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85
drank Takibi by Lupicia
248 tasting notes

Finally back from holiday which means that I’m reunited with my tea collection. On the way back though, I stocked up on Takibi so I can enjoy it year-round. Takibi is a flavored oolong from Lupicia. Takibi is a very seasonal tea and they usually only have it in stock in the winter time. It has a very subtle fruit flavor which is very refreshing.

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34
drank C'est Parfait! by Lupicia
251 tasting notes

This is the second time I’ve tried this tea. The first time was before I joined Steepster and was in no way a success! The first time, I used an artificial sweetner and it brought out the taste of the rose petals to the point where the tea was just about undrinkable. This time, I tasted the tea unsweetener first. I still didn’t like it, but it was better. I added a few drops of liquid vanilla stevia, and decided it would do. It’s not a tea I’ll be reordering. It’s got too much rose for my tastes.

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78

I finished this one off today making a thermos of tea to take to work. Definitely worth a try. I’ll probably reorder this one at some point, it has a nice refreshing apple flavor. I like the yuzu and the grapefruit better, but this is good when you are in the mood for some apple.

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78

It’s beginning to look a lot like iced tea season here in sunny Florida! That’s a good thing, cause I was tired of the un-Florida like cold weather this year. (Why put up with living in Florida if it’s going to be cold???) So I’m trying this one iced today. I like it better iced than hot. It seems like drinking it cold brings out a nice fresh apple flavor, which is a nice and cooling.

I’m upping the rating just a tad to reflect my joy in discovering how good this tea is iced.

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78

The was a very light tasting tea with a hint of green apple. The apple taste was tart and sour. I infused it a second time, and that infusion had more of a green tea flavor than an apple flavor. A nice tea, but I like something a little more assertive.

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40
drank Cache-Cache by Lupicia
48 tasting notes

This tea didn’t work for me because there were too many flavours, all of which I didn’t seem to like so much. The tea was decent at first but a few sips later, the flavours tasted stranger. I believe I am not a fan of peppercorn as the sakurambo didn’t work out for my tastebuds either. I tried to sweeten it and still no luck. :(

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 3 min, 30 sec
Cofftea

Your comment about too many flavors sounds like something my mom would say. She doesn’t like blends. The closest she’ll come is French Vanilla.

li-chan

Haha, that is too funny Cofftea. I do like a variety of flavours if they are pleasant ones. Strawberry and Vanilla was good but that is only 2! hmmm..oh, the chai’s have a bunch of flavours and those are heavenly.

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100
drank Joyeux Noël by Lupicia
58 tasting notes

Oho. Ohoho. OhohohoHO. YES.

As noted in my last tasting note about this tea, I’d decided i was going to try it with a little milk the next time I brewed myself a cup.

I didn’t end up using milk.

What I did use, instead, was a little cream. Normal heavy cream, nothing special…of which I had only a tiny amount left due to having mixed up a batch of cream scones for breakfast this morning.

Oho. OHOHOHOHO.

That little bit of cream + the 1/2 teaspoon of sugar + this tea steeped for 3 minutes? MAGIC. This has now shot to the top of my list of the most perfect winter drinks EVER. The chestnut flavour is now exceedingly smooth, warm, invigorating, and comforting. It’s like the softest baby alpaca scarf for your throat. You just want to keep petting it and petting it, and it’s so light and delicious and yet so warm and satisfying.

In conclusion, my hat’s truly off to whomever it was on Lupicia’s site who expounded upon the virtues of this particular tea when taken with milk. IMHO, it’s now indispensable…much like my preferred method with Earl Grey. Positively delightful, and if this is a harbinger of how 2010 is going to shake out, I am ALL FOR IT. Roll on 2010 and Joyeux Noël! I’m only sorry I don’t have a lot more of the latter!

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec
takgoti

Should I ever find myself with the chance to try this, I will remember this log.

