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Ashmanra’s sipdown challenge – January 2024 Tea #7 – January 20 – National Coffee Break Day

Saddest of sipdowns here today.  Uh, these flavors are still melding together so so well.  It’s like a syrupy, almondy, hazelnutty, coconutty, chocolatey, sweet coffee dream.  The coconut is still amazing!  Because of its longevity I will raise the rating from 90.  I will really miss this one.  I think it is most like a tea I had from adagio, but I forget which… maybe Reichenbach Recovery.  I see that has caramel and hazelnut but it also has bergamot.  So this tea seems like the adagio if it didn’t have the bergamot.  Probably if I mix the above adagio flavors from this blend it will remind me of this tea, especially as the base black teas also taste the same/have similar depth.   The Herbal Infusions website it still up!  This tea is still on there!  All is not lost!  Hopefully I will get to have this tea again one day.
2024 sipdowns: 10

Courtney

Wow, a company I haven’t seen for a while!

tea-sipper

And somehow they are still around! I would love to place an order right now, but I won’t.

tea-sipper

OH and this could also remind me of Simpson & Vail’s St. Nick’s blend… so if I’m craving this one, I’ll just steep that up.

AJRimmer

Ha tea-sipper, you are now responsible for my first tea purchase of the year! They had too many fun blends I had to try!

tea-sipper

AjRimmer – At least they are a small business! I hope you like all the blends you bought anyway. :D

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Courtney

Wow, a company I haven’t seen for a while!

tea-sipper

And somehow they are still around! I would love to place an order right now, but I won’t.

tea-sipper

OH and this could also remind me of Simpson & Vail’s St. Nick’s blend… so if I’m craving this one, I’ll just steep that up.

AJRimmer

Ha tea-sipper, you are now responsible for my first tea purchase of the year! They had too many fun blends I had to try!

tea-sipper

AjRimmer – At least they are a small business! I hope you like all the blends you bought anyway. :D

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Hi! I love tea and trying new ones – it adds a bit of variety to my day! Books, music, TV & movies are my thing… and tea, of course.

Some of my favorite tea shops (still operating):
birdandblendtea.com
teavivre.com
52teas.com
svtea.com
whisperingpinestea.com
justea.com
harney.com
Dammann Freres
fusionteas.com
Javateaco.com
Lupicia
Octaviatea.com
Davidstea
eco-cha.com
what-cha.com
singleoriginteas.com
teasenz.com
tealyra.com
Mandala
verdanttea.com

Favorite tea shops (RIP):
butikiteas.com
steapshoppe.com
steepcityteas.com
aquartertotea.com
dellaterrateas.com
zentealife.com
angrytearoom.com
theteamerchant.net
joysteaspoon.com
tealiciousllc.com
Rivertea
Specialteas

My icon photo is Richard Mayhew from the graphic novel ‘Neverwhere’ by Neil Gaiman, Mike Carey & Glenn Fabry.

Most of the teas listed in my cupboard are actually sample sizes. I don’t really have 2,000 ounces of tea around here! Many of my teas have only one teaspoon left… maybe two. But I like keeping them in my cupboard list for reference to what I could be sipping. Usually, I write tasting notes once for each tea. I’m still drinking them, just not writing tasting notes each time!

I’m always in search of: Hattialli, Qu Hao black, Jin Jun Mei, teas using marshmallow root.

My dislikes: hibiscus, ginger (unless in chai), turmeric, bee pollen, charcoal type flavors

My ratings:
95-100 – Super awesome deliciousness favorites – cupboard essential
80-95 – Also pretty delicious
65-80 – Pretty good
50-65 – Okay
1-50 – Probably won’t want to sip it again

I’m planning on being a Steepsterer as long as there IS a Steepster, so if you’re not hearing from me, that means something happened to my health… if you know what I mean. (Or as evidenced by the great computer hiatus of 2019, something happened to my computer… I have a dumb phone so can’t access internet on that. As of 12/20/21 my wifi might start getting unreliable.)

Happy sipping!

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