Cultivate Taste Tea

Do you have a Sunday tea? A tea you only drink one day a week. It becomes very easy to take our tea for granted when it is always within reach but when you submit to only having a certain tea on a certain day it makes you become more aware of some things. This can be done any day and with any tea. I chose this one as my new Sunday tea.

Dry Leaf: LOOK AT ALL THOSE TRICHOMES. All fuzzy and golden brown mixed in with their dark brown leaf counterparts. So cute.
Dry Aroma: Sweet and woody aroma.

Flavor: Woody. Sweet. Slight cream. Mahogany. Palo Santo.

Finished this off from the Strange VariaTea TTB. I oversteeped this the first time, but honestly didn’t mind. It was still creamy and cinnamony joy. The base works really well with the sweet flavor and cinnamon notes, and is very forgiving of oversteeping. Once I did a proper steep, it brought out a really nice caramelized sugar note.  The cinnamon and clove are clear but gentle. This is just the right level of sweet, though I’m not sure if it’s pear per se – it could be pear, or maybe apple, but either way it’s delicious!

Strange VariaTEA TTB – Tea #28

This was a little baby sample, just enough for one serving.

It’s a mix of green tea, apple, hibiscus, and ginger, with no added flavorings. Because of that, it’s quite mild in flavor. Plus I probably could have used a bit less water… It’s still very pleasant though. The balance between the sweet apple, tartly floral hibiscus, and smooth green tea is very nice, and there’s a hint of ginger that complements the apple well.

Tasty!

Result: Finished Off