I really miss having a chance to read everyone’s tasting notes! I just took a gander at the dashboard and saw a few Steepsterers that had been missing for a while had returned. That’s always good to see! Hope all of you are well!
Day #2 – This was the tea for yesterday, but when I drink rooibos, I usually have a second steep the next night. So first steep was last night and second steep was tonight. Couldn’t write the review until now! This is a chai with a honeybush base – no black tea. The spices aren’t too spicy. But there is an odd flavor of bubblegum… not sure how! The cocoa nibs don’t offer much flavor here either. Maybe I should have used two teaspoons. Otherwise, I’m just happy to have another no-caff option, especially honeybush since I rarely see those. The second steep was left alone for a while, so it had much more flavor than the first. Yum. I think Angry Tea Room’s teas have been very unique so far! This isn’t even the only pumpkin no-caff tea from Angry.
Steep #1 // 1 1/2 teaspoons for a full mug// 10 minutes after boiling // 3 minute steep
Steep #2 // just boiled // many minute steep
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Hi! I love tea and trying new ones – it adds a bit of variety to my day! Books, music, TV & movies are my thing… and tea, of course.
Some of my favorite tea shops (still operating):
birdandblendtea.com
teavivre.com
52teas.com
svtea.com
whisperingpinestea.com
justea.com
harney.com
Dammann Freres
fusionteas.com
Javateaco.com
Lupicia
Octaviatea.com
Davidstea
eco-cha.com
what-cha.com
singleoriginteas.com
teasenz.com
tealyra.com
Mandala
verdanttea.com
Favorite tea shops (RIP):
butikiteas.com
steapshoppe.com
steepcityteas.com
aquartertotea.com
dellaterrateas.com
zentealife.com
angrytearoom.com
theteamerchant.net
joysteaspoon.com
tealiciousllc.com
Rivertea
Specialteas
My icon photo is Richard Mayhew from the graphic novel ‘Neverwhere’ by Neil Gaiman, Mike Carey & Glenn Fabry.
Most of the teas listed in my cupboard are actually sample sizes. I don’t really have 2,000 ounces of tea around here! Many of my teas have only one teaspoon left… maybe two. But I like keeping them in my cupboard list for reference to what I could be sipping. Usually, I write tasting notes once for each tea. I’m still drinking them, just not writing tasting notes each time!
I’m always in search of: Hattialli, Qu Hao black, Jin Jun Mei, teas using marshmallow root.
My dislikes: hibiscus, ginger (unless in chai), turmeric, bee pollen, charcoal type flavors
My ratings:
95-100 – Super awesome deliciousness favorites – cupboard essential
80-95 – Also pretty delicious
65-80 – Pretty good
50-65 – Okay
1-50 – Probably won’t want to sip it again
I’m planning on being a Steepsterer as long as there IS a Steepster, so if you’re not hearing from me, that means something happened to my health… if you know what I mean. (Or as evidenced by the great computer hiatus of 2019, something happened to my computer… I have a dumb phone so can’t access internet on that. As of 12/20/21 my wifi might start getting unreliable.)
Happy sipping!
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USA
Tbh I have gotten bubblegum on occasion from Honeybush bases so maybe that’s doing it. Definitely not what one would want from a pumpkin tea lol
Oh thanks — the bubblegum could definitely be the honeybush then. Weird!