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A re-review of this tea (meaning I deleted the old note, making a new):

Now that the summer is over and I’m getting ready to go back to my normal routine of working 3 jobs, I decided to not drink wine in the evenings on days where I work at 9am or earlier. I wasn’t drinking crazy amounts, but sometimes even a small amounts can make my stomach feel not so good in the morning (I have a weak stomach- even black tea can bother it and coffee is totally out of the question). So instead of wine, I’m switching to chamomile tea to relax me in those evenings. I have nearly a full tin of this blend, plus nearly a full tin of a plain chamomile, and I’ve had both teas for a while and need to use them up anyways.

As for this tea, It tastes like floral chamomile, mildly of mint, and if you steep it long enough, licorice. I have come to discover I’m not big on licorice teas and will only have them if I have a sore throat, so I brew this for less than 5 min so the licorice taste is muted. Otherwise, this is a nice, calming tea. I will be using it up in the following weeks and months, but I will not buy it again because I can just mix chamomile tea with peppermint (two teas I always have on hand) and if I want a licorice tea for a sore throat, I have better options in my collection as well. Not to mention that this tea is pricey for what’s in it…

Flavors: Floral, Licorice, Mint

Preparation

Boiling 4 min, 30 sec 2 tsp 300 OZ / 8872 ML

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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.