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drank Chocolate Cake by DAVIDsTEA
652 tasting notes

2 year old leftovers.

And….Blergggggh. A cup of tea scum and weird stevia taste.

I mean there was some chocolate in there somewhere, but I’m over it.
I hate that weird sweetener taste and the oil slick on the top of my cup.

Lowered my rating from 68.

Swap pile.

Eta
I’ve actually been hoarding this one since I bought it, I was so disappointed when DT discontinued it and kept the gross old rooibos Birthday Cake blend. However, clearly my tastes have changed! It’s not worth hoarding now! I guess that’s why you should drink teas when you love them….lesson learned

Courtney

I am really enjoying all your notes since regaining your love of tea.

ohfancythat

It’s like I became a different person after I had the baby

(……hah. I meant tea-wise :))

Courtney

Haha I got it. Yeah it’s neat to see the abrupt change that I went through seemingly more slowly.

ohfancythat

I guess when you go from 6 cups a day to abruptly stopping drinking tea for a year and then start up again all sorts of crazy things can happen!

It’s also because I was hoarding things and not drinking them…perhaps had I tried this last year, the reaction would have been the same.

I guess that’s one of the side effects of broadening your tea horizons!

Courtney

Woot! Broadening tea horizons for the win.

ohfancythat

Except the $$$$ part :)

Because dang it, broadening your tea horizons is addictive!!

Courtney

True story.

TeaLady441

Yeah, I’m with Courtney – it’s interesting seeing your reaction to teas from before, although it’s disappointing that you’re stuck with terribel teas. :| (Or terrible to you. I’m not trying to dump on them. :P)

ohfancythat

I guess it’s a good way to clean house!
Make room for the good stuff

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Courtney

I am really enjoying all your notes since regaining your love of tea.

ohfancythat

It’s like I became a different person after I had the baby

(……hah. I meant tea-wise :))

Courtney

Haha I got it. Yeah it’s neat to see the abrupt change that I went through seemingly more slowly.

ohfancythat

I guess when you go from 6 cups a day to abruptly stopping drinking tea for a year and then start up again all sorts of crazy things can happen!

It’s also because I was hoarding things and not drinking them…perhaps had I tried this last year, the reaction would have been the same.

I guess that’s one of the side effects of broadening your tea horizons!

Courtney

Woot! Broadening tea horizons for the win.

ohfancythat

Except the $$$$ part :)

Because dang it, broadening your tea horizons is addictive!!

Courtney

True story.

TeaLady441

Yeah, I’m with Courtney – it’s interesting seeing your reaction to teas from before, although it’s disappointing that you’re stuck with terribel teas. :| (Or terrible to you. I’m not trying to dump on them. :P)

ohfancythat

I guess it’s a good way to clean house!
Make room for the good stuff

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name change alert – going from whatshesaid to ohfancythat

Hello!

I love tea. I love my mini-me daughter, my husband, my dog Wally, Netflix, shopping, and tea. Some other stuff too, but these are the most important!

Some favourites -

My new favourite tea company is A Quarter to Tea. I love the flavouring used and how it doesn’t seem fake, and the combinations are so delicious. Right up my alley.

My favourite teas are black, I love Laoshan Black and Taiwanese Wild Mountain Black tea from TTC. Also many of Teavivre’s black teas.

Butiki teas RIP, I loved how the flavours were subtle and not fake tasting and didn’t overwhelm the tea base. Trust that I am dramatically mourning the loss of this company!

Teavivre, Whispering Pines and Mariage Freres are some more tea companies I appreciate. Along with Davidstea as it was the ‘gateway drug’ to my tea addiction. Though I’m mostly over it now, I’ve definitely moved on from the artificially flavoured teas and am trying more quality straight teas!

My ultimate goal is to try as many French teas as possible – and to finally find a source in Canada for Mariage Freres so I can buy Wedding Imperial, and Black Orchid for sure.

I would like to try any Taiwanese Assams that exist in the world!

Also continuously on the hunt for Fauchon – La Naissance. If anyone has some of this I would pay for it!!! It’s my number one all time favourite tea.

When I rate, it goes like this:

85 -100 = WIN! awesome, I love this and keep it on hand
70 – 85 = pretty darn good but I don’t NEED to own it
55 – 70 = not necessarily terrible but not a tea for me!
30 – 55 = missed the mark as far as I am concerned. Wouldn’t drink it willingly.
0 – 30 = I likely won’t rate this low very often, so if you see it, consider the tea a great big FAIL and probably disgusting.

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New Brunswick, Canada

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