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Backlog from yesterday morning:

I oversteeped this by a few minutes and it was surprisingly not-bitter. I used a slightly lower temperature than normal, but I didn’t think using 77C water instead of 80C would be enough to counteract an additional 2 minutes of steep. Plus, at this point, the tea is pretty broken up and dusty (sob! I am nearing a sipdown of this discontinued tea!) so I’m really surprised.

Indigobloom

We should go on a hunt to find you a replacement! Maybe Tsaa would have one for you?

Christina / BooksandTea

Well, I did buy “Demain” from Nina’s and the Strawberry Champagne green tea from RiverTea. Those aren’t quite equivalent, but I’ve got so much of both kinds left that I don’t think I should buy any more strawberry-flavoured greens for a while.

Where is Tsaa, anyway?

Indigobloom

Ah. That is a lot of strawberry green!
It’s on the Danforth near Chester St

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Indigobloom

We should go on a hunt to find you a replacement! Maybe Tsaa would have one for you?

Christina / BooksandTea

Well, I did buy “Demain” from Nina’s and the Strawberry Champagne green tea from RiverTea. Those aren’t quite equivalent, but I’ve got so much of both kinds left that I don’t think I should buy any more strawberry-flavoured greens for a while.

Where is Tsaa, anyway?

Indigobloom

Ah. That is a lot of strawberry green!
It’s on the Danforth near Chester St

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Updated March 2016:

I’m a writer and editor who’s fallen in love with loose-leaf tea. I’ve also set up a site for tea reviews at http://www.booksandtea.ca – an excellent excuse to keep on buying and trying new blends. There will always be more to discover!

In the meantime, since joining Steepster in January 2014, I’ve gotten a pretty good handle on my likes and dislikes

Likes: Raw/Sheng pu’erh, sobacha, fruit flavours, masala chais, jasmine, mint, citrus, ginger, Ceylons, Chinese blacks, rooibos.

Dislikes (or at least generally disinclined towards): Hibiscus, rosehip, chamomile, licorice, lavender, really vegetal green teas, shu/ripe pu’erh.

Things I generally decide on a case-by-case basis: Oolong, white teas.

Still need to do my research on: matcha

I rarely score teas anymore, but if I do, here’s the system I follow:

100-85: A winner!
84-70: Pretty good. This is a nice, everyday kind of tea.
69-60: Decent, but not up to snuff.
59-50: Not great. Better treated as an experiment.
49-0: I didn’t like this, and I’m going to avoid it in the future. Blech.

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