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tea-sipper drank Pu-erh Cocoa-spice by Tealux

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Mastress Alita’s sipdown challenge – December Tea #4 – An old tea

additional notes: I will miss this old unique blend. I’d buy it again! It looks like it is this one here, but it’s pricey: https://in-tea.net/collections/puerh-teas/products/mayan-spice-puerh
It was like a Mexican hot chocolate in tea form. I liked trying so many teas from Tealux/Tealyra but then it seemed like they would stop carrying blends quickly (and I would only buy samples most of the time). This pouch is TEN years old, so I suppose it fits the prompt for OLD TEA.
2022 sipdowns: 124

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Nattie
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Looks like you beat me in the ‘old tea’ stakes, but only just! I think my oldest is from 2013.

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haha. Oh I’m quite sure I have teas older than 2012… :X

Nattie
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Well actually, my oldest tea is from 1989, but that is deliberately aged, so I don’t think it counts in quite the same way!

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Nattie
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Looks like you beat me in the ‘old tea’ stakes, but only just! I think my oldest is from 2013.

tea-sipper
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haha. Oh I’m quite sure I have teas older than 2012… :X

Nattie
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Well actually, my oldest tea is from 1989, but that is deliberately aged, so I don’t think it counts in quite the same way!

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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

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80-95 – Also pretty delicious
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50-65 – Okay
1-50 – Probably won’t want to sip it again

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