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This Month’s Wanderlust, and an easy winner. I like oolongs, and this is very Limoncello vanilla lemon leaning tea, but has a bit more complexity from its other flavors like the rose and the figs. Apricot makes it tarter and sweeter. I kept brewing it up, and it rebrewed nicely. It’s similar to the Harney and Sons Chinese new years lychee oolongs, but I like this one a little bit more . I’m basic and like vanilla, but it smoothens out everything else without being cloying or overly tart. Not rating it yet,

I got this for my girlfriend’s birthday. I was a little disappointed since it was primarily rooibos tasting, but the vanilla and butterscotch did have some extra dimension. This one really needs cream and sugar to draw out the flavors. It’s good, but it needs to grow on me and is a little bit more generic compared to the other blends I’ve had. Tulum is one I’d substitute over it, though this tea is far from bad or mediocre.

This was the primary Xmas themed tea I wanted and hesitated about since it’s a while combo of silver needle and matcha…with vanilla mint flavoring. It could either be great or terrible, and it was great. The actual tea is not as green as the picture, but it’s smell is incredibly and very similar to the Retrograde Remedy tea. I thought I’d like that one more, but this is so close in profile and a lot smoother. The green tea can be a little distracting muddying the water. However, the vibe is there and the flavor itself is seamless hot western. I liked it a little more than the Pu-Erh blend, and I have a feeling it’s going to be better iced. I’m a sucker for off the wall blends anyway.

I got too much of this because it was on sale from 33 to 25 us bucks. I hesitated for a while, but I’m actually really into it and easily see myself finishing it off. The puerh blends naturally with the cocoa and the mint, and the vanilla smoothens it out. It’s ideal as a latte or cream in sugar in style, but when I’m craving something darker, it’s not bad straight. I’ll just say this was a frivolous tea that I am surprised I don’t regret because of how smooth and easy going it is.

Thank you Derk!

I probably would have gotten this myself, though I would have been detracted by the darker oolong. However, it serves as a fruity base backing up a lot of umph for it overall. I brewed it in my ceramic strainer mug and did it over six times western, and it just gives and gives. The dryleaf has a spicy ripeness to it, but brewing it up has a very pronounced passionfruit flavor with a nice balance of sweetness and pith. The earlier steeps had a little bit of a fresh peppery profile, but I’m not sure if it’s really spicy despite leaning in that direction. It’s tropical for sure and super easy to drink. Very bright sunny energy coming from it. I’m glad I had this in the morning. It felt like a pick me up in a cup.

I personally would not consistently drink it as a hoarded stash, but it’s a profile I really love for a summer tea and is deep in the category of the kind of floral and fruity teas I like.

Thank you DERK! I really wanted to try this one, and am thankful for swapping to alleviate the problem of getting samples.

The later steeps were a little bit more subdued as I improvised based on how open the leaves were and the changing aroma, but there were fruity green traces. I probably should have done it again, but it’s I got the creamy butter profile I wanted from it. I’m not sure how else to experiement since longer steeps give a more rounded body. I’ll finish it quickly, though I won’t rate it quite yet. I definitely like it.

I"ve had the Epiphany Tea twice while playing Hogwarts Legacy. I boycotted the game for a while and failed. It does a better job with Hogwarts then the films did. JK Rowling is still blacklisted for me personally for all kinds of reasons, and I think that doing another adaption of Harry Potter so soon after a failed Fantastic Beasts franchise is a bad idea….I know there might be some that will disagree, yet there’s so many artistic issues that could come up. Are they going to reuse John William’s score, for starters? As for the tea, it’s helped with my headaches. The fruity combo with the pu-erh and the vanilla is really welcomed. I’m deeply regretting not adding this one and the throat tea to my last order.

I’m heading over to the 89% territory for the black/day version of the blend. I keep coming back to it. I hope I don’t regret not splurging on another serving of this one since I got two more mint teas in bulk from them….a Pu-Erh Peppermint Bark and a Matcha/White Tea Candycane tea that I hope are amazing, because this one was something that worked really well for me.

I’ve had this tea for well over a year and I still don’t know what I think about it. I’ve had it gong fu and western, and I think it’s too drying when I do it wrong. It’s rich and floral and stemmy for a black tea, heavy in the malt, chrysanthemum, and lychee departments. Of course it’s body is viscous and incredibly, but the chrysanthemum note throws me off and hedges on bitter. It’s more dehydrating compared to my other black teas, which is surprising because this one is described as a smoother tea overall by other reviewers on instagram and by the site. I contemplated sending a sample of this one to Derk and Leafhopper, yet it’s so finicky. I finally nailed down making it in my mug western for about 2-3 minutes, light on leaves no more than 3-4 grams.

I’m really enjoying this one. It’s good hot or coldbrew in a thermo. I’m still looking at my stash and feeling overstuffed. I’ve got so many good black teas I’ve snubbed because I don’t want just malty teas. I’ve gone through my oolongs fine and almost too quickly, and I’ve actually gotten through my green teas fine too. White teas, I’ve been too slow on, and I’ve gone through moods where I prefer flavored stuff. I feel like a traitor sometimes, but then again, I won’t passup my green oolongs…which is why I’m running out.

This one does stand out because its a remarkable balance of flavors I really like. I ended up doing a massive order from Magic Hour for their limited holiday teas I didn’t get to try since they were on sale for memorial day. However, there were other teas I went over that I planned on ordering to restock. I got one of them, but didn’t get the Epiphany or the throat chakra one like I planned. And the holiday teas were an average between 3-5 oz EACH, so, they better be amazing. Otherwise, I’m a moron.