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drank Tie Guan Yin - Iron Goddess - Superior Grade by Summit Tea Company
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Oh no, that was weird. I used a brita filter for water. Or maybe it was the fact that I intended a 60 sec steep and got distracted… ending up with a 2min 20 second steep. Either way it was far too floral for me. Adding sugar helped, masking the floral.
I’ll leave the rating as is, because I am sure it’s my fault this time!
Thanks for the sample Mark B!
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I use a brita water filter all the time to make tea. I think it tastes much better than the water straight from the tap. When I first brought it home, my fiance and I were astounded at the difference actually. Our tap water is horrifying.

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We have pretty decent tap water here, well, except for the flouride/chlorine they add. Somehow the fridge filter was alot better than the Brita. Wish I knew why! sighs.

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Isn’t Toronto’s water just as hard and icky as Guelph’s? Ours is nasty, I swear. I really need to take a new Brita filter to my boyfriend’s place and clean his pitcher so I can have filtered water there too…. the teas would be soooooooooo much better…

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Not as bad, but close. Not sure if Mississauga is less hard.

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I use a brita water filter all the time to make tea. I think it tastes much better than the water straight from the tap. When I first brought it home, my fiance and I were astounded at the difference actually. Our tap water is horrifying.

Indigobloom
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We have pretty decent tap water here, well, except for the flouride/chlorine they add. Somehow the fridge filter was alot better than the Brita. Wish I knew why! sighs.

Kittenna
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Isn’t Toronto’s water just as hard and icky as Guelph’s? Ours is nasty, I swear. I really need to take a new Brita filter to my boyfriend’s place and clean his pitcher so I can have filtered water there too…. the teas would be soooooooooo much better…

Indigobloom
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Not as bad, but close. Not sure if Mississauga is less hard.

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Let’s see… I’m a tea and workout fanatic, I work in HR, and most of my friends consider me to be an egg. White on the outside, Asian on the inside :)
-from philosophy to food, I love it all
Otherwise, what you see is what you get! I can be very straightforward and yet shy.

Also, I’ve started taking tea sommelier classes and it is an absolute blast! Well, so far I’ve only finished the first out of eight courses, but I am really looking forward to the next one.

Anyhow, if your curious as to how I rate things, this is how I work…

0-25
Like eating dirt, or some other unsanitary indelicacy that mentioning in my profile here would likely get me banned.
I don’t think I’ve found cause to banish a tea to the wasteland yet though so who knows what it’d inspire ;P

25-50
You know that expression “Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater”? I imagine drinking that water would be terrible enough to warrant this rating!
I’d never make my enemy drink this, but perhaps I’d throw it at them. Good thing I don’t have any enemies!

50-70
This is “tea”?? I tried finishing the cup… but my body rejected it. There may be others who enjoy this tea, but it’s beyond me!

70-80
I tried liking it, and I can almost get there! I certainly don’t hate it, but something is holding me back. Allergies? Men in white suits? who knows… certainly not me!

80-90
Lovely tea! Not my all time fave but close. I likely wouldn’t repurchase, but may decide to based on many factors: price, accessibility, whether it fills a “tea gap”, medicinal applications, and how often I crave it.
Every once in awhile I find the sweet spot that bumps these up to 90+. Those are the days I need to buy a lotto ticket!

90-95
Sweet Camellia! this is realllly good tea! Don’t talk to me until I’ve finished my cup…

95-100
Tea of the gods. I would do anything to get my hands on more of this liquid gold!

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