Steep Information:
Amount: ~3 rounded tsp
Water: ~500ml filtered 212°
Tool: Breville One-Touch Tea Maker BTM800XL (Herbal, Strong)
Steep Time: 5 minutes
Served: Hot
Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: Maraschino cherry, sweet pineapple hints, buttery pound cake hints
Steeped Tea Smell: butter pound cake, pineapple, maraschino cherry
Flavor: sweet
Body: Medium
Aftertaste: sweet, maybe pineapple
Liquor: dark translucent brown, hint of orange
It it more cake than pineapple and cherry…they are mere hints, delicious but not as sweet as I was expecting.
Post-Steep Additives: German rock sugar
Bring out hints of pineapple and cherry
Resteep: 10 min, 212° just as YUMMY
Images: http://amazonv.blogspot.com/2010/05/52teas-loose-leaf-honeybush-tea.html
Preparation
Boiling
5 min, 0 sec
NOM! NOM! NOM! :D
Strong is only 5 min? Wow, I see 7-10 listed on some.
yes, we tend to use custom time a lot
Yeah, I would too if that’s what they consider strong for herbal:) It’s just not quite custom enough for me yet.