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Yahoo!
Celebration
Yahoo!
This is your celebration

Celebrate good times, come on!
(Let’s celebrate)
Celebrate good times, come on!
(Let’s celebrate)

Yes that was Kool & The Gang and we are celebrating my 1000th Steeping note! Boy this has come around very quickly, 1000 notes of me mumbling about tea and life stories. Thank you to those who have made it possible. Damn the Oscar music has come on so I am being shown off stage.
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And now we are back into the land of tea and Earl Grey. This was surprisingly strong when I opened the tin, the bergamot is absolutely gorgeous. Then I realised it was still sealed in the foil packet, this is one of if not the strongest Earl Grey teas I have had the pleasure of sniffing. What do we want? Strong Earl Grey. When do we want it? Now!

Not only was the scent divine but looking at the leaves and seeing the beautiful autumn tones of a Darjeeling pushed this tea over the edge. So far I am astonished I have not tried this before.

Sampling without sugar but with a splash of milk for my first taste. Plus I have some left over wedding cake on the side that my cousin was kind enough to drop off for my aunty to distribute. Earl grey and wedding cake…sounds like bliss already.

Fragrant, perfumed, strong, clean, waxy, sweet. Some of the words that came to mind as I took my first sip. It is a very strong Earl Grey but it’s not heavy, and the bergamot is somewhat perfumed amongst the floral-esque Darjeeling but at the same time it is waxy, sweet and pure. ie non chemical or artificial. The balance is nice, though both elements are strong you can taste them both, though the bergamot lingers longer in the after taste.

I love Earl Grey and have tried many over the years, including especially imported and expensive blends. Compared to my Earl Grey index this particular one has to be my favourite. I’m not sure if I will be disappointed in the next month or two as the tea is now out of it’s foil packet and though tinned may loose it’s strength (as has happened many times over with various teas) but honestly this Earl Grey is so good I would offer it to Captain Picard.

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 3 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 5 OZ / 150 ML
Sil

Grats on 1000! Notes :)

looseTman

Congratulations on your 1000th Steeping note! That’s quite a milestone! I’ve certainly enjoyed reading many of them and found them to be very informative and helpful. Great job! Next stop 2000!

Rosehips

1000 notes! Wow. I mut add my congratulations!

ohfancythat

Congrats!!

Jennkay

Wow, congrats on the 1000! That’s quite an accomplishment :)

MzPriss

That is a LOT of notes. Congratulations Kitty!

TheTeaFairy

Beautiful, I always enjoy reading your notes, cheers to the next 1000!

TheTeaFairy

(Lol, now I can’t stop signing Celebration, it’s such a good song but I’m totally destroying it!!)

keychange

Woohoo!! and I love that song too hahaha.

Ysaurella

Bravo Kitty ! sounds like a kind of MBA in tea notes :)

KittyLovesTea

Thank you everyone! When I first joined Steepster I had no idea I would reach anywhere near the 1000 mark let alone meet and befriend so many wonderful people. I am truly honoured to be here with you all.

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Sil

Grats on 1000! Notes :)

looseTman

Congratulations on your 1000th Steeping note! That’s quite a milestone! I’ve certainly enjoyed reading many of them and found them to be very informative and helpful. Great job! Next stop 2000!

Rosehips

1000 notes! Wow. I mut add my congratulations!

ohfancythat

Congrats!!

Jennkay

Wow, congrats on the 1000! That’s quite an accomplishment :)

MzPriss

That is a LOT of notes. Congratulations Kitty!

TheTeaFairy

Beautiful, I always enjoy reading your notes, cheers to the next 1000!

TheTeaFairy

(Lol, now I can’t stop signing Celebration, it’s such a good song but I’m totally destroying it!!)

keychange

Woohoo!! and I love that song too hahaha.

Ysaurella

Bravo Kitty ! sounds like a kind of MBA in tea notes :)

KittyLovesTea

Thank you everyone! When I first joined Steepster I had no idea I would reach anywhere near the 1000 mark let alone meet and befriend so many wonderful people. I am truly honoured to be here with you all.

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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.

Location

Leicester, England, United Kingdom

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