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Still love it. Going 2.5 to 3 tsp per 12 oz mug sweetened with agave nectar. Steeped 10 min. It’s spicy and burns my throat as it goes down. Nom!

Perfect afternoon tea for apres-ski.

Picked up this tea on the ski slope today at the lodge. I didn’t like it. It tasted like hot Tang.

Another Golden Moon sample. This is a darker oolong (more up my alley than the light ones). It brews up to a nice amber color. Tastes ok with some floral notes and a light malty finish. I agree with teaplz that it has a high astringency and it leaves you with a dry mouth feel. It’s nice but I probably won’t order more.

Lowering my rating on this because the more I drank, the less I liked it and about 1/2 way though, I poured it out.

I was just begging Erin for a taste of this when I got a package from Doulton today that included this very tea. I’ve been going crazy to try this one and I’m so happy now! Thanks Doulton!

I was worried that the raspberry flavor would be overwhelming but happily it’s not. The raspberry flavor is mellow and goes great with the honeybush. I’m detecting a bit of the creaminess but I’m not sure I’d call it cream cheese danish. It’s a nice tea in any case. I think I will brew the next cup longer and see if the flavors intensify