Tea Tasting? What’s That?
Blog Note: How to Tea Taste, Tea Tasting with Cindi Bigelow was inspired by an all expense paid trip via a contest that I won from Bigelow Tea for writing “Around Grandma’s Table“. I was uncompensated for this post but some of the content does come from that trip.
Cindi Bigelow, President of Bigelow Tea gives “Tea Tasting” instructions. Photo Courtesy of Olsonography
The Chief Blonde Remarks:
Cindi Bigelow explains How to Taste Tea in this video
12 Steps of tea tasting
- Provide enough spoons so each participant can have two per kind of tea
- Taste one kind of tea (green or black or herbal) at a time
- Fill tea cups (5 is a good number) with various brands of one kind of tea. One brand per cup.
- Be careful that tea is not to hot. Like Goldilocks, the temperature needs to be “Just Right”
- Take a spoon in each hand
- Choose one spoon to be your “dipping spoon”
- Choose the other spoon to be your “tasting spoon”
- Dip the dipping spoon into a cup, take a spoonful of tea, pour the tea into your tasting spoon
- From your tasting spoon, slurp the tea into your mouth such that it sprays all over the inside of your mouth
- Be careful not to choke from slurping too enthusiastically
- Move on to the other cups of tea
- Do NOT MIX your spoons!
The Chief Blonde gives tea tasting a try in this video below
Psst==>Watch for the Chief Blonde’s funny face at the end! Also, there is no sound.
THE GIVEAWAY
June 11-25th 11:59 PM EST, 18 and older US ONLY
THE PRIZE
You can win this lovely tea chest from Bigelow Tea valued at $55!
Bigelow Tea Chest filled to the BRIM with Bigelow Teas valued at $55 from Bigelow’s Gift Shop
UPDATE: The Bigelow Tea Chest Giveaway is over. The rafflecopter entry device has been removed and the giveaway had 3060 entries. See Giveaway Winners.
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I love how Mrs.Bigelow started a food business in the war time and recreqted atea she had read about from the time of the American colonies.
I love the Constant story.. so special that it’s a tea named after his mother!
My favorite part is how the name, Constant Comment, came about and how the constant good comments spurred Mrs. Bigelow to sell this wonderful tea. I also enjoy the feeling of tradition I get from the development of the recipe based on a recipe from Colonial times.
Thanks for the giveaway!
I love that the company has a commitment to giving back to the community and doing right by the environment!
I like how the tea Constant Comment got it’s name and how they refuse to change it and that the recipe has not changed since Ruth created it. Constant Comment is also my favorite tea…
Constant Comment has been a tea I have cooked with since baking in the kitchen with my grandma, so the fact that it was created by David Bigelow’s mother, and has been around to receive countless comments since, is sweet.
i love tea, like a lot!! i think it’s great that tea parties can bring everyone together! 🙂
xo,
Sandy
I love how it all started by the Bigelow’s grandma because of her love of tea.
Wow – 1.5 million dollar solar panel project! That is amazing. To invest that kind of money in solar energy is a true commitment to the environment
It stood out to me that the company was founded by their grandmother, that’s really sweet and great that they carried it on.
I like how he credits is mom so much. I love Constant Comment tea. Like that she names is because of all the constant comments
I love that it is a family operated company. So moving how they keep it with the family quality focus. It has a more authentic and quality feel to it, instead of just looking for the big bucks. I admire Ruth Bigelow and her passion that brought about my favorite blend of herbal teas.
Tea is a constant in our lives. It means comfort and home and love. The company tries to fulfill that in each bag of tea that is steeped.
that they started a food business during the war, even though it wasn’t the best time
I love how giving to the community Bigelow is!
nothing really “touched” me but i found that putting it in the foil packet and why was really interesting
I love family owned businesses. What a sweet story how the grandma got this company started 60 years ago in her kitchen. I drink Bigelow tea frequently at home.
You can tell by the CEO’s face, when he talks about his mother, that he truly continues to love and admire her.
She obviously had a lot of spunk, to be able to start a business during difficult times, and that she stuck with the name, Constant Comments.
I like the article Chamomile Tea ‘may ease diabetes’ .
Both my grandmas have diabetes and I would like to help them with their problem.
I like that Chamomile Tea might ease diabetes. There are so many healthful qualities to tea. Centuries and millions of people can’t be wrong.