3050 Tasting Notes

77
drank Emperor's Garden by Tea Center
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70
drank Forest Berry Puerh by Plum Deluxe
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2025 TTB tea

This is a tea I expected to like more than I did. I didn’t want to risk it being sour so I brewed it 3 minutes in hot water (~150 mL) and then topped it off with ~200 mL cold water. The cup is still super hot (I use cooler water at home but this work kettle is crazy fast and hot). It’s good and fruity. I can pick out distinctly blueberry, raspberry, and red fruit flavours. It isn’t as jumbled and meddled as some mixed fruit teas. The puerh doesn’t come through too much. Slightly sweet and woody but nothing like straight puerh. It’s good for a cup of flavoured tea but it doesn’t have a lot of actual tea flavour.

Flavors: Blueberry, Fruity, Raspberry, Red Fruits, Sweet

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76
drank Spiced Snowflake Cookie by 52teas
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Steepster 2025 TTB tea

This has nice spice notes like nutmeg and cinnamon, but I don’t get any buttery cookie or pastry notes at all.

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80
drank Kenosha Harbor Blend by Southport Tea
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80
drank Kenosha Harbor Blend by Southport Tea
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72
drank Zelda's Lullaby by Tea Hippie
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This tea just will not die! lol

I’ve had it forever but was reminded of it because I saw it in the 2025 TTB from someone else. It’s super light because of the peppermint and blackberry leaves and I’ve had probably 50 cups of it in the past 3 months and I still some have left. If it wasn’t already in there, I would have donated some myself to the teabox. My package is well past its prime and has lost most of the vibrant lavender and other notes.

Flavors: Chamomile, Peppermint, Sweet

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 4 min, 0 sec

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drank Kenosha Harbor Blend by Southport Tea
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Steepster 2025 TTB tea

I expected this to be yet another generic mint herbal blend but really enjoyed how balanced the lavender and floral notes are with the other ingredients. The lemon balm is very fresh and I can taste some chamomile too. I enjoyed this more than I expected to. It also brews a vibrant blue-purple.

Flavors: Chamomile, Citrus, Floral, Lavender, Lemongrass, Mint

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60
drank The Creator by Wild Coast Brew
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I returned to try this blend again as I wanted to focus on the other ingredients (besides the lemongrass and mint). It was very spicy this time but not potent in actual ginger flavour because the mint covered it up. I couldn’t make out the other ingredients, sadly.

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Steepster 2025 TTB Tea

This has a very pleasant jasmine aroma (very strong) and the tea has a light sweetness and savoury element like how broth is a bit savoury. Maybe it is the lack of bitterness combined with the strong tea flavour. It is very floral, but in a good way. It gives a really intense 3 steeps and I imagine it will keep going. The tea tastes very fresh, and the leaves are pretty (silvery hairy little leaves rolled into balls). Super smooth.

4-5 pearls in 350 mL or 450 mL mugs with hot (not boiling) water and they brew strong for several steeps. Steep time is under 2 minutes for most of my brewing sessions.

Flavors: Floral, Jasmine, Tannin

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 1 min, 45 sec

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Finally catching up on my reviews!

This is a nice herbal that I wish I had more of. It is rooibos-heavy, but the blueberry/vanilla/elderberry combo is really nice. The rooibos gives it a woody mineral sweet honey flavour that pairs well with the fruity parts. The blueberry isn’t fresh blueberry – I’d say it is more like dried blueberries/dried fruit. Brewed strong is makes a nice latte or iced tea (especially sweetened slightly with some lemon)

Flavors: Berry, Blueberry, Dried Fruit, Fruity, Honey, Rooibos, Sweet

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 4 min, 30 sec

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I studied biochem and botany at University with a focus on genetics and evolutionary biology. Now, I work in biology setting up labs for students. I love science fiction and spend too much of my time reading comic books. I’m a passionate keeper of spiders, cacti, and exotic plants. I eat a vegan, plant-based diet for moral and environmental reasons (I mention this only because it is relevant to which flavoured teas I drink).

I drink mostly flavoured and low caffeine teas/tisanes, but I will try anything twice. As far as pure teas go, I gravitate towards whites, yellows, and jade oolongs. Most of my teas are older and in smaller smounts, so I can’t offer samples of most blends. But you can still message me any time :)

My cupboard and stash spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-HjWKR3um-xEnj6HC9vMvKXOAyj_bpW5u_2ixEC20-k/edit?usp=sharing are both outdated and I have not organized my current list of teas in several years.
Most of these are only tiny samples/I can’t always spare any, but feel free to ask.

Favourite flavours/ingredients:
Rum/alcohol, clove, cardamom, rosemary, pine, sage, anise, moss/Earthy, lychee, floral, creamy, malt, hay, rice/grain, toasty, desserty, cocoa/chocolate, decaf or no caffeine, very unusual flavours

Favourite tea types
Decaf teas (any variety)/no caf tisanes like honeybush and rooibos, fruit blends without hibiscus, yellow, jade oolong, white, Darjeeling blacks, Longjing

Least favourite flavours/ingredients:
Acidic/sour/tart, melon, grapefruit, bitter, astringent, smokey, green apple, sickly sweet (too much chicory, cinnamon, or licorice root), yerba mate, turmeric, mushroom/fungus, vegetal and savoury

No
Animal products: [confectioners glaze, gelatine, milk-based natural flavours, white choc chips, caramel bits, etc]
St. John’s wort (herb)
Stevia

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