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There is some thing in this tea that I’m not supposed to like…..I am a solid breakfast blend drinker. I went to teavana yesterday to try a few “properly brewed” white, herbals and oolongs….. They tasted like water out of a flower vase to me. I need earthy, malty strength to stand up to rock sugar and milk. But yet, here I am, staring at the puny little package that I bought from Butiki, KNOWING I will be ordering again.

First sip, I was a bit panicked. Something greenish and floral this way came. Eeeyyyeeew. I think perhaps it was the Darjeeling, which I don’t drink… But interestingly, instead of dumping the cup, I kept sipping. Watching Olympic hockey… The mug kept distracting me…. Really? From HOCKEY? The tea began to take on an almost beer-like maltiness and the offending green became more tempered… I don’t drink, but I imagine that this is the process that makes wine connoisseurs so avid. This tea was a wee journey for my mouth…. not a road I’d usually travel, but a road all the same . I’m glad I bought rock sugar yesterday, because I would have used honey, and it would have changed the subtlety I experienced.
As someone else posted, this wouldn’t be my choice for my early morning. My mouth isn’t awake enough to appreciate what this tea has to offer. It is more like a midmorning cup, when you don’t know how you’re going to get through the rest of the day work, and it’s only 10:30 in the morning. That’s when this cup of tea will be a nice change of scenery

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 15 sec 2 tsp 10 OZ / 295 ML

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Spot or pot, I love a cup!

I learned to drink tea while living in Dublin in the early 80’s, so as you can imagine, I am a hearty brew lover, and take tea with milk and honey. I am trying to expand my horizons with tea….that is why I’m now on Steepster! Joined in January 2014.

Currently loving strong black teas that hold up to milk and honey well. I have a curiosity about keemuns and yunnans, but smoky ones are out. Green and white teas are off my radar, but making little forays into oolong and darjeeling tea. Herbal? So far only cacao tea has gone into regular rotation in my tea routine.

I do like some naturally flavoured teas…almond, vanilla, cardamom, ginger. This seems to be mostly in the cooler months…but mostly I’m an unflavoured tea drinker.

Life is too short for bad tea and bad bread.

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