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drank Orange Pekoe by Gorreana
362 tasting notes

Familiarity breeds contempt or something – I seriously have not been giving this its dues, though I suspect being familiar with this as being the kind of “normal” tea makes me rate a lot of garden-variety black teas as being unsatisfactory.

This on the other hand is just right black tea. Smooth full bodied but not too much, organic, average priced, just right

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200 °F / 93 °C
Tuscanteal

I find I always down play the simple teas until I have a cup and think to myself “MMMM, why havne’t I been drinking more of this??”

JustJames

oof, you can tell i’ve just come out of holidays. i read your first line as: ‘family breeds contempt’. lololololol.

cteresa

My spelling particularly in English is not awesome. That was not totally unlikely a spelling, James!

Tuscanteal, yeah I got a few like those, so nice to came back to them….

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Tuscanteal

I find I always down play the simple teas until I have a cup and think to myself “MMMM, why havne’t I been drinking more of this??”

JustJames

oof, you can tell i’ve just come out of holidays. i read your first line as: ‘family breeds contempt’. lololololol.

cteresa

My spelling particularly in English is not awesome. That was not totally unlikely a spelling, James!

Tuscanteal, yeah I got a few like those, so nice to came back to them….

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Inconstant tea drinker – I mostly drink tea when not too hot. I hang around steepster much more frequently in (northern hemisphere) cold season. Experimenting with cold steeping, for summer.

- Teas -

I like all sorts of tea, flavoured and unflavoured, though I am picky.

I am one of those people who actually loves Lapsang Souchong. I am not crazy about Earl Grey, in general. I don´t quite get Darjeeling teas, but I am exploring.

I like rooibos, though not all bases. I loathe hibiscus. I do not like fennel/liquorice/anise in blends or teas with chicory. I am picky about what I consider true cinnamon.

As you can probably tell from my cupboard, the brands I find more interesting right now are Mariage Fréres and Thé-o-Dor.

I am always willing to try anything new. I am now particularly interested in single origins.

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