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tea-sipper drank Keemun Finest by Zen Tea

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additional notes: Evol Ving Ness’ admiration of this tea made me dig it out of the stash. And it just so happens it was a sipdown over my goal of 130 for the year! HOW IS IT THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER? I finished a sample size of this and have one sample size remaining. Yesterday it was a sipdown of an unnamed Butiki purple oolong sample that I couldn’t write a note for without a name on it and it happened to be JUST the flavor profile I was craving yesterday… and I didn’t even remember having the purple oolong until I stumbled on it in a Teavivre pouch…
2021 sipdowns: 131

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Evol Ving Ness
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Hurray for this wonderful tea! If anyone finds a suitable replacement Keemun, please let me know. In particular, one that captures the faintly smoky element of this one.

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Yeah, as I’m trying it again, I’m trying to think of similar teas for you, but I haven’t really tried many keemuns other than Teavivre.

Evol Ving Ness
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Thank you. I am currently working on keemun’s from Capital Teas Ltd. So far, delicious, but no match.

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Evol Ving Ness
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Hurray for this wonderful tea! If anyone finds a suitable replacement Keemun, please let me know. In particular, one that captures the faintly smoky element of this one.

tea-sipper
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Yeah, as I’m trying it again, I’m trying to think of similar teas for you, but I haven’t really tried many keemuns other than Teavivre.

Evol Ving Ness
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Thank you. I am currently working on keemun’s from Capital Teas Ltd. So far, delicious, but no match.

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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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