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drank Panitola Classic (Summer) Assam Black Tea by Teabox
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I’m working my way through more Teabox teas, and pulled this one out at random.

The steeping recommendations say 6 minutes. I usually steep my black teas for 3 minutes, 4 tops, so 6 just sounded excessive. But, Teabox has very specific steeping recs for each tea, and I have milk in my fridge, so I figured I’d give it a shot and follow their recs. Worst case scenario, I drown it in milk and sugar.

Well what do you know! Steeped for 6 minutes at 96C, this is smooth and only has a hint of pleasant bitterness! I am surprised. This is very nice. Fruity, with a touch of tartness, with malt. Fairly thick. A touch of cocoa on the finish.

I may need to start following the steeping recommendations on these packets more closely, and then experiment from there if I don’t like the results.

Though seriously, this is another tea where the liquor is described as “crystal lemon”. I do not think those words mean what the author thinks they mean. This cup is a deep mahogany colour. No stretch of the imagination could compare this to a lemon.

Flavors: Cocoa, Fruity, Malt, Tart

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 6 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML
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DeliriumsFrogs
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haha…after I read your first ‘crystal lemon’ post, I’ve been looking around at liquids in my kitchen thinking, “what on earth would be considered ‘crystal lemon’?”… lol It does sound pretty, though, right?
(and now I want to insert the Inigo Montoya’ meme… ).
The tea sounds really delicious, though!

Anlina
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Ahaha that’s fantastic! Now I want to watch the Princess Bride again, for the third time in like a month.

Cameron B.
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You keep using that word… I do not think it means what you think it means! ;)

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DeliriumsFrogs
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haha…after I read your first ‘crystal lemon’ post, I’ve been looking around at liquids in my kitchen thinking, “what on earth would be considered ‘crystal lemon’?”… lol It does sound pretty, though, right?
(and now I want to insert the Inigo Montoya’ meme… ).
The tea sounds really delicious, though!

Anlina
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Ahaha that’s fantastic! Now I want to watch the Princess Bride again, for the third time in like a month.

Cameron B.
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You keep using that word… I do not think it means what you think it means! ;)

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I grew up drinking jasmine green tea with meals, but really fell in love with tea on a trip to Britain in elementary school. My first great love was Earl Grey, and I still adore it and all its variants.

I discovered the beauty of loose leaf tea much later, when, on impulse, I picked up a few teas that were on clearance at a home store. My introduction to loose leaf teas were Masala Chai and Provence Rooibos by the Metropolitan Tea Co and an unknown brand of kukicha and gyokuro (little did I know what a precious treasure I’d stumbled onto with that.)

At the time I was lucky to live in a place with multiple tea shops and several places to have afternoon tea, which is a delight I still miss.

Tea is part of my daily ritual and a nice, affordable way to appease the collector in me.

I enjoy distinctive whites, greens and oolongs, flavoured blacks, and herbals that are heavy on the citrus, lavender or mint.

Rating rubric, to give myself some consistency:
0-15 Yuck, not even drinkable.
16-30 Disappointing, not really inclined to give it a second try.
31-45 Disappointing, but maybe there’s potential? Worth one more try, prepped differently.
46-60 Mediocre, not terrible but not memorable.
61-75 Not bad. I’ll definitely finish what I have and might buy again.
76-90 Very enjoyable. Tasty, complex, it’ll keep me coming back.
91-100 BEST! I love everything about it and I will drink it forever.

Beyond tea, I’m a sex educator, polyamory activist, and radical queer. I love backwoods camping, abstract painting, baking & cooking, nail polish, cats, ceramic sculpture, and home nesting.

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Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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