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Sipdown! Well, sorta.

I’ve had this tea for nearly a year and a half, and while it’s good, I also have some buckwheat from Yunnan Sourcing that I need to drink too. So I took the last little bit of this (a few tablespoons worth) and instead of drinking it down, I baked with it!

I blitzed the sobacha in a small food processor until most of the groats had broken down into flour. Then I added some white flour, butter, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt to create a crumble topping, and made an apple crumble with it!

The crumble has a nice, warm, bready, nutty note to it that’s really interesting. A fitting way to let this tea bow out.

Oh, and plus: I saw Civil War last night, and it was awesome. AND I JUST BOUGHT THE NEW RADIOHEAD ALBUM AND I WILL LISTEN TO IT NOW AND EVERYTHING IS AWESOME.

Fjellrev

Wow, I didn’t even know they were still coming out with albums.

Christina / BooksandTea

It dropped earlier today. There had been teasers going out for the past week or so.

VariaTEA

I liked Civil War but still didn’t think it was as good as Winter Soldier. I feel like it was doing a lot of set up for future movies.

VariaTEA

Also this sounds like an awesome way to use up a sobacha

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Fjellrev

Wow, I didn’t even know they were still coming out with albums.

Christina / BooksandTea

It dropped earlier today. There had been teasers going out for the past week or so.

VariaTEA

I liked Civil War but still didn’t think it was as good as Winter Soldier. I feel like it was doing a lot of set up for future movies.

VariaTEA

Also this sounds like an awesome way to use up a sobacha

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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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