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 that Bigelow Tea is a family company that has tried to do the right thing for both the planet, the community, and its since their grandmother founded the company back in 1945.
it touches me that they try to do right by the planet and their community and especially that they try to do right by their employees
Love that they are a family owned company
that she made it in her kitchen and every bag is overwrapped and sealed
I liked that the tea was created in her kitchen in 1945. I love when big companies started of real small and through hard work and a great product just continues to grow.
How David C. Bigelow’s mother created this tea and is an American classic.
Love that Bigelow supports so many non-profits.
I love that this a family company that takes pride in maintaining the traditions that were started so many years ago. My family runs a chocolate shop that was originally opened in 1948 and we also work very hard to keep things as they always were and keep our customers happy
There is nothing better than a nice cup of tea.
i think it’s cool that the original blend of flavors goes back to colonial times and i like that it’s family owned 🙂
So lovely to hear their 20th Annual Community Challenge fundraiser raised a record $60,000, the entirety of which will be distributed to thirteen local area charities. I love companies that give back to local communities. Constant Comment tea – and have for years.
All of the mint flavors! 😀 Its my fav of all time!
I think that it is great that it is a family owned business.
Constant Comment tea was a sweet story. But what I think is really fantastic is that Bigelow Tea is a “Zero Waste to Landfill” company. That means they need to do something with 90% of their wastes.
I think this is awesome and I wish more companies would do it. For my part I compost my teabags so there is as little waste as I can make on my end as well.
I love that it was created in Ruth’s kitchen!
Created in the kitchen in 1945
I like the fact that it was started in a kitchen in a home. I love seeing businesses start from humble roots and grow!
I love that the Bigelow Tea is a family company that has tried to do the right thing for both the planet, the community, and its employees since the company was founded in 1945.
I love English Breakfast tea and used to drink it in England.
I love the history of the company