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This was an interesting one; the black tea base is most prominent, and a strong one at that. The aftertaste though feels like I’ve just eaten strawberries, angel food cake, and cream. I’ve got to give it points for a tasty berry flavor (especially since we’ve established recently I’m quite picky about strawberry in tea). I don’t think it will be in rotation here any time soon though; I’m not a huge cake fan to start with, and I have other black teas I much prefer.

BrutaliTeas Advent, Day 9

Flavors: Bitter, Cake, Cream, Strawberry

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190 °F / 87 °C 3 min, 0 sec

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College instructor, mom of 2, and general homebody in California.

Great at buying tea, good at drinking tea, bad at timely reviews. Drawn to fruit, floral, spice, smoke, and flavored teas in general; prefer those that stand well without milk or sweetener. Black is fine, green is better, and red rooibos is trash.

I aim to rate when I finish a package or a complete sipdown, except in advent season.

My ratings are for me, so I don’t accidentally buy something that sounds amazing but I’ve already tried and disliked. I struggle a bit with wanting to be “fair” to a tea that other people would probably like, but then my system won’t work!

90-100 A: loved it; would make this a permanent member of my stash
80-89 B: tasty; would pick it up again
70-79 C: good; could grab with a good deal or to try in a different style
60-69 D: okay; would keep in a set but probably would not repurchase on its own
1-59 F: various shades of bad; would not purchase; closer to 1 means may not even drink again if offered.

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