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Holiday Tea-son! The ninth tea from my advent calendar. I actually had an extra teabag of this as a freebie with my advent calendar order, and I just stashed it away figuring it was probably in the calendar too, since it is one of their popular holiday flavors. So this morning I was able to make a pot of tea using my 16 oz. dobin using both teabags instead of just a single cuppa. Huzzah!

The dry leaf has a strong scent of chocolate and coconut, which are two of my favorite things, but I’m a little sad that the teabag version given out for the samplers doesn’t have the vegan marshmallows… they would’ve added a nice, sweet, creamy element. Ah well.

The cocoa shells and nibs actually have a pretty forward flavor here, reminding me of when I steeped plain cocoa shells, creating that bittersweet/dark chocolate flavor in the cup, and I am getting a coconut note as well. The black tea is coming out relatively smooth and lacking in bitter/astringent notes, though without the marshmallow which would’ve added some sweetness to the blend, the cocoa itself is a bit bittersweet so the tea could do with some sweetening in the teabag form. What is lacking to pull it all together for me is a sweet and creamy element, since it tastes like it wants to be hot cocoa, but has the light mouthfeel of a tea, so I think this is a tea that is simply meant to be taken as a latte. Once I mixed some warm coconut milk (and I use the sweetened kind!) into my cup, it really pulled it together. The coconut notes were emphasized, the cocoa flavor now felt more like creamy hot cocoa than bittersweet hot cocoa water, the sweetness it was lacking was provided from the milk, and it was quite nice. It felt a little bland before that. The flavor was there, it just really needed the thicker/creamier mouthfeel and a little more sweetness to make the chocolate and coconut come together for me.

Flavors: Cocoa, Coconut, Dark Bittersweet, Dark Chocolate

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 5 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML

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drank Jingle Bells by Lupicia
1216 tasting notes

Holiday Tea-son! When I visited Lupicia last November, they gave me some sampler teabags for buying so much tea, and two of them were holiday samplers, Jingle Bells and Soleil Levant, so of course I plan on trying out both this month. I planned to do the Soleil Levant since it’s a green and it’s already rather late, but accidentally grabbed the Jingle Bells and opened the package, so oops. Ah well, at least it’s the weekend. It smells very strongly of grape! Which I’ve never really associated as a holiday flavor, but honestly I’m happy to drink something that isn’t orange, spice, or almond for a change, too, so I’m not really complaining.

Since Lupicia blacks have a tendency toward getting a bit more robust than I tend to care for, I went for a briefer steep of this sachet than usual, bumping down my three minutes to two. It still looked a nice deep reddish brown color, and had a strong grape aroma.

I think the shorter steep was the right choice, since the black tea was still quite potent, but the astringency didn’t come off quite as demanding as usual for a Lupicia black. I think I would’ve had bitterness issues had I went for my usual three minute steep. The tea had a strong grape flavor, and it comes off a bit too much like the fake grape candy/Kool-Aid flavor that I’m not that big of a fan of, but it isn’t overly unpleasant, either. There are some floral background notes that add a bit of sweetness and depth which help temper the grape a bit. I’m not really getting any alcoholic/campagne notes though.

Not a terrible cup, but not a favorite. I preferred the Honey Mead and Niagra Ice Wine teas I sampled last month a lot more than this one as far as grapey-tasting teas.

Flavors: Artificial, Astringent, Candy, Floral, Grapes, Sweet

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 2 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 12 OZ / 350 ML

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Holiday Tea-son! I’ve been going through some car hell, but I won’t bitch about that here. I’ve been using tea to try to cope, and have sipped down my Coconut French Toast with Cardamom Maple Syrup and my Gingerbread Orange in the last few days as a coping mechanism… at least I got some sipdowns out of it?

So today is the eighth tea from my advent calendar, Ice Cream Matcha. I’m glad to get matcha on a weekend, otherwise I probably would’ve saved it until then anyway (I don’t really have time to get out the milk frother and make a matcha latte before work). I have a small sampler tin of this one, but since I’m such a terrible tea hoarder, I actually haven’t tried it yet. Prepared the same as the last single-serve packet, mixing the matcha in 100ml 175F water in my frother, which I mixed with 200ml vanilla almond milk which I warmed and frothed separately in the frother.

