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I bought this about a year ago and tried it a couple times. Originally, I thought this blend was too strong? I think? I tried it a while ago. But I think now with age, the tea has mellowed its flavors and it’s possibly more to my liking. It also looks really pretty with all that green and the accents of blue cornflowers and white snowflake sprinkles. The coconut shards also might look like snow, the most like any unmeltable ingredient can look like snow anyway. I also love the idea of pine needles here to give it that earthy, snow falling in a forest element. The spearmint adds a nice frosty cooling element as well. The spearmint is the main flavor here. The coconut isn’t present in the flavor which will be fine with me when the coconut goes off. I’m not sure what the eucalyptus does for the flavor as I’m not sure what it tastes like among all these other ingredients. The second steep was brewed about eight minutes but the flavor wasn’t overdone. A nice balanced flavor that was very enjoyable. Overall, a decent unique blend that I was happy to try, with multiple elements that say ‘snowy winter’. It brightens winter up a bit, I think, but I guess all my teas do that…. unless it’s a bad tea.
Steep #1 // 1 1/2 teaspoons // 10 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // just boiled // 8 minute steep

Flavors: Spearmint

Cameron B.

I voted for this one to come back this year because it sounded interesting. Unfortunately, it didn’t win… QQ

Mastress Alita

I found the eucalyptus to have a similar flavor to mint but a little more bitter; there was a strong menthol/cooling effect from it. Since they had paired this with coconut but the flavor of that was completely lost, I finished off my sample making it as a latte with coconut milk, and it actually paired really nicely that way (and it took away any bitterness from the eucalyptus, too). I don’t think I ever would’ve thought to pair coconut milk with spearmint/eucalyptus but it was an extremely tasty flavor combo.

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Cameron B.

I voted for this one to come back this year because it sounded interesting. Unfortunately, it didn’t win… QQ

Mastress Alita

I found the eucalyptus to have a similar flavor to mint but a little more bitter; there was a strong menthol/cooling effect from it. Since they had paired this with coconut but the flavor of that was completely lost, I finished off my sample making it as a latte with coconut milk, and it actually paired really nicely that way (and it took away any bitterness from the eucalyptus, too). I don’t think I ever would’ve thought to pair coconut milk with spearmint/eucalyptus but it was an extremely tasty flavor combo.

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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.)

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