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drank Alpine Punch by DAVIDsTEA
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85
drank Spearmint (Organic) by DAVIDsTEA
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84
drank Salted Caramel by DAVIDsTEA
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drank Swampwater by DAVIDsTEA
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Turns out I DID get this as a free sample from David’s when buying online! I found it underneath my bookcase when cleaning my room.

I like this tea, and will definately buy it one I run out of one of my other rooibos teas :)

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This is quite different than any tea I’ve had before. It’s like drinking flowers! The taste doesn’t discust me or anything, it’s just..strange. I think I would buy this simply because of health benefits and such.

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drank Sleigh Ride by DAVIDsTEA
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When I first starting drinking tea, I enjoyed this one. I thought it reminded me of apple cinnamon tea. However, as I’ve been getting used to a wider variety of teas, I started to dislike this tea more and more. I find it too tart because of the hibiscus, and quite frankly all I can taste is a tart-sour liquid explosion. I rememember that when I started drinking this tea a few months ago I used to be able to taste the cinnamon (perhaps I’ve accidentally used all the cinnamon pieces previously?) but not anymore- just hibiscus, which I am not fond of.

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My co-worker brought this tea into work and I tried it there. I personally didn’t care for it. Granted, part of the reason is because I’m not a big lemon fan to begin with, but I found the tea too citrusy and strong (although, the “strong” issue may be due to my fault in leaving the teabag in for too long).

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71
drank Amaretto by DAVIDsTEA
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I used to drink coffee, but it started to hurt my stomach so I switched to tea. A friend of mine introduced me to DAVID’s TEA and I couldn’t stop after that! I’ve now been expanding my scope beyond DAVIDs away from “candy-like teas” into more natural teas or flavourings. Current favourite stores include International House of Tea (iHOT) and Verdant Tea.

When it comes to tea ratings, I usually only ever rate them once. I know a lot of people on steepster do many tasting notes for the same teas depending on their mood, but I prefer to rate once and if my opinion changes, I will delete the old note and rate again. How I rate teas goes as following:

1-49: Teas I won’t buy again. Either the taste is disgusting to me, or it’s too bland, etc. I’m most likely not even going to finish the tin/bag.

50-59: Teas I wouldn’t buy again; I have to force myself to drink the whole cup to not waste it.

60-69: I’ll finish the cup and even the bag/tin, but I wouldn’t buy these teas again. Teas of this rating are “lacking something”.

70-79:Teas that are pretty good and ones I might buy again. Usually these teas are ones I have to be “in the mood for” and drink occasionally.

80-89: Great teas! Ones I will drink several times a week and often have in my stash :).

90-100: Favourite must-have teas!

My favourite types of tea are green tea and different types of “natural” herbal tea (different herbs, natural flavourings, etc). I cannot drink black or oolong teas due a sensitive stomach. I don’t really go for white tea due to its cost and the fact that it has just a little caffeine (if I want caffeine I’ll just go for a green tea and if I don’t I’ll go for a herbal-no sense on just having a little caffeine). I also like to do iced teas in the summer time, and then I’ll gravitate towards herbal fruit blends that are bagged to cut costs and convenience (it’s easier to throw out bags than clean a filter). Flavours I don’t care for include anything too tart, bitter, artificial, overly spicy or overly sweet.
Also, when I have time (usually when I’m not working much) I like to make tea lattes out of different rooibos blends.

My everyday green tea is Gunpowder since it is strong and not sensitive to temperatures or steeping time which is something I cannot be bothered with when I’m getting ready for work. Other greens I enjoy are dragonwell, sencha, and different Chinese greens. I’m not the biggest fan of yunnan greens since they are so finicky (although I do like gyokuro)

On a day to day basis I usually have 2-3 cups of green tea and several more cups of different herbal blends.

Besides tea I also work at a couple libraries (I am finishing my library tech diploma),am in my early 20s and got married in Oct 2014.

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Northwestern Ontario

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