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.
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I love that most importantly, each and every tea bag is overwrapped and sealed in a stay fresh foil packet so that all the goodness and classic flavor is protected until you get ready to have a cup of tea.
David C. Bigelow’s recounting of his mother, Ruth Campbell Bigelow, creating a tea from an idea she had heard about from colonial times, infusing tea with orange peel & spices.
The Employee’s stories…Three Sustainability Events Rolled Into One Huge Success!!
How wonderful to stay so committed and involved.
I love that it is and continues to be a family business.
Bigelow Tea is a family company that has tried to do the right thing for both the planet, the community, and our employees since my grandmother founded the company back in 1945.
Each and every tea bag is overwrapped and sealed in a stay fresh foil packet so that all the goodness and classic flavor is protected until you get ready to have a cup of tea.
Honestly, what touches me most is that the company is a family owned one. That really means a lot to me as a purchaser. It means that they usually care a lot more about their product.
Michelle
I grew up w/Constant Comment and have passed it on to my kids. Love that they are still packaged individually in the foil pouch, just wish they still used the metal can!
tea has special memories for me because me and my grandma used to drink it all the time before she passed, every sunday. it always reminds me of her.
I find the story that a Mom created the Constant Comment tea! When I was little, my Mom used to give it to me, with a bit of sugar and milk, when I was sick. How appropriate!
I like the fact that each and every tea bag is overwrapped and sealed in a stay fresh foil packet so that all the goodness and classic flavor is protected until you get ready to have a cup of tea.
Ruth wanted tea to be tasteful and friendly…
I love that this tea had such simple beginnings, created by a woman in her kitchen over 60 years ago.
i love that it has been around for 60 years and different generations can have something in common that they love.
My grandmmother used to drink constant comment – I never realized there was such a great story behind the name
i like how they do a community challenge fundraiser for 13 local area charities, most companies today are in it for their profit only, thanks Bigelow!
Family owned business for 60 years. Sold over a billion cups of tea this last year. Wow!
I like how they encourage their employees to contribute to their communities.
I learned that Bigelow is a family owned business and they put a lot of time and attention into each and every tea they make. Their “…goal is to make sure you get the best tasting cup of tea possible.” Family still runs the business and makes a great cup of tea
One last thing, because we’re a family owned company we put lots of time and attention into each and every tea we make. Our goal is to make sure you get the best tasting cup of tea possible. Because we think flavor is so important, we overwrap and seal each and every tea bag in a stay fresh foil packet so that all the goodness stays in until you get ready to have a cup of tea.