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If I was a better tea drinker I would be drinking more of the good stuff that I love every day and saving the crappy stuff for an emergency, but somehow I haven’t been doing that! I’ve had this darjeeling since mid-2012 and here it is almost 2014… I feel that I should drink more of my current darjeeling stash before buying any more so I need to make an effort here. Fortunately this won’t be a hardship. ;-)

I was worried it was losing some of its flavor, but this still seems really good to me with loads of tropical fruit and floral essences. See previous notes if interested.

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 3 min, 0 sec
Doug F

Glad to see the tea holds up. I feel guilty when I’ve had a tea for more than a year.

TeaBrat

I’ve had plenty of teas for longer than a year and they seem fine, the ones that seem to go stale quickly are green oolongs & green teas especially senchas

CHAroma

Matcha seems to go stale the fastest in my experience.

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Doug F

Glad to see the tea holds up. I feel guilty when I’ve had a tea for more than a year.

TeaBrat

I’ve had plenty of teas for longer than a year and they seem fine, the ones that seem to go stale quickly are green oolongs & green teas especially senchas

CHAroma

Matcha seems to go stale the fastest in my experience.

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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, chai, 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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