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Saturday, March 6, 2010

Premium Steap Tea Store Loose Leaf Black Tea 'Cozy Almond'

Tea Information:
Tea: Cozy Almond
Type: Black Tea
Packaging: Loose Leaf
Company: Premium Steap Tea Store
Purchase: Here
Description: Very popular fall/winter tea blend. A toasty blend of almond, cinnamon and safflower blossoms. Perfect comfort tea for wintertime.
Ingredients: ?

Steep Information:
Amount: 3 tsp
Additives: none
Water: 1 full cast iron teapot of filtered boiling
Steep Time: a little over 4 minutes
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: sweet and nutty (almond biscotti or cookie to AmazonV)
Steeped Tea Smell: almond cookie, or almond sweet breakfast cereal (Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds)
Flavor: not sweet almond black tea
Body: Medium
Aftertaste: astringent and bitter briefly (MilitiaJim says it doesn't do that when hot)
Liquor: cloudy translucent reddish brown

Steepster Traveling Teabox Tea, grabbed because MilitiaJim loves almonds

MilitiaJim: It tasted more almondy than it smelled which is a good thing.

AmazonV: The smell was so sweet, I think the tea needs sweetening to match the scent. I also think a splash of almond milk would do it well. This was a great tea.

OMG this is near me, I can go there!!!!

Post-Steep Additives: none

Resteep: 8+ minutes, fail, watery almond water

Rating: 3/3




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