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3Jan – malty goodness, bready. So good. I need to repurchase this tea.

Sipdown. This tea didn’t taste like anything except a little bit of apples at the beginning. Planning on dumping the rest.

Pumpkin Spice black tea Seasonal. I don’t feel like adding it. Republic of Tea. Sample tea bag from their flyers. Pumkin and spice, neither flavor is strong. Not a tea I would purchase. It’s fine.

Nice non astringent black tea, smooth
Flavors:malt cocoa
It’s a good tea, but I don’t think I’ll buy it again.

Followed Mandala’s directions for steeping-
1st steep 30 sec- leaves only started to unfurl, most still balled up. Taste- oolong with sweet chaser.
2nd 1min- some leaves still balled up, wet leaf smell much more like oolong, more creamy oolong up front sweet chaser comes out more as water cools
3rd 1 min 30 sec – lost end sweet, nice light oolong
4th 2min- sweet more in front, then creamy oolong, then sweet again
5th 2min 30sec- tea still good
I really like this tea.
I’m ready to move onto another tea, though I think I could get several more steeps out of this tea. Downside, filter of gravity steeper required thorough cleaning. I really need to get a gaiwan.

Dry leaf smells super awesome. Maple syrup and pumpkin. Chai comes out more in smell of wet leaf. I don’t think I used enough water the first steep. I only used about 6oz. With 8oz, the 2nd steep was much better. Like TeaTiff I find that 2tsp and 8oz to be the correct ratio.
I was able to get three steeps out of the leaves though the 3rd steep was definitely the weakest. In the 3rd steep, I lost the maple but got pumpkin chai.
When I’m ready to reorder, I’ll need to get some more. The taste is true to the smell of the tea.

I get jasmine but not much else. It tastes okay. It might be getting old and losing flavor. Unfortunately, I have a lot left being as it is one of their blends with the ridiculous minimums.

subtle malty cocoa notes and nice and smooth to drink

Dry leaf – smell cider, clove and vanilla
Wet leaf – smells very cidery
Taste – very creamy mouthfeel, but I don’t like the finish
2nd steep – very potpourri taste. I don’t get cider anymore. Creamy.

I don’t know that I like this tea. I still have some left so I will try again to see if I like it any better. Maybe I overleafed?

Spicy chocolate tea. I like it. I remember the spice being present but not overpowering.