This tea would have fared better if it hadn’t been the last stop on my Dammann Frères journey. It’s a bit unfair, I know – I will try my best to keep an open mind. It’s just that both the dry tea and the steeped tea are saturated with this – as I have now …
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Christmas Tea Blanc – Dammann Frères
Haha, oh, wow. Flashback to childhood, white milky liquid penicillin. At the hospital they always said, ‘Oh, no small child can swallow pills this big,’ but I very happily did, seeing as the option was that terrifying milky-thick, fruit-flavored stuff. I’ve sort of gotten over artificial banana to some degree, but artificial cherry? Never. One sip of …
Nuit à Versailles – Dammann Frères
This is one of the most popular Dammann Frères blends, it seems – both in terms of ratings and sales. It makes sense – if DF’s overall concept appealed to me, I’d be really excited about this tea, too. Smelling the dry leaf is interesting – at first, it’s a rich, dreamy bouquet with all …
Christmas Tea Vert – Dammann Frères
Again, one of those Dammann teas that exploded with tasting notes after I added it to the database. It’s been a lot of fun reading reviews of teas I acquired completely blindly. In the bag, I get a strong, well-balanced cherry-orange. Definitely a nice combination for a Christmas tea, but, as always, the Dammann Frères …
Bali – Dammann Frères
If Bali smells like this, I need to go there (I need to go there, anyway, but still). This is what scented island-life travel ads would smell like – floral, fruity and with a dash of something boozy. The florals, however, amount mostly to a distinct rose flavour in the cup, drowning out the fruit …
Soleil Vert – Dammann Frères
This smells so very richly citrusy in the bag, it reminds me of the Malaco Fox lemon toffee candy I used to love as a kid. It’s a little too much, though, and it comes off as too artificial to me. Citrus is hard to get right, and the scents often land too close to …
Macaron Cassis Violette – Dammann Frères
This is a nice idea – currant, violet, macaron. Ideally, this would have a nice balance of berry notes from the currants, elegant florals from the violet and a sweet. light, pastry presence keeping the whole thing together. Nose wise, I mostly get violet, but also an almondy note, which, generously, could be deemed the …
1, 2, 3 je m’en vais au bois – Dammann Frères
I’m slowly going through the last of my untried DF teas, and I honestly feel like I’m writing the same review over and over. When I dipped into my Mariage Frères haul, I felt nothing of the kind. Not the slightest hint of it. Their greens all had completely different personalities, and put me in different mnemonic …
Dune d’Épices – Dammann Frères
Haha, I added this tea to the database a few months back, and now BOOM! A whole slew of tasting notes! That Dammann calendar has really been getting around, and I enjoy seeing so many people try their teas. I want to emphasize that translating ‘pain d’épices’ straight to ‘gingerbread’ is wrong – this is absolutely …
Mousson sur Hanoï – Dammann Frères
The base tea here looked really interesting – I didn’t recognize the leaf; apparently, it’s Vietnamese green tea. In the bag, I get bamboo and rose more than anything – in fact, I find this very rosey throughout, even in the cup. This is a bit of a mystery, seeing as there is no trace …