This whole Dammann Frères experience is turning a little too existential and emotional. I just wanted to drink some tea, okay? And now I’m forced to reminisce about my dead grandmother and maybe even reevaluate my whole outlook on black teas. I’m packing my trans-Atlantic suitcase right now; I don’t have time for these shenanigans! But fine. …
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Pu-erh Gourmand – Dammann Frères
I wasn’t going to have another cup today, but then someone dangled a delicious-sounding tasting note in front of me and splat. This smells insane. Going by the dry tea alone I understand all the hype when it comes to the famed Dammann Frères caramel notes, because this is all lush caramel and vanilla… and …
Green Summer Tea – A.C. Perch’s
So for my very first attempt with this tea, I (gasp) followed the instructions against both my better judgment and a Danish Steepsterer’s recommendation. There are at least two more brews to get out of this sample, so it seemed like a good place to start. Following the instructions in this case, resulted in an 80C-steep for …
Noël à Pékin – Dammann Freres
Interestingly, if you compare the English and French descriptions for this black-green blend, there is no mention of citrus (or, well, agrumi) oils in the translation – I picked this as the first to try from my Instant-Thé tea haul, as it smelled so strongly of blood orange – which I can never keep my hands …
Green Japanese Bamboo (Grøn japansk Bambusthe) – A C Perch’s
Uhm, nom. This smells delicious in the bag, like a bamboo caramel fruit cup (although I have a feeling that particular flavor combination wouldn’t exactly fly out of the fruit cup aisle). I kind of adore this, although I steeped it very sloppily, so it might just be a happy mistake. I mainly get bamboo …
Bailey Cream – A.C. Perch’s
So this is Bailey Cream, not Bailey’s Cream, and in the English description on the website they don’t even bother with the capital letter. So what exactly is a ‘bailey’? At least the Danish copy is a little more forthcoming: Cremet Bailey the. So silly – why not just call it Irish Cream instead of doing a half-assed attempt at …
White Symphony – A.C. Perchs Thehandel
Hm, interesting – I didn’t have high hopes for the White Mulberry (What’s a white mulberry, anyway? What’s its purpose?) and there were no reviews to read, really, but I ended up absolutely loving it – this one, on the other hand, was talked up by a certain T, so I thought it would be something …
Vanilla Orchid – David’s Tea
This is a very light, bright oolong – I tend to favour riper, fruitier ones as they always seem to infuse the flavoured tea with depth and dimension. Accordingly, this comes off a little flat to me. This is my second time trying it – the first time around I brewed at 90C, with a …
Buttered Rum – David’s Tea
Oh, here we go. Last time around, I made this with boiling water and steeped for 4 minutes. This attempt, 90C and 5 minutes. The scent of the tea is completely different this time – yesterday I wondered why everyone was talking about coconut, when the body was all malt… but now it’s like getting into the …
Buttered Rum – David’s Tea
This poor tea. I got it in the mail today from my friend C, who is a very lovely and brilliant man, but with a fairly limited understanding of the reign of sheer violence and horror that is inter-European shipping. So like the nice, innocent Canadian he is, he put two David’s Tea (yes, I …