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Tourist tea…. a gift from my parents last trip to Canada. Granted we have this in the New England area as well. It came in a neat little wooden box with a vacuum sealed bag containing 12 tea bags. Since today is Canadian Thanksgiving, it seemed appropriate.
The tea bags look like typical cheap, fine powered tea and remind me of Red Rose or Lipton. I grabbed my favorite mug and steeped for just under 5 minutes. It’s a nice clear light brown color and smells like any other black tea. Then I ran up to get laundry as it cooled some. I don’t find it super sweet, which I was surprised by. I don’t equate this tea with maple syrup but definintely with the scents of a maple sugaring off. I didn’t add anything to it but I do have some maple sugar in the house. I might experiment with that.
I liked this and while I know it’s a touristy thing, I probably would pick it up again especially for any maple gift baskets I put together. I’m sure it’s found in all the local maple sugar shacks in the area

Flavors: Maple

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 45 sec 10 OZ / 295 ML
gmathis

Oooh…maple candy! Metropolitan Tea does flavored tea very well.

Jen vB

@gmathis being outside of Boston, I’m curious to know how good the Boston Tea Party tea is.

gmathis

If I tried that one, it’s been too long for me to remember. One that I did like and bought in foolishly large quantities as a newbie was their Monk’s Blend.

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gmathis

Oooh…maple candy! Metropolitan Tea does flavored tea very well.

Jen vB

@gmathis being outside of Boston, I’m curious to know how good the Boston Tea Party tea is.

gmathis

If I tried that one, it’s been too long for me to remember. One that I did like and bought in foolishly large quantities as a newbie was their Monk’s Blend.

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In the early 2000’s, my brother worked for a grocery company that removed items from the shelves and I ended up with a cabinet filled with random tea.

After I finished that cabinet, I started trying new things and exploring the world of tea. Still exploring, still learning, and loving this community.

I tend to take my tea with no additions and quite hot. Though often I find myself having to reheat my mug due to distractions. I’m partial to herbals, white tea, green, and blacks. But I really will try anything once.

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100-80 Love in varying degrees
79- 60 Good, but in the friendzone
60-50 Ok, would drink if offered
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19-0 Didn’t finish!

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