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Out of curiosity, I steeped this tea at the upper range (3 min)…not a great idea. I know this tea is good because it was amazing yesterday, but the longer steep time led to a VERY bitter cup. I am not changing the rating because I know this was my fault, not the tea.

This tea reminds me of Thin Mint Cookies…yum!

I love the way this tea smells: earthy and clean, like the smell after it rains.

Third infusion – a bit weak for my taste. Not bad, just weak. I will probably continue to infuse this tea 3 times, but not a fourth.

The smell of the dry leaves is a very sweet vanilla with barely a noticeable amount of black tea. After steeping, you smell more of the black tea, but the vanilla is still there. The black tea is not overwhelming, you can still taste the vanilla. I notice a toasted nut taste that I wouldn’t have expected from the scent. The tea is very smooth and full-bodied like coffee.

I decided to try this again with a bit of sweetener and milk. So good, almost dessert like. I think it is even better with milk than plain. The flavors are much more balanced with a 5 minute steeping time. I’m raising my rating just a bit because I like it so much better this time.

The dry tea bag smells very strongly of mint with a hint of chocolate. After steeping, it smells like a great dark chocolate bar or cocoa powder. The color is light brown, not very clear. It tastes lightly of mint with again just a hint of dark chocolate. I do like this, the taste is not overpowering and you can taste the oolong behind the flavors. I think this would be very good with milk and possibly a little sweetener.

As I have been curious about matcha, I saw this and thought that maybe it would help me determine whether I would like matcha. This tea has a nice green tea color with several specks of matcha that fell through the tea bag. The taste is very smooth and earthy. Some green teas I have had were really grassy, but this one isn’t. Yum!!

This tea is pretty good and tastes stronger than I expected. It has a nice orange flavor, but it isn’t too tart.