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Lovely. Absolutely lovely.

I did a tea swap today with De and aisling of tea (if you ever get the chance, swap with them as they will give you BUCKETS of tea) and we used the local David’s Tea as our meetup spot. They got some dried teas and some brewed teas to go, so I followed suit. And let me say, this was one lovely blend.

The flavours of the white and green blend really well together, so you can’t tell which type of tea is dominant. There wasn’t much jasmine flavour in my cup, but it smelled sweet and floral and fruity – almost like peach juice. There was a hint of peach flavour on the back of my tongue, but no one flavour won out over the others. I’m definitely going to add this to my cupboard when I get the chance.

Anna

Hehe, I love the visual – three tea aficionados meet up in a DT and surreptitiously swap leaf packages. I’m picturing secret handshakes and stuff.

Christina / BooksandTea

Well, it was more like me giving them one teensy ziploc bag and them giving me a GROCERY BAG full of stuff. I swear, the number of teas they gave me was almost enough to completely double the size of my cupboard.

Anna

That’s how they get you hooked! (They sound awesome.)

gmathis

Sounds like af un day!

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Anna

Hehe, I love the visual – three tea aficionados meet up in a DT and surreptitiously swap leaf packages. I’m picturing secret handshakes and stuff.

Christina / BooksandTea

Well, it was more like me giving them one teensy ziploc bag and them giving me a GROCERY BAG full of stuff. I swear, the number of teas they gave me was almost enough to completely double the size of my cupboard.

Anna

That’s how they get you hooked! (They sound awesome.)

gmathis

Sounds like af un day!

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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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