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Sweet tart apple and earthy puerh, they don’t seem to mix but somehow this works. Bright crispy apple is the dominant note and this would make an excellent iced tea. There is also a bite of mate in the aftertaste, and somewhere deep underneath is puerh. A good blend to offer to someone who is on the puerh fence. Not my favorite blend from OTBC but I might need another tin of this.

Subscription box tea. This is certainly suffering from a comparison in my mind to Banana bread coffee puerh, but this new coffee blend from OBTC is too heavy on the coffee part. The cinnamon dulls the coffee bitterness a bit, but I’m not a big fan of this tea. I’ll try some add ins to sip down the small tin.

I had returned from a work trip and stopped at Central Market, the local HEB version of Whole Foods and wandered through the bulk tea section. I have enough tea, but the Rishi sleepy tea and this one jumped out at me. Might as well buy more tea before the prices go up, right? One of the reviews says this is a tummy tamer, I’m not sure I’d waste this tea on a rumbly tummy, I have other shou and mint for that. And I wouldn’t call this a traditional chai either. But it is quite yummy and drinkable, chocolate mint vanilla with some licorice for sweetness. The chocolate and vanilla are the most prominent and reminds me a bit of Savoy’s chocolate vanilla mate, but it’s mint instead of mate. I might need more of this in my cupboard.

Subscription box tea! I’m not sure about this one, it certainly tastes like vanilla cake, but it’s a fake flavor that my tastebuds think is just ok. It might be suffering from a comparison to my favorite vanilla tea from San Fran herb. I will say that adding a scoop of collagen made this creamy, but I don’t normally drink my tea with add ins, so I don’t think this is a keeper in my cupboard.

Sweet chocolate with a hint of rose. Not a bad chocolate tea, not my favorite flavor profile, but I. Glad I got to try.

Today’s matcha madness is between two teas I don’t like very much, waffle sauce (too weak) and this beet chai that overwhelms the beet sweetness with cardamom and clove. It does turn pink, but other than that it doesn’t have much going for it. Licorice or ginger could have rounded out the flavor profile, but I might just flip a coin for my vote today.

Part of Happy Luckys matcha madness bracket this year, it’s a strong contender. Chocolate and earthy with a touch of vanilla. The chicory comes through at the end so you know it’s not actually a dark chocolate bar you are tasting. I might be tempted to buy more of this!

Lavender creme, mmmm. I can’t believe I haven’t written a note for this tea, somehow it got sipped down from my cupboard, but now its back. I don’t like many lavender teas, but this one is yummy, and smells great too.

Such a bright and happy tea! Gonna up my rating of this one as its entirely too drinkable, as in it disappears quickly from my cup.

Sipdown! I overleafed the last cup I had of this as I was wondering if it would bring out the pumpkin flavor. Seems that it did the trick, but it is a bit heavy on the clove too. Not my favorite from OBTC but I’m glad I got to try. I do like the honeybush base, but not enough for a future purchase.