Thursday TeaDay 11/11/10 11 Flavor Showdown?

[Chip]

Happy Veteran's Day!

Greetings fellow TeaAfficionados. Please drop in and share what is in your cup throughout the day.

Yesterday, the overwhelming majority of responders indicated that tea was either a passion or a hobby. You can still vote and discuss this topic.

Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic. Vegetal, fruity, floral, grassy, smokey, earthy, marine/oceanic, nutty, spicey, peppery, malty ... which of THESE 11 flavor profiles wins the MOST favor with you in an unflavored tea? Rank and please share.

I am certainly looking forward to sharing tea flavors with everyone today on TeaDay, bottoms up!

[artmom]

I checked Nutty.

Next would be Smokey

Fruity

Floral

Malty

In an unflavored Tea.

None of the other flavors usually find favor with me.

[Victoria]

Happy Veteran's Day!


Floral tops my list. Floral with a cinnamon note is the ultimate.

[artmom]

Thanks, Victoria, for the Veteran's Day post. My DH, both sons, and both daughters-in-law are Air Force veterans. I've thanked them already this morning.

[TwoPynts]

I picked fruity, but Vitoria made me rethink that.
Malty in a darker tea.

And isn't sweet a flavor? Where's sweet?

[Chip]

I picked fruity, but Vitoria made me rethink that.
Malty in a darker tea.

And isn't sweet a flavor? Where's sweet?

Which of THESE 11 flavor profiles

I also did not mention bitter. I wanted everyone to think beyond the basic taste bud tastes. Plus I could not mention them all due to poll restrictions.

Therefore, I ask for everyone to choose from the list provided. You will also note I did not have "Other" as well for this reason.

So, best choice for you from the list provided.

And as artmom did, rank the list according to your preferences.

[Peacock]

Here goes from top to bottom!

Nutty
Floral
Grassy
Smokey
Earthy
Fruity
Malty
Vegetal
Spicey
Peppery
Marine/Oceanic (never tried... would it taste like fish?)

[Chip]

Marine/Oceanic (never tried... would it taste like fish?)

Thanks Peacock!

Marine can be different things, I envision essence of the ocean in a good way, not fishy. Maybe like nori ... maybe the smell of a tropical sea breeze ...

But I have heard peeps describe a tea as fishy ... but not what you "want" in a marine taste.

[msurads06]

I chose smokey since i have been on a bit of a pu kick lately. I also like a slight fruity/floral in oolongs, but dont care for overwhelmingly floral teas. earth and malty would robably also mak the list with vegetal and marine at the very bottom.

TGY#4 this morning, kind of floral, but not too much.

[Proinsias]

today's poll: I have no idea

Some yuuki cha matcha this morning, then this afternoon and possbily this evening. Must have found its way to the back of the cupboard coming on 9 months ago, thanks to the yuuki cha containers it still tastes quite good.

[TwoPynts]

Okay Chip!

Fruity
Floral
Nutty
Malty
Earthy
Peppery
Grassy
Smokey
Vegetal
Marine/Oceanic

[nickE]

Lovely shot Proinsias!

Hmm, this is a tough question for me, especially as I look for different flavors in different teas. I love grassy in japanese green teas, malty in hongcha, floral in a light TGY, and earthy in an aged sheng. However, if any of these flavors got mixed up I might not be too happy.

EoT's 90s Da Ye Loose Shengpu today, very earthy!

[debunix]

I'm always looking for something sweet in my tea, whether floral sweet, grassy sweet, earthy sweet, spicy sweet, or fruity sweet.

But as might be obvious from my varied tea-day picks, I don't have a single favorite tea flavor. I like to have a variety of teas available so that if I am in the mood for earthy, I can have that, or if I need floral, that's there, and sometimes I just need complexly spicy to give some energy to the day.

So....my list is different. These are the things I crave in teas, but not all in the same tea, in alphabetical order, not by preference:

Earthy Floral Fruity Smoky Spicy Sweet

These are things I enjoy in my teas, but aren't generally going to 'make or break' a tea preference for me:

Grassy Nutty Peppery Vegetal

And these are things that do not attract me to a tea, although they're not always negatives:
Marine/Oceanic Nutty

Enjoying sweet, floral, spicy Da Yu Shan oolong from Wing Hop Fung today.

[entropyembrace]

I really appreciate fruity notes in tea and I tend to look for them.

Also while it´s not on the list the buttery notes in many Japanese green teas I really enjoy too.

[jodiklaus]

I'm really into flavored tea so in unflavored I would look for:
Floral
Fruity
Spicey
Peppery
Nutty

The following I haven't had alot of experience with yet.
Grassy
Smokey
Earthy
Malty
Vegetal
Marine/Oceanic

Grassy - really haven't grasped a likeness for this

I'm drinking a tea called Winter Dream...a black tea...figured it would be a nice xmas tasting tea (from the smell). It actually reminds me of Adagio's Sweet Potato Pie! LOL