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drank Moonlight Serenade by Vampyre Tea Co
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I probably should wait to review this because I WAAAY overleafed this on my first brew. 3 minutes at 205 and yikes. Normally I am very calculated and measure everything out. Not today. Today, I threw caution to the wind. And look where it got me. With a brew that tasted of nothing but bitter. So, I poured out that steep and resteeped the leaves for about the same time. This second brew is still dark but some of the bitterness is gone. Not worth drinking however. There is potential here though. There are hints of lavender and vanilla. It kind of reminds me of Liquid Prousts Oolong Spa tea.

Despite me screwing this one up, the scent here wafting up from the brewed tea are lovely.

I ordered this for my tea book club. We are reading Let The Right One In and so I ordered a few vampire based teas, this being one of them. But they don’t have brewing parameters/suggestions on their packaging or their website (that I have seen). So here I am testing them out before the book club meeting in order to get them right. Hopefully I can do an updated review later when I actually steep it correctly.

Flavors: Bitter, Lavender, Vanilla

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec
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I love that you find teas for your book club that are appropriate. Also, this web site is the stuff of my dreams. I need to buy some stuff from here. THEY HAVE SOMETHING CALLED BELA LUGOSI’S ASHES.

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It is like one of my favorite things about hosting a monthly book club. I love pairing things like that. And yeah, that website had me super excited about all the fun teas they have going on.

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Super Starling!
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I love that you find teas for your book club that are appropriate. Also, this web site is the stuff of my dreams. I need to buy some stuff from here. THEY HAVE SOMETHING CALLED BELA LUGOSI’S ASHES.

mtchyg
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It is like one of my favorite things about hosting a monthly book club. I love pairing things like that. And yeah, that website had me super excited about all the fun teas they have going on.

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Michigander, Husband, father of three, lover of tea, books, nature, gardening, and passion. Stay at home dad currently. Previously a preschool teacher.

I have now completed some tea swaps and I am so totally up for swapping! What a cool way to connect with fellow tea lovers and try some new teas. My tea cupboard on here is woefully out of date though.

Black tea has been my go to tea for some time. Oolongs are good too but mainly roasty oolongs. I’m finding that there are some green and white teas (mostly Moonlight Whites) that impress me lately which they never used to do. I am getting into and developing a taste for Pu-erh. I have tried raw and my Ulcerative Colitis just can’t handle the roughness of it. So I stick to ripe Puerh. I am recently drinking more herbal tea or Rooibos especially STRONG ginger blends. I’m not too picky.

Some of my favorite places from which to purchase tea are Whispering Pines Tea Co, Verdant, A Quarter to Tea, Beautiful Taiwan Tea Co, Bitterleaf Tea, and Yunnan Sourcing.

Rating system:
90-100: Some of the best I’ve ever had. I’d be a fool not to keep it stocked as often as possible
80-89: A damn good tea. Not to be missed
70-79: A good tea but lacks the wow factor. More than likely a simple tea that could be an every day option
60-69: Eh. This is okay. Not swill by any means but fairly underwhelming.
50-59: Not really doing it for me. I’ll finish it but please don’t bring me any more.
Below 50: Life is too short to waste on things such as this

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