So yesterday, when I said I was going to make another pitcher, I did make another pitcher. And now I find myself having to make yet another pitcher, because this is so very good it seems to just evaporate all on its own. Sorry about the utter lack of variety in tasting notes at the …
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2013
White Temple Tea – A.C. Perch’s
This time around, I cold-steeped this, as opposed to cooling a hot-steeped tea. There’s definitely a difference, and for the better – it tastes clearer and lighter, and even the most delicate flavours seem crisper, more well-defined. Now this might be typical for cold-steeping versus cooling a hot-brewed tea of this kind, but I haven’t …
Studio 54 – Bönor & blad
So this, like Safari from the same company, was a tea I got for a friend, but as everything didn’t fit into the little travel kit I put together for her, I got stuck with some to try out for myself. (I am so unfortunate. Suffering. Really.) I was looking for the black equivalent of …
Momo Oolong Super Grade – Lupicia
I brewed this a little hotter than usual. This kicked the fruity notes down a notch, but really brought out the oolong base, which is ridiculously good. And it re-steeps so well. In my last review I reminded myself to try this cold. I hereby re-remind myself; I just have to finish the huge pitcher …
La Poire – Palais des Thés
I still stand by everything I wrote in my last tasting note for this tea, but as I have had so many quite exceptional greens lately, I feel inclined to drop my rating by five points (Quelle insolence!). I want to cold brew something today, though – if it’s this one I drop into the …
Pleine Lune – Mariage Frères
…and another steep and re-steep. I want to court this tea and love it very tenderly. Forever. Boiling, 3 min 30
Wedding Impérial – Mariage Frères
Steeped, and re-steeped. It just gets better. Boiling, 3 min 30
Rooibos Tropica – Teavana
The dry tea is pretty enough, flush with petals. Scent wise, a slightly chemical citrus dominates. Brewed, it smells a bit like citrus caramel, which makes me realize I’d really like to try a lemon caramel/lemon fudge tea in addition to all these more obvious lemon-ginger and lemon meringue combinations. In terms of taste, it’s …
Tokio – Lupicia
I could more or less copy and paste the review I wrote for Lupicia’s Apple & Berry: http://gluttonette.com/?p=279. It’s just not one of Lupicia’s best, but in all honesty that matters very little. Why? Because Lupicia’s green tea bases are so excellent, they still steep beautifully even when the flavouring is on the bland side. I’m …
Skogsdröm (Forest Dream) – Tehörnan
Okay, so this tea is a little worse for wear, as it’s been one of my travel teas – a slowly disintegrating bag of loose leaf I just cram into my carry-on and use for my thermos on flights and in hotels. It still smells really nice, though, both in the bag and brewed up. …