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- Strong cranberry and vanilla flavour with lighter almond notes
- Sweet and silky
- I think a soda is the next direction for this one

I couldn’t pull this one up with the search bar; had to look in my cuboard for it. Boo.

Ew.

Tre brought his FWB home, again (like the sixth day in a row) – and how he’s showering while she sits in his room and eats my Halloween candy. Why.

But yeah; this was a cold brew and it too, just like my most recent hot cup, was all raspberries and cream. Gonna have to try adding milk next time to see if that makes it richer. I think it would…

Cold Brew. The last one from my “sample spree” to try.

- Strong molasses/pumpkin notes
- Black base pretty present
- Not much fruit; tastes familiar though?
- “Cakey”?

I wish I could taste the fruit more strongly; I really love both currants and pineapple but neither were distinct to me at all. For something with subtle molasses in it, I sure did pick it up quite a bit…

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Firstly, I’m dying right now. I opened up Tumblr and this was the first thing on my dashboard. http://kraftworkorange.tumblr.com/post/100112444150

I spat out my cold brew I was laughing so hard. But this tea…

This one I spat out for a far different reason. After really hating the cold brew, I decided to try it hot – but still didn’t have high expectations at all. Cold just seemed like a naturally good route and since that was a fail, hot being good was a bleak outcome.

When I took my first sip, the two words that came immediately to mind were rancid and vomit. To me, this is just nasty, unsweetened and extremely tart hibiscus/orange and then mud. And not good mud. Like, filthy smelly mud.

I got down a few sips but then had to give up and really thoroughly clean out my timolino to purge the smell/scent. And I feel guilty, because I definitely passed on the rest of my sample to some poor unfortunate tea drinker instead of throwing it out like my gut told me to.

However, the fact I have read a few good reviews on this makes me feel a little less terrible for passing my sample along to someone else.

Made in my timolino for work, but I drank it at home because I didn’t have the chance at work.

When I got home I discovered that my internet was inexplicably down and despite all my trouble shooting I couldn’t get it to work (and it was like eleven at night so calling our provider wasn’t an option – sometimes a nocturnal schedule has downfalls). So instead I made a nice, cooked meal instead of eating cereal for supper, and I watched the Degrassi movie (all those nostalgic feels) since I bought the DVD from work a few days ago.

We got a whole bunch of Degrassi stuff in; but from the older seasons with JT, Paige, Marco, Spinner, Ellie, you know – the old gang. From before Drake was Drake. I don’t think Dollarama realizes it’s 2014.

The tea was good, though the spices from my Hamburger Helper contributed to some of the subtle nuances of this delicately scented tea being lost/buried. It wasn’t a well thought out food pairing.

Cold Brew.

This was my zen during a terribly work day. We had two of our main employees quit within the same wee; Ruby (one of our main stockers) and Billi (our main cashier) because they were being treated disrespectfully by our manager Carole. That left us cripplingly understaffed (and led to my 50 hour work week). I had stress headaches every day, for hours at a time. We’ve now hired like seven more people though; so we’re well staffed now. All is good.

This cold brew was very coconut/banana/pineapple strong. Actually, this is the first time I personally tasted the pineapple, which others have described experiencing. And I really appreciated the flavour contribution. I do love me some pineapple.

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I sure am glad I’m making good sipdown progress, ’cause I still have a swap with Marzipan and my Secret Pumpkin on the way still, as well as a probably huge package from VariaTEA and I think TeaAve Oolong samples (anyone heard whether these have shipped?)…

So to finish off my 20g sample of this one, I turned it into tea syrup using a Simple Syrup recipe, and then I floated it in club soda to make a tea soda – which I enjoyed sipping on while getting ready for work in the morning.

- Decided to try this one because the CB reminded me of gingerale
- Very sweet; actually relatively gingerale like
- Pear very supple, fresh and “breezy”
- I definitely want to restock this one

So next time I free up a tin this is what’s going to be filling it.

Raspberries and Cream; perfect thing for satisfying a sweet tooth. Working towards a sipdown on this one, now – and I think if I did finish it off I’ll officially not have anymore 52Teas in my cupboard? Might have the change that.

EDIT: I’m a liar – I’ll still have Marshmallow Treat.

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- Oversteeped
- I am shocked, but I’m actually picking up the cinnamon notes in this!
- I also get a weird vegetal note; my gut says Squash but my head says no
- Cream/Hay
- Thick mouthfeel
- Weird, but ultimately really good

Thanks again 221Tea and Brian!

Cold Brew.

Strong Acai/Juniper flavour followed by very vivid pine notes. Base mostly covered by the fruit. Super refreshing.

One Night In Bangkok just started playing on the radio; I’ve had it stuck in my head ALL week and this doesn’t help.