I like my tea, in fact, I doubt that I would be able to function properly as a human being if i didn't have at least 12 fl.oz. of good ol' supermarket tea-bag infused liquid floating around inside of me within half an hour of awakening. As I said in a previous post, my weekly consumption of this wonderful drink is measured in gallons....
So, with that in mind, I was looking forward to trying this one out - here goes.........
Equipment - DSE901, fully-charged battery, tuned-in atty, clean cart....
Colour of liquid - pale yellow/gold. Smell of liquid - slight odour of dried tea leaf (is the best I can come up with...).
Flavour / Taste - My very first impressions were ones of slight disappointment. I foolishly expected the exact taste of that early morning brew which I clearly wasn't getting. I thought to myself, 'Hold on John, this juice is trying to tell you smething...' .
Being a good listener, I continued to vape away and then this distinct taste was coming through, I carried on, could I think of this taste (which by now I was beginning to really enjoy)?? Then it hit me, this was not your bog-standard £1 for 80 tea-bags stuff, this was very subtle, light, refined, refreshing, sophisticated - wow, now that's a word......
This was indeed the taste of the kind of stuff they serve-up in posh hotels during the afternoon. The closest I could get to was something like Darjeeling - probably one of the best black teas around - but with an ever-so slight perfume taste added. Yes, we were certainly being well-looked after by this juice and I give it a healthy 9/10...
Throat Hit - To be honest, there wasn't much of a throat hit to begin with and it seemed to be on par with 11mg and 14mg I have vaped in the past. However, It got there in the end, but then again I had indeed been on Nick's 24mg Mentholyptus for most of the last week so, perhaps, I was expecting too much initially....
As I say, there was evidence of a throat-hit at 18mg - but it takes its time, perhaps there's more of an instant hit from the 24mg??......7.5/10
Vapour Content - Not bad, not bad at all. If I discard Nick's Blackcurrant (which literally belches out the stuff), then this does a fair job. This is where the 901 comes into its own (howls of protests from Titan users...
) - a lovely gentle soft draw on the mouthpiece is all that's required. You get a lovely aroma from the e-cig, hold the vapour in the mouth, inhale and then gently exhale through the mouth or nasally - there is a slight difference between the two. Gorgeous.....7.5/10
To summarize.....Imagine if you will, you're in some posh London hotel and it's time for afternoon tea. Your waiter/waitress brings up a nice pot of 'finest', along with some cucumber sandwiches, a scone or two and - to top it all off,- a couple of mls of TW 'Black Tea' in a tiny little dropper bottle - along with, naturally, a complementary 901 to enjoy the juice with. Maybe in the future...eh??
So, there we have it - 8/10 - it certainly took me by surprise and was thoroughly pleasant and enjoyable. A taste of England (oops, better make that the whole of the UK.....
)
Would I purchase again? In time I would, but I'd like to try the TW Green Tea first, just to compare notes etc.....
Happy vaping everyone, and thanks for reading....
John
