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drank Ginger Peach by The Tea Smith
196 tasting notes

Oh sigh
not my
cup of tea
oh gee
Too chemical in the flavoring, not much ginger, needed too much sugar to bring out the peach

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec
Carolyn

Steepsterish free verse? I like it.

Marlena

Thanks!

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49

This is one tea I wanted to like more than I did, although it wasn’t bad. It tasted a little muddy to me, which is one thing I really don’t care for in a tea.

Preparation
3 min, 0 sec

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73
drank Blacksmith Blend by The Tea Smith
196 tasting notes

A really good tea that’s driving me crazy because I can’t quite pin down the smell or taste. But it is very good, with none of the drawbacks one often finds in black teas

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 30 sec

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94

Very, very chocolate – really good dark stuff with a strong whiff of cherry and the warmth, but not the bite of chili. Really good hot, not so good as it cooled. My husband loved it and he is not a big tea person.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 30 sec
Cofftea

I’m gonna cry… you had me right up until you said cherry… :(

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90

Shorter steeping times are the key to good 1st flush Darjeeling brews!! I was unaware of this at first, creating very bitter brews, but since I corrected my prep methods, I’ve found a new love for them. This one is excellent. For all of you who know the taste of 1F Darjeelings, this one has all the right characteristics in the right quantities…the sweet floral hints (different than those of light oolongs) light mouth feel, light astringency, not bitter at all, with that lovely Darjeeling “trademark.”

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 3 min, 0 sec

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100

Ooooooh this is a good one! While adding the water, I noticed that natural sweet aroma that makes a malty black tea wonderful. It has a much heavier mouth feel and maltier taste (I love both qualities in a great Assam) than Ceylon Sonata from Adagio, my other daily black drinker. I accidentally oversteeped a cup yesterday by two minutes. I was surprised to find that the extended steep time did not make it bitter, but made the tea that much more malty. Excellent! :)

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 4 min, 30 sec

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75

Had a cup when I stopped by durning my cross country tea trip and when I got home I had to order more. This currently is my favorite tea. I feels butter in your mouth. So Good.

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75

An acquired taste, but very worth it. Darjeelings have an edge to them that I can’t quite square with, but 1st and 2nd flush varieties are light enough that I can enjoy drinking them.

Daniel McCash

I think I might begin to agree- “light enough to enjoy”, I think that this tea must be kept far from steeping too long or that ‘edge’ starts to grow to sharp of one.

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75

A very light, slightly vegetal cup. Refreshing, though, with lots of melon, peach, and rose blossom.

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