Daniel Scott

Daniel Scott drank Apple Cinnamon by Tim Hortons

I don’t think it’s fair to rate this one. I wasn’t sure if it was a fruit tea, or a fruity black blend, so I took the bag out at 3 minutes. It’s a fruit tea. Whoops. It’s watery as hell.

That’s okay, I saved it! I steeped my own filterbag of David’s Nepal Black in it. So now instead of watery steeped apple cider, I have a vaguely cider-ish black tea. It would be better if it had been hotter water to steep in, but that’s okay. It’s still an improvement.

…Oh god, so many crappy teas. I really need to start making my own at school.

2012-02-02 22:19:59 -0500

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I’ve always been a tea drinker – I grew up drinking Tetley’s Orange Pekoe and their Chai, and considered myself to really like tea.

I’ve been working various retail jobs to put myself through higher education. One day at my store, a customer left a newly purchased bag of loose-leaf behind. We waited for three days for said customer to return, but they (likely not realizing where they had left their bag) did not return to claim the would-be brew. Too bad for them; lucky for me! I claimed the bag, took it home, and awkwardly made my first cup of loose-leaf tea with the only strainer we owned which was small enough.

I haven’t bothered with Tetley since. For the most part (and due to convenience), my patronage is limited to David’s Tea and Teavana. I also order from 52teas and Verdant Tea.

My rating system – hah, I don’t have a rating system. I rate teas a lot like Ebert rates movies. Everything’s relative.

I may often forget to mention it, but you can safely assume everything I drink is sweetened in one way or another – most rock sugar, or honey for green and white teas. I have not yet achieved drinking most tea clear. The few teas I drink unsweetened include milk oolong and genmaicha so far.

The guy in my avatar can be bought at Teaopia or here: http://www.jas-etea.com/products/Jingdezhen-%22Easy%22-Gaiwan-%22Blue-on-White-Phoenix%22-100ml.html

I currently work for Teavana. But I just work there, and my opinions about any of their teas are entirely my own and not meant to be reflective of the views of the company.