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tea-sipper drank Tropical Mango by Teajo Teas

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Ashmanra’s sipdown challenge – February 2023 Tea #1 – Groundhog Day: drink the same tea (or type) twice!

Forgot to post this tea note yesterday! I went with my recent running theme of mango teas and went with two mango teas in the same day for the prompt. I guess I haven’t written notes for many of my mango teas yet because they seem to run into that “generic fruit flavor” problem I mentioned recently, and maybe they never quite meet the expectations I have for them. So I’m usually flipping between thinking it’s “mango” or “generic fruit” flavor and then not leaving a note when that mystery isn’t solved by the time I finish the mug. But this tea! Is quite good! The only fruit pieces are tiny orange peels for some reason, but that mango flavoring is in there. Also, the black tea is a full leaf that is quite tasty and not some sad flimsy black tea base they are adding flavoring to. This one is from StarFevre (thank you!) and quite old, so any flavoring remaining at this point is appreciated. I still can’t tell if it’s the generic type to me, but the base is acceptable. I’d buy this again. However, it looks like Teajo is gone now. Sad, as I liked the few teas I tried from them. The other mango tea I had: Fusion’s Smoked Mango oolong! Good stuff. (Huge mango chunks!) I already wrote a note for that one!
Steep #1 // 1 1/2 teaspoons for a full big mug // 20 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // just boiled // 3-4 minutes

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Cameron B.
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The only mango teas I really love are Lupicia’s. But I am a Lupicia fangirl, after all… XD

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YESSS I was going to reply to your comment yesterday that my favorite mango tea is Lupicia’s Alphonso… which I am intentionally avoiding at the moment while I try all these other mango teas. (You also sent me the Alphonso a while ago, Cameron! Thanks again!)