206 Tasting Notes
Alas, just when I think I’m grown up enough to handle straight teas, something comes along that’s like “you are a n00b.”
I’m not going to leave a numerical rating for this one. I don’t have the palate to accurately judge it yet.
It’s like when you’re a kid and you take a sip of beer and you’re like “THIS IS HEINOUS I WILL ALWAYS HATE THIS.” But when you’re older, you try a few and figure out that maybe you like stouts, or IPAs, or wheats, or Oktoberfest ales. Or maybe you will hate beer forever (my husband does).
If I still have this around in a year or two, I will have to give it another go.
A rich, deep, robust straight black tea mix with a hint of honey (allegedly, I can’t really taste it).
This tea is like a classic, clean-cut soldier about to go into WWII. A Captain America sort. Saying goodbye to his mom. Looking crisp in his uniform. Ready for bravery.
It’s just a good pick.
“Mighty” is an Earl Grey with a TON of extra flavoring added. It’s like the Kool-Aid Man breaking through walls. “OH YEAH,” he yells. “BERGAMOT.”
For the full run down of this tea, go here:
http://sororiteasisters.com/2016/10/01/mighty-organic-earl-grey-black-tea-tea-leaf-co/
Flavors: Bergamot
AAAAAAH DAMMIT THIS TEA IS DECAF. I was sipping it, thinking my day was okay, when I glanced at Harney & Son’s webpage to look at the ingredients/description for this tea. DECAF? … DECAF?!?!? WHY EVEN EXIST?
But seriously this is a pretty good tea. It tastes like Crasins, mostly. It’s got a sort of (maybe slightly artificial) berry stuff going on, with some floral notes. I actually think my god-daughter (3 years old) would LOVE this. I’m not allowed to feed her caffeine (bah! no fun!), but I could share this with her. I should let her do a guest post on here sometime. It’d just be a bunch of key-smash and inarticulate garble.
Oh crap, that’s what these reviews are mostly anyway.
Naw, I love reading your posts :) Always entertaining!
Seconded!
You totally downmarked this after you read about the caffeine content, dint you
I read about the caffeine content first, then gave it a 70 about halfway through the cup. I downgraded it about half an hour later when I finished the cup. It got weird at room temperature.
Alas, a sipdown. This was a very good tea, and I will miss it. Perhaps if I am ever in Pittsburgh, I can meet up with PrestoGeorge himself, if there is such a figure. Perhaps he will wear a fine cape and whisk a dove out of his jacket that will flutter around the establishment, hopefully not pooping everywhere. (For sanitation reasons! THINK OF THE TEA!) I will shake his hand, and then he will disappear into a mirror. Turns out he was pretending to be a fake magician, but he had real magic all along.
(The first part of this review is rambling about my day; the second part is the review itself. If you wish to skip directly to the review, it is clearly marked below.)
POOP ON MY ROOF:
I have (bagged) dog poop on my roof.
Let me explain.
After my dog did his morning business, I bagged it and tried to throw it toward the corner of the house where the trash can is. Except I don’t understand angles, and I underhanded the throw, and thud. A baggie of dog poop on my roof.
I texted this fact to my husband and he simply replied, “this is my life.”
TEA REVIEW:
People are SLAMMING this tea on here, but I like it. It’s basically black tea with coffee and cinnamon in it. I guess there’s an edge of sweet artificiality in the “cream flavoring.” I don’t mind that. However, as I always say, I AM A DIET COKE FIEND. (Which is different from a “coke fiend” or even a “Coke fiend.”) Bring in stuff derived from tar. I will put it in my face.
I found this tea a lovely way to celebrate National Coffee Day. Thanks to officemate K for the sample! (She’s probably not reading this. But if you are, K, I appreciate all that you do, and your cat is cute.)
A WEEPY WEEPY SIPDOWN IS UPON US ALL.
Behold: the ugly cry. Boogers. Dribble. Slick red face.
