{"id":233,"date":"2011-09-23T17:30:01","date_gmt":"2011-09-24T01:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tea-tank.com\/?p=233"},"modified":"2011-09-23T17:34:30","modified_gmt":"2011-09-24T01:34:30","slug":"steepster-select-%e2%80%93-august-2011-%e2%80%93-summer-lovin%e2%80%99-1-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tea-tank.com\/?p=233","title":{"rendered":"Steepster Select \u2013 August 2011 \u2013 Summer Lovin\u2019 (1 of 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Three to pick from. Only one winner to be sampled first. I choose you, Ginger Peach! \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dry<\/strong>: Pretty damn floral. I don’t know about you, tea. Smells sweet, flowery, and a little roasty.<\/p>\n

Brewing<\/strong>: Wabi Sabi Teapot, 1tsp\/6oz ratio, 205*, 5min<\/p>\n

Aroma<\/strong>: Very sweet and peachy. Still flowery. A little spicy and warm from the ginger.<\/p>\n

Flavor<\/strong>:\u00a0 Peachy sweet and a bit tart. The ginger is more noticeable in the liquor than in the aroma. For the most part it’s a strong, warming flavor. If you swish it around a bit you get some hotter, spicier notes. They don’t linger though. Just a slight sizzle before it disperses. It’s flowery, though not as heavy as it was just smelling the dry tea. It’s just one of those flavors that tastes kinda… generic flowery – like flower scented candles or certain potpourris. Looking at their website, the blend has marigold petals in there. Oookay that makes sense.<\/p>\n

I thought a 5 min steep time was going to make this bitter but it turned out good. Tasty, warming, satisfying.<\/p>\n

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What<\/strong>: Ginger Peach by The Tao of Tea
\nType<\/strong>: Flavored Black Tea
\nCost<\/strong>: $2.00\/oz
\nCost per Cup<\/strong>: tbd
\nResteeps<\/strong>: 3
\nTea Score: <\/strong>77 – It’s a good flavored tea. I can taste everything. Everything tastes pretty good. Blends well together.
\nCupboard Score<\/strong>: 61 – I’m on the fence with this one. I like it. But I don’t know how much I’d drink it on a regular basis. I’m a sucker for ginger but there’s so many flowers. If I did have this in my cupboard as a permanent resident, it’d probably be competing with my straight blacks. Between the two I’d probably go for straight black over flavored. Ugh. Yeah I just don’t know about this one. Will I enjoy the rest of the sample? Absolutely. Will I buy it? Proooooooooobably not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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