I’m actually getting a very mellow, sweet grassy flavor from this one, beneath a very sweet, sharp, rich vanilla note, with just a hint of something that tastes a little like honey or caramel to me. It’s quite nice, and the vanilla almond milk I use to make my tea lattes compliments this one well, since it seems to be pushing that vanilla note and creamy element and really adding to that “French Vanilla ice cream” feeling. I did notice this one seemed quite thick and there were a few areas in my frother that didn’t seem to mix up quite well, but folks who hand-froth “the proper way” (I, admittedly, have still not learned to do it “the proper way” with a bamboo whisk) may not have that issue.

Tasty!

Flavors: Caramel, Cream, Creamy, Honey, Sweet, Sweet, Warm Grass, Vanilla

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 1 g 10 OZ / 300 ML

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Holiday Tea-son! My Bird & Blend advent tea today was one I have reviewed before, Strawberry Lemonade, and honestly, I’m just not one of those people on Steepster that reviews a tea more than once, unless my opinion of it changes, for better or for worse. I did try it iced this time (I typically never make something iced when I only have a single teabag, but I wanted a different experience than I had back in October with that sampler teabag) and I tend to prefer hibi-hip fruit teas iced anyway, so I cut the teabag open and cold-steeped the leaf in 350ml water while I was at work.

I’m pretty much getting the same flavor experience as before (strawberry/red berry fruity flavor followed by a sweet apple/pineapple sweetness) but in the warm cup I wasn’t getting much citrus to come through in the taste, only the aroma, and here I can definitely taste a defined lime note toward the end of the sip. Whether that is the result of the iced cold steep or luck of the sampler teabag, I have no idea! If I had this loose leaf, though, I’d definitely choose to brew this iced over warm, and also leaf this a bit more heavily than I had the option tonight only having a single teabag.

Increasing the rating by a point for the new lime note, but mostly my opinion on this one lines up with my initial review, which you can read here: https://steepster.com/mastressalita/posts/381479

Flavors: Apple, Berries, Citrus, Lime, Pineapple, Strawberry, Sweet

Preparation
Iced 8 min or more 1 tsp 350 OZ / 10350 ML

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Holiday Tea-son! The sixth tea from my advent calendar. I rarely see blends using darjeeling as a base, and I have to say I’m really liking this one; I steeped rather conservatively to avoid getting too much bitterness in my tea, and it turned out really well. I turned down the heat a bit and that seemed to help with a lot of the tannic features I get often with darjeelings. It’s quite smooth, with only very mild astringency left after the sip, honestly hardly noticable. I have notes of autumn leaf, orange, pepper, and muscat. The raspberry flavor is more subtle, but I do get a little berry sweetness toward the back of my tongue near the end of the sip. I think the berry flavor hitting so late may be why the astringency is so unnoticable in this black.

I am saving yesterday’s Great British Cuppa for Sunday’s Doctor Who finale (I like English Breakfast blends with my Doctor Who viewings!) so thus far of the black teas I’ve had from the calendar, I’d say this one has been my favorite!

Flavors: Autumn Leaf Pile, Muscatel, Orange, Pepper, Raspberry, Smooth

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 3 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 14 OZ / 400 ML

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Holiday Tea-son! I got this in a holiday sampler from TeaSource I believe discounted after the 2016 holiday season, so I think I got it around January or February of 2017? In any event, it’s quite old now and due for a sipdown, so I’ll probably be drinking this as my nightly herbal for the next few nights.

The leaf doesn’t smell light gingerbread to me, but certainly smells like orange — creamsicle specifically, as I get a lot of sweet vanilla from the aroma as well. The steeped tea still has a very creamsicle flavor, but it isn’t overly sweet, since there are some subtle spice notes in the background that linger in the background. Namely I get just a hint of pepper. There are a lot of nuts in this tea — sliced almonds and pistachios — but I’m not really picking up any nutty notes from the tea. It’s sweet, with some subtle woody notes and stronger honey/caramel notes from the rooibos, a rich orange note that tastes quite juicy and rich, a creamy sort of vanilla, and a very subtle peppery hint on the tip of the tongue at the end of the sip.

