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Christina / BooksandTea drank Jade Citrus Mint by Teavana

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Spearmint is the strongest flavour of this tea, though the overall blend is well-balanced. The lemon flavour is really subtle – it’s easier to smell than to taste.

I have a habit of not steeping my tea properly (using not enough leaves and overcompensating by steeping for longer). Some teas are quite forgiving of this, but this tea is NOT. If you want to have multiple good-tasting infusions of this tea, use the proper amount and steep at the proper time. Otherwise, the leaves of this one smell quite rank, and there’s a metallic taste to the later infusions.

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Updated March 2016:

I’m a writer and editor who’s fallen in love with loose-leaf tea. I’ve also set up a site for tea reviews at http://www.booksandtea.ca – an excellent excuse to keep on buying and trying new blends. There will always be more to discover!

In the meantime, since joining Steepster in January 2014, I’ve gotten a pretty good handle on my likes and dislikes

Likes: Raw/Sheng pu’erh, sobacha, fruit flavours, masala chais, jasmine, mint, citrus, ginger, Ceylons, Chinese blacks, rooibos.

Dislikes (or at least generally disinclined towards): Hibiscus, rosehip, chamomile, licorice, lavender, really vegetal green teas, shu/ripe pu’erh.

Things I generally decide on a case-by-case basis: Oolong, white teas.

Still need to do my research on: matcha

I rarely score teas anymore, but if I do, here’s the system I follow:

100-85: A winner!
84-70: Pretty good. This is a nice, everyday kind of tea.
69-60: Decent, but not up to snuff.
59-50: Not great. Better treated as an experiment.
49-0: I didn’t like this, and I’m going to avoid it in the future. Blech.

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