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drank Negroni by August Uncommon Tea
2955 tasting notes

Homemade Advent Exchange Tea #10

This is an interesting blend. While I go understand the blend is supposed to be a negroni that uses bitters in it, I find this blend way too bitter. Not in a bitter melon way but more like orange rind (marmalade?) or that white pithy stuff on a Mandarin or tangerine. The rooibos is nice, but even milk couldn’t save this one. It did brew up very orange in colour though! I can taste a herbaceous kind of flavour, especially in the after taste. It isn’t quite sage but is some sort of plant I can’t identify. Overall just not for me at all. It also doesn’t taste like any Negroni cocktail I’ve ever had (no sweetness or acidity)

Flavors: Bitter, Earthy, Herbal, Orange Zest, Rooibos

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 7 min, 15 sec 1 tsp 19 OZ / 550 ML

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100

Homemade Advent Exchange Tea #9

This tea is delicious! I wouldn’t say it tastes like cookie, but the thick, sweet, creamy taste makes me think of cinnamon rice pudding. It’s an excellent dessert tea. I’m astonished at how creamy and vanilla-y this blend is. The tea is so fresh too! The cinnamon doesn’t have that fake sweetener taste that some teas get when they are heavy on the cinnamon bark. I think I just found a new favourite!

Flavors: Brown Sugar, Cinnamon, Cream, Sweet, Vanilla

Preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 8 min or more
Cameron B.

Their Winter Wonderland is wonderful too, it tastes like oatmeal cookies!

Kelmishka

Ooh, glad you enjoyed this one!

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Homemade Advent Exchange Tea #8

This is a lovely green. I thought it was a Korean green at first because it tastes a lot like sejak. I get some umami – almost like seaweed or miso soup but with more loamy minerals. It’s actually very well balanced for a green tea that I overleafed and oversteeped. The bitterness is balanced by the potent flavour without being overwhelming. It is not astringent or drying like tannic greens can be. It reminds me a little of a vegetable broth but without the salt. The flavours are subtle in general, but strong for a green tea. Lightly vegetal but I can’t pick out any specific vegetables except maybe faint kelp.

Sweetness: 2/10
Sourness: 0/10
Bitterness: 4/10 (in a good way)
Potency: 7/10

Flavors: Green, Loam, Mineral, Seaweed, Vegetable Broth

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 8 min or more 6 g 20 OZ / 600 ML

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81
drank Manoominaaboo by Tea Horse
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Homemade Advent Exchange Tea #7

As a big fan of genmaicha, I was happy to see this in my advent calendar box. Quite bittersweet like dry wood and crispy/burnt edges of food. Toasty and with a definite genmaicha houjicha mix. It’s dark like a houjicha but very toasted and with noticeable grain notes.

Flavors: Dark Wood, Roasted Barley, Toast, Toasted Rice, Woody

AJRimmer

Oh wow, the US shipping for this is $25, which is a shame!

Arby

That’s too bad. I bet another site will have the same type though.

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71
drank Mulled Cider by Bird & Blend Tea Co.
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B&B Advent Tea #7

This is exactly what you mgiht expect from a mulled cider fruit tea. There’s a base of dried apples, some hibiscus and cranberry tartness, lots of spices like cinnamon. It really packs a punch with the strong ginger spiciness (which I like). So far I have enjoyed this hot and cold, but there isn’t anything remarkable about it. I love the ginger but cinnamon apple/cider is such a common combo that I’ve had so many similar blends.

Flavors: Apple, Cinnamon, Dried Fruit, Ginger, Hibiscus, Spicy, Sweet

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100
drank Peppermint by two leaves and a bud
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This was a lovely evening cup of peppermint brewed in boiling hot water. I’m lucky that my friends keep tea in case I am at their house. These individual sachets keep things fresh. The menthol is strong, but soothing. It has a little bit of natural sweetness. This brand makes one of the better peppermints out there – very strong and fresh.

