A free sample from my Boxing Day sale! It’s quite the new odd blend: Toasted rice, cocoa shells, cocoa nibs, coffee beans, ashwagandha, guarana seeds. The flavor is surprisingly savory, almost like sesame seeds or something like that. Extra toasty from the toasted rice. With hints of coffee throughout. I’m surprised I’m not tasting more chocolate here, with the various chocolate elements. I wish there was more! But the resulting flavor is unique and enjoyable anyway. I think using two teaspoons for a mug was a good idea.
I’m not sure how much caffeine is in this, without any actual tea. But it’s supposed to de-stress but also give you a brain boost. I’d say I had the same amount of anxiety as usual and also got about the same amount of reading done as usual, but maybe that is just me. So I wish there was more of a BOOST than whatever boost was here… Sometimes I can drink yerba mate or guayusa and have much more focus, but this tea is not those. Sometimes I drink black tea and then feel even more tired, so who knows. Maybe I’m a ghost and tea is the same for me, as food is to Slimer.
Steep #1 // 2 teaspoons for a full mug // 11 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // just boiled // 6 minute steep
TLDR: A unique savory toasty blend but wanted more chocolate and more of a boost!
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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!
Location
USA
