Dinosara

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Dinosara drank Coquelicot Gourmand by Dammann Freres

I have returned to the US, to home, and to my tea stash. Yay! So what is the first tea I go for upon my arrival? Maybe the Goût Russe put the Dammann bug in my mind, but this one was the unrivaled winner in that contest. This is one of my absolute favorite teas, all floral and almondy and cookie-ish and delicious.

I feel like now is the time that I want to rediscover my stash and go through all my favorites… being away for a month has that effect, I guess. I am definitely still dealing with the fact that my body is 12hrs off schedule (yeah, it’s 11PM, not AM, to my body right now, even if I did sleep pretty much all night last night), so I have a distinct feeling that this afternoon I will need something to really give me a wake up. For the first time in a while, though, I am swimming in choices. It feels so nice!

2012-04-24 10:48:56 -0400

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Amy oh 2012-04-24 11:06:01 -0400

Welcome home!

SimplyJenW 2012-04-24 11:21:44 -0400

Welcome home!

SimplyJenW 2012-04-24 11:51:01 -0400

Ha, Amy, you beat me by like a half a second! We almost simul-posted!

DaisyChubb 2012-04-24 11:53:29 -0400

Yay Welcome back <3

Spoonvonstup 2012-04-24 12:04:47 -0400

Welcome back!

Dinosara 2012-04-24 14:25:43 -0400

Thanks guys!

Indigobloom 2012-04-24 18:42:31 -0400

Yay, welcome home!!

Cheryl 2012-04-24 18:52:07 -0400

Welcome back !!! Get some rest : )

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I am tea obsessed, with the stash to match. I tend to really enjoy green oolongs, Chinese blacks, and flavored teas with high quality bases, especially florals, bergamot-based teas, and chocolate teas.

I’m a grad student and in my free time I am a birder, baker, and music/movie/tv addict.

I have an Adagio Teas UtiliTEA kettle and a Tea Forté Kati cup for brewing. I also have a Chinese Ru Kiln tea set for gongfu brewing.

Here are my rating categories, FYI:
100-90: These teas are mind-blowingly good to me.
89-80: I really really like these teas and will keep most of them in the permanent collection, but they’re not quite as spectacular as the top category
79-70: Tasty teas that I enjoy, but definitely won’t rebuy when I run out.
69-65: Teas that I would probably drink again, but wouldn’t seek out. They don’t quite do it for me in one aspect or another; often just not quite my style
64-60: Teas that I don’t really enjoy all that much and wouldn’t drink another cup of.
59-50: Bleh. I usually choose not to finish the cup because life’s too short to drink tea I dislike.
49 and below: Mega yuck. This tea is just disgusting to me.