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Ancient Alphabet challenge – C

Oh I forget how much I love this one.  It’s so good.  It’s like a bakery sort of cinnamon, even though there are HUGE cinnamon stick pieces in this blend.    But I love this sort of cinnamon on this oolong that is still so good.  Probably should have been used on its own, but I think I have some Nature’s Tea Leaf Tie Guan Yin without the cinnamon around here too. Three great steeps that become more and more like a starchy cinnamon roll. I will wish I could stock up on this one when it’s gone, but it looks like Nature’s Tea Leaf is gone now.  I also miss their Chocolate Midnight Black tea but that’s what I get for only trying samples (the shop closes). So far, I’m really enjoying the OLD teas from this alphabet challenge!

gmathis

I miss this company, too! I wrote scads of over-the-top colorful prose and poetry about their Fujian Congou.

tea-sipper

I never had the chance to try the Fujian Congou. I bet it was great. :D

gmathis

My favorite little shop in the Ozarks (TeaMaze) has a nice cinnamon oolong with bakery cinnamon, not red-hot candy cinnamon: https://www.teamazeshop.com/?s=cinnamon+oolong. I can’t remember if I have any left, but if I stumble onto enough to make a viable sample, I’ll let you know!

tea-sipper

Gmathis – I did see the TeaMaze after a Steepster search of Cinnamon oolong, trying to see if any other shop might have it. And then visited TeaMaze’s site. :D Very thoughtful of you to think of a sample. Maybe I’ll buy it at some point…

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gmathis

I miss this company, too! I wrote scads of over-the-top colorful prose and poetry about their Fujian Congou.

tea-sipper

I never had the chance to try the Fujian Congou. I bet it was great. :D

gmathis

My favorite little shop in the Ozarks (TeaMaze) has a nice cinnamon oolong with bakery cinnamon, not red-hot candy cinnamon: https://www.teamazeshop.com/?s=cinnamon+oolong. I can’t remember if I have any left, but if I stumble onto enough to make a viable sample, I’ll let you know!

tea-sipper

Gmathis – I did see the TeaMaze after a Steepster search of Cinnamon oolong, trying to see if any other shop might have it. And then visited TeaMaze’s site. :D Very thoughtful of you to think of a sample. Maybe I’ll buy it at some point…

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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
shop.Javateaco.com
Lupicia
Octaviatea.com
Davidstea.com
eco-cha.com
what-cha.com
singleoriginteas.com
teasenz.com
tealyra.com
Mandalatea.com
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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