Just a random tasting note from HCMC. Tasty milk tea, added a bit of sweetener as this was technically my dessert. Weather all balmy, nice to be back. Considering sneaking a midnight swim in the closed pool, but I’ve hit four countries today and worry there might be some kind of time-space vortex at the bottom …
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January 2014
Cookie – Lupicia
Stuff has a tendency to add up and I don’t want to stand here in a few months with the realization I would need 8 full boxes to escape with even half my stuff. So I’m doing the responsible thing and am bringing two suitcases home with me – one full of stuff I can’t …
Momoko – Lupicia
Steepster was right, this is almost too good cold-steeped. Hot, many of Lupicia’s teas are fun, happy, playful teas to me – but cold, just as many reach this whole new level of exquisite. This is one of those teas, and it’s a huge treat to get to try it with the last (almost, I …
La Poire – Palais des Thés
I’ve been ridiculously busy – lousy timing, since I have samples from a Steepster friend that I want to try and write elaborate tasting notes for, but, alas, no such luck. Okay, so looking back at the previous notes for this, I’ve really fiddled about with the rating. And it’s seemingly a never-ending story, because …
Tsugaru Green – Lupicia
I wasn’t going to drink this until tomorrow, but it was so appley and all-around tasty already that I couldn’t resist. Great tea for a cold steep – light, fresh, and crisp, like drinking a liquefied apple cloud. (Which, I guess, would technically be an apple rain, but nevermind.) Perfection. Cold-steeped, a few hours
Ripe Mango Oolong – Lupicia
This tea, this tea, this tea. I know exactly when I first made it, how cool the counter was against my fingertips, where we went for dinner that day, what the text message I wrote just then said (you were barely awake; maybe I woke you up; oh you), and what this smelled like. Exactly what …
Momoko – Lupicia
This one is also still very good, in spite of having been a travel tea on more than one occasion. I think there’s enough left for a cold steep of this one as well. I didn’t think I’d drink cold tea again for a while, but it’s 15 C/59 F in Rome, and very balmy; …
Strawberry & Vanilla – Lupicia
Oh, these were the saddest leftovers – just tea dust, really, enough for one cup, barely. And forgotten in a plastic bag since some time in October, no less. Insanely, it smells great, and tastes quite acceptable. Still my favourite strawberry. Thankfully, I restocked when I was in Santa Clara, but I clearly don’t need to open …
Apple & Berry – Lupicia
This is the last of this – me and my friend did a good job cleaning out the most of this tin when we were huddled under the covers in autumnal Venice. It did an exceptional job being our foremost biennale tea, however. This is a potential restock in spite of its lower grade, because …
Tsugaru Green – Lupicia
It’s been a while since I had this – I’ve been too busy trying new teas. I’m impressed by how well Lupicia’s flavored greens have held up for this 1+ year I’ve had them. This one has lost some scent and flavor, but it’s far from flat or stale. Either way, it’s time to start …