This is a nice creamsicle rooibos tea; the last rooibos tea I tried with that flavor profile just didn’t quite do it for me. For my next pot, I may make this with vanilla almond milk and go creamy latte style, but this is perfectly fine as is, as well. I may even restock this sometime since I like having a creamsicle tea around, but I’m not in a particular rush. But the name of the tea confuses me… Gingerbread Orange? Nothing about this tea makes me think of gingerbread, at all. It doesn’t have any any of the spices common to gingerbread, and the orange/vanilla flavor combo isn’t something associated with gingerbread either. It’s a bit misleading. If you are looking for a gingerbread-flavored rooibos, this isn’t it!

Flavors: Caramel, Creamy, Honey, Orange, Pepper, Vanilla, Wood

Preparation
Boiling 8 min or more 6 g 16 OZ / 473 ML
tea-sipper

You should try Angry Tea Room’s Creamsicle.

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drank Christmas Wreath by Lupicia
1216 tasting notes

Holiday Tea-son! I am saving the tea that came out of my Bird & Blend advent calendar for my Doctor Who viewing this Sunday, so I’m making this sampler I got from an expired Lupicia holiday pack last April during a mottainai sale for my work thermos today

The brewed tea smells very fruity, with some spice notes. The base tea is fairly strong and produces some drying astringency after the sip. The tea has a somewhat sweet apple flavor, and there is a slight cinnamon flavor after the sip, but it is quite subtle. There is supposed to be cardamom and currant notes in this tea, but I’m not really picking up on either. The black base is quite robust, and it feels more like a weak apple/cinnamon flavoring over the top.

Not my favorite. I’m really only getting much of an apple flavor, and I prefer Lupicia’s Apple Black a lot more than this. If the other flavors had presented themselves, that may have changed my feelings some. I suspect the sampler sachet vs. the loose version of the tea may make a big difference, too; looking at the sachet I’m not seeing any full cardamom pods or cranberry pieces like in the picture here on Steepster, it pretty much just looks like plain black tea leaves. I’m assuming there are only a few flavorings in the sachet version?

Flavors: Apple, Astringent, Bread, Cinnamon, Malt, Spices

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 12 OZ / 350 ML

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drank Mulled Wine Magic by T2
1216 tasting notes

Holiday Tea-son! After my failed hibi-hip cider last night, I find myself really in the mood for one as my nightly tisane tonight. Thankfully they are quite popular holiday blends. Got this in a little sampler pack in more of T2’s typical ridiculous packaging during their after-Christmas sale last January. It was in a three-pack of their holiday teas (well, mostly, it had their chocolate mint Rooibos in it with this tea and Hot Choc, and I think the chocolate mint rooibos is part of their regular collection, and I was least interested in that, as I’ve had so many choco-mint rooibos at this point, but ah well… I mean, the whole pack of three samplers was dirt cheap!)

This tea is properly red (phew! That’s a good sign!) and the smell of this is amazing! I think the aroma alone has to be one of the most enticing I’ve had from one of these “holiday hibi-hip spice cider” type blends I’ve seen. I do smell the typical fruitiness, citrus orange, cinnamon, anise, but there is something I can’t quite place that makes me think of red wine, too. Huh.

Mmm, yes, I like this one! It fills out warmly on the tongue, with that tart/tangy base with nice warm orangy notes, but not nearly so overpowering on the orange flavor as the Spiced Clementine I drank yesterday. The spices are nice and rich here — not spicy, just a full flavor that really adds to the cider flavor — I can taste cinnamon, clove, and a touch of anise toward the end of the sip, which gives this very subtle licorice note.

I really like this one. I’m on total tea-ordering lock-down, but knowing this is a holiday blend, and I only have a sampler, I was actually tempted to go check T2’s site… but they only have another little sampler in some ridiculous packaging available this year, too. Not a proper tin, or even one of their stupid cubes (I really hate those cubes they sell their tea in). Ah well, probably for the best. I don’t need more tea, but… I would’ve been happy to stock this one. I really like this one!

Flavors: Anise, Cinnamon, Citrus, Clove, Fruity, Licorice, Orange, Red Wine, Spices, Sweet, Tangy, Tart, Thick

Preparation
Boiling 8 min or more 3 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML
Cameron B.

I have a tin of this (like the one pictured in the tea listing) that I can send to you.

