This was just as beautiful as the last time around – a light, elegant, floral pick-me-up. It’s struck me on several occasions that many of these greens from Mariage Frères would probably be excellent iced, but somehow they appeal to me more brewed hot. I think back at chilly winters in Paris, I guess, whereas …
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September 2013
Pleine Lune – Mariage Frères
How to decide what tea would go best with the last ever episode of Breaking Bad? There was just no way. I chose the last of this sample purely for symbolic reasons – so the dregs of my first ever batch of Pleine Lune would go down with Mr. White. I have nothing left to …
La Poire – Palais des Thés
This was not, in fact, the one I dropped into the pitcher (see the previous note) but I’m going to give it its five points back, because I’ve had massive cravings for this one lately. I feel like I’m cheating, because I usually write one tasting note per… what? What do I call it? Leaf …
Paradise Green – Lupicia
Right, so someone on Steepster recently talked about wanting to try this one iced, so I figured I’d be a helpful little tea reviewer and give it a shot. And I did. And forgot about it completely. So I think this cold-steeped for a little over 24 hours. I assumed there would be at least …
Kiwi-vanilj (Kiwi Vanilla) – Kränku
So I tried this one with a longer steep at a lower temperature, and it definitely enhanced the flavour. Boiling water kills the delicate vanilla/kiwi flirtation to a far larger extent. Next time I’ll try it a little hotter, maybe at 80C, mostly to see if I can squeeze any more kiwi notes out of …
Paradise Green – Lupicia
So little time for tea right now. I sipped this during a seminar on ceramic Etruscan roof tiles. And that was honestly one of the highlights of my day, so it’s just that kind of week. Boiling, 1 min 30
Pleine Lune – Mariage Frères
Some post-party Pleine Lune. (The actual moon is probably just around 90% full, but close enough.) Boiling, 4 min
Raspberry Mint Herbal – Teavana
The last time I drank this (http://gluttonette.com/?p=265) I got ridiculously sleepy, so I obviously need to see if it was just the horrors of moving house, or if the tea actually has some slumber-inducing effect. This time around I got some more mint in the cup (and a whole raspberry) and I find myself liking …
Ume vert by Lupicia
I am completely conflicted when it comes to this tea. Like someone else wrote in a Steepster review, this is not the plum that might first come to the Euro-/NA-centric mind, but the ume – the green, tart, Japanese plum. The umeboshi referred to in that review (bear in mind I’m by no means an …
Marco Polo – Mariage Frères
I already wrote a tasting note for the green Marco Polo, which can be found here: http://gluttonette.com/?p=323. Just like I emphasized there, I tend to pick out teas going on scent alone. That, in its turn, means I rarely, if ever, read others’ reviews or tasting notes before logging my own impressions. This is yet another …