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I think this is rapidly becoming one of my favourite teas. Made a thermos and a half of it to take to work today. The green is a nice caffeine boost and smooth smoky green flavour, and the lemon soothes everything else. Helped my headache and my sore throat, made my day a little more bearable. Heart.

So first trial of this blend, I think I went a little heavy on the pu’erh. I love the dark smoky note but it kinda overwhelms. I was worried about the peppermint taking over, but I think it could actually stand some more.

I’m just going to nudge this rating down even more . . .

I don’t know why this tea is so gross! I just don’t. I don’t really care for cinnamon, but even that doesn’t fully account for the burnt-ginger-snaps-and-expired-schnapps taste.

Hmmm, apparently never drank this . . . I’m sure I have and Steepster lies (or I was lazy). Very yummy. We’re making the opening of the Advent calendar a tradition – open it, and make a pot to share.

This tea smells amazing. Every time I open the package it just hits me in the face, the smoky gunpowder and the bright, fresh lemon. It’s incredible.

Brewed up, the lemon taste is very strong, but still clean and fresh, not like lemon-scented cleaner or something. The green tea is a little bit of a lighter note under the strong lemon scent. I think next time I might try brewing it even shorter, maybe 45 seconds or less, see if I can get more green and less lemon.

God, I love this tea. I’m on steep number twelve of the day, in my new gaiwan. Every sip is a little different, so many grassy and floral notes combining in different amazing ways.

I think I still have to play with the steep times and temperatures for the Say Tea blacks, because like the Monks Blend, this one brewed up dark really fast. The bergamot was a nice deep note in the tea, but I hope that I can figure out to how to brew it without it getting bitter in a matter of seconds.