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12th and final day of the Tea Thoughts Winter Countdown box. This is a tea that I’d probably drink a few more times before posting a note if I weren’t trying to keep up with advent tasting notes. I brewed it up Western style because that’s what the package suggests and because I had a lot going on today, but the flavors would probably be better served by gong fu brewing. I get a clear mineral note up front, and then I can tell there’s more going on but I can’t quite figure out what. And almost a bit of smokiness along with the lingering mineral aftertaste. This is a tightly rolled ball oolong and there’s a good bit of it in this sample size, so I have enough to play around with it later and hopefully get a better sense of it.
Easily my favorite tea from this box was the honey GABA cakes – hopefully Nazanin stocks them so I can get more. I wish there had been an herbal or two; usually there are. But yeah I’ve been getting her seasonal themed boxes for years, I’m not going to stop.