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drank Sweet Lemon Yerba Mate - sweet sensations by International House of Tea
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Re-review of this tea.

I’m going to be switching to mate teas on weekdays. I’m going to get Invisalign braces very soon and won’t be able to drink as much tea because you have to remove the trays every time you want to eat or drink (other than water), so I figured getting a stronger tea is a good idea so I can have 1 cup and be satisfied.

I really enjoyed this one. Reminds me of the lemon green rooibos they have: nice and lemony and brews up well with no bitterness. A stronger cup than a lot of the green teas I’ve been having lately. This may be my go-to-tea for a while.

Flavors: Herbaceous, Lemon

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185 °F / 85 °C 5 min, 0 sec
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Sil
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i just wish that you could buy smaller quantities than 100g here

Evol Ving Ness
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Sorry about your upcoming tea fast. Kristal. Hope it goes well.

Kristal
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Sil- looks like on the website you can buy 50g at a time? They also have sampler packs too https://www.internationalhouseoftea.com/collections/yerba-mate/products/yerba-mate-sampler

Evol Ving ness- Lol no worries! 4 cups a day is still decent. and I like water too so that’s fine.

Kristal
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I say 4 cups because with Invisalign you have to wear them for 22h/day. So my plan is 4 eating breaks, 30min each, a cup at each meal break.

Evol Ving Ness
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Ok then, reasonable, only slight amount of suffering.

Kristal
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Haha. What I’m more bummed about is on the weekends I like to slowly sip wine (a small glass will take me an hour to drink down!). I will have to now chug down my glass instead. Oh well. I’m looking forward to getting my teeth fixed up anyways!

Sil
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must be thinking of another tea company then haha

Evol Ving Ness
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Yes, after that, you can drink all the tea and wine you want. Very slowly even.

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Sil
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i just wish that you could buy smaller quantities than 100g here

Evol Ving Ness
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Sorry about your upcoming tea fast. Kristal. Hope it goes well.

Kristal
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Sil- looks like on the website you can buy 50g at a time? They also have sampler packs too https://www.internationalhouseoftea.com/collections/yerba-mate/products/yerba-mate-sampler

Evol Ving ness- Lol no worries! 4 cups a day is still decent. and I like water too so that’s fine.

Kristal
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I say 4 cups because with Invisalign you have to wear them for 22h/day. So my plan is 4 eating breaks, 30min each, a cup at each meal break.

Evol Ving Ness
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Ok then, reasonable, only slight amount of suffering.

Kristal
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Haha. What I’m more bummed about is on the weekends I like to slowly sip wine (a small glass will take me an hour to drink down!). I will have to now chug down my glass instead. Oh well. I’m looking forward to getting my teeth fixed up anyways!

Sil
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must be thinking of another tea company then haha

Evol Ving Ness
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Yes, after that, you can drink all the tea and wine you want. Very slowly even.

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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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