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drank Goji Green by Teaopia
4 tasting notes

This tea smells great, very fruity and sweet, and because I read so many wonderful things about goji berries I decided to try it. The fruit flavour is not overpowering and the initial flavour is actually quite nice in my opinion. However, this tea seems to have a very long and bitter aftertaste that makes my mouth feel dry and unpleasant, much like most bagged tea tastes to me now. Maybe the batch of this tea I got was just not of the greatest quality, but I never really managed to brew a great cup of this tea and since I’m on my last teaspoon of it I probably never will.

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 3 min, 30 sec

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drank Amaretto Cherry by Teaopia
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I bought this tea mainly because the smell of it was very familiar. Later I realized that the smell reminded me of a type of cookie I used to eat in Holland, a “bitterkoekje” to be precise, much like the Italian amaretto cookie, but better. Now, every time I have a cup of this tea, or simply get a whiff of it, I crave these cookies.

The smell is a very good indication of the flavour, meaning you can really taste the almond-ness of it. There’s also a hint of cherry, which is a nice touch I find. Maybe it’s because this tea bring back fond memories of my childhood, but I really enjoy drinking it and as of now have only about one teaspoon remaining.

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec

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drank Sunset Honeybush by Teaopia
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This is the only honeybush tea I’ve ever had, but if it is any indication of what this type of tea is typically like I should really try some more.

This tea, to me, has a very well balanced flavour. It’s more sweet than most of my other teas and very fruity with a lot of subtle flavours. You can really taste the orange peel. If I had to throw some words at it I’d pick things such as “round”, “smooth” and “mellow”. It’s just a great relaxing tea and, since it has no caffeine, I like to drink it before I go to sleep (like tonight).

Further, it’s got a very pleasant aroma, and if I were to rate it based on smell alone it would rank highly amongst my other teas. I also think this would be great iced and will likely try it as such sometime this summer.

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec

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One of my first loose leaf tea’s was pomegranate green from Teaopia and loved it. I ordered this tea, among others, hoping it would be like pomegranate green, unfortunately it wasn’t really. Even though they smell similar, this tea is a lot more bitter, even when steeped at a cooler temperature and shorter period (it does say it’s sweetly tart in the description so maybe my expectation was just off). It’s not that I dislike this tea, it’s still simple and pleasant enough for me to drink on a daily basis, but will refill my container with pomegranate green.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 2 min, 30 sec

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