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Anlina drank Cardamom Black by New Mexico Tea Company

894 tasting notes

I sipped down the sample that Dexter sent me a while back. Made a strong cup with the rest of the leaf and then made it into a latte with lots of sugar. Probably more sugar than I would have normally needed, but I had this right after eating two bowls of Lucky Charms, so my sugar meter is way off.

I think this had lost some flavour due to poor storage on my part, but it was still very tasty.

Flavors: Cardamom

Preparation

205 °F / 96 °C 5 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML

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Dexter
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If I’m looking for more flavor I sometimes will crack a cardamom pod or two and add it to the leaf for a bit more of a kick – but I LOVE cardamom. :))

Anlina
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Ah that’s a great idea. I also love cardamom.

Dexter
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LOL I quite often add more cardamom to chai blends too…. especially if they are cinnamon or ginger heavy – I feel it smooths that imbalance out a bit…

Lindsay
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I am so doing that next time I have chai. :)

carol who
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Good idea!

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Dexter
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If I’m looking for more flavor I sometimes will crack a cardamom pod or two and add it to the leaf for a bit more of a kick – but I LOVE cardamom. :))

Anlina
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Ah that’s a great idea. I also love cardamom.

Dexter
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LOL I quite often add more cardamom to chai blends too…. especially if they are cinnamon or ginger heavy – I feel it smooths that imbalance out a bit…

Lindsay
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I am so doing that next time I have chai. :)

carol who
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Good idea!

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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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