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My parents gave me this tea (#-1) for Christmas, but I am just now getting around to trying it. I’ve never gotten tea from this company before (in my hometown), but mostly because many of their teas seem to be wholesale blends and not unique to them. This one, however, seems unique. It also doesn’t appear on their website.

I love bourbon, and I love bourbon cream liquor. This tea is pretty tasty, but I don’t know that I would call it a bourbon cream tea. Chocolatey with a bit of cream, yes, no doubt due to the large amount of cacao hulls in the blend. Not sure why bourbon = chocolate. Their Mint Julep black tea, presumably also bourbon-based, also has cacao hulls in it. The most bourbon-y tea I’ve ever had was a shu puer, but that was more the taste of the barrel. I wish for more vanilla/cream in this, which is supposed to be a cream tea. Overall a tasty cup, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to restock it.

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
Marzipan

You’re from Loo uh vul? Do you get back this way? I’m 2 hours away.

Indigobloom

I have a barrel aged oolong tea at home. So good. Only tea I’ve ever had an “alcohol” vibe from. Still, this sounds super interesting!

Dinosara

Marzipan – I get back pretty frequently to see my parents. Actually going back next weeked for Derby.

Marzipan

You know since you are from there, the way people pronounce Louisville is the way we know if they are from here or not.

Dinosara

Haha, too true.

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Marzipan

You’re from Loo uh vul? Do you get back this way? I’m 2 hours away.

Indigobloom

I have a barrel aged oolong tea at home. So good. Only tea I’ve ever had an “alcohol” vibe from. Still, this sounds super interesting!

Dinosara

Marzipan – I get back pretty frequently to see my parents. Actually going back next weeked for Derby.

Marzipan

You know since you are from there, the way people pronounce Louisville is the way we know if they are from here or not.

Dinosara

Haha, too true.

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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.

In my free time I am a birder, baker, and music/movie/tv addict.

Here are my rating categories, FYI:
100-90: Mind-blowingly good, just right for my palate, and teas that just take me to a happy place.
89-86: 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
85-80: Pretty tasty teas that I enjoy well enough, but definitely won’t rebuy when I run out.
79-70: Teas that I would probably drink again, but only if there were no preferrable options.
69-50: Teas that I don’t really enjoy all that much and wouldn’t drink another cup of.
49 and below: Mega yuck. This tea is just disgusting to me.
Unrated: Usually I feel unqualified to rate these teas because they are types of teas that I tend to not like in general. Sometimes user error or tea brewed under poor conditions.

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