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So Long from THE O DOR
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It’s kinda sad that the people I traded this tea with got around to trying it before I did, lol.

The scent of the dry leaves reminds me a bit of an earl grey, but fruitier and sweeter. Wet they’re more like a not-so-pungent version of Adagio’s Grapefruit Oolong with the same wood/bark and citrus odor. However, as the tea steeped it actually took on a bit of a spicy quality near the end of the four minutes. Interesting.

When I sip the first thing I get is the bergamot, but it’s sort of a gentle, perfumed bergamot. Then it briefly takes on a rather tropical-fruity sort of flavour quickly followed by the wet cedar bark flavour of the oolong. Though again, the wet cedar bark thing isn’t as strong as it was in the Grapfruit Oolong. Finally, there’s also a bit of a spicy sort of aftertaste that lingers in the back of my throat after each sip.

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Tamara Fox
Tamara Fox 2010-02-01 22:56:16 -0500

Ah, that’s what I love about The O Dor teas! They are so complex there is no simple description of them, and no simple experience. Each time, they feel like a new experience of tea :) Great review!

Ricky
Ricky 2010-02-02 10:33:53 -0500

Hence the never ending Jillian cupboard =P

Ohhhh, this one does sound good. But bergamottttt =/

Jillian
Jillian 2010-02-02 16:08:19 -0500

Well it’s not all bergamot. :P

Ricky
Ricky 2010-02-02 18:50:03 -0500

But there will be a bergamot o dor. I’m actually getting use to bergamot. The idea of it still scares me, but I can drink it without an issue.

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