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__Morgana__ drank Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Black Tea by 52teas

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I wanted to try this one again before I completely forgot my last experience with it to see whether it grew on me or the reverse.

This time I saw quite a few chips and nibs in the mix, at least two peanut butter ones, two chocolate ones and some cocoa nibs over 3 teaspoons worth of tea.

I did not add milk this time. After a few sips, I poured this into my tumbler to take with me on the commute to work.

I noticed mostly chocolate this time. The peanut butter didn’t come out very much until the tea started to cool, and even then it wasn’t as strong as the chocolate. However, I’m not sure I want it to be much stronger. The chocolate note was tasty and sat well with me, but as the peanut butter started to creep in more I started to feel a heaviness in the way this sat in my stomach. I’d had breakfast, but it had been a couple of hours, and I wonder whether having food in my stomach would have made a difference.

Not really growing on me, but not getting much worse either.

ETA: I just dumped the leaves out of the Breville filter basket and found that the peanut butter and chocolate chips did not melt during steeping. This strikes me as a less than optimal result. I am not sure whether there’s something I can do to encourage them to melt other than steeping longer, which worries me.

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I got obsessed with tea in 2010 for a while, then other things intruded, then I cycled back to it. I seem to be continuing that in for a while, out for a while cycle. I have a short attention span, but no shortage of tea.

I’m a mom, writer, gamer, lawyer, reader, runner, traveler, and enjoyer of life, literature, art, music, thought and kindness, in no particular order. I write fantasy and science fiction under the name J. J. Roth.

Personal biases: I drink tea without additives. If a tea needs milk or sugar to improve its flavor, its unlikely I’ll rate it high. The exception is chai, which I drink with milk/sugar or substitute. Rooibos and honeybush were my gateway drugs, but as my tastes developed they became less appealing — I still enjoy nicely done blends. I do not mix well with tulsi or yerba mate, and savory teas are more often a miss than a hit with me. I used to hate hibiscus, but I’ve turned that corner. Licorice, not so much.

Since I find others’ rating legends helpful, I added my own. But I don’t really find myself hating most things I try.

I try to rate teas in relation to others of the same type, for example, Earl Greys against other Earl Greys. But if a tea rates very high with me, it’s a stand out against all other teas I’ve tried.

95-100 A once in a lifetime experience; the best there is

90-94 Excellent; first rate; top notch; really terrific; will definitely buy more

80-89 Very good; will likely buy more

70-79 Good; would enjoy again, might buy again

60-69 Okay; wouldn’t pass up if offered, but likely won’t buy again

Below 60 Meh, so-so, iffy, or ick. The lower the number, the closer to ick.

I don’t swap. It’s nothing personal, it’s just that I have way more tea than any one person needs and am not lacking for new things to try. Also, I have way too much going on already in daily life and the additional commitment to get packages to people adds to my already high stress level. (Maybe it shouldn’t, but it does.)

That said, I enjoy reading folks’ notes, talking about what I drink, and getting to “know” people virtually here on Steepster so I can get ideas of other things I might want to try if I can ever again justify buying more tea. I also like keeping track of what I drink and what I thought about it.

My current process for tea note generation is described in my note on this tea: https://steepster.com/teas/mariage-freres/6990-the-des-impressionnistes