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Sil

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Earl Grey Creme Vanilla (TE01) from Upton Tea Imports

Sil drank Earl Grey Creme Vanilla (TE01) by Upton Tea Imports

This tea confuses my brain. I didn’t enjoy the intial sip because there was a weirdly strange aftertaste. However, as I’ve continued to drink this it’s turned into a really nice lemon custard type tea. Which is still weird to me since this is supposed to be vanilla? This really isn’t vanilla at all to me except as maybe a hint of it in the background mellowing out the lemon flavour. Not sure how i feel about this overall as a staple in the cupboard but not a bad early grey as far as not tasting the bergamot AND being a dessert type lemon tea.

2013-01-14 12:05:28 -0500

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ashmanra 2013-01-14 12:11:08 -0500

I wonder if the bergamot is what is presenting itself as lemon?

Sil 2013-01-14 12:20:53 -0500

probably heh. :)

Kittenna 2013-01-14 13:01:06 -0500

I’ll be interested to compare this one to my others when I get it. I have EGCs from DT and Della Terra.

Sil 2013-01-14 14:42:58 -0500

Pretty sure you’ve had this before ;)

Kittenna 2013-01-14 16:52:13 -0500

Haha, you are correct. I think though, that I had it separate from drinking the others, and wanted to compare (now that I’m thinking, it was a sample from Alphakitty(?) and I only drank it once and left the rest with my mom. It was on my order list though, I thought?

Sil 2013-01-14 17:19:35 -0500

Yep! Has your name on it heh

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So no real clue what to write about myself here. A friend got me into drinking loose tea and it’s something I thoroughly enjoy though I have nowhere near the experience that many folks on the boards seem to have.

My other interests are cycling, reading, board games, disney cruises, world of warcraft and dancing – in no particular order. I love travelling and am currently working on trying to get my other half to as many place in the world as possible.