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drank Aromatic Bamboo Species Raw Pu-erh Tea "Xiang Zhu" by Yunnan Sourcing
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Sil you know I love you. I absolutely adore all the amazing care packages you send me. I may not like every tea that you send, but it’s always an interesting experience, and quite often I find some hidden gems that I wouldn’t have chosen for myself. Thank you for being an amazing tea friend – but……

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This is the most vile tea I’ve ever tasted. Buckley’s cough syrup is better than this. OMG it is so camphor, medicinal, icky.
Tea in easy gaiwan – rinse – sniff – ewww camphor – scared.
flash steep – sniff – maybe if I rinsed again…
two more rinses and another flash steep – hold your breath and try it. Nope ewwww Buckley’s.
This went on through a gazillion steeps and 1.5 litres of water. I sniffed and sipped occasionally though this process, but nope couldn’t do it. I could not even contemplate drinking a cup of this. WORST TEA EVER

Sorry ….. I’m going to let this go and choose something else…..
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MadHatterTeaDrunk
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Sounds interesting.

Sil
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bwahahahahahahahahaha I’m laughing so hard right now

Sil
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I’m sorry it wasn’t for you but now you know! :) besides, it’s like all that EG people send me!

KiwiDelight
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Your Instagram posts were mysterious, then I read this. Sorry you had such a bad experience :[

curlygc
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Sometimes having a really bad tea is like a little victory for the tea budget. Now you can cross it off the “must have” list forever!

mrmopar
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I will dispose of it properly in a way you will never see it again. This is a free service for all who wish to dispose of any puerh deemed undrinkable.
Disclaimer,
This is a free service and the spokesperson above is not a celebrity or endorsed spokesperson.

OMGsrsly
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Hahaha. :D I have totally done that with teas, Dex. And now I’m curious. I have a sample of this one somewhere…

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MadHatterTeaDrunk
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Sounds interesting.

Sil
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bwahahahahahahahahaha I’m laughing so hard right now

Sil
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I’m sorry it wasn’t for you but now you know! :) besides, it’s like all that EG people send me!

KiwiDelight
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Your Instagram posts were mysterious, then I read this. Sorry you had such a bad experience :[

curlygc
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Sometimes having a really bad tea is like a little victory for the tea budget. Now you can cross it off the “must have” list forever!

mrmopar
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I will dispose of it properly in a way you will never see it again. This is a free service for all who wish to dispose of any puerh deemed undrinkable.
Disclaimer,
This is a free service and the spokesperson above is not a celebrity or endorsed spokesperson.

OMGsrsly
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Hahaha. :D I have totally done that with teas, Dex. And now I’m curious. I have a sample of this one somewhere…

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C.S. Lewis – “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”

I needed to update my profile. I joined Steepster 03Mar13. I am just amazed at how much my tastes have changed since then.
When I discovered loose leaf tea about a year and half ago, I didn’t know anything other than my local Davids and Teavana/Teaopia. Stumbling onto Steepster CHANGED EVERYTHING.
Hello, my name is Dex I’m a tea addict.
I’ve been through the “I need to try every single tea out there” phase. I really hope the worst of that has passed. I’ve learned enough to know that I only need to try HALF of all the teas out there. LOL
When I started this journey, I was all about the flavored rooibos and fruity tisanes. Don’t get me wrong there is still room for dessert (chocolate/caramel/nutty) Rooibos teas in my cupboard and I still do enjoy them, BUT I am quickly learning to appreciate the some of the straight teas of the world.
Big bold (but not icky)pu’erh is suddenly my favorite, followed by woody/roasted oolongs. I’m just starting to explore straight black teas, and have found some that I really like.
Generally speaking I’m not into greens at all, only like the occasional green oolong, and white teas are just too mild for my tastes (unless they are fruit flavored). I still enjoy really good fruit tisanes, but am now cold steeping them.
I don’t like floral/herbal blends, and mint anything is not on my preferred list.
I am still exploring new teas, adapting to my changing tastes, understanding more every day how little I really know about tea. Ultimately I would love to find approximately 50 teas that I just “can’t live without” and always have them in my cupboard. That might not be practical, but that what I’m searching for. It’s going to be a fun journey.

All in all, I love this site. I’ve met some wonderful people, and have gotten to try some amazing teas because of them. It really restores your faith in humanity when you get a note saying “oh by the way I sent you some tea”. Wonderful, generous, people here.

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