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Showing posts with label Vanilla. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vanilla. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

McNulty's Tea and Coffee Loose Leaf Black Tea 'Vanilla'

Tea Information:
Tea: Vanilla
Type: Black Tea
Packaging: Loose Leaf
Company: McNulty's Tea and Coffee
Purchase: Here
Description: ?
Ingredients: ?

Steep Information:
Amount: 1 teaspoon
Additives: none
Water: 6 ounces filtered boiling
Steep Time: a little over 2 minutes
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: Vanilla
Steeped Tea Smell: Vanilla, black tea
Flavor: bitter black tea, but creamy
Body: Medium
Aftertaste: slightly sweet vanilla
Liquor: deep translucent brown

A Steepster Traveling Teabox Tea

I was expecting more vanilla flavor, and less bitterness.

Post-Steep Additives: 1/2 tsp German rock sugar, bring out the vanilla, and of course makes it sweeter. still a bit bitter

Resteep: 2 minutes, 1 tsp German rock sugar, very sweet, vanilla, same dark coloring, and bitter black tea

kinda feeling 'meh' about it, if it were a cheaper bagged tea i would find it acceptable, but I have higher expectations for loose leaf teas.

Rating: 1.5/3