154 Tasting Notes

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This tea was a gift from a co-worker. I just knew the tea name, but not the tea company. I usually don’t like teas from Teavana because they smell great but often the taste doesn’t have such a strong flavor.

This tea smells sweet and fruity and the taste equals that! I can definitely tell it’s an oolong base, and I would agree that this is a “revolution” for usual oolong drinkers. It’s a great afternoon snack tea, though I don’t taste as much flavor complexity as others state. I taste the tropical fruits, but no pumpkin flavors.

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 4 min, 0 sec

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drank Decaf Carol by Lupicia
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This may be one of my favorite teas to drink as a afternoon treat. The smell is amazing, almost like strawberry oatmeal, or yogurt covered raisins.

I don’t know if I would buy a whole tin of it, since I received this as a free sample from Lupicia as part of their newsletter program. I might be interested in the non-decaf version more, and while the smell is amazing, the flavor is very weak. Honestly, I just love inhaling a deep breath of the sweet steam before taking a slow sip.

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drank Anuenue by Lupicia
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This is a limited edition tea that is only sold in Hawai’i Lupicia stores.

The smell is sweet yet floral, like standing in a garden in Hawai’i. The taste is less strong, but I think the tea can be brewed longer than the recommended 2-3 minutes before becoming bitter. After a few sips, the floral taste becomes more apparent at the end of a sip—the fruity flavors still stay up front and are the first to be smelled and tasted. I think that this tea lives up to its description of a “rainbow” of flavors and being “mellow”. Each sip tastes a little differently and the tea leaves are very colorful. I think anyone would like this tea since it has so many different flavors in it and none of them are too strong to make the tea fit into one category over another.

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 3 min, 0 sec

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drank Sakurambo Vert by Lupicia
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I received this as a free sample from the Lupicia newsletter. I don’t like fruit-flavored teas, green tea, or cherries, but I figure I’d give this a try since it was free.

I was really surprised! The green tea wasn’t bitter, no matter how long I brewed it, and the cherry was a sakuranbo cherry, which is less syrupy sweet and more tart.

Overall, the tea was a delight to drink and smelled clean and naturally sweet. Unlike many fruit teas, the smell and taste matched up nicely.

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 8 min or more

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