Half an hour lost… because I pressed escape key. I am so sad :( it was so great tasting note!
I have received this one from Derk, I divided the package in half so 2.5 grams twice.
Anyway, I will try to rewrite it. Somehow. Anyway, it has been a while when I used gaiwan for last time. I guess I wanted easy teas. But not today, needed to calm down.
85 ml gaiwan; 2.5 grams of tea; freshly boiled water in thermos; 10 seconds rinse.
Now no tropical aromas after rinse. It was sweet somehow, with little cooling effect but I do not think it is minty as derk suggest. I think it is rather like pine or fir forest. Little malty. I wanted a black tea; but as this is so complex I think this worked well too. It was just nice to drink; nothing bad.
Aromas were wonderful. At first I do not recall anything, then it changes to be more and more fruity. Little hay, passion fruit – and of course bit of pine again. Actually those aromas are written completely random as it came to my mind I wrote them down.
A taste. Complex – haha. No, it was interesting cup. When I did not noticed any fruity notes (I noticed a forest notes instead) I took another steep and fruitiness was there. It was becaming slowly bitter, so I shortened next steeping time. And it was another again. Bit herbal; but not a bad taste though! Maybe a little of the pine/fir/another tree. It was great. Simply GREAT!
Oh I forgot about visual of tea – well; it reminds me something bit different than amber. Something I won´t write down :)
What surprised me – it was full of taste all steepings, no signs of becaming weaker; not always I use whole thermos for single tea.
Well, this second tasting note is not so nice and great I had before. But I still hope it made you happy – you have enjoyed reading it and hopefully – derk, you send me really nice teas and now I finished it really all. Thank you for this swap, where I am the debtor and hopefully I can send you something again so we can swap again. Maybe I will give a try on those Azores teas. And something else I can find for sure.
Soon my first Farmerleaf order should came, I can´t wait at all – but on the other hand in two weeks an exam period starts. So, I will drink tea, but I am honestly afraid, that I won´t have time for enjoying it completely (and writing tasting notes). Feels bad man.
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sorry to read you lost your original tasting note. maybe you could type your notes into google docs first and then copy paste it here.
You’re welcome, Martin. There is no debt but I wouldn’t turn down another swap once I make my way through a big one. Do you get a school vacation soon?
derk – thank you, of course I will wait for next exchange. Well, as I wrote; exam period starts soon for an month and then I will be “free” (acutally working part-time) for two months. Hopefully it will be over soon. All the stuff. I made one very important yesterday.
Martin – I almost asked if you were in exams! It is exam time now in the US at most universities,
sorry to read you lost your original tasting note. maybe you could type your notes into google docs first and then copy paste it here.
You’re welcome, Martin. There is no debt but I wouldn’t turn down another swap once I make my way through a big one. Do you get a school vacation soon?
derk – thank you, of course I will wait for next exchange. Well, as I wrote; exam period starts soon for an month and then I will be “free” (acutally working part-time) for two months. Hopefully it will be over soon. All the stuff. I made one very important yesterday.
Martin – I almost asked if you were in exams! It is exam time now in the US at most universities,