New Tasting Notes
marking as iced with an 8+minute steep time but actually this is a cold brew, no ice involved — and with a very fun story behind it
in case the news didn’t reach you, my entire country lost electricity yesterday (28th april) at around 11AM; my gf decided to think ahead because ‘hey, we don’t have power, spain doesn’t have power, what if we can’t heat water up tomorrow morning?’
so she prepared cold brew, just in case (I like my cold brew with at least 12hours steep, and she wanted to make sure I’d have my morning tea)
we got power back at around 8PM, but hey, here’s to being prepared!
(and the mini apocalypse was actually kind of fun, we got to nurture our community; you know, if you ignore the stress of everything)
Preparation
PLEASE NOTE: Chicago Teahouse is no longer affiliated with TeeGschwendner. You can find out why and more here:
https://teatiff.com/2023/02/13/chicago-teahouse/
Brewing: 5 mins. 1tsp. 212F.
I’m leaving it on the other counter so that I don’t try to smell or touch it until the timer rings.
Dry Leaf: Curly and tightly twisted. Mostly dusty, dark brown in color with a few light brown/golden tips.
Wet Leaf: chocolate brown. Fully opened. Some twigs, pieces of smaller leaves.
Wet Aroma: slightly malty. A bit woody.
Flavor: Woody, malty, resinous, and a bit of deep summer fruits.
Mouth Feel: Astringency.
It’s a decent tea. Good for the morning when one doesn’t really want to think and just drink. But it’s not something I would pull out for a special morning.
Our “local” shop in Raleigh, Tin Roof Teas, also began carrying exclusively Teageschwendner but began carrying other teas as well quite some time ago. There are lots of teas there that you can find on other tea company sites, even using the same stock photo and having the same description. A few have name changes. Madame Butterfly, for example, was available from a number of companies but TRT carried it under the name Fuzzy Navel. Sadly, they no longer carry it so I am back to ordering it online when I buy it for my bestie.
