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“Mastress Alita’s sipdown challenge Saturday, September 4th: National Spice Blend Day Tea #2 From the sale and fits for the spice challenge! I wanted to grab this rare blend in the sale. It’s a...” Read full tasting note
“It’s chilly outside and I wanted something spicy and comforting, but had a black tea at breakfast, so wasn’t quite ready for another one. In comes this beauty that I had received in my B&B...” Read full tasting note
“One tea left in the pouch. Today it is very clove based. Green tea with cloves. Haven’t noticed any smoky notes; only green tea with ginger/cloves spiciness. Well, good for this afternoon. Need to...” Read full tasting note
Smoked & spiced green tea blend, just perfect for chilly evenings wrapped up by the fire! Part of our smoked Fireside Collection this blend is unique as it carries the complex spice flavours without hiding the smoked notes of its Gunpowder green tea base.
Ingredients: Chinese pinhead gunpowder green tea, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, cloves, blue cornflowers, chilli, safflower.
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Mastress Alita’s sipdown challenge Saturday, September 4th: National Spice Blend Day Tea #2
From the sale and fits for the spice challenge! I wanted to grab this rare blend in the sale. It’s a gunpowder green with a mix of spices and lovely red and blue flowers that for some reason remind me of fireworks, which I guess fits for this blend, part of the ‘Crackle & Bang’ collection. The flavor is straightforward enough! It’s a chai on a gunpowder green base, so I’m not expecting more than that. So the expectation is delivered! However, the description mentions “smoked” and chili pepper and I definitely don’t notice anything smoky or chili pepper spicy about this. I love all the B&B chai and somehow it is now that time of year.
Steep #1 // 1 1/2 teaspoons // 40 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // 30 minutes after boiling // 2 min
It’s chilly outside and I wanted something spicy and comforting, but had a black tea at breakfast, so wasn’t quite ready for another one. In comes this beauty that I had received in my B&B subscription. It has a predominately cinnamon aroma. The flavor is a nice combination of cloves, ginger, and cinnamon, and the green base is nice and mild. The ingredients list chili peppers, but I’m not getting any of the heat I would expect from the chili’s. Overall, a bit more mild than I expected but still an enjoyable, comforting cup.
Flavors: Cinnamon, Clove, Ginger, Green
One tea left in the pouch.
Today it is very clove based. Green tea with cloves. Haven’t noticed any smoky notes; only green tea with ginger/cloves spiciness.
Well, good for this afternoon. Need to finish it as soon as possible. Otherwise it would get very bland and even more boring.
Flavors: Clove, Ginger, Green
By the way, only struggle I have is captcha often. Suggested addon wasn’t working for me and loading is bit slower. But posting tasting notes works like it used to, haven’t tried to post in discussions, but messages started to work. But I am not only member! I hope it will be better for everyone!
Sometimes I can log on, but mostly I cannot. I can’t update my profile or seen new and recent tasting notes of people I am not following. sigh
Hey Martin, I used my “fake” account to post your issue to the message boards, and they added the Czech Republic into the Captcha whitelist so hopefully you shouldn’t be getting all the captchas now.
Thanks Mastress Alita; I noticed it (thank you e-mail notification, although bit too much of them recently… but I like to see them)
It seems I can post to discussions as well, which is great, but I am deeply saddened that your main profile isn’t working as expected, as well many others (including White Antlers). I would give up posting on discussions for working state as before the migration for everyone.
Glad to see that Martin and Mastress Alita have had their ‘tea powers’ restored. I can no longer post in Discussions, still can’t update my blank profile or read new tasting notes other than those of the few folks I follow. I keep getting the black “someone left the kettle on” page when I try to do anything.
Your “blank” profile should get restored eventually, White Antlers. Mine wsa “blank” for well over a week, but the text has been restored now. Some of my friends still have “blank” in theirs. Maybe it can’t be altered until after they restore it.
Thanks, Mastress Alita. The profile doesn’t bother me all that much, as I know who I am and I don’t swap. What I do find frustrating is not being able to see recent tasting notes, other than those of the folks I follow. What can I say? I’m a fixed astrological sign…
Huh… I only read the tasting notes of the people on my Following list, so I’m not even sure how (or where) to go about doing that. It takes me so long to catch up my reading just reading the Following list I don’t really need more…
I used to be able type in my browser ‘steepster.com/recent/all’ and I would get to a page that had all the newest tasting notes from everyone, whether I followed them or not. Now when I log in, I am taken right to my Dashboard and from there, if I’m lucky, I can then go to Discussions.
Okay, I’ve only ever used the Dashboard myself! I am also getting a broken link at that address, so it isn’t just you.
Thanks, Mastress Alita. I’m an old lady (70) and not tech savvy at all. I still have and use an ancient Motorola flip cell phone. At least I’m not crazy or doing something wrong; it’s Steepster, not me.
I don’t even own a cell phone! :-)
Mastress Alita* Good for you! I don’t drive nor do I have a land line in my home, so the little old flip phone is for emergencies. It’s essentially what is now considered a ‘burner’ phone-pay as you go-no plan. I don’t own a television, so I am not in the 21st century by any means.
I posted about that “New Tasting Notes” page error in the forums, White Antlers. It took a while to load for me, but I am now able to access https://steepster.com/recent/ . Maybe try it again now and see if it is also fixed for you?
Thanks for posting that, Mastress Alita. I still cannot post anything at all in Discussions so your help is greatly appreciated. Yes, now I can see ALL recent/new tasting notes. That’s tremendous!
Martin and I couldn’t post in the forums until just very recently… I am no website/server database expert (I know the most rudimentary of HTML…) but it almost seems to me things are slowly repairing in “blocks” and it might just depend on what pieces are data are where… there might be hope yet you can post in the forums too, down the line, once that “section” of data is addressed. Glad it is working for you again!
Posting in the forums, for me, is on and off. I don’t have a lot to say about tea, other than ‘I drink it,’ but it’s nice to know I CAN say something if I want to, like responding to Shanie O’Mainiac’s (sp?) query about kettle recommendations. I’ll try to call on my weakest virture-patience-and just try to see, every day, what’s fixed and what I’m able to once again do. Thanks again for your kind words and your help.
