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drank Marie-Antoinette by Nina's Paris
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I’m holding off on a rating right now until I try changing some of the steep parameters around, but I will say this: it smells amazing.

AAAAMAAAAAZZZZIIIING.

I could just inhale the scent of the dry leaf all day, with that delicate balance of rose and apple.

That said, I think I may have oversteeped this slightly. The tea smells and tastes very heavily of rose, when I really want to taste more of the apple. I didn’t add any sweetener either. In any event, I’m feeling strongly positive about this tea, but I’m going to wait until I steep it again with some sugar or honey to see how that works.

EDIT: Looking over Ashmanra’s notes about this tea, it appears that the apple flavour will come out more at a 4-minute steep, so it looks like I under steeped it. Will definitely remember that.
Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 15 sec 2 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
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gmathis
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This has got to be wonderful iced, don’t you think?

Christina / BooksandTea
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I only have a sample size, so I’m not sure if I’ll have enough to try it iced. But maybe…

gmathis
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Yeah, my sample of the same was very tiny.

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gmathis
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This has got to be wonderful iced, don’t you think?

Christina / BooksandTea
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I only have a sample size, so I’m not sure if I’ll have enough to try it iced. But maybe…

gmathis
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Yeah, my sample of the same was very tiny.

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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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