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Christina / BooksandTea drank Organic Nettle Leaf by Samadhi Tea House

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Backlog from a few nights ago.

Still figuring this tea out, although it’s much better than the Traditional Medicinals nettle tea. This one is much less dusty-tasting.

It’s still somewhat muted in flavour, though. I wanted more green-ness and sweetness. Maybe I should steep for longer? Add more leaf?

In the meantime, I need to figure out what to do with the Traditional Medicinals nettle. My immediate thought is to add the rest of the tea bags to a bath and bathe in it, see if it does something nice for the skin.

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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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