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Tonights seasonally inappropriate tea is this cup of Gingerbread Spice. I love Gingerbread, which was almost certainly what prompted me to buy this in the first place.
The smell is right, I’ll give it that, but its weak tea. This is something I keep finding with Celestial Seasonings, that the smell is right, but the flavor doesnt live up to the promise of the aroma.
Too bad.

Two tea bags help up the richness factor of this tea. Still getting more tea than chocolate, which is a bit disapointing, in this case. I will keep trying!

This isnt quite what I was expecting.
The dry leaf smells amazing, rich and exactly like salted caramel.
The taste, once brewed up, is a little bit of a burnt taste, with a vaugly coffee like aftertaste. A bit of a problem, as I dont like coffee.
I will tinker with the steeping times, because I’d really like to love this tea.
Another tea that I think will come into its own in the autumn.

A thousand thanks to Fuzzy_Peachkin for the packets of this.
Cinnamon and Rose? What a facinating combination, I’ve never heard of anything like it.
First impression, upon tearing open the packet, is that this is not a subtle tea. Kablammo! Spicy cinnamon smell!
This is sweet, which surprised me, as I was expecting a spicy taste to accompany the sent of the tea.
The rose is barely detectable, but you do certainly get the cinnamon. The rose just adds a light note into the mix.
Not bad, and certainly not undrinkable, but not destined to become a favorite.
Thank you again Fuzzy_Peachkin!

Sipdown! Thank you, Yellow and Blue. You’ve been nice!

Sipdown. Thanks again to Josie Jade for sending this my way.
This serves as a nice after dinner digestive aid. Not bad at all.

Its hot. Its over 100 degrees. I hate summer, it makes it so hard to drink a hot cup of tea.
This is a light tea, more coconutty than rosy, with an underlying greenness too it that is not at all unpleasant. And even though I am drinking it hot, it doesnt “feel” too hot for a miserable evening like this one.
Bleh. When is it autumn?

Its hot around here. It never properly cooled off, and it was the last night of our county fair, so sleep was a patchy business.
So I reach for an old dependable friend this morning. Paris, help get me going!

Green tea. I am not green teas number one fan, though I’m hardly anti green. This has got lots of lovely fruitness to it, which makes it a thoroughly drinkable green for me.
The quest for green continues! I go on a lot of tea quests, now that I think about it…..

Vanilla tea day! Who am I kidding, every day is vanilla tea day in my life.
This is a sipdown of French Vanilla, a box of which I got before I discovered the delights of Steepster.
If Je T’aime is a serious vanilla tea, then this is an exceedingy silly one. This is pure bottled vanilla, without much in the way of layered flavors. However thats not a condemnation of this cup. I still sort of enjoy French Vanilla. Its uncomplicated, but it doesnt take itself too seriously. I wont be adding it back into my cupboard, now that its all gone, but I enjoyed it while I had it. On to more and better teas!