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Plunkybug drank Potato Pancakes & Applesauce (Holiday Series: Hanukkah) by Butiki Teas

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Hanukkah is coming early to my house because I’m having this tea tonight!

I repeat, sometimes incessantly, how amazingly beautiful Stacy’s blends are, and this is no exception. The apple and potato chunks with the long green tea leaves…lovely. Just lovely.

The smell in the bag is one of apple cinnamon, and delicious. Brewed, I mostly get the cinnamon, with the thick mouthfeel from the potato, but I’m afraid I’m not getting that much apple. I’m getting a very mild brew. That might just be me underleafing, or not getting enough apple bits in my teaspoon. I will note that as the water hit the apple, it just swelled up nice and juicy like. Yum! You know I am eating them after my steeps.

I’m gonna root through the bag and see if I can get another apple chunk or two and try my resteep with that and see how that works.

EDIT: Second steep is yielding more apple. Might have been hotter water that did that.

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I generally like a lot of tea. I do find I have a preference for flavored over unflavoured, but I do love a good straight tea as well.

Likes are too hard, since there are a lot. Dislikes are easier, so here they are…

Hibiscus. Blech. I can tolerate a little, depending on the brew, like Berry Good from Davids and Ruby Pie from Butiki…but in general, it’s too tart and too strong for me.

Licorice. Anything that remotely resembles licorice is out too, so that includes fennel and anise. Yuck, yuck, yuck.

Florals. I’m cool with petals in the tea to make them look pretty (except rose), and I’m cool with teas like oolongs having a floral note, but strong florals can give me migraines. Rose and jasmine are the biggest offenders. This is one where it can vary on the blend, as I can handle Teavivre’s Peach Jasmine Dragon Pearl tea because there is very little jasmine actually detectable in it.

Rooibos is hit or miss. I can do some, but not others. I handle green better than red, and honeybush better than rooibos.

My ratings don’t have a particular scale or method, and may on occasion contradict themselves, but I’m honestly not fussed about that. Sometimes I don’t even rate at all.

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