I am going to eventually have to purchase a vat of this. Ice wine (one of the main flavors in this) is one of my favorite flavors ever.
I once tried a sip of a $45 bottle of wine (hah! who has money like that?) that was “Fire And Ice Wine.” It was an ice wine with a little bit of pepper mixed in, for a spicy aftertaste. Sweet. Then spicy.
http://www.sevenmountainswinecellars.com/index.php/sweet-wines/product/32-vidal-fire-and-ice
“Hatter” is like that, except it’s not $45. It’s one of my favorite teas ever, and I can’t wait to get more.
I was not compensated for this robustly enthusiastic review. Which is a pity.
Listen, guys, we need to open up with the fact that I thought this would literally be a stick. Like a sugar stick. So when I ripped this packet open, I was mighty surprised when a bunch of bright green powder popped out. There was still most of it left, so we’re okay for making a review. But I wanted to point this out to you, dear reader, so you don’t wind up gasping and probably breathing in this Ninja-Turtle-colored goodness.
I don’t know how to make matcha, really. Turns out you’re supposed to use a special bamboo whisk to blend it all together.
I was at work. I used a spoon. I’m okay with admitting that I’m a giant bag of trash.
There are two ways to drink matcha:
1) The traditional Asian way, with the whisk and the flat bowl.
2) The American “latte” way, with a sweetener and some milk.
HAVE YOU MET ME? You haven’t, so let me tell you: I was in for the ways of my people. Everything has to taste like dessert where I come from.
But first, I tried the Asian way. This tastes like when you’re swimming in the lake and you get some lake water in your mouth. Given this fact, it was surprisingly okay. I didn’t mind it. If I was in some situation where I had to Be Cool and sip this, I could easily pull it off. No potential diplomatic snafus here.
I took my mug of the Asian-style tea over to a friend, who said “it tastes… green… but I wouldn’t say it’s awful. It’s surprisingly not awful. It’s like green tea on steroids.”
She and I are always guzzling each other’s teas. It’s how we grow as people.
Now that I had an outside confirmation of my thoughts, it was milk and honey time.
Oddly, this made it worse. It’s, like, SHRILL now. It went from being tame to being outright annoying, and somehow more bitter. I couldn’t finish it. I should have stuck to the original. I now see the error of my ways.
Has anyone else out there tried matcha? Thoughts?
A full review of this tasty, delicate, feminine Earl Grey is here:
Why not post it here too?
@Mookit – The sample was sent to me in return for a post about it by the Sororitea Sisters blog. I imagine (though I suppose it was never made explicit) that the policy is that it only gets posted/linked there. Exclusivity seems like a fair trade for free tea. So I typically just post a summary or a little descriptor on Steepster, then the link for people who might want to read more. I still write full posts here about the things I’ve purchased myself.
Ah, makes sense. Thanks! :)
Have you ever had that lemon cake that Starbucks makes? Because this is JUST LIKE THAT. It’s got a tangy lemony sweetness, balanced out by the black assam. Zesty! Sweet! Rich! Taste minus the calories!
And now for a quick chat about Game of Thrones. SPOILERS.
Do we still think Sansa likes lemon cakes? Or does she now prefer the taste of BLOOD? Is it bad that I like her character now that she’s a little creepy and cold? Now that she’s playing the Game of Thrones? I love that the Lannisters and Boltons have taught her some nasty tricks. I want her to wind up on the iron throne — and almost everything else to be on fire. TEAM STARK.
Flavors: Lemon, Sweet
I haven’t had that cake but lemon cake + Assam sounds awesome.
Ouf, just that combination sounds glorious!
Cold and dead inside, yes. Probably nothing tastes good to her anymore. Creepy, I don’t reckon so. Arya is creepy (in a good way) and two creepy Starks would be too much for this world. Also, I think Sansa spurning Littlefinger was not a wise move when playing the game of thrones.
Puerh is usually the final frontier for many. It was for me. First time I tried a ripe puerh I was like, Nope.
Seconded.