Another tea that I didn’t expect to like. I am not on team leaf-hopper :p

But sometimes I worry that I’ll miss out on an exception if I don’t try some of the teas that I expect not to like.

Anyway, nothing wring with this tea at all, I just don’t like the honey notes (and I insist, as always that they taste more like mushrooms than honey). It’s a 75 for me.

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200 °F / 93 °C 2 min, 0 sec
Stephanie

It sure is funny how all our palates differ! :)

Shelley_Lorraine

mine are is in a very special league of its own. I don’t see a single rating for this tea below 90. I’ve joked before that I am the lone dissenter on the trendy teas. I feel so unique. yay me!

TastyBrew

Funny! I’ve become obsessed with those little bugs and their teas! To me they add a sweet honey and pumpkin spice flavor. Not mushroom at all. But when I have golden fleece or yu lu yan cha, all I can taste is mushrooms and I don’t enjoy them I can’t get passed it. So I hear you, when things (other than mushrooms) taste like mushrooms, it’s no good at all :-)

greenteafairy

I wasn’t crazy about this tea either and am also squarely not on Team Leafhopper – I don’t get mushroom with these kinds of teas; it’s just that I don’t love honey all that much. This seems to be somewhat of an anomaly, at least here on Steepster, but I’m at peace with my apparently offbeat tastes ; )

Shelley_Lorraine

ah, I take that back, there are a few lower ratings for this tea. I feel not so alone. yay :)

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Stephanie

It sure is funny how all our palates differ! :)

Shelley_Lorraine

mine are is in a very special league of its own. I don’t see a single rating for this tea below 90. I’ve joked before that I am the lone dissenter on the trendy teas. I feel so unique. yay me!

TastyBrew

Funny! I’ve become obsessed with those little bugs and their teas! To me they add a sweet honey and pumpkin spice flavor. Not mushroom at all. But when I have golden fleece or yu lu yan cha, all I can taste is mushrooms and I don’t enjoy them I can’t get passed it. So I hear you, when things (other than mushrooms) taste like mushrooms, it’s no good at all :-)

greenteafairy

I wasn’t crazy about this tea either and am also squarely not on Team Leafhopper – I don’t get mushroom with these kinds of teas; it’s just that I don’t love honey all that much. This seems to be somewhat of an anomaly, at least here on Steepster, but I’m at peace with my apparently offbeat tastes ; )

Shelley_Lorraine

ah, I take that back, there are a few lower ratings for this tea. I feel not so alone. yay :)

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Name: Shelley Lorraine Limegrover
Location: Livingston, MT

Hobbies: Learning, reading books, math, physics (have a degree in it), literature (have a degree in it too), anthropology, traveling, piano, and drinking TEA, of course (^o^)

Favorite teas: Kukicha, Green teas in general, aged oolongs, charcoal roasted oolong, taiwanese oolongs, Assam . . .

Don’t like: Genmaicha, Earl Grey, Darjeelings, ginger, coconut, smokey teas (even mild ones), nut flavors, overwhelmingly strong floral flavor (esp. Jasmine), most della derra and adagio teas. . .

My Rating System

100 My happiness absolutely depends on it

95 Will definitely repurchase

85: Might repurchase (teas that depend on my mood)

75 Won’t repurchase (but I would drink it again if offered).

65: meh

45: I reluctantly finished a cup.

15: Couldn’t finish a cup.

I simplified my ratings to single numbers rather than ranges because I can’t precisely compare so many teas with a system more detailed than this.

An unrated tea is most often one that I recognize as having significant notable quality, but that does not suit me personally. Sometimes, I leave teas unrated for other reasons, such as I am undecided or I brewed it wrong, etc.

Note: Boiling temp. barely reaches 200 where I am (and a few times it sticks at 195, I assume due to unexplainable shifts in altitude or the position of the moon. . .aliens?. . .).

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