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From the Cooking TTB.

How weird that this tea hasn’t been logged on Steepster before this.

The dry blend is brown and full of whole cloves and allspice. It smells like mulling spice or a chai, heavy on the cinnamon. Steeped, the smell of the clove and orange peel peek out more, giving it an almost earthy note.

This is quite pleasant. Sweet cinnamon is at the forefront, but the balance of spices is good, and it’s not too intense, spicy or overwhelming. Thankfully not liquid cinnamon hearts.

While this isn’t anything particularly special, it’s good for what it is.

Flavors: Cinnamon, Clove, Earth, Orange Zest, Spices, Sweet

Preparation
Boiling 8 min or more 4 g 8 OZ / 236 ML
Skysamurai

huh… I thought I did put it up and make a note… maybe I did in my head haha.

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Skysamurai

huh… I thought I did put it up and make a note… maybe I did in my head haha.

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I grew up drinking jasmine green tea with meals, but really fell in love with tea on a trip to Britain in elementary school. My first great love was Earl Grey, and I still adore it and all its variants.

I discovered the beauty of loose leaf tea much later, when, on impulse, I picked up a few teas that were on clearance at a home store. My introduction to loose leaf teas were Masala Chai and Provence Rooibos by the Metropolitan Tea Co and an unknown brand of kukicha and gyokuro (little did I know what a precious treasure I’d stumbled onto with that.)

At the time I was lucky to live in a place with multiple tea shops and several places to have afternoon tea, which is a delight I still miss.

Tea is part of my daily ritual and a nice, affordable way to appease the collector in me.

I enjoy distinctive whites, greens and oolongs, flavoured blacks, and herbals that are heavy on the citrus, lavender or mint.

Rating rubric, to give myself some consistency:
0-15 Yuck, not even drinkable.
16-30 Disappointing, not really inclined to give it a second try.
31-45 Disappointing, but maybe there’s potential? Worth one more try, prepped differently.
46-60 Mediocre, not terrible but not memorable.
61-75 Not bad. I’ll definitely finish what I have and might buy again.
76-90 Very enjoyable. Tasty, complex, it’ll keep me coming back.
91-100 BEST! I love everything about it and I will drink it forever.

Beyond tea, I’m a sex educator, polyamory activist, and radical queer. I love backwoods camping, abstract painting, baking & cooking, nail polish, cats, ceramic sculpture, and home nesting.

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Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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