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During the great Steepster freeze, I hit over 500 followers, so a gracious thank you is in order to any and all who are willing to follow along with my tea journey.  I appreciate all of you here on Steepster!
Additional notes: Sipdown!  Not thrilled about it though, as I love it.  The ginger was surprisingly delicious to a person who isn’t usually happy to have ginger floating around in a mug.  But the pluot flavor held strong, over the age of the blend but also over four huge mugs of the last session.  It paired perfectly with this type of unique oolong, which even brewed up the color of the inside of a plum.  Two teaspoons worked best for me with this one (using a big mug.)  How awesome would it be if Anne would do a summer box like the 12 days of Christmas box?  I know the planning for the holiday box starts around summer though, so I doubt that is doable… I’m looking forward to the poll though (did I miss it?)!  There are always so many summery blends I want to revisit…I could easily think of a box of 12.
2020 Sipdowns: 64 (sample of David’s strawberry rhubarb parfait + Bird & Blend’s Tea & Toast)

AJ

“The Great Steepster Freeze of 2020”.

Kawaii433

Congratz to the 500! I can see why, I always enjoy your reviews. :D
haha “Great Steepster Freeze”

tea-sipper

Why thank you, Kawaii :D

52Teas

The poll is going on now! Unfortunately this tea isn’t on the poll – it wasn’t one that was mentioned (at least, not that I can recall) when I was gathering ideas for the poll – but you can write it in and that will ensure that it will included with the next poll. I like the idea of doing a “Christmas in July” type of box – I need to get caught up a bit more than I am before I can honestly implement it though. Here’s the link for the poll: https://www.52teas.com/the-2020-holiday-box-survey/

mrmopar

Congrats on the 500! I am glad we are back working again.

tea-sipper

Thank you for the poll link, Anne!
And thank you, mrmopar. :D

ashmanra

So I added a Congrats hours ago and it doesn’t seem to be here, so we must still be a little glitchy! Here’e a fresh congrats to replace the one that got away!

tea-sipper

Oh thank you x2, ashmanra!

Martin Bednář

Woohoo! 500 followers. How many of them are actually active though? It doesn’t matter! And keep on writing, your notes are bliss.

Roswell Strange

Congrats! That’s an awesome milestone!

tea-sipper

Thank you Martin & Roswell! And yeah, MANY of those 500 are hardly active anymore. Maybe they will come back to the new Steepster!

White Antlers

Late to the party but woo hoo to you-500 (and some) followers! Good going! : )

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AJ

“The Great Steepster Freeze of 2020”.

Kawaii433

Congratz to the 500! I can see why, I always enjoy your reviews. :D
haha “Great Steepster Freeze”

tea-sipper

Why thank you, Kawaii :D

52Teas

The poll is going on now! Unfortunately this tea isn’t on the poll – it wasn’t one that was mentioned (at least, not that I can recall) when I was gathering ideas for the poll – but you can write it in and that will ensure that it will included with the next poll. I like the idea of doing a “Christmas in July” type of box – I need to get caught up a bit more than I am before I can honestly implement it though. Here’s the link for the poll: https://www.52teas.com/the-2020-holiday-box-survey/

mrmopar

Congrats on the 500! I am glad we are back working again.

tea-sipper

Thank you for the poll link, Anne!
And thank you, mrmopar. :D

ashmanra

So I added a Congrats hours ago and it doesn’t seem to be here, so we must still be a little glitchy! Here’e a fresh congrats to replace the one that got away!

tea-sipper

Oh thank you x2, ashmanra!

Martin Bednář

Woohoo! 500 followers. How many of them are actually active though? It doesn’t matter! And keep on writing, your notes are bliss.

Roswell Strange

Congrats! That’s an awesome milestone!

tea-sipper

Thank you Martin & Roswell! And yeah, MANY of those 500 are hardly active anymore. Maybe they will come back to the new Steepster!

White Antlers

Late to the party but woo hoo to you-500 (and some) followers! Good going! : )

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Hi! I love tea and trying new ones – it adds a bit of variety to my day! Books, music, TV & movies are my thing… and tea, of course.

Some of my favorite tea shops (still operating):
birdandblendtea.com
teavivre.com
52teas.com
svtea.com
whisperingpinestea.com
justea.com
harney.com
Dammann Freres
fusionteas.com
Javateaco.com
Lupicia
Octaviatea.com
Davidstea
eco-cha.com
what-cha.com
singleoriginteas.com
teasenz.com
tealyra.com
Mandala
verdanttea.com

Favorite tea shops (RIP):
butikiteas.com
steapshoppe.com
steepcityteas.com
aquartertotea.com
dellaterrateas.com
zentealife.com
angrytearoom.com
theteamerchant.net
joysteaspoon.com
tealiciousllc.com
Rivertea
Specialteas

My icon photo is Richard Mayhew from the graphic novel ‘Neverwhere’ by Neil Gaiman, Mike Carey & Glenn Fabry.

Most of the teas listed in my cupboard are actually sample sizes. I don’t really have 2,000 ounces of tea around here! Many of my teas have only one teaspoon left… maybe two. But I like keeping them in my cupboard list for reference to what I could be sipping. Usually, I write tasting notes once for each tea. I’m still drinking them, just not writing tasting notes each time!

I’m always in search of: Hattialli, Qu Hao black, Jin Jun Mei, teas using marshmallow root.

My dislikes: hibiscus, ginger (unless in chai), turmeric, bee pollen, charcoal type flavors

My ratings:
95-100 – Super awesome deliciousness favorites – cupboard essential
80-95 – Also pretty delicious
65-80 – Pretty good
50-65 – Okay
1-50 – Probably won’t want to sip it again

I’m planning on being a Steepsterer as long as there IS a Steepster, so if you’re not hearing from me, that means something happened to my health… if you know what I mean. (Or as evidenced by the great computer hiatus of 2019, something happened to my computer… I have a dumb phone so can’t access internet on that. As of 12/20/21 my wifi might start getting unreliable.)

Happy sipping!

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