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Totem from Capital Teas
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I’m back from the East Coast and have a serious case of jet lag – somehow east to west always seems worse. I also got to sit next to a hyperactive 3 year old who was kicking me for 6 hours. I do have sympathy for parents who have to travel with small children but if some airline develops a child free section you can guarantee I will be on it. :)

Anyway this is part of the recent haul from Capital teas. I got some teas for my birthday which was on Thursday… because I just don’t have enough tea, right? :)

I picked out most of my stuff by smell and I ended up with a lot of fruity things. I wish I had realized this had hibiscus in it before I bought it. After I steeped it up my first impression was it was just kind of sour and tart. I ended up putting it over ice which I liked a lot better than the hot version. I think diluting it with ice seems to have been tempered the sourness. As you can imagine, it’s a very fruity and slightly herbaly flavor from the mate and the fruit. It’s difficult to taste much green tea in here, but I hope it will give me an energy boost and perhaps cure this headache I have going.

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TheTeaFairy
TheTeaFairy 2012-09-01 17:56:35 -0400

Happy Bday, hope the jet lag goes away!

ashmanra
ashmanra 2012-09-01 18:27:46 -0400

Happy birthday! Enjoy your new teas!

Azzrian
Azzrian 2012-09-01 18:55:01 -0400

Have a wonderful Bday!!

Amy oh
Amy oh 2012-09-01 18:59:12 -0400

Thanks guys!

Indigobloom
Indigobloom 2012-09-01 19:02:07 -0400

Happy Birthday!! <8-D

Scott B
Scott B 2012-09-04 16:44:23 -0400

Happy belated birthday! Did you try that new tea that they are comparing to Bigelow’s Constant Comment?

Amy oh
Amy oh 2012-09-04 16:59:24 -0400

Scott, I don’t think I got that

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My profile pic is of a pink dahlia at Golden Gate Park.

Hobbies include: tea, making art, animals, vegan things, buddhism, nature, creativity, books, writing, cooking, meditation, yoga.

I am a fan of many different teas but my favorites are blacks and oolongs, also like darjeeling and pu-erh. I’n always learning and expanding my horizons!

Dislikes include: bergamot, jasmine, highly tannic or bitter teas, overly judgmental and bitter people. :)

Live in San Francisco, I’m a SINK (single income, no kids) and love the urban life, but traveling out to the middle of nowhere is always fun too.

I tend to not drink things I know I will hate so a lot of my tea ratings are on the higher side. Here’s my rating system, sorta

95-100 I love this tea and would like to keep it around

94-90 An excellent tea which I may or may not repurchase

89-80 Pretty good, above average

79-70 Acceptable

69-60 Mundane – Will probably drink it if I have it

59-50 Ick

49 and below Nasty

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San Frandisco

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