Mastress Alita

Gasp! And hibi-hip cider rained from the heavens! Now I need to make a second celebatory pot since I don’t need to horde this tiny sampler.

Todd

Mmm, sounds delightful.

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Holiday Tea-son! This was the first tea in 52Tea’s 12 Days of Tea last year. I didn’t get the 12 Days of Tea last year, but bought several of the limited overstock teas from the shop after the fact (but not all of them). To be honest, I’m a little glad I didn’t get the full set, because there were two banana blends included, and banana is pretty much the one flavor I simply can’t do. I did order the 12 Days of Tea this year, and if there are likewise that many banana teas again, I’m going to be pretty disappointed. I wasn’t going to, based on the abundance of the nanner from last year, buuuuuuut… Foggy Coconut (pretty much one of my favorite teas ever) was in the poll this year to get into the 12 Days of Tea, and I’m absolutely desperate to get more of it. If Foggy Coconut didn’t score enough votes and a bunch of banana blends made it in, I’m going to be double-upset. Just going to have to hope for some holiday luck on that one, I guess…

Anyway, onto this tea. I’m not exactly a french toast person, but I’m not particularly worried about that; the scent from the packet is amazing! There is a sort of sugary-sweet spiciness, and lovely cardamom and coconut aroma. This tea is near a year old now, but no hint of bad coconut here — I think it was on a tea-sipper review recently it was mentioned that 52Teas seemed to have magic coconut, and I’d have to agree. I have had so many teas I’ve had to throw away due to rancid coconut in as little as 4-6 months, while my 52Tea blends with coconut always have the most amazing tasting coconut, even after a bit of age.

The brewed tea is a coppery hue, and I’m really getting coconut and sweet maple/molasses aroma with a hint of spice wafting from the cup. This is a really nice flavor! That coconut that always tastes so flavorful and fresh in 52Tea’s blends is really lovely here, tasting slightly juicy/citrusy, and there is a very heavy cardamom spice note which fills out during the sip, but isn’t left creating unpleasant heat after the sip for a spice-weanie like myself. The base is quite smooth but there is some mild astringency after the sip; mostly I’m getting some citrus notes left on my tongue. The maple I was picking up in the aroma becomes a bit more subtle once the cardamom spice hits in the sip, though it looks like according to Anne’s blog notes some sugar should bring that out more. I typically drink my tea unsweetened, so I may try that on a subsequent cuppa. I do enjoy my maple. I also would like to try this as a coconut milk latte as well. All in all, an excellent blend!

Flavors: Astringent, Cardamom, Citrus, Coconut, Maple, Molasses

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec 2 g 12 OZ / 350 ML
tea-sipper

I was going to try this one soon! Also, I had to smell-check Zen’s Sweet Coconut Island before adding some to the tea box and you will be happy to know it still smells AMAZING. I’m very happy about this, as I still have a ton that will hopefully last quite a while.

Mastress Alita

You always do have the best coconut luck! <3

tea-sipper

haha – don’t ask me how!

lizwykys

Oh, yum. This sounds so good! I want more (any?) cardamom teas that aren’t chai types (I’m very skittish about clove, especially, which so often seems paired with cardamom). 52Teas needs to open a European branch!

Mastress Alita

52Teas is a small-batch tea blender that just does one blend per week and it’s a two-person operation, so they are a just a small business, I don’t think they have overseas expansion anywhere in their near future. ;-) Once that weekly blend is out of stock you don’t see it again unless it just happens to get reblended again in the future, which can lead to a lot of broken tea hearts, let me tell you (I still miss Foggy Coconut!) This one may be close to that blend… both had such good coconut in them…

I still wish Bird & Blend would have an American warehouse for their teas because their shipping from the UK is robbery, but that hasn’t happened yet, and they are a proper chain, so…

tea-sipper

I asked B&B a couple years ago if they would at some point open a US shop just for US shipping, and they said probably not. But they have opened MANY more shops in the UK since then, so maybe when they have taken over the UK they will expand. I’ve participated in Steepster group orders over the years for B&B, which always helps split shipping especially if you want to sample a bunch of teas.

52Teas

I think my coconut teas work out well because I’m nuts (as in crazy nuts) so maybe that’s it?

