10

Black tea is listed first here, but all I get is rooibos. I suspected I was in some trouble by the scent. The flavor was pretty much what I expected. It’s a shame I really can’t distinguish caramel or almond here at all. It’s a tiny bit sweet, and I can get hints of cinnamon in the smell and aftertaste, but mostly rooibos.

I’m at the point where every time I see rooibos as an ingredient I turn into a villain hearing the name of their nemesis. And with most of these ill-advised encounters, the rooibos wins.

Plum Deluxe Caffeine Advent, Day 17

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Mom of 2, adjunct, and general homebody in California.

Great at buying tea, okay at drinking tea, awful at timely reviews. Drawn to fruit, floral, spice, smoke, and flavored teas in general; prefer those that stand well without milk or sweetener. Black is fine, green is better, and red rooibos is trash.

My ratings are for me, so I don’t accidentally buy something that sounds amazing but I’ve already tried and disliked. I struggle a bit with wanting to be “fair” to a tea that other people would probably like, but then my system won’t work!

90-100 A: loved it; would make this a permanent member of my stash
80-89 B: tasty; would pick it up again
70-79 C: good; could grab with a good deal or to try in a different style
60-69 D: okay; would keep in a set but probably would not repurchase on its own
1-59 F: various shades of bad; would not purchase; closer to 1 means may not even drink again if offered.

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