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drank Carrot Cake by Tealyra
4185 tasting notes

Oh my gosh guys, I just discovered the most magical of Carrot Cake blends… but Tealyra stopped selling it shortly after I bought it. No other tasting notes even! So if anyone finds this blend selling anywhere else, please post a comment. Just opening the bag, this blend smells like dessert. It seems like some real heart went into this blend. So many fantastic Carrot Cakey ingredients: ACTUAL carrots (points just for actually including those), raisins, cinnamon, white chocolate chips, candied ginger, safflowers. All on caffeine free base of honeybush, red and green rooibos. The description also mentions snowman sprinkles and orange sprinkles, but I don’t see any of those in my blend. It tastes plenty sweet without them anyway. This is truly the most dessert flavor in a tea I’ve ever sipped. The only thing is that it might have slightly mouth drying qualities or the rooibos is small enough to escape the teabag into my mug, but this quality only seems to happen in the first sips. I feel like this is an unusual and unique Carrot Cake blend, as the others I’ve noticed have coconut or walnuts. Overall, especially with the second steep, the flavor is mostly SWEET rather than carrot cake but that makes this tea a true dessert.
Steep #1 // 1 1/2 teaspoons for a full mug// 10 minutes after boiling // 3 minute steep
Steep #2 // just boiled // 6 minute steep

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IT IS that tea from the Whistling Kettle! I don’t even think I’ve been on that website before. Thanks so much for finding it, Orphia!

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IT IS that tea from the Whistling Kettle! I don’t even think I’ve been on that website before. Thanks so much for finding it, Orphia!

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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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