99
drank Florence by Harney & Sons
97 tasting notes

This wonderful sample comes my way of the lovely VariaTEA. Thank you so much! ♥

This is just….wow. I’m blown away, to be honest. This is absolutely delicious! Reminds me a LOT of my favourite tea of all time, Choconut Oolong by DT. I find the latter to be slightly more chocolatey and reminiscent of Nutella – maybe the licorice enhances it, which doesn’t seem to be found here – but this comes pretty darn close. This is a near perfect balance of rich chocolate and hazelnut, nothing more and nothing less. And it works wonderfully.

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec
VariaTEA

You should also thank Cavocorax since she sent me such a large sample in a swap that I had enough to share. Unfortunately it was not for me though so I am glad you liked it.

Yvonne

Ah, then thank you as well to Cavocorax for making this possible! :)

I’m actually going to be quite sad when I sipdown the sample you’ve given me, as I won’t be able to buy it anywhere afterwards. It was that delicious! I’ll enjoy every single last drop though – thank you for giving me this opportunity :)

VariaTEA

You should also thank Cavocorax as she sent me such a large sample to begin with that I had enough to share. Unfortunately, this was not for me so I am glad you are enjoying it.

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VariaTEA

You should also thank Cavocorax since she sent me such a large sample in a swap that I had enough to share. Unfortunately it was not for me though so I am glad you liked it.

Yvonne

Ah, then thank you as well to Cavocorax for making this possible! :)

I’m actually going to be quite sad when I sipdown the sample you’ve given me, as I won’t be able to buy it anywhere afterwards. It was that delicious! I’ll enjoy every single last drop though – thank you for giving me this opportunity :)

VariaTEA

You should also thank Cavocorax as she sent me such a large sample to begin with that I had enough to share. Unfortunately, this was not for me so I am glad you are enjoying it.

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My name is Yvonne. I’m 21 and live in a snowy Canadian wasteland known as Manitoba.

I’m relatively new to the loose tea world, although I used to drink generic Red Rose tea constantly. A friend introduced me to a Teavana tea one chilly winter and I got myself slightly intrigued. Went to purchase it myself, used shoddy equipment to prepare it, and was discouraged.

Christmas 2013 rolled around, and despite having an awful holiday for other reasons, I received some of Teavana’s Cha Yen Thai as a gift after asking for chai tea. I went out and bought a proper infuser cup and was instantly hooked. Now my tea collection is steadily growing! I’m obsessed!

I like:
Dessert teas, black teas, oolong, rooibos, pu’erh, mate, chai, chamomile, chocolate, coconut, cinnamon, pineapple, tropical mixes, nutty, sweet, complex flavours, indulgent flavours

I do NOT like:
Green teas, herbal teas, white teas, teas too overbearing with fruit, pure tisane, cloyingly sweet teas, hibiscus, peanuts, burning my mouth

I am lactose intolerant (pretty severely, actually – I do not consume any dairy product) but I find that the miniscule amounts of dairy found in some teas don’t bother me for the most part.

100 – My absolute favourite teas. Without them, I will cry salty tears of despair.

99 – 95 – Cream of the crop, although missing SOMETHING to make them a perfect favourite. Not something I couldn’t possibly live without, but pretty darn close. Lots of teas in this category tend to reach 100 eventually.

95 – 75 – Yummy, but if it disappeared tomorrow I’d quietly mourn it for about 15 minutes and move on to a favourite. Leaves something to be desired.

75 – 50 – Passable, but not by much. Something I’d really have to be in the mood for to drink.

50 and lower – Nope nope nope. Not for me. Probably couldn’t or had a hard time finishing the cuppa. Doooown the sink.

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