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drank New York Breakfast by T2
53 tasting notes

I like this one. I’m not sure yet if I’m re-ordering right away since I have so many teas to try, and I’m not sure it’s an automatic Must Have Always for me (yet, anyway), but I thought I’d leave a few notes based on my own observations for others who are thinking of trying it. Firstly, I didn’t know it was supposed to be a “pancake” flavor, and that didn’t pop into my mind while tasting it … if you are expecting an assertive pancake-y presence, you might be disappointed. Secondly, if you see “cinnamon” and think “eh, maybe not,” because you’re not into strong cinnamon / spicy flavors, don’t write it off too soon. I don’t get a lot cinnamon here — which for me, is a good thing, unless I’m going for a more spicy chai experience. For me, it’s also not a brisk get-your-butt-going Breakfast Tea; it’s more a cozy snuggle sweet comfort dessert tea. If you like dessert-type and / or flavored teas, you might enjoy this a lot. I did.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 15 sec 1 tsp 10 OZ / 300 ML

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drank Nighty Night by T2
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Wow, just brewed up my first cup of this tea, and it seems SO, SO familiar. And suddenly I remember. This tastes exactly like a hand blended tea I used to buy at a stall in Modiano Market in Thessaloniki Greece, that they called “Balsam.” Lovely, but it would be an awful lot cheaper for me to have it sent (to Athens) from Thessaloniki, if they are still selling it there. ;)

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 30 sec 2 tsp 10 OZ / 300 ML

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Flavors: Caramel, Chocolate, Vanilla

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 5 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 250 ML

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Relatively new tea convert who discovered Mariage Frères online shop somehow (I wish I could remember!), and swooned over Wedding Imperial, particularly; I didn’t know tea could be like that! Now I’m testing my wings a bit, and eager to try as much as possible of various tea world treasures.

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Here’s where I’m going to keep track of interesting online tea sellers shipping (mostly with at least semi-reasonable rates) to Europe (or Greece, specifically):

Bird & Blend will ship orders from UK to EU up to €15 for €4.60, so no need to pad an order out just bc the min shipping rate is so high, and now also offer free EU shipping on orders of €65 and up.
https://birdandblendtea.com/eu_en

Mariage Frères is expensive, full stop. Min €15.40 shipping from France to Greece, NO free shipping option for large orders. (Fast delivery, though) https://www.mariagefreres.com/UK

T2 ships from UK to EU for £10, w/ free shipping from £60. https://www.t2tea.com/en/uk

Teatower says they ship to EU for €3, w/ free shipping from €39. Will definitely check this out. https://www.teatower.com/en. UPDATE: though Gr is in EU, it doesn’t show up on dropdown for ordering; I’ve emailed to see if it’s an error, but no response.

Vadham has $10.00 shipping from India to Greece for orders up to $29.99; $5.00 for orders $30.00 – $48.99; free shipping above $49.00. https://www.vahdam.com

Dammann Frères ships to Greece for €8,40, quite a bit less than Mariage Frères. No free shipping option for larger orders. https://www.dammann.fr

What-Cha ships international orders from UK for a reasonable £4.40, with free shipping above £36. https://what-cha.com

Mountain Stream Teas offers free shipping from Taiwan with purchase over $25, and shipping to Greece for $7 for quantities under$25. https://mountainstreamteas.com

Tealyra UK ships to Greece for just €4.31, with free delivery above €48. https://www.tealyra.co.uk

White2Tea ships from China for $10. https://white2tea.com

Lupicia ships from France to Greece for €13. http://en.lupicia.fr

Tee Gschwendner ships from Germany to Greece for a minimum of €13.74. https://www.teegschwendner.de

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