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I bought an iced tea pitcher packet of this over the weekend to play with, and my hubby quite liked it! He prefers juice tea over tea-tea. I added some agave nectar (mostly for him). Tart, sweet, but not too sweet.

After I hot-steeped the packet and added cold water to top up the pitcher, the leaves still smelled incredibly fragrant. So I took the infuser and put it into a mug of water to cold steep overnight in the fridge. The resulting tea in the morning was a bit weak, but not bad! I just didn’t want any of that good fruit smell to go to waste.

I’m coming close to 100 points on my Frequent Steeper card, and I’m seriously considering getting some of this tea as my 50g free tea reward – either this or Goji Pop. But probably this, since it’s a seasonal blend.

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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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