Anyway, yeah, we’re a bit too small to be opening up an overseas branch at this time – our next goal (which is still at least a few years off) is to open an actual location in Portland. We’ll probably start off as a food cart type of location (Portland is the place for food carts!) but hopefully eventually we’ll have a brick and mortar location in Portland. I figure Portland – being kind of weird and all – is like the perfect place for the type of teas we create!

Mastress Alita

I took a tea-cation in Portland for my birthday in 2017 and had a blast! Beautiful city, I think 52Teas would be a great addition there (and I would totally visit on future tea-cations!)

Seriously though, it is magic coconut. The tastiest coconut, and while every other tea my coconut goes rancid on me, this coconut has amazing longevity and flavor. Drank this blend so fast, but now I’m hoarding my teabox Foggy Coconut like a crazy grandma hoards her favorite china for a “special occassion” hahaha!

tea-sipper

Oh cool! A brick and mortar 52Teas! Sadly it would be on the other coast to me, but I can definitely see 52Teas doing the best in Portland.

52Teas

I think that the biggest benefit to having a brick and mortar would be the additional space. The tea studio that I work out of now is quite small. And – we would also employ a pastry person to make treats inspired by the teas. :)

52Teas

Also @Mastress Alita – if you took a tea-cation, did you happen to visit Townshend’s Tea, Tea Cha Te, Smith Teamaker, Jasmine Pearl or Tea Bar? While Seattle has a crazy coffee thing going on that has definitely spread to Portland – we also have a tea movement going on too! It’s a great place for a tea-cation!

Mastress Alita

A bigger tea studio and pastries both sound like excellent reasons to me!

@Anne, I didn’t make it to the flagship of Jasmine Pearl, though I sampled their teas at a cat cafe I visited during that vacation (and want to go to the main location next time!) I spent a crazy amount of time at Tea Chai Te, loved it there and would say it’s probably a favorite among tea shops I’ve visited on tea-cations! I have had Steven Smith Teamaker since my tea-cation so it is definitely “on the list” for the next time, as well, but I hadn’t heard of them at the time. We went to Tao of Tea at the Chinese Gardens and had a tea flight, and sadly, the teahouse at the Japanese gardens was opening quite literally about 3 weeks AFTER my tea-cation when I visited last (which was quite sad for me and my friend, we are huge Japanese culture buffs). I picked up some nice tea from the Saturday Market, too, from Nil Organic Tea (also grabbed some organic catnip there from a different booth that my sister’s cat is apparently still enjoying even though it’s been two years now). Hadn’t heard of Townshend’s or Tea Bar, so I guess that is a few more for the list next time! But it was a lovely tea-cation spot and I really enjoyed myself! (Also, as a librarian, I think I spent half a day in Powell’s and have no regrets about that).

(Seriously though, the barista at Tea Chai Te did question me and my friend about why we were showing up every day that one weekend and then ordering several pots in a row, and on the last day I left 1 oz samples of a good 20 different teas… I think that is the closest I’ve ever come to feeling like I might be “kicked out” of a bar, hahaha! “Don’t cut me off man, just one more pot of tea! It’s my birthday weekend!”)

tea-sipper

you got to go to Powell’s!! awesome

52Teas

@Mastress Alita – OMG I absolutely love the Chinese Gardens! Amethyst and I had tea there – Tao of Tea has a couple of locations in Portland but their location in the Chinese Gardens is definitely the best (with the most spectacular view of all the tea spots I’ve visited!)

I’ve often called Townshend’s Tea the “starbucks” of tea, in that it has a really nice lounge area for people to just sit and enjoy their tea while browsing on their devices – although I find Townshend’s to be much nicer because it’s a much more casual atmosphere than starbucks (where it seems much more rushed because – coffee). Tea Bar – I’ve not been in years and since then they’ve expanded to New York and it’s become much more high end as a result and from what I understand it is not as relaxed as I remember it being.

Tea Chai Te is another favorite of mine. The baristas are very nice!

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Holiday Tea-son! Fourth tea from my advent calendar. This is not one of B&B’s matcha’s I’ve had the chance to try yet, so I’m happy to get a sample. I mixed the matcha in 100ml 175F water in my frother, moved it to a mug, then mixed 200ml vanilla almond milk on the warm setting in my frother. It smells nice… like sweet gingersnap cookies.

