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KittyLovesTea drank Ginger Treasure by Tealux

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I was out last night and had a few too many drinks and am regretting it this morning. My strange tea craving is for strong, warming teas. My first pot of tea was Hot Cinanmon Orange – Tealux (which I did not write a review for as I was too blurry headed but it was delicious) and now I’m craving ginger.

This blend smells strongly of waxy orange and warm ginger. It’s also sweet and a little sour but so very thick in aroma.

Once steeped the tea is dark red (due to the hibiscus).

It tastes sweet yet tart with distinct hibiscus, orange and ginger notes. In the after taste there is a strong licorice or clove flavour too. It’s a strange tea, it goes from being sweet and hibiscus to being warm and herbal to eventually leaving a refreshing thick feel in the mouth.

Despite me not being a fan of hibiscus or licorice I actually don’t mind this tea. It’s not as strongly ginger as I was wanting but it is a pleasant and unusual drink. I got 50g for £2.18 (roughly 2oz for $4) so I can’t argue with the sale price. Might end up putting some of this up for trade if anyone is interested?

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205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 0 sec

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I’m 34 years old from Leicester, England named Kayleigh.

I started off many years ago drinking herbal and fruit teas which over time peaked my interest in trying new types. Eventually I began to import and sample many different teas and cultures which I still do today. My life goal is to try as many teas and ways of having tea as possible.

Tea wise my cravings change constantly from pu erh one month to jasmine green to the next and so on.

I also enjoy watching Japanese Anime and horror films.

I am always up for tea swaps so if you see anything in my virtual cupboard then please contact me.

A short list to help swapping with me easier though honestly I am not fussy and am willing to try anything. Plus the notes below are usually, sometimes I love a tea that has an ingredient I tend to dislike and other times I hate a tea that I thought I would love.

Likes: Any fruit but especially melon and orange, vanilla, all tea types (black, green, white etc), nuts (any), flowers, ginger, chai.

Dislikes: Licorice, aniseed, clove, eucalyptus, lavender.

My rating system
I have my own way of rating teas that makes each one personal. I have different categories, I rate each tea depending on what it is made of. For example: I rate green teas in a different way to black teas or herbal teas. So black, white, green, Pu Erh, Rooibos, Oolong, blends and tisanes all have their own rating system. That way I can compare them with other teas of the same or similar type before for an adequate rating. And when I do give top marks which is very rare I am actually saying that I would love to drink that tea all day, every day if possible. It’s a tea that I would never turn down or not be in the mood for. So while I agree that no tea is 100% perfect (as nothing is) I am saying that it’s as close as it comes to it. After all, in my book the perfect teas (or close to perfect anyway) are ones that I could drink all the time. That is why you will find a high quality black or Oolong will not have as high a score as a cheap flavoured blend, they are simply not being compared in the same category.

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Leicester, England, United Kingdom

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