Janni

It is WONDERFUL. I’m having to pace myself, or else I’ll drink it all and be very sad. XD

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100
drank Joyeux Noël by Lupicia
58 tasting notes

Resteep! :)

Same amount of time, same conditions, same amount of sugar. It’s lighter, but still quite mellow and nutty. The flavor is so strong, I bet some people might even be able to get a third steep out of this, but I’m not gonna try it. Instead, I’m going to try a new bag next time with a little milk like someone reviewing this on Lupicia’s website suggests. :)

In conclusion, this tea reminds me of Kaitou Saint Tail. :)

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100
drank Joyeux Noël by Lupicia
58 tasting notes

Upon opening the package and smelling this tea, even before steeping, it’s got a slightly toffee aroma. Not overly-sweet, but sort of dark and sweet and almost like…actually, no. It’s more like marzipan than toffee. As I said, not overly-sweet.

As it steeps, it turns a pleasant reddish-brown colour, as you can see in the stock photo. Actually, as it gets closer to time (I steeped for the full 3 minutes, as I like most teas stronger rather than weaker), the reddish brown gets a little deeper…almost like the skin of a chestnut. Very nice. The smell of chestnuts gets stronger, too. I grow more apprehensive…I like roasted chestnuts well enough, but I’m not sure how I feel about warm chestnut juice. Hrrm.

First sip is pleasantly toasty and mellow, with none of even the “subtle bitterness” the description describes. A half-teaspoon of sugar gives it that tiny little bit of levity it needed, and now the chestnut flavour is bright and vibrant. It really does taste exactly like roasted chestnuts! (I’ve no clue about the Paris part, as I unfortunately have yet to go there. Though I think we may have driven past Paris, Texas once upon a time. But I digress, as usual. :) )

There’s not much tea taste underneath the chestnut, but at the same time, I wouldn’t say that the chestnut is overpowering. It’s more like they’ve melded together so well that I can’t distinguish them.

While I don’t use it as much in daily life as I’d perhaps like, I’m still awfully glad I’ve retained some of my Japanese, if only so I can read tea boxes and steep my tea at the right temperature for the right amount of time. Although this came from a new package my friend in Hawaii sent me (that arrived just yesterday, bursting with tea, eeee!), this tea was made in Tokyo…and so was the box. XD

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec

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95
drank Yuzu by Lupicia
251 tasting notes

I used up the last of this yesterday!! Just squeaked in heating up the water before we lost power for 5 hours. Very grateful that it’s back on now, and that the tree that fell during the storm didn’t do any more than damaging a neighbor’s car and taking out some power lines.

Cofftea

Nice timing! Glad you’re safe:)

LENA

oh wow….glad the power is back!

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95
drank Yuzu by Lupicia
251 tasting notes

Brewing a travel mug to carry with me to work.

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95
drank Yuzu by Lupicia
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Drank a couple of cups of this with my sub today. Good as always.

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95
drank Yuzu by Lupicia
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The tin is starting to look empty!! I will be sad when this is gone, but I have several other yuzu flavored teas to try once this one is gone. It should be interesting to see if any of them can live up to my opionion of this tea.

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95
drank Yuzu by Lupicia
251 tasting notes

I will be soooo sad when this is gone. Right now, I think it is my favorite tea. I have some other yuzu teas to try when I do finish up this tin. I’m hoping that they are just as good.

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95
drank Yuzu by Lupicia
251 tasting notes

Surprisingly good with smoked brisket!

Cofftea

Now that’s an interesting combo!:)

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95
drank Yuzu by Lupicia
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I may just become an addict to this one. I need to try some of the similar teas.

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95
drank Yuzu by Lupicia
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First tea of the new year! Great as always.

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95
drank Yuzu by Lupicia
251 tasting notes

This is an instant favorite. A really nice sencha with a grassy, citrussy tang.

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82
drank Strawberry & Vanilla by Lupicia
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It’s all gone! This is such a good afternoon treat! It’s definitely flavored, but the vanilla and the strawberry is such a comfort on an upsetting day. I’m putting it on my shopping list. I’ll have a lot of teas to order if I ever have room in the cupboards!

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82
drank Strawberry & Vanilla by Lupicia
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82
drank Strawberry & Vanilla by Lupicia
251 tasting notes

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