It’s very sweet. I’m getting a lot of nutmeg and cinnamon spice notes that are very forward in the cup, with a sugary, graham cracker crust sort of flavor overall. It’s very creamy, and the spice lingers on the tongue with a pleasant warmth, but doesn’t cause any unpleasant heat. I like it, but then, I like flavored matcha. I don’t taste any of the base matcha, though; the grassiness is pretty much muted under the flavors here, so if you don’t like that, you aren’t going to enjoy this one.

Flavors: Cinnamon, Cookie, Graham, Nutmeg, Spicy, Sugar, Sweet

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 1 g 10 OZ / 300 ML
Cameron B.

Bird & Blend’s base matcha is quite weak IMO. So all of the flavored matchas I’ve tried from them have been a similar experience with no matcha flavor at all.

But I’m glad you enjoyed it anyway! ❤

Mastress Alita

I don’t really mind whether I taste the grass or not… usually what gets me is if the grassy taste is a bitter vegetal taste, which is why I can’t drink matcha straight, I have to always drink it as a latte (is a wuss). Not that I wouldn’t mind if it was in there more, but I’m okay with fun flavors once in a while, too. Mostly the reason I don’t get them (other than sampler packs) is the steep price tag for a 30g pot/shipping.

Cameron B.

That’s true, I should be happy that I’m not loving their base as their matcha is quite pricey, and the shipping equally expensive…

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Hi! I’m Sara, a middle-aged librarian living in southern Idaho, USA. I’m a big ol’ sci-fi/fantasy/anime geek that loves fandom conventions, coloring books, simulation computer games, Japanese culture, and cats. Proud genderqueer asexual (she/they) and supporter of the LGBTQ+ community. I’m also a chronic migraineur. As a surprise to no one, I’m a helpless tea addict with a tea collecting and hoarding problem! (It still baffles me how much tea I can cram into my little condo!) I enjoy trying all sorts of teas… for me tea is a neverending journey!

Favorite Flavors:

I love sampling a wide variety of teas! For me the variety is what makes the hobby of tea sampling so fun! While I enjoy trying all different types of teas (pure teas, blends, tisanes), these are some flavors/ingredients I enjoy:
-Dessert/chocolate/vanilla/caramel/cream/toffee/maple
-Sweet/licorice root/stevia
-Vegetal/grassy
-Floral/lavender/rose
-Spices/chais
-Fruity
-Tropical/pineapple/coconut
-Bergamot (in moderation)
-Roasted/nutty
-Tart/tangy/hibiscus/rosehip

Disliked Flavors:

There are not many flavors or ingredients that I don’t like. These include:
-Bananas/banana flavoring
-Hemp/CBD teas
-Smoke-scented teas/heavy smoke flavors (migraine trigger)
-Perfumey teas/extremely heavy floral aromas (migraine trigger)
-Gingko biloba (migraine trigger)
-Chamomile (used in blends as a background note/paired with stronger flavors is okay)
-Extremely spicy/heated teas
-Medicinal flavors/Ginseng
-Metallic flavors
-Overly strong artificial flavorings

With the exception of bananas and migraine triggers, I’ll pretty much try any tea at least once!

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I drink tea in a variety of ways! For hot brews, I mostly drink my teas brewed in the western style without additions, and for iced tea, I drink teas mostly brewed in the cold brew style without additions. Occassionally I’ll change that up. I use the https://octea.ndim.space/#/ app for water-to-tea ratios and use steep times to my preferences.

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90-100 – Top tier tea! These teas are among my personal favorites, and typically I like to keep them stocked in my cupboards at all times, if possible!

70-89 – These are teas that I personally found very enjoyable, but I may or may not feel inclined to keep them in stock.

50-69 – Teas that fall in this range I enjoyed, but found either average, lacking in some way, or I’ve had a similar tea that “did it better.”

21-49 – Teas in this range I didn’t enjoy, for one reason or another. I may or may not finish them off, depending on their ranking, and feel no inclination to restock them.

20-1 – Blech! My Tea Hall of Shame. These are the teas that most likely saw the bottom of my garbage can, because I’d feel guilty to pass them onto someone else.

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