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Another one I could have sworn I’d already reviewed! Is Steepster eating notes again? Or maybe it’s from back when it was happening before.

Making tea is a whole project with a busted wrist so my partner has been helping me. Due to a miscommunication, he almost added cold seltzer to a hot mug of this! Thankfully we caught it in time and narrowly avoided a silly beverage crisis. I did end up drinking it cold, but without the seltzer.

I’m almost done with this tea, but it’s taken me years because I’m not a big fan. It tastes like honeydew candy on a floral oolong base. It’s not sugary but still too sweet for my taste. Back before the pandemic, this was an office tea – something I wasn’t very attached to and could drink while I was focused on work. YMMV – someone who likes candy-like teas might be really into this.

ETA: Out of sheer curiosity, I added some seltzer to the last bit left at the bottom of my mug. It makes an… okay tea soda. It just tastes like melon candy with bubbles, which isn’t really very satisfying or interesting. I’ve been enjoying some of DavidsTea’s cranberry blends as tea sodas lately, and what makes that work for me is that they have that combination of sweet and tart going. It doesn’t have to be tartness that balances out the sweetness, but there should be something – roastiness, zest, zing, something that gives it some depth and complexity to make it work as a tea soda for me.