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Sipdown! I fully ordered the whole sampler last year just to get this blend and another store exclusive blend. I thought I had previously written a tasting note about this but apparently not. It’s been long enough that I forgot what it was actually supposed to taste like. For some reason, I decided that the red and white sprinkles meant that I should expect the tea to be minty. It is not! I totally made that up! The dry leaf doesn’t smell minty, the brewed tea doesn’t smell or taste minty, it’s not designed to be minty, I fully made it up because of the sprinkle color and then wondered why it didn’t taste like the flavor profile I wrongly imagined for it! Here’s what it actually tastes like: creamy chocolate, a hint of vanilla, on a mildly roasty hojicha base. Which is really tasty! I wish they would sell it online individually.

Maybe I haven’t been writing as many tasting notes lately because I’m drinking a lot of the same teas repeatedly, so it doesn’t feel worthwhile to write them up over and over again? I don’t know. I do miss writing these and would like to get back into the habit of it.
This is, yes, a tea I’ve already written several tasting notes for. Made it as an oat milk latte tonight. It got cold before I could finish it and I think it’s actually even better iced. Like horchata’s creamier cousin.

Ugh, I had too much leaf for one mug and not enough for two, so I made a giant mug instead and this ended up being an unexpected sipdown. On the up side, I did get two steeps out of it. I’m a huge fan of 52teas’ marshmallow flavor. It doesn’t disappoint here, either. The combo of creamy marshmallow + sweetness + roasty hojicha makes this a really cozy fall blend. I fell asleep drinking my second mug and it tasted great as an iced tea in the morning, too.

I dragged this one out for as long as I could, but sadly I’ve reached the bottom of the bag so this is a sipdown. I did send it out in style though, as an oat milk latte with an apple cider donut. This is probably one of my favorite Teeccino blends! Great dupe for a coffee shop peppermint latte.

Another very enjoyable recent sipdown. I like the banana flavor in this blend – something between the fruit and the candy flavor. Now I kind of want banana everything from 52teas!

I’m wayyyy behind on tasting notes, including a bunch of sipdowns, so going to try to catch up over the next few days. I’m glad I got to sipdown this blend while it was still good. It’s another one that I prioritized because I didn’t want the coconut in it to go bad. As usual, made this as an oat milk latte and enjoyed it. It was a little less sweet than usual though – possibly I oversteeped it or the flavor was starting to fade unevenly.

Sipdown. Astoundingly, this is still good even though I’ve had it for at least six years. Such good maple syrup aroma and flavor, with a bit of nuttiness to make it interesting. I miss A Quarter to Tea!

I got a migraine earlier today. Definitely suboptimal in the middle of the day when I still have a lot of work to do. So I immediately jumped into treatment mode – meds, lowering the lights, the whole deal. And I chose this tea to help. I’ve said before that I think the mint is way too strong, and I’m still sticking to that. But what it is useful for is being part of my migraine treatment plan. The intense mintiness helps relieve the pain a bit. Purely utilitarian, but sometimes that’s ok. Not every tea serves the same purpose.

Second sipdown of the day! Another coconut blend finished off before it could go bad. This makes such a phenomenal iced tea. This time I made it hot but mostly drank it after it had gone cold. I did overbrew the second steep by about twenty minutes, so there was a bit of dryness in the aftertaste, but that’s very obviously a result of user error. Brewed correctly, I found this to consistently be smooth, sweet, and creamy, with a big hit of coconut up front and a hint of pineapple tartness on the tail end. Hopefully this comes back next summer!

Another sipdown! I grabbed this from the Strange VariaTea TTB, so big thanks to whoever put it in there. I’m trying not to let teas with coconut in them sit around for too long so the coconut doesn’t have time to turn. Definitely hard to say goodbye to this one. It’s creamy, just the right level of sweet, and the coconut flavor is spot on. A possible restock for sure once I get my stash better under control.