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This one is cookies & cream flavored, which is interesting. I do get what they were going for, it does have a bit of that dark cocoa cookie note to it, though without the sweetness. It actually reminds me of a cookies & cream Powerbar that I remember eating once LOL. I guess that makes sense since those are both cookies & cream flavored things without actually having actual cookie or milk in them.

Anyway, it’s not terrible, but certainly very artificial in taste. Not one I would order for myself, though I’m not much of a dessert tea lover in general these days.

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Finished this one off with creamer. It’s honestly almost a bit too much with creamer added, since the flavors are very sweet and rich anyway. But I feel completely exhausted this morning for no apparent reason, so I could use some sugar LOL.

The hazelnut-esque nutty notes are nice with the vanilla and hint of spice. With the creamer, it almost reminds me of a roasted chestnut boba I had recently… I think it’s one of the better CS holiday teas, and I would consider picking up another box if I could find it easily/cheaply near me.

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Still making my way through these cute Moomin teabags! This one is a black tea with bergamot and orange.

The flavors are nice enough, but the base is actually quite earthy-tasting, which I don’t think has been true of the other flavored black teas I’ve had? I recall them having a more generic “tea” sort of base. Maybe it’s just the interaction with one of the flavors that’s making it taste so earthy/mineral to me… Anyway, the bergamot here is quite mild and leans more citrusy than floral, probably due to the sweet orange that it’s paired with.

Pleasant tea. Not one I would go out of my way to order, but I enjoyed my few cups of it.

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Also my random tea of the day. I only had one single-serving packet left, so also a sipdown yay!

This is a lovely one – it’s like a mellower version of their Kabuse Sencha. Makes sense given it’s the stems of shaded leaves used to make matcha. Has a nice vegetal intensity to it still, heavy on the spinach and kabocha, but it’s a bit softer and smoother than the Kabuse, and it also has some nice nutty notes to it. The description mentions tomato, which I’m not sure about, but I don’t think that’s really a note I think about in tea, so maybe I just don’t have the association.

Anyway, a very nice and flavorful Japanese green with a bit of a unique character of its own. Happily, I have an unopened bag of this somewhere, according to my spreadsheet. :)

Also, Obubu’s kukicha are all named after birds, and Mejiro (めじろ) is apparently the Japanese word for the warbling white-eye, which looks to be an adorable little green chonk of a bird with white around its eye. :3

Random tea of the day!

So far this random thing is working out for me, I’ve gotten one tea that I love and two that I hadn’t tried yet. This is one of three herbal tisanes that I got from Nordqvist that are made with native Finnish botanicals, this one being cloudberry, nettle, and a few other herbs.

To be honest, I’m not getting much in the fruity department. Mostly I’m tasting mellow and earthy herbs, and then there’s a little hint of tang from the cloudberries that leaves a slight lingering tartness in my mouth. It’s a nice, comforting herbaceous sort of blend for the evening, but nothing special enough that I would feel the need to order it again.

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A forever favorite from Lupicia. Both this one and Melon Oolong are definitely in the category of “always restock” for me, they’re both fruity oolongs but quite different in execution. The melon is more sweet and whimsical, while this definitely has a more elegant, refined feel, with the floral baozhong base and the subtler, more natural mango. Really just an excellent mango tea and flavored oolong, and always such a joy to drink.

So it’s goodbye for now, yummy tea! I tend to wait until Lupicia has a seasonal release that I want before restocking there, since the shipping is on the pricier side. So this one will definitely return, but maybe not until autumn rolls around. Happily I have their Alphonso Mango black tea to tide me over until then! :)

Random tea of the day!

I was so happy when this was selected, this is such a nice tea from Lupicia and perfect for the time of year. I love how the strawberry flavor brings out the fruitier notes of the sakura, but I can still taste that salty-savory undertone and it makes for such a nice combo. This is my favorite of Lupicia’s sakura collection, and one that I will happily reorder.

Actually, I noticed I didn’t have a ton left in the tin when I opened it, so I was tempted to order some now while it’s still available. No, bad Cameron, LOL! Knowing me, I won’t even have finished the small amount I have left by the time next year comes around… Plus I already made an order when the sakura collection came out, and got Cerisier (because I haven’t tried it in ages and never wrote a note for it apparently) and then restocked a couple of faves. So I’m good to go, and I do not need any more tea! (she tells herself, unconvincingly…)

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This tea was just not great. There’s basically zero evidence of white tea IMO, it mostly just tastes like a peppermint wet rag, and I feel like the earthiness of the ginger is only exacerbating that wet rag quality. There is a slight tingle of ginger warmth on the tongue.

Kind of annoyed that I had to order from the Stash website to get this, since it’s apparently an online exclusive. At least I got some cute mugs in that order LOL. :P

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I randomly ordered some more blends from The Chai Box the other day, not sure how I even ended up on their website, but I guess that’s how it goes sometimes lol. So because of that, I was inspired to sip on some of their teas that I already have.

This one sounds really good, it has mango and coconut with cinnamon and clove on a CTC base. And it’s certainly not bad, it’s just… The clove overwhelms it for me. I’m not a big clove fan in the first place, but here it’s most of what I taste. I don’t think I taste cinnamon at all, there is some mango and a touch of coconut. But mostly I’m tasting clove.

I guess this tea and I just weren’t meant to be! A shame, but I do love some of their other blends.

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This one was fairly enjoyable. It’s a rooibos with banana and vanilla flavors, and it ends up tasting a bit like banana taffy to me. I only steeped it for 2 minutes because I found the base overpowering otherwise.

The banana is definitely a bit artificial and I would like more vanilla or creaminess, but still a nice rooibos blend for the evening. :)