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Another finished tea today, and because it was single session sample from Kaylee not counted as a sipdown, though reduced from my cupboards. Thank you!

Although I am not a coffee drinker, I was somehow craving this tea. When I have opened the pouch, I knew it was a proper choice today. And it was rather the hazelnut than the coffee. I steeped it shortly, 3 minutes sounded enough for me; and I got just a lovely hazelnut cup with no bitterness from coffee. Honestly haven’t noticed that at all.
Also not much of the cake notes, it was rather like some hazelnut mousse or something, creamy and mild.

A sipdown! (M: 3 Y: 46)
As I wrote in previous note, this tea has gron on me and I like it more than I did before. Probably the base needed to air out, as well the orange and its flavouring used. Definitely better than first time tried.

Today, I finished my last 5 grams in the morning and it was refreshing but very bold and earthy in the same time, along with high caffeine content.

What all can change in two weeks since I was liast time home? Well, Probably most importantly, that our house is covered with scaffolding and we are without roof tiles. Also all trees have their leaves and flowers are gone. Partially because the freezing temperatures, partially because blooming season is over (at the beginning of May?!) We will see how many fruits we will harvest. And lastly, my ESD shoes and new softshell parka paid by the company arrived, so I had to try those things out or get them exchanged if size being wrong. Luckily, isn’t. To be honest, I wouldn’t return home otherwise.

Well this tea bag wrapper I have is saying it contains Chinese green tea and temperature 85°C.

The bag smelled mostly after cardboard and hay, which wasn’t too promising, but tea itself is luckily just hay. In taste it is like a tea for jasmine green tea; but without the jasmine, grass seed and cut grass, but not hay yet.

Pretty okay-ish, keeping my old rating 69.

April Sipdown Challenge – raise your cup to the tea farmers for Earth Day – bonus points for an earthy tea! another sipdown prompt for same tea. It is allowed?

Anyway, I am raising my cup to tea Georgian tea farmers as they are definitely closest region where tea is grown for me; so minimal carbon footprint for this tea as well. And as I have mentioned many, many times, I just have a soft spot for them. But also, raising a cup for all other tea farmers including the small growers.

I am, however, very furious for reasons I don’t want to share in public (work-related), so a pleasant tea to the help.

Malty and sweet. Yum. Rye bread background.

A sipdown! (M: 2 Y: 45), prompt: A tea that reminds you of a garden

Raspberries are definitely something that belongs to our garden and I’m happy we have those bushes there. Yes, autumn “maintenance” is awful, even we have not thorny variety; but usually it is in time when lots of other work must be done as well.

Anyway to the tea, it’s quite sweet, and quite real to actual raspberries, mixed up with, but not tart, hibiscus. Iced, it can be lovely I assume.

But honestly it is somehow too simple. maybe I just miss some complex flavours… but considering it’s justa atea bag, it’s fine enough.

Whew, today was very tiring day. I am not used to stay 8 hours on my feet, I am more of an office person. But here, nobody asks and when it doesn’t work, you have to fix it (half of the shift) and then in second half you had to catch the work that wasn’t done because the break down.

So, when returning “home”, I bought raspberry flavoured energy drink, because honestly I didn’t had a mood for tea at all. But later on, for dinner I brewed this tea, being decaf, and with prominsing flavour profile. Sadly, the kettle I have here available is not temperature setting one, but I tried my “bubbles method” (first bubbles = approx. 80°C) and it went pretty well I guess.

It was quite floral, base tea of cut grass; and maybe the pear that Kaylee notices is there somehow as well. That said, thank you Kaylee for sharing this tea with me.
Perfectly serviceable tea bag when needed something simple.

A sipdown! (M: 1 Y: 44), prompt: A tea with a special meaning to you
Just marking a sipdown as I finished it on Saturday. But well, it’s hard to make sipdowns when your stash is roughly 5 hours by car away.And in meantime, I have been busy and somehow not in mood writing a note.

Happy to have this finished and the special meaning? Of course I could pick so many others… but this will be as a tea bought on the 1st tea festival I have been to.

I would bet that when steeped and sniffed, I noticed caramel. I don’t know if it is base tea, different cup than I am used to, or just some miss-sniff of my sniffer.

But when sipped; definitely there is strawberry. As I have it a bit oversteeped, it’s hard to notice if “Wild” (Fragaria vesca); but it could be there; as well a bit of tartness of goji. As I wrote, a bit oversteeped and thus a little astringent.

My first “German” tea! Prepared in such a small cup (150-200ml volume); with unknown tasting water (but fine to drink and definitely potable), and… well way too similar to their Peach & Thyme!

Peach was fine, black tea as well, as I wrote in &Thyme note: Peach flavouring is nice… round, sweet and red peach flavour. However, during the sip it tastes a little bit too flat.
And black tea — The base is quite nice Ceylon base. but
herbals: Sadly, it is not much present in flavour — or I haven’t noticed it.

I have hoped for refreshing mint note with juicy fruit note; but sadly it gives me impressions of fruit (but it was the peach) only. The base is just for some caffeine I think.

Sipdown prompt: April 1 – April Fool’s Day – Don’t have tea. Just kidding! Have a fun cuppa! — but again not a full sipdown. Though I guess the remaining 3 grams from Kaylee will be finished once I return home. Thank you! Tried first 3 grams before leaving to Germany as it looks as the wackiest and most colourful blend in my cupboard right now; that was indeed on April 1. I haven’t got time nor mood for writing tasting note April 1 and April 2, so… now it’s April 3 and I am trying to recall it.

Well it was definitely floral as much I can remember; and there are notes saying rose but for some reason I recall rather violets, but not really sure if it is correct or it is my dull memory.

It was refreshing enough to be drank in hot days and we have really warm days recently; with highs about 28°C on Saturday coming up. In April! Foolish weather!

More detailed note will follow.