Sweetness: 3/10
Sourness: 0/10
Bitterness: 0/10
Potency of flavour: 8/10

Flavors: Menthol, Mint

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 15 sec 22 OZ / 650 ML
gmathis

Two Leaves and a Bud isn’t a brand we see on shelves around here very often, so I sort of forgot they have such a nice assortment. I like their straight-up Assam.

Kaylee

I feel like they used to be more widely available! I miss them.

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1
drank aloe vera and cactus by Tadin
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Homemade Advent Exchange Tea #6

Although I enjoy prickly pear fruit and dragon fruit (also from a cactus), I strongly disliked this tea. Do you know that chemical plastic smell in a dollar store? This is that smell. It is plasticy but also a bit green (like bittermelon) and there are some mineral notes. The brew is a lovely subtle pink, which is nice. The taste was just not my thing.

Sweetness: 1/10
Sourness: 2.5/10
Bitterness: 10/10
Potency of flavour: 6/10

Flavors: Bitter Melon

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 3 min, 30 sec

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drank aloe vera and cactus by Tadin
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Flavors: Bitter, Chemical, Mineral

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 3 min, 15 sec

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drank Apple Strudel by Bird & Blend Tea Co.
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B&B Advent Tea #6

I enjoyed this rooibos-forward blend. Some nice dried fruit sweetness, a little bit of acidity from the fruit too. Lots of tasty warming cinnamon and a sweet rooibos base. I think rooibos pairs very well here. Unfortunately I did not get any strudel flavour. I would have liked some buttery pastry and vanilla icing notes.

Sweetness: 6/10
Sourness: 2/10
Bitterness: 0/10
Flavour Potency: 7/10

Flavors: Apple, Cinnamon, Dried Fruit, Honey, Rooibos, Sweet

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 2 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 20 OZ / 600 ML
gmathis

Normally, I think fruit flavors compete with rooibos, but apple is a good roo companion.

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B&B Advent Tea #5

I drank this one hot yesterday but did not enjoy it hot due to the hibiscus acidity. It was pretty good once it got cold. The major flavour is sour hibiscus, followed by citrus peels (dried orange rind and maybe some dried citrus fruit pieces too), clove, and cinnamon. It is quite festive, but I think it would have been much better with a rooibos base. There was also a bit of bitterness from the orange rind that I did not enjoy.

Sweetness 1.5 or 2/10
Sourness: 8/10
Bitter: 3/10
Flavour potency: 7/10

Flavors: Acidic, Bitter, Cinnamon, Clove, Hibiscus, Orange, Sour, Spices

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I am a biochem major hoping for a career in research genetics and evolutionary biology. I love science fiction and spend too much of my time reading comic books. I’m a passionate keeper of spiders, cacti, and exotic plants. I eat a vegan, plant-based diet for moral and environmental reasons (I mention this only because it is relevant to which flavoured teas I drink).

I drink mostly flavoured and low caffeine teas/tisanes, but I will try anything twice. As far as pure teas go, I gravitate towards whites, yellows, and jade oolongs. I’m always open for trades and sample sales/exchanges. Message me any time :)

My cupboard is mostly up to date. For a more comprehensive list, see my stash spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-HjWKR3um-xEnj6HC9vMvKXOAyj_bpW5u_2ixEC20-k/edit?usp=sharing
Most of these are only tiny samples/I can’t always spare any, but feel free to ask.

Favourite flavours/ingredients:
Rum/alcohol, clove, cardamom, rosemary, pine, sage, moss/Earthy, lychee, floral, creamy, malt, hay, rice/grain, toasty, desserty, cocoa/chocolate, decaf or no caffeine, very unusual flavours

Favourite tea types
Decaf teas (any variety)/no caf tisanes like honeybush and rooibos, yellow, jade oolong, white, Darjeeling blacks

Least favourite flavours/ingredients:
Acidic/sour/tart, melon, grapefruit, bitter, astringent, smokey, sickly sweet (too much chicory, cinnamon, or licorice root), yerba mate, tumeric mushroom/fungus,

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Animal products: [confectioners glaze, , marshmallows, , natural flavour, white choc chips, caramel bits, etc]
St. John’s wort (herb)

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