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The aroma of the dry leaves is everything vanilla: vanilla bean ice cream, vanilla cake, vanilla wafers, vanilla extract. Yum! You can see where my mind is right now.

Once brewed, the tea’s aroma has a more natural vanilla scent. I’m so excited to try this tea for two reasons: 1) it just smells so delicious, and 2) it’s the first cup of tea I made in my brand new owl cup!

My boyfriend and I celebrated our 5th year anniversary yesterday by going to the Maryland Renaissance Fair! I’ve never been to a Renaissance Fair before, and it was so much fun!!!! I dressed up in a padded petticoat, green linen skirt, white chemise, and floral corset. It was such a blast! Everyone is dressed up and calls you “milady”, all the food is fried, the shows are hilarious, and people drink all day long! It was quite entertaining. We saw jousting and archery and my boyfriend bought a real, combat ready sword!! I bought this cute little pottery owl mug. Click here to see it: http://tinyurl.com/3rcj6ko

So, now we’re back to the tea. It should have cooled off by now. Mmmmm!! This is really good! It has a very nice black tea base that complements the vanilla flavoring well. Or maybe it’s the other way around, and the vanilla complements the tea base. Either way, this is delicious!

After sipping it with no additions, I added a little milk & sweetener. Wow! Now it really tastes like vanilla sweets! I kind of chugged it down actually. Time for a second infusion! The second cup is just as good as the first. This might be the first Samovar sample that I go for more than two infusions with.

I’ve had vanilla as a second or third flavoring in a tea, but never as the main event. With that said, I think this may be the best vanilla tea I’ve ever had!

Of course, it could also be the owl mug that makes it so good. I guess we’ll never know. :)

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Why did Samovar stop selling this tea?? Why why why?!! *cries

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Why did Samovar stop selling this tea?? Why why why?!! *cries

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Entering the sweet blissful world of tea aromas!

Having discovered this website at the end of July 2011, I’m so excited to share my tea adventures with all of you! I grew up with my grandmother serving Twining’s English Breakfast with cream and sugar.

But on a trip to Seattle in 2010, I stumbled into a Chinese teashop and tried my first oolong tea. I was forever changed! I embarked on a startling new love for green and white teas.

With a world of teas to discover, I was inspired to keep a tea journal to record my thoughts and new favorites. Let’s get brewing!

My ratings are completely subjective and 100% my opinion. All ratings are given in relation to each other (ie. teas are rated in the order of my enjoyment of them). Therefore, my ratings will constantly change as I try more teas.

I love swapping!!! If you see something in my cupboard you’d like to try, just send me a message. If you’d like to trade, anything on my shopping list will do or feel free to send something else entirely. I’m willing to try almost anything (although I’m not really a fan of honeybush, red rooibos, pu’erh, Lapsang Souchong, & banana-flavored teas).

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