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drank Lemon Myrtle by The Tea Zone & Camellia Lounge
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So, strangely… Missy made two cups of this, one for me, one for her. From the exact same sample bag from Sandy. And they taste very, very different.

Mine is fantastic. It’s got the perfect lemon drop flavor (there’s some stevia added). It’s tart and refreshing, absolutely delicious.

Missy’s, on the other hand, has this weird bitterness. The lemon flavor (the ‘citral’ molecule), is harsher, more prevalent, and really not as enjoyable.

I’m not sure how it happened, but it did. She brewed it in the ingenuitea, and hers is the ‘first’ portion to come out, mine was the second. She just mixed them together and we both now have fairly pleasant cups.

Not saying I’d every really want to drink lemon myrtle straight. But now I kind of want a cup of straight lemongrass to compare.
Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec
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CupofTree
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Interesting how the same brew tasted different in two cups.. maybe it was the ingenuitea? Being that the first cup was bitter.
I’ve been wondering about my perfectea maker altering flavors.. especially since my favorite tea tastes totally different now from it. I have yet to test the tea with a t-sac and I haven’t used vinegar to clean mine out or anything, maybe I should..

Dylan Oxford
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It was more of a top half/bottom half thing, I think.

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CupofTree
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Interesting how the same brew tasted different in two cups.. maybe it was the ingenuitea? Being that the first cup was bitter.
I’ve been wondering about my perfectea maker altering flavors.. especially since my favorite tea tastes totally different now from it. I have yet to test the tea with a t-sac and I haven’t used vinegar to clean mine out or anything, maybe I should..

Dylan Oxford
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It was more of a top half/bottom half thing, I think.

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My fiancé and I are beginning to enjoy tea infusion, and it’s slowly becoming an interesting hobby that the two of us can share. Maybe not slowly… it’s somewhat amazing how much tea you can buy when everything looks shiny and new.

Tea Rating system:

90 – 100: This is a tea I will always have on hand at work, and at home. I will leave it on altars as offerings of perfection.

80 – 89: This, or one of it’s close cousins, will likely be in my cabinet at home. When this tea runs out, I will buy more. I’ll always wonder if there is something better, but be too afraid to look to stray from home to find it.

70 – 79: Definitely good, but not a clear winner. I enjoy it, I’ll finish it, but I probably won’t buy it again until I’ve exhausted all other versions of this product from any reputable retailer. Though, it may enjoy a resurrection for custom blending.

60 – 69: This tea is okay, but definitely not something I’m going to brew again. I’m going to give what I have left away.

30 – 59: I didn’t finish drinking this tea. I actually poured it out, and went for something else. I’ll still give this tea away, but I’ll do it with a warning and a plead for forgiveness.

0 – 29: This tea is riding securely towards an iceberg at the helm of the failboat. I’ve taken this out of my tea tin, and laid it on a napkin as potpurri. I do not consider it fit for human consumption.

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Tacoma, Washington, United States

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