I finally got around to trying this iced – I dumped the last of the leaf in a pitcher and let it steep in the fridge for about eight or so hours. It’s definitely more flavorful and interesting than the hot tea, and I imagine it would make a really good base for tea drinks …
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2013
Miss Saigon – Bönor & blad
Another tea I didn’t ‘technically need’, yet another discount I wanted to use before leaving the country. This is a good one, though – I find it really original. It might be all about the carrot – I can’t remember if I’ve ever tried a carrot tea before. Deconstructing the dry tea is a challenge; …
Thé du Hammam – Palais des Thés
Thé du Hammam, we meet again – I reviewed the rooibos a couple of months back: http://gluttonette.com/?p=258. I am unsure whether or not that’s too high a grade in light of my recent love affair with Mariage Frères and their Rouge Provence, but we’ll see. The green version smells beautiful; sweet, floral and fruity. In the …
Yuzu Temple – Mariage Frères
So my friend had allegedly (the guys at the Selfridge’s location are always so slithery – sweet, but still very very slithery) bought too many sweet, fruity and floral teas, so the sample she got when she asked to try something not on her shopping list was Yuzu Temple. I steeped this a little hot, …
Mareld (Mareel) – Tehörnan
I don’t technically ‘need’ this tea, particularly not as I’m moving back to Italy tomorrow morning and plan on bringing every single leaf I own, but hey, I had a discount coupon. (Any excuse is valid when it comes to tea.) Adding this in translation was a bit more of a challenge than it usually …
Kaktusfikon (Prickly pear) – Tehörnan
The scent of the dry tea is dominated by a very melony note of prickly pear. On sight it’s definitely a rooibos, but eyes closed it smells pale green. I prefer keeping my eyes open, though, as it’s such a pretty tea – riddled with perfect little rose buds and chunks of fruit. In the …
Ripe Mango Oolong – Lupicia
This tea just kills me. The first time I made it, I was on holiday in Maui and got distracted by something (so many tall, tanned distractions in Maui) leaving the poor oolong to steep for 25 minutes. It was SO bitter… and it was still so good I couldn’t help drinking it. Then I …
Goji-havtorn (Gojiberry & Sea-buckthorn) – Bönor & blad
The dry tea smells absolutely gorgeous. There’s fruit with a kick of sweetness, followed by that characteristic sea-buckthorn tea scent that’s so hard to characterize. (The wet tea leaves smell like waterlogged puffed rice!) In the cup, the scent is more vegetal than sweet, again in the typical manner of sea-buckthorn brews. The sweet fruity …
Fruites del bosc – Tea Shop of East West Company
I’m cheating just a bit – I had this before, but as an after-dinner tea to accompany raspberry sorbet. It turned the whole thing into the most berryful of orgies, so I didn’t bother with a tasting note. I still find flavoured black teas slightly overwhelming at times. There’s just so much of everything. Then …
Vert Provence – Mariage Frères
Much like in the case of Rouge Provence, this is a tea I gifted someone who ended up hogging it relentlessly – you know, ‘I swear I saved some for you, but then I was all out of tea and I HAD to drink it!’ (Uh-huh.), so it does seem it has a certain suave appeal. In …