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Saturday, February 27, 2010

Subtle Tea Loose Leaf Black Tea 'Pumpkin Spice'

Tea Information:
Tea: Pumpkin Spice
Type: Black Tea
Packaging: Loose Leaf
Company: Subtle Tea
Purchase: Here
Description: ?
Ingredients: black tea, cinnamon, pumpkin bits, spices

Steep Information:
Amount: ~1.5 tsp
Additives: none
Water: filtered boiling 6 ounces
Steep Time: a little over 3 minutes
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: I practically snorted it and still got no scent
Steeped Tea Smell: spice, cinnamon, pumpkin pie
Flavor: bitter black tea
Body: Full
Aftertaste: bitter, spicy
Liquor: nice deep reddish-brown

Steepster traveling teabox tea!

I didn't really know what I was expecting, it sounded nice (who doesn't like pumpkin pie?) and I figured it was worth a try.

So after the nice spicy scent of the steeped tea...I got a mouthful of bitter tea water.

Disappointing.

I certainly could have used to hot of water or steeped too long (I try to follow package directions the first go round). since I only get one go at each TTB tea I'll have to wait until someone else takes a crack at it.

Post-Steep Additives: lactose free fat free milk, didn't help

Resteep: TBD

Rating: 1/3









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