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Mastress Alita’s sipdown challenge – December Tea #7 -An earthy tea

This’ll fit for this prompt!  Not a favorite – but I do love the image of a Wild Monk… NOW the name just reminds me of the recent Buddhist temple that had meth in it, but anyway….  Today this tastes like berries somehow, along with autumn leaves, starchy, papery.  Three mini cups, as I had a tiny amount of leaf remaining!  It looks like I wrote a note for another sample eight years ago but not for the sample from Kawaii433, so thank you for allowing me to revisit this one years later!   Reading my first note, I have definitely learned to tame my steep parameters for raw pu-erh, but just like before, I’m still finding the first steeps of raw pu-erh are always tastier than subsequent steeps.  I REALLY liked the first steep eight years ago.
Holiday Tea 2022 # 26:  Georgia Tea Co – Nutcracker Rooibos
Holiday Tea 2022 # 27:  Angry Tea Room – Honey Nut Biscotti
Holiday Tea 2022 # 28:  Angry Tea Room – Cinnamon Apple
Holiday Tea 2022 # 29:  Bird & Blend – Jack Frost
2022 sipdowns: 131

Nattie

Wait, a meth temple?! XD

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Nattie

Wait, a meth temple?! XD

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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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