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There’s next to no information regarding this tea (unfortunately, the packet was tossed a while ago after the initial sip down of the sample). Thankfully, I kept some record of the session, but the information regarding the tea is gone.

First Infusion (30 sec.): A strong minerality and roasted notes.
Second Infusion (30 sec.): Less minerality, citrusy, and mouth drying.
Third Infusion (60 sec): A little bit of tobacco, minerals, and astringent.
Fourth Infusion (120 sec.): Citrusy and cooling but became light and mouth drying.

Backlog

1st Infusion: Floral, lilacs.
2nd infusion: Hay with lilacs.
3rd Infusion: Edging toward bitterness, a bit of astringency.
4th infusion: Bitter in a good way?
5th infusion: Astringent; bitter in less of a good way.
6th infusion: Called it. The flavor was lost.

Sip Down/Backlog

I didn’t take too many notes on this one.

Notes: Typical fu flavors – wheat, grains, nutty, oats, corn flakes, cereal, & plain rice cakes.

Sip Down/Backlog

I thought that this was going to be much stronger than the mug offered. The dry material was quite spice heavy; unfortunately, the flavor fell short. I left my tea bag in the cup the second time around and it still didn’t give out much flavor…Light spices and no hint of the honeybush.

Sip Down/Backlog

Another tea that was nearly to the bottom of the bag and a friend helped sip it down! I found an unopened bag of this about two weeks ago (August 19ish). With the weather changing and Fall slowly making its entrance, I decided it was best to make this my daily drink. I knew that this was sitting in the cupboard with enough for two iced matcha’s, so I topped it off during Labor Day!

Sip Down/Backlog

I sipped the remainder of this with a friend who stopped over on Labor Day.* Thankfully, they are prone to drink any tea I offer, and I was two cups away from sipping this down. This was a great cup of tea to have with a meal and helped ease us into dessert (Strawberry Pretzel Salad). I enjoyed that the tea and flavors blended well enough that they worked together and neither overpowered the cup.

*Yeah, I’m very backlogged.

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I drank this as an iced tea while working at the office. Unfortunately, I made one note and don’t recall this session.

Note: Solid iced tea blend. Would buy again.

That’s helpful. ; )

Backlog

I received a sample of this with my Tiesta Tea order almost a month ago. I’m usually on the fence with peach teas since they typically taste fake (like cherry teas). I had enough to make this into a batch of iced tea and sit in the fridge to cool. I didn’t add any sugar to the tea. The only thing I noted on its flavor was, “This reminds me of peach ring candy without the heavy sugary candy sweetness. It’s subtle and refreshing.”

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Gongfu’d

Dry Leaf: Trichomes flung out of the bag into my face. If you’re prone to sneeze, this is the tea for you! While I was able to get close to the tea leaves, despite the dust, they had a delightful vegetal aroma (garden greens/soil).

1st Steep: Broccoli, buttery, & viscous mouthfeel.

2nd Steep: Bitter, collard greens, Brussel sprouts, & butter mixed vegetables.

3rd steep: The same as the second infusion, but a little more bitterness.

4th steep: Progressively more bitter.

The notes end there, but I added, “Stopped at the 8th steep. Not much change to the leaf, with the exception of losing most of the bitterness at the 7th infusion, and all flavor at 8th infusion.”

I started this review three times…

Notes: Young coconut (slightly sweet, papery), thick tea soup, edging toward bitterness (but never reaching it), and a good bit of energy. Not worth the $96 USD, but not terrible.