Lunar New Year 2021

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
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Flavors
Butter, Caramel, Coconut, Smooth, Malt
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Caffeine
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Edit tea info Last updated by Veronica
Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 30 sec 12 oz / 354 ml

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  • “Strange VariaTEA TTB #19 I had no idea what this blend was supposed to taste like when I grabbed it from the box, but I could see and smell the coconut, so I went for it! Turns out this tea has not...” Read full tasting note
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  • “#SVTTB Round Two – Tea 13/??? Had to try this one since I own the 2022 version which is a wildly different ingredient list minus the oolong base! Like Veronica (the other person who’s reviewed this...” Read full tasting note
  • “Sipdown! I never did get toasted rice and sesame notes from this tea, but I enjoyed it nevertheless. The coconut and caramel flavors made this a nice dessert tea. It was a tasty mid-afternoon pick...” Read full tasting note
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From Harney & Sons

Throughout Asia during the Spring Festival, also known as the Lunar New Year, people welcome a change in season and what it brings: new beginnings. To honor that tradition, we created this tea blend inspired by Nian Giao, a delicacy made of caramel, sesame, and coconut enjoyed during the celebrations.

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Strange VariaTEA TTB #19

I had no idea what this blend was supposed to taste like when I grabbed it from the box, but I could see and smell the coconut, so I went for it! Turns out this tea has not one but two of my favorite flavors: coconut and caramel both! It’s super smooth and buttery and rich and I’m quite enjoying it.

Flavors: Butter, Caramel, Coconut, Smooth

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 4 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
gmathis

This sounds delicious—like Girl Scout Samoas minus the chocolate!

Inkling

Ooh, yeah, that’s a good description! And those are my favorite Girl Scout cookies. :)

gmathis

If your local grocery stores have Keebler cookies, Coconut Dreams are Samoas.

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#SVTTB Round Two – Tea 13/???

Had to try this one since I own the 2022 version which is a wildly different ingredient list minus the oolong base! Like Veronica (the other person who’s reviewed this tea on Steepster), I also didn’t taste any caramel or sesame at all. What I did taste was coconut, but a super buttery type of coconut. In fact, the more I drank through the cup the more intense I felt the butter element of the coconut got. By the end of the cup I didn’t really taste coconut at all anymore, but instead sort of just the general vibe of a flavoured milk oolong. Y’all know the ones. They just taste a bit like straight up movie theater butter and it’s either the best or the worst thing depending on the mood you’re in…

Happy to have tried this, and honestly I don’t really mind flavoured milk oolongs at all so I didn’t have any problem with the taste aside from just wishing I was getting other things alongside it. For that reason, I am happy the tin on my shelves is the 2022 version and not 2021’s formulation.

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Sipdown!

I never did get toasted rice and sesame notes from this tea, but I enjoyed it nevertheless. The coconut and caramel flavors made this a nice dessert tea. It was a tasty mid-afternoon pick me up. It was nice hot or if it cooled down (on those days when work kept me away from my mug). I don’t see myself buying more of this since there are other coconut teas that I like more, but I would happily accept a cup if someone offered it to me.

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