When we were at Dagnino this weekend, I also picked up some samples (and possibly a tin of something, but I will admit to nothing). They sell single bags for €1, which is pretty fair if you just want to try something out. I’ve always been curious about this one, and I’ve been craving rooibos lately …
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Mariage Frères
Montagne de Jade – Mariage Frères
I’m so unteaful right now it’s silly. I had a pot of this the other day; it was really nice and made me want more tea, but then I… didn’t have more tea. I don’t know if it’s because I relate tea drinking so much to writing tasting notes now. At the moment all the …
Thé des Impressionnistes – Mariage Frères
Okay, so I had a pot of this today, and it’s a little too perfumey and handcreamy for a whole pot, at least that early in the morning. Boiling, 1 min 30.
Rouge Provence – Mariage Frères
I had Em and M (I did not do that on purpose) over for dinner and we had a pot of this because Em was all ‘no caffeine because sleep no caf no caf hyper’. And M, who stayed in my apartment while I was away was all, ‘okay so I found your tea stash and are …
Montagne de Jade – Mariage Frères
I’m drinking this tea out of my new birthday mug, and it’s been poured from my new birthday teapot. I have named the latter Freddie, after the character Freddie Miles in The Talented Mr. Ripley, because it’s fat-yet-elegant, showy and has weird colouring. Birthdays aren’t very gifty to me, unlike Christmas – I’d rather get …
Pleine Lune – Mariage Frères
A birthday week tea rerun (trearun?). I figured this would pair well both with the chocolate cake and the almond cake in case someone else wanted tea. It was so nice to get to see everyone in the same room for once – we all work very different hours and the building is pretty big. …
Wedding Impérial – Mariage Frères
The all-faves birthday week tea consumption concept clearly calls for some more Mariage Frères. If you’re still on the fence about getting this, and like Cookie, or if you’re on the fence about getting Cookie, and like this – Cookie is like Wedding Impérial with popcorn. Now I’m off to pick up cakes number 1, …
Samouraï – Mariage Frères
I remember reading a Steepster friend’s note for this four months back and laughing so hard at the following, “…have no idea why they call it samouraï, I can’t think of anything less samurai like than this tea.” Now I’m sitting here with the remaining half of her hard-earned sample – there’s no way I …
Rouge d’Automne – Mariage Frères
The rooibos version of this is one of my favourite reds, so I had to try the black. It has very little to do with the familiar one in my cupboard, though. Scent wise, the dry tea has a thick, buttery richness to it that I recognized so well but couldn’t quite place. And then it struck …
Jamaïque – Mariage Frères
Right, so how do I even explain the origin of this sample? Well, we’re doing the second round of the EU swap box, and a Steepster friend forgot to put one of the samples she wanted to send out in the box… so she sent an envelope, too, a few days later. Of course, seeing …