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Sip down!

Well ok, my coworkers did most of the sipping. I just grabbed the last bag in the tin.

Almost a year old and a lot of the flavor has faded from what I previously remember. I think what I am getting mostly is vanilla and orange, which is not a favored combination.

Probably not going to restock this one again unless I get another big Harney gift certificate and no idea what to spend it on.

And another sip down.

I bought more after my previows notes. This time that bread like flavor/scent isn’t there. The burn sugar scent definately is.
A little heavy on the tannins in this cup, but I was down to mostly broken leaves so I’m not surprised.

The sip down is going to be short lived as this has been put on my staples list and I will be restocking soon. Hoping for a Black Friday sale.

Didn’t have much hopes on flavor here as I have not enjoyed other Silver Needle teas in the past. But this is a sample from a previous order and I’m in a mood to get things sipped down and my stash cleaned out.

The smell of the steeped leaves reminds me of cooked spinach maybe. It might be a food I adore, but in regards to drinking, not something I am usually wanting. Happily the smell of the liquor does not have that.

The liquor has a light almost golden color and is pretty. Flavor isn’t bad but really very light. Something in my brain keeps expecting it to have a sweet flavor, but that only shows up as its cooled down to near room temp. When its hot, there isn’t much there. Curious what it tastes like as a cold brew, but I don’t have enough left for that.

I took these notes a few days ago but never really managed to finish them due to prep for another office move. I’ve got enough for another pot today, but I just don’t feel like it. Its not bad, just not my thing. Going to treat this as a sip down and move on.

I am on a sip down roll lately and this one needed it as its almost 2 years old. And even with its age, the scent is still so wonderful.

Enjoyable though it suffers from my on again off again thing with flavored teas.

Not restocking at this time as I still have so much flavored tea that need to be sipped down.

Another sip down of a Christmas gifted tea from last year.

The orange has really faded over time and I found it a lot more tolerable this way. Still its a tea I want to like more than I actually do. Glad I was able to make use of it however.

Been sitting on my last sachet for Halloween day since it seems so fitting.

I never really noticed the pumpkin flavor, but the rest did stand out and its such a lovely blend for this cold rainy fall season.

I’m almost sad to have sipped this one down.

Sip down via cold brew.

I’ve been mixing this with the usual Orange Pekoe for cold brew. It helps.

If this wasn’t so bitter, I think this might be a favorite. So close and yet so far.

Sip down!

I let this one get too old. Its been sitting in my stash for almost 2 years now. Suprising the flavor that I had remembered was mostly still there.

I can’t remember if I tried doing this as a cold brew. I keep thinking I had and that I did not enjoy it. But, if I did, I made no notes and I might have this mixed up in my head with a diferent tea.

Overall it was enjoyable. But I find my enthusiasm for flavored teas tends to go through a pattern. I started off excited and loving it enough that I buy a significant (for me at least) amount. I go through about a third of what I bought and then just loose interest.

Note to self, stop buying flavored teas in quantity no matter how much I am currently loving it.

Honestly, this is from an order made a year and a half ago, but its been sitting since I’ve been using cold brew to sip down a bunch of other teas.

I’m not sure if its the age or if this was just not the tea in the package. It reminds me of pu’erh. Leather and mud and grossness, Definitely does not taste like orders I’ve had in the past.

Asked a few coworkers for their opinions and everyone agrees, so its not just me.

I’ve had to throw it out.