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Mastress Alita drank Wild Strawberry by Adagio Teas

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This is another tea my coworker asked for to give as a graduation gift (actually, she asked for my Raspberry Limeade, but my stash was way too low on that to gift it so I had to look for a replacement and decided on this). After giving out the 15g for her samplers what was left was enough to do an iced tea quart, so… another sipdown! Eh, fruit teas go fast, especially when only having an ounce to begin with.

This one also came from Snake River Tea in Boise, but was quite obviously sourced from Adagio from the name and ingredient list (they also only carry it during the warmer months out here in Idaho, so they market it specifically during iced tea weather). Since I made it iced myself, I can see why, because it is a rather tasty fruit tea with a strong strawberry flavor. There was a lot of hibiscus and rose hips in the base, but honestly, the flavor has come out pretty sweet and with more strawberry flavor than I was expecting, and I have a strong strawberry aftertaste left in my mouth, as well. The flavoring gives this a pretty strong strawberry flavor so it doesn’t taste quite as fruit punchy as I’m used to with iced hibiscus, and the apple does a lot to add natural sweetness. I personally don’t need sweetener as I like hibiscus teas and find the slight tanginess very pleasant, but for those that like their strawberry on the very sweet side, a little sweetener will probably do you fine.

I do think I like this one better than the last iced tea I had with a strong strawberry note, which was T2’s Riotous Rose, as that tea had a noticable currant flavor that came in just under the strawberry and I kept finding myself wishing the strawberry was more dominant… and this tea is just that — a nice, dominant strawberry flavor, with a slightly tangy fruit tea base.

Flavors: Strawberry, Sweet, Tangy

Preparation

Iced 8 min or more 4 tsp 32 OZ / 946 ML

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Hi! I’m Sara, a middle-aged librarian living in southern Idaho, USA. I’m a big ol’ sci-fi/fantasy/anime geek that loves fandom conventions, coloring books, simulation computer games, Japanese culture, and cats. Proud genderqueer asexual (she/they) and supporter of the LGBTQ+ community. I’m also a chronic migraineur. As a surprise to no one, I’m a helpless tea addict with a tea collecting and hoarding problem! (It still baffles me how much tea I can cram into my little condo!) I enjoy trying all sorts of teas… for me tea is a neverending journey!

Favorite Flavors:

I love sampling a wide variety of teas! For me the variety is what makes the hobby of tea sampling so fun! While I enjoy trying all different types of teas (pure teas, blends, tisanes), these are some flavors/ingredients I enjoy:
-Dessert/chocolate/vanilla/caramel/cream/toffee/maple
-Sweet/licorice root/stevia
-Vegetal/grassy
-Floral/lavender/rose
-Spices/chais
-Fruity
-Tropical/pineapple/coconut
-Bergamot (in moderation)
-Roasted/nutty
-Tart/tangy/hibiscus/rosehip

Disliked Flavors:

There are not many flavors or ingredients that I don’t like. These include:
-Bananas/banana flavoring
-Hemp/CBD teas
-Smoke-scented teas/heavy smoke flavors (migraine trigger)
-Perfumey teas/extremely heavy floral aromas (migraine trigger)
-Gingko biloba (migraine trigger)
-Chamomile (used in blends as a background note/paired with stronger flavors is okay)
-Extremely spicy/heated teas
-Medicinal flavors/Ginseng
-Metallic flavors
-Overly strong artificial flavorings

With the exception of bananas and migraine triggers, I’ll pretty much try any tea at least once!

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I drink tea in a variety of ways! For hot brews, I mostly drink my teas brewed in the western style without additions, and for iced tea, I drink teas mostly brewed in the cold brew style without additions. Occassionally I’ll change that up. I use the https://octea.ndim.space/#/ app for water-to-tea ratios and use steep times to my preferences.

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90-100 – Top tier tea! These teas are among my personal favorites, and typically I like to keep them stocked in my cupboards at all times, if possible!

70-89 – These are teas that I personally found very enjoyable, but I may or may not feel inclined to keep them in stock.

50-69 – Teas that fall in this range I enjoyed, but found either average, lacking in some way, or I’ve had a similar tea that “did it better.”

21-49 – Teas in this range I didn’t enjoy, for one reason or another. I may or may not finish them off, depending on their ranking, and feel no inclination to restock them.

20-1 – Blech! My Tea Hall of Shame. These are the teas that most likely saw the bottom of my garbage can, because I’d feel guilty to pass them onto someone else.

Note that I only journal a tea once, not every time I drink a cup of it. If my opinion of a tea drastically changes since my original review, I will journal the tea again with an updated opinion and change my rating. Occassionally I revisit a tea I’ve reviewed before after a year or more has passed.

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