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Anlina drank Six Summits by Teavana

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I’m finding the holidays pretty challenging this year for a lot of reasons. I’m looking forward to it all being over and stuff getting back to something resembling normal (whatever that is.)

This isn’t the best cup of Six Summits I’ve had, but it’s soothing on a rough day, and it’s the last of my sweetie’s stash.

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What are the main flavors in this tea? I’ve always been curious about this one!

Anlina
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This has Teavana’s Monkey Picked Oolong as the base, with notes of floral, vegetal tang, a wee bit earthy and some creaminess. The raspberry flavouring is mostly aromatic and is really well balanced with the oolong base – present but not over powering the base at all.

I picked it up on a lark at last year’s heavenly sale because it was 75% off and I’m so glad that I did. It’s currently 50% off on their site right now.

Ost
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Interesting. Might have to try that one!

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Ost
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What are the main flavors in this tea? I’ve always been curious about this one!

Anlina
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I picked it up on a lark at last year’s heavenly sale because it was 75% off and I’m so glad that I did. It’s currently 50% off on their site right now.

Ost
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Interesting. Might have to try that one!

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I grew up drinking jasmine green tea with meals, but really fell in love with tea on a trip to Britain in elementary school. My first great love was Earl Grey, and I still adore it and all its variants.

I discovered the beauty of loose leaf tea much later, when, on impulse, I picked up a few teas that were on clearance at a home store. My introduction to loose leaf teas were Masala Chai and Provence Rooibos by the Metropolitan Tea Co and an unknown brand of kukicha and gyokuro (little did I know what a precious treasure I’d stumbled onto with that.)

At the time I was lucky to live in a place with multiple tea shops and several places to have afternoon tea, which is a delight I still miss.

Tea is part of my daily ritual and a nice, affordable way to appease the collector in me.

I enjoy distinctive whites, greens and oolongs, flavoured blacks, and herbals that are heavy on the citrus, lavender or mint.

Rating rubric, to give myself some consistency:
0-15 Yuck, not even drinkable.
16-30 Disappointing, not really inclined to give it a second try.
31-45 Disappointing, but maybe there’s potential? Worth one more try, prepped differently.
46-60 Mediocre, not terrible but not memorable.
61-75 Not bad. I’ll definitely finish what I have and might buy again.
76-90 Very enjoyable. Tasty, complex, it’ll keep me coming back.
91-100 BEST! I love everything about it and I will drink it forever.

Beyond tea, I’m a sex educator, polyamory activist, and radical queer. I love backwoods camping, abstract painting, baking & cooking, nail polish, cats, ceramic sculpture, and home nesting.

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Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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