Some of you Steepsterers had been lamenting the loss of Tea Ave in recent tasting notes and lo and behold I have a couple Tea Ave teas I haven’t written a note for yet. From Meowster! Thank you! I’m very glad I only used one teaspoon for this session, as the steeps were perfect. Now I can enjoy one more steep session. Call me a plant novice but I had never heard of the ginger lily plant before. The flavor was always sweet and silky smooth. Interestingly, I was tasting hints of gardenia which googling tells me is what a ginger lily smells like (among other flowers). The taste seems full of minerals and I’m reminded of a clear waterfall while sipping this. Overall, I can’t express the tasty levels of this oolong. I have had this a couple times before, but this was the perfect steep session.
Steep #1 // 1 teaspoon for a full mug // 25 minutes after boiling // 1 minute steep
Steep #2 // 15 minutes after boiling // 1 min
Steep #3 // 9 minutes after boiling // 1 min
Steep #4 // just boiled // 2 min
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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
shop.Javateaco.com
Lupicia
Octaviatea.com
Davidstea.com
eco-cha.com
what-cha.com
singleoriginteas.com
teasenz.com
tealyra.com
Mandalatea.com
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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USA
Oh I do miss Tea Ave, their stuff was wonderful! I’m hoarding the last of it because some is fairly specific/really good!
Oh no, another tea company down? I’m still hoarding the last cup of most of my favourite Butiki blends, I’m not good with goodbyes!