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Sipdown (179/185)!

Ok, I think I have to raise my rating because this parting cup was significantly better than the dry, bland mess my first was. I still got the same oak notes but I also got sweet cherry notes and a creamy, sort of honey like aftertaste that was very enjoyable. Also; no dry mouth!

I’m sorry I doubted you, Stacy! While I still don’t like this as much as I thought I would it’s a huge step up from my first impression! I’m happy to be parting with this blend on much better terms.

In other news: I painted my nails vibrant, “Shark Boy & Lava Girl” Pink and they look so perdy! Also, apparently I’m worth nine goats…

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So that’s how I’m spending my day off…

I’ve fallen a touch out of love with this one which is why I’ve decided to work towards sipping it down; while it’s still very enjoyable I don’t reach for it frequently what with all the other goodies I have access to; and it’s easily attainable if I decided I want it back again. So, I’m drinking a nice cup of it right now because pairing a bagged tea with a bagged tea sounded like a smart idea.

I think, surprisingly, that I understeeped this cup: it’s very light which is usually not a problem with this blend, which gets bitter really quickly. Hmmm…

Anyway; now I only have two more bags left. Should be simple enough to finish off!

Sipdown (180/186)!

Thanks 221tea for the sample! I’ve been trying to sip it down over the last two days but haven’t had good timing: don’t want to be drinking mate at 11PM after a long work day when I have work the next morning…

This is still smokey, still Earthy, and still has the same rich, gooey caramel taste to it! Again, it reminds me of campfire smoke and the outdoors. I’m actually very sad to see it go and am savoring each sip, although I’m not sure what place this one would have had in my cupboard otherwise.

As a parting gesture, I think I’ll bump up the rating a touch because I’m feeling this deserves a higher rating that a 72: the “smokeyness” of it just through me off a bit with the first cup.

Hooray for putting this to use as a matcha soda sweetner!

And also hooray for just eating it straight…

Since most of the matcha I received in my order are flavours I already have small, opened sample amounts of I decided this one – which I’ve never tried, would be the perfect one to open first and try today! Let me just start by saying that is smells amazing! It’s fragrant and sweet and so juicy! Albeit, admittedly, not the most natural smelling, but as long as it doesn’t taste “chemically artificial” that wont matter to me.

Specs for this one are:
- Basic Grade matcha
- Distinctive Flavouring

Since I bought it with the intention of using it mostly in club soda I figured that would be the best way to try it first – although I’m hoping it’s good in milk too. So, I added about a tsp. of matcha powder, a few lumps of the rock sugar generously given to me by 221tea, and about an ounce of hot water and whisked away like a mad woman. After that, I just dumped in a can of club soda and I was ready to go!

This smells fresh and and sweet, and juicy – and maybe a tiny bit floral? Taste wise: this is damn good! I love that it’s really juicy and sweet like pear juice and that even if it doesn’t taste really natural it doesn’t taste really fake or chemical either. It reminds me of a pear flavoured sparkling water or spritzer. I also feel like I’m getting Fuji Apple notes in here too.

I’m very happy with my purchase and with the flavour level I settled on: I think delicate would have been too soft a touch for my liking (although maybe more natural) and robust would definitely have pushed to the point of chemical – which I think is the case with more of Red Leaf Tea’s fruit flavours at that level.

I almost want to go make another RIGHT NOW – the only thing holding me back is the fact I’m down to two more cans of club soda…

Cold Brewed this lovely baby, and having it first thing this “morning” (it’s technically afternoon, but I just got up…). Cold Brew time is right around the fifteen hour mark, I do believe.

At first, I thought I really, really enjoyed this and I was doing mental tallies of “well, if I sipdown Sweet Strawberry I can put this in the same DT tin and fill it up, but not take up more closet space – or what about if I just get 50g of it in the baggie? That wont use up a lot of room, but is it enough to keep cold brewing it?”. Basically I was willing to invest some time and cupboard space for this one.

But, about halfway into my mason jar I started getting a really not so yummy taste on my mouth: almost soapy. All the originally fun, tropical but not citrus flavours were building up and getting way too intense! Maybe 25 oz. of this one is just too much. Regardless, it has me rethinking whether or not I want to pick up a large amount of this. I mean, I’ve still yet to have it hot and I’d like to; so perhaps that will end up being the deciding factor.

Anyway; I want to try and describe the flavours from before it got gross! I’ve never had a jackfruit, and the last time I had a Starfruit was probably years ago – so basically I’d describe this as a jumble of mango, pear, papaya, banana, and apple? Anyway: very fruity and exotic, but still in a somewhat comforting “familiar” way. Even if you don’t know the flavours of starfruit or jackfruit you can associate them with other flavours you do know.

Sipdown (181/187)!

Overleafed, oversteeped, and extra milk, anddddd all gone…

Damnit Teavana! Leave it to you to make me fall in love with just one of your freaking blends! And a “Forever Nuts” rip off too. Dang it; now I need more of this! The caramel makes it so rich and creamy…

I’m almost ashamed to admit that this might be my favourite herbal at the moment; and now I’m all out! Welp; onto the shopping list it goes…

Sipdown (182/188)!

So despite getting lots of tea in the mail today, I didn’t do much of any tea drinking! Shame on me! That’s ok – I have the day of tomorrow about about 15 teas set aside that I want to get through, so that’s something.

Also: that awkward moment when you leave a bag of baby carrots in your coworker’s car…

Yup; you read that right. The Aisle Owner/Cashier I was closing with offered to drive me home tonight, which was very sweet but slightly awkward because her and the guy she was going home with (I don’t know if they’re dating or just friends; but it’s interesting because he’s the oldest son of another coworker) were having a conversation in the front seat in fluent Russian: and I don’t speak a word of Russian…

Anyway, when we got to my house I got out and as she was pulling away realized that I forgot my GIANT bag of baby carrots in the back of her car. Welp. That’ll be an interesting conversation Wednesday afternoon?

Anyway; I cold brewed this treasure and took ‘im to work. Honestly; I’m most amused by the colour: it was like this perfectly clear (not foggy at all) hunter green and it was very pretty. Taste wise though, I thought this was pretty good but not great. I guess I’d call it “very ok!”. It’s green; and you can tell, but there was a strong cotton candy like taste and the blueberry came through quite clearly too. Unfortunately for me, the cotton candy part of the tea made the blueberry seem very artificial and that’s what, for me, kept this from being stunning: I do not do fake blueberry things.

But really; considering how much I dislike the taste of artificial blueberries this was really good; definitely drinkable!

Thanks VariaTEA for the sample!

Another from 221tea!

I’m actually delightfully surprised by how much I enjoyed this one given it’s pretty much just another “Forever Nuts” type of tea. Dry it smelled like a sweeter Forever Nuts; and I want to make it clear that’s not a bad thing because I do quite enjoy Forever Nuts – I just thought this would be kind of uninteresting because it wouldn’t really be a new tea experience.

Steeped up, this has that nutty apple cinnamon pie kinda trait of the “Forever Nuts” ‘genre’ of tea in the initial taste, heavy on the nuts. It’s nice – but not too “wow” factorish. However, as that taste fades there’s this extra sort of caramel sweetness that is actually surprisingly full in taste and really long lasting. I even got vanilla notes on top of that in some of these sips. I didn’t expect that full taste from this (like I said, I just anticipated some extra, generic sweetness) but I’m loving it!

I am a caramel fiend and that extra component makes this probably my favourite of this “type” of tea that I’ve tried so far. I still have one, maybe two, cups left as well so I greatly look forward to that! Yummy caramel apple nuts crumble type thing!

Look at me loving a Teavana tea…

Also, I just snuck a peak at my Forever Nuts rating… 88!? I must have been in a really generous mood last time I rated it. I just adjusted that rating back down to a 79, heh. Gotta put that rating in perspective with this one, especially since I’m finding FN has tasted watered down lately.

Sometimes you don’t love a tea; and that’s ok…

Thanks 221tea for sharing this one; even though I’m not really feeling it I’m glad you did because I’d likely have added it to my order otherwise and then been disappointed. So if nothing else you’ve saved me money!

Gah! It’s such a shame; Stacy makes this sound so good but it left this really weird dry feeling in my mouth that I couldn’t get rid of and I didn’t get any of the yummy fruit notes that Stacy describes. I could taste the oak though and that’s a flavour I don’t really think is too common among teas (or at least not the ones I usually drink) so it was an interesting switch up, I guess.

I have one more cup, so maybe my mind’ll be changed…

At the very least, this is really pretty to look at!