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Anlina drank Spiced Fig by DAVIDsTEA

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Sipdown. This was a really nice, autumy feeling cup. The dry leaf smelled strongly of clove, and steeped, clove was the dominant flavour. Under the clove there was a nice amount of fig, nuttiness, apple, sweetness and tart. If you love clove, this is great – the other flavours are well balanced, but the clove is powerful and punchy.

What is it about figs in tea? I love the way dried figs taste, but when they’re steeped there’s always this interesting nuttiness to them that I’m not sure I’m crazy about (it’s not bad), and that is not at all present when eating dry figs. That note is there in every fig tea I’ve tried, and it’s just odd.

Also this blend. Holy crap. Super dense and 2 tsp for one cup. I’m glad I didn’t fall in love with this, because this does not go far.

Flavors: Apple, Clove, Fig, Nutty, Sweet, Tart

Preparation

205 °F / 96 °C 6 min, 30 sec 2 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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Roswell Strange
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More blends should have figs in them.

Anlina
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Before I finished this I had four teas with figs in my cupboard. It does seem to be kind of an unusual ingredient though.

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Roswell Strange
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More blends should have figs in them.

Anlina
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Before I finished this I had four teas with figs in my cupboard. It does seem to be kind of an unusual ingredient though.

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I grew up drinking jasmine green tea with meals, but really fell in love with tea on a trip to Britain in elementary school. My first great love was Earl Grey, and I still adore it and all its variants.

I discovered the beauty of loose leaf tea much later, when, on impulse, I picked up a few teas that were on clearance at a home store. My introduction to loose leaf teas were Masala Chai and Provence Rooibos by the Metropolitan Tea Co and an unknown brand of kukicha and gyokuro (little did I know what a precious treasure I’d stumbled onto with that.)

At the time I was lucky to live in a place with multiple tea shops and several places to have afternoon tea, which is a delight I still miss.

Tea is part of my daily ritual and a nice, affordable way to appease the collector in me.

I enjoy distinctive whites, greens and oolongs, flavoured blacks, and herbals that are heavy on the citrus, lavender or mint.

Rating rubric, to give myself some consistency:
0-15 Yuck, not even drinkable.
16-30 Disappointing, not really inclined to give it a second try.
31-45 Disappointing, but maybe there’s potential? Worth one more try, prepped differently.
46-60 Mediocre, not terrible but not memorable.
61-75 Not bad. I’ll definitely finish what I have and might buy again.
76-90 Very enjoyable. Tasty, complex, it’ll keep me coming back.
91-100 BEST! I love everything about it and I will drink it forever.

Beyond tea, I’m a sex educator, polyamory activist, and radical queer. I love backwoods camping, abstract painting, baking & cooking, nail polish, cats, ceramic sculpture, and home nesting.

Location

Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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