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drank Li Shan Black Tea by Green Terrace Teas
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Green Terrace has a 15% off sale at the moment, so I decided to revisit this to figure out if I really need more right now.

This tea is incredible. Very smooth. Sweet, malty, with notes of cinnamon, coriander, nutmeg and honey, sweet potato and baked bread. I’ve never had a straight black tea with so many beautiful spice notes in it before – this is really unique and delicious.

I really want to order more of this right now – I only have a couple of cups left, though I’m just not sure I can justify over $40 for 100g of tea right now. The terrible exchange rate effectively wipes out the savings from the sale :(

Flavors: Bread, Cinnamon, Coriander, Honey, Malt, Nutmeg, Smooth, Sweet, Sweet Potatoes

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 3 min, 15 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML
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OMGsrsly
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What?! Sale?!?! Last week their site was down.

OMGsrsly
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It makes me sad they don’t do 50g. 100g of any tea is a lot for me.

Anlina
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http://steepster.com/discuss/10190-happy-new-year-winter-harvest-15-percent-discount

I know. They used to do 10g samples, so I picked up a whole pile of different teas from them when they had their 50% off sale a while back. 100g, particularly when it’s a fairly pricey 100g is so much.

AllanK
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Is this sale still on? I don’t see anything on their website.

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OMGsrsly
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What?! Sale?!?! Last week their site was down.

OMGsrsly
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It makes me sad they don’t do 50g. 100g of any tea is a lot for me.

Anlina
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http://steepster.com/discuss/10190-happy-new-year-winter-harvest-15-percent-discount

I know. They used to do 10g samples, so I picked up a whole pile of different teas from them when they had their 50% off sale a while back. 100g, particularly when it’s a fairly pricey 100g is so much.

AllanK
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Is this sale still on? I don’t see anything on their website.

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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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