I can’t quite explain this tea. I stumbled over the just-opened Mariage Frères store in London in the fall. I sniffed my way through everything they had. I definitely wasn’t going to buy another rooibos. The only thing I walked away with was this. What gives, Gluttonette? I gifted the one I bought to a …
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Nine Dragon Golden Needle Black Tea – Teavana
This is tea #3 from the selection of four I first talked about in this post: http://gluttonette.com/?p=265 I’ve had various golden needle teas before, but I’ve never brewed them myself. The long, spiky leaves aren’t really ideal for a one-cup infuser, but it worked out. I was struck by a brief wave of OCD desire to steep them …
Precious White Peach – Teavana
I find this (Christmas sale) tea frustrating. It’s full of promise – it’s beautifully chunky with fruit and it smells so, so good. There’s just no way all that lusciousness could be lost on the way to the cup. And yet it is. Following the on-bag instructions for the hot brew produces a nearly incomprehensibly …
Goji tranbär (Goji Cranberry) – Tehörnan
What I wrote about basic, everyday rooibos teas in this post is applicable here as well: http://gluttonette.com/?p=277 This was my go-to rooibos in the fall, and consequently I have only just a little left. I thought I’d top this canister right up again, but after drinking it nearly back-to-back with the champagne and cream from the …
Tsugaru Green – Lupicia
This is the first apple tea I tried (that wasn’t of the super-sweetened Turkish variety) that I really enjoyed. To my nose, there is nothing artificial about the scent of the leaves – this is exactly what it smells like when you’re in your autumn kitchen, peeling harvested apples for jams and chutneys. Long, fragrant …
Vanilla Rhubarb – Friggs
Oh, this poor tea. Forgotten at the back of the cupboard. Best before July 2012. Then again, the bags are individually packed in plastic, and what could possibly be better than some half-stale, artificially flavoured rooibos in the evening? It’s organic, after all! Flavour wise, very wet cardboard. That might just be age, though, but …
Uppsalablandning (Uppsala blend) – Tehörnan
So this is the local Uppsala blend – I don’t know if it’s specific for Tehörnan, or if I can find it in other tea shops around town. I got it as a gift when I bought something else – this is definitely not something I would pick out. It smells vaguely spicy in the …
Apple & Berry – Lupicia
I’m generally a big fan of Lupicia’s fruity/floral green teas, but this isn’t one of their best. It does smell very good in the bag, although it’s more of a generic, slightly chemical fruit aroma. Thankfully, the chemical note does not in any way carry through into the brewed tea – I’ve never come across …
Champagne Grädd Rooibos (Champagne & Cream Rooibos) – Tehörnan
When I first started out seriously drinking tea (and by that I mean actually emptying the cup, rather than pretending to sip and making faces of disgust when no one was looking) it was always rooibos, and always to accompany something else. So when I find myself drinking straight-forward, sturdy rooibos these days, it’s always …
Ginger Lemon Green Tea – Kusmi Tea
I’m used to drinking this one bagged – I got a mixed set of Kusmi tea bags from my friend E., and this was the one that really did it for me. When the airport lounge I spend most of my transfer time at started stocking it, too, it somehow turned into one of my …