fruitiness. Comparing this to the apricot is somewhat unfair – in that tea, one fruit was allowed the full range of …
Milk Caramel – Lupicia
This is interesting – I bought this with very low expectations, as it sounds so generic – I mean, caramel this or caramel that seems to be in everything – it’s hardly a novelty. Then again, it’s Lupicia, so I absolutely had to try it. In the bag, this is a boozefest – a very …
Decaf Momo – Lupicia
French Lupicia have renamed a lot of the teas on their website – Momo, for example, isn’t Momo, but Pêche blanche, which is well and all, but it’s confusing even for second-language-French, third-language-English me, so I’m going to add the French names to the tea description – I hope this is okay with everyone. Thankfully, …
Montagne de Jade – Mariage Frères
I’m so unteaful right now it’s silly. I had a pot of this the other day; it was really nice and made me want more tea, but then I… didn’t have more tea. I don’t know if it’s because I relate tea drinking so much to writing tasting notes now. At the moment all the …
Thé des Impressionnistes – Mariage Frères
Okay, so I had a pot of this today, and it’s a little too perfumey and handcreamy for a whole pot, at least that early in the morning. Boiling, 1 min 30.
Cookie – Lupicia
This week’s Tuesday seminar tea was Cookie. Great seminar, lovely tea, and I’m really, really busy right now. I miss you, tea reviews! I miss you, tea! Kbye.