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Whiskey, Berry, Jam, Raspberry, Strawberry, Sweet, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Peppercorn, Hibiscus, Sour, Tart, Yogurt, Garden Peas, Smooth, Butter, Spinach, Vegetal, Maple Syrup, Meat, Smoke, Creamy, Vanilla, Buttery, Acidic, Black Currant, Bergamot, Cream, Rosehips, Citrus, Artichoke, Earth, Roasted, Tea, Floral, Lemon, Pepper, Honey, Malt, Metallic, Dark Chocolate, Chamomile, Licorice, Licorice Root, Bitter, Medicinal, Peppermint, Roots, Fruit Punch, Orange, Spices, Tomato, Apricot, Brandy, Brown Sugar, Drying, Fruity, Mineral, Perfume, Raisins, Stonefruit, Straw, Bitter Melon, Camphor, Caramel, Citrus Zest, Flowers, Forest Floor, Herbs, Marshmallow, Nectar, Nuts, Plum, Round, Spicy, Thick, Wet Rocks, Wet Wood, Wood, Bread, Grapes, Bright, Citrusy, Dark Wood, Earthy, Hot Hay, Leather, Musk, Rich, Saffron, Savory, Tobacco, Candy, Mulberry, Berries, Juicy, Plumeria, Pomegranate, Rose, Sweet Potatoes, Almond, Cake, Mango, Chocolate, Graham Cracker, Apple, Cranberry, Pear, Red Apple, Melon, Lime, Alcohol, Coffee, Dried Fruit, Cedar, Cookie, Peat, Salty, Lavender, Mint, Astringent, Burnt, Celery, Char, Cucumber, Petrichor, Wet Earth, Tangy, Green, Herbaceous, Lemongrass, Candied Apple, Pleasantly Sour, White Grapes, Menthol, Nutty, Roasty, Watery, Sugar, Burnt Sugar, Green Wood, Hay, Peach, Pineapple, Dust, Lettuce, Sawdust, Pumpkin Spice, Mushrooms, Pine, Roasted Nuts, Carrot, Passion Fruit, Sugarcane, Chicken Soup, Musty, Tannic, Smoked, Grass, Seaweed, Jasmine, Orange Blossom, Rooibos, Grain, Rice, Toasted, Toasted Rice, Tannin, Marzipan, Cherry, Coconut, Stewed Fruits, Toffee, White Chocolate, Blueberry, Honeysuckle, Ocean Air, Ocean Breeze, Peat Moss, Sand, Toasty, Narcissus, Spearmint, Pastries, Roasted Barley, Tropical, Anise, Loam, Sage, Red Fruits, Ginger, Clove, Cocoa, Pecan, Wet wood, Dirt, Hazelnut, Milk, Orchid, Pumpkin, Umami, Chestnut, Green Apple, Mud, Autumn Leaf Pile, Peanut, Orange Zest, Muscatel, Taro Root, Powdered Sugar, Vinegar, Lychee, Custard, Nutmeg, Oats, Freshly Cut Grass, Kabocha, Silky, Spring Water, Soybean, Squash, Viscous, Eucalyptus, Oregano, Basil, Fresh, Grapefruit, Grassy, Thyme, Cooling, Evergreen, Wintergreen, Woodsy, Airy, Effervescent, Elderflower, Light, Linden, Meadow, Pollen, Soft, Cacao, Dry Leaves, Woody, Banana, Maple, Chrysanthemum, Osmanthus, Wildflowers, Resin, Tulsi, Rosemary, Buckwheat, Dill, Allspice, Twigs, Biscuit, Turmeric, Caramelized Sugar, Dark Bittersweet, Elderberry, Syrupy, Vegetables, Yams, Salt, Decayed Wood, Toast, Popcorn, Apple Skins, Lemon Zest, Plants, Asparagus, Potato, Artificial, Cherry Wood
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200 °F / 93 °C 3 min, 45 sec 7 g 12 oz / 348 ml

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132 tasting notes

Norbu Hong Mao Feng black tea w/roasted mate. 3:2. It’s not bad.

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257 tasting notes

Happy Holidays with Lots of TEA!!!

boychik

Happy Holidays to you too !

Lee

Thanks!! :)

mrmopar

You as well!

Lee

Thanks!!

Stephanie

Have a good one!

MzPriss

Happy holidays to you too

Lee

Thanks everybody!!

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drinking a mix of david’s teas mother’s little helper with sweet dreams with some rooibos in there for good measure.

almost what i need it to be. SO CLOSE. i think it’s missing licorice root.

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec

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just wanted to get on here and say that I got to have tea with Ailin, the wonderful owner of an Asian import store in my town (that I go to at least once a week)
We drank two different black teas and a tea-filled orange as well
It was wonderful to chat with her, and she taught me how to use the gaiwan I bought from her a couple of months back!
she also made me feel more like I DONT have to be hyper scientific with gongfu, which made today’s session (a rolled oolong I got from her) a lot more flexible as well — no more timers! no more precision scales! I’ll save that for western brews :D
I’ve been going to her shop for months, it feels great that we’re more than client-shopkeeper <3

ashmanra

How neat! I remember theteahouseghost on youtube said that the tea will tell what temperature and time it wants if you pay attention. So now I warm the gaiwan and put the keaves in and smell the steam after a moment or two. The sharpness or mellowness of that scent helps me decide how I want to do my first steep.

Isn’t tea exploration delightful?

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392 tasting notes

Steepster! I have missed you so. I am still getting settled in my new home, but I’m starting to finally feel the pull to sit quietly for tea and contemplation. I’ve been so busy getting packed and then unpacked… I have taken a lot of distracted fly-by tea in the last month.

My very first session in the new place was Floating Leaves’ Lala Shan Hong Shui, which I don’t regret doing even though my unfiltered tap turned it evil. A good lesson in the power of water. I poured some out on the land and sat in gratitude anyway.

I want to do a big update on my cupboard here and really get tuned into my leaves as autumn settles on the mountain. I am looking forward to catching up on all of your musings over the last month. Here’s to new chapters, my friends.

gmathis

Welcome home!

ashmanra

Yaaaaay! You’re back! We have missed you!

Martin Bednář

Once you are ready, send me your address for a little care package to be delivered to your new home!

ashmanra

Oh yes plz, we need the new address! PM me!

beerandbeancurd

Oh my goodness, my little heart is warm. You all are too too sweet. <3

Marshall Weber

Congrats on the move! Hope it hasn’t been too hectic.

I’ve definitely had tap water ruin an otherwise wonderful tea. Makes all the difference in the world!

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114 tasting notes

Sipdown! Finished the herb blend that my friend made from his garden, with the “Rose tea” May prompt in mind. So glad the rose only appears in petal form, and doesn’t carry pretty much any flavor into the brew itself. Cannot stand rose in tea, perfumes, or the like. For me, I enjoy roses only in a garden. Farewell tea blend!

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397 tasting notes

Advent Calendar from Kaylee: Day 8

Last night I had “Chamomile Fields” from Dunkin Donuts! I had no idea Dunkin had its own proprietary blends. Funny. I grew up in Rhode Island, where there’s a Dunkin on every corner and people are OBSESSED with them. Truly obsessed. But I think their coffee is terrible, and they don’t have vegan doughnuts, so it’s been a while since I’ve visited one! (Saying that, though, the Dunkins in Europe have a bunch of vegan options! I had a strawberry glazed one in Germany and it brought me right back to childhood.)

Anyway, I didn’t get much more than chamomile in this one despite it including orange peel, lemongrass, licorice root, and cornflower. A promising blend! Buttttt I realized this morning that I’ve brewed my most recent few tea bags in a very tall and narrow mug, and I’m wondering if that vessel shape just isn’t conducive to well-brewed tea. So I might not have done the last few tea bags justice. :(

Nattie

It’s crazy they don’t have vegan options where you are! I thought everywhere had at least a couple options now.

Kelmishka

It’s so weird — chain restaurants tend to introduce vegan options in the UK and EU waaay before the US (if ever)!

Nattie

I didn’t realise it wasn’t universal! That’s pretty sad.

Kaylee

Yeah honestly half the reason I included this one was the novelty of it. I was in college before I realized that America does not, in fact, run on Dunkin, and that it’s basically a regional chain. It’s just so enmeshed here. And I do personally prefer their coffee to Starbucks, for both flavor and value. But when I saw these tea sachets, I couldn’t resist buying them because it felt so much like the last place I’d expect to be selling their own branded tea.

Kelmishka

Kaylee, I love the novelty factor! As for the coffee, I realized I haven’t actually tried it in probably a decade… maybe it’s time to give it another shot. :D

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I’ve been drinking teas but nothing really new or needing a whole note of its own.

Aiya Ceremonial matcha – as usucha/thin tea, not life-changingly good or anything but it’s drinkable, definitely worth the $8/tin clearance price, froths well when whisked, it becomes bitter if you veer into thick tea territory (didn’t measure, just dumped some in my bowl), lacking traditional Japanese tea sweets I’ve been having it with little maple sugar leaf shaped candies

Bonne Maman Serenity – my favorite of the Bonne Maman teas, nice before bed tea

Bonne Maman Dream – second favorite BM tea, nice before bed

Tea Drops Glow Sprinkles – much better than the sugary Tea Drops, cinnamon very prominent, grabbed several boxes when I thought this was being discontinued but it looks like they were just changing it from the powder packets to a solid “drop” like their other teas

White2Tea Planetary Shark Feed dragon ball – these are aging nicely, less young ripe wet pile flavors now, more yummy sweet molasses-y flavors

Yunnan Sourcing Taiping Houkui – always a favorite!

First teaware casualties of the year :’(
Matcha whisk holder died in the sink while I was rinsing teathings
Dragon yixing pot now has a small chip in the top edge from clumsily dropping the lid

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I’ve been on a bubble tea kick lately while at the office. It’s the one thing I have to motivate me to be there. I’m the only person alone in a 2500 sq ft space for the past month, so it’s all I have. Hopefully they’ll send me back to remote working next week. I’m starting to lose my cool. ;)

Anyway, back to the bubble tea. I’ve had several teas that were really really amazing. I noticed a new barista, so I asked my age old question, “What do you recommend?” They said to try the “Black Cream Bubble Tea,” so I went with it. I disliked it. A lot. It reminded me of Lipton tea with cream and very little sugar. The tapioca was the only thing keeping me from throwing the cup away, but that was barely.

So, it looks like I’ll just stick to my Brown Sugar Black with pudding balls or the Kiwi Strawberry.

Cameron B.

Yum, I love the pudding/flan chunks… ❤

MadHatterTeaReview

Me too! Totally my new thing!

Cameron B.

Love pairing it with coffee jelly too! Now I want boba ha ha…

MadHatterTeaReview

I hope you enjoy! I had another cup this evening. Haha

LuckyMe

Same work situation here as well. I was somehow tagged as essential and come in every 2 weeks to a ghost town of a office. It’s a little eerie but on the bright side I can do full on gongfu sessions at my desk without worrying about looking like a weirdo :-)

MadHatterTeaReview

You inspired me to take my clay pot and oolongs to work today! It helped a lot :)

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I tried my very hardest to figure out where this tea is from, but the ingredients are too generic, so I’ll have to just post it here. It’s from the TTB, and it’s called Very Berry. The listed ingredients are rosehips, hibiscus, chamomile, and rooibos. The flavor is pretty generic. I get a tart fruit flavor, but it still manages to be thin. It could definitely use some other elements going on here. It sort of gets gross the more I drink of it, unfortunately.

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