Day 5 of the Tea Thoughts spring countdown box. Day 4 was a drink mix that was fine but neither tea nor particularly notable. I don’t always find the same tasting notes that the company uses to describe a tea, but in this case I think the description is spot on. They describe “sweet/sour orange, citrus flowers, [and] sweet grass” as the notes. Definitely getting sweet/sour orange, a bit of tartness, a mild floral, and a nice creaminess. Not so much the sweet grass, but two out of three is pretty solid! I had the day off so I made a full gong fu tea time out of this. There was one steep where I let it brew a little too long, and it did get a bitterness that I didn’t love. But on the steeps where I didn’t overbrew, I found this a smooth, cozy, and easy drinker.

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Geek and nerd (shoutout to GeekSteep). Still trying to get a handle on this whole work/life balance while ALSO succeeding at work thing. I have some chronic illnesses that make that harder. Tea is my respite.

Favorite tea types, in order:
oolongs
green
herbal
white
yellow

Don’t drink:
black
pu’erh

A sampling of tea shops I like:
Te Company
Calabash
Volition
Tea Thoughts
Harney & Sons
Yunomi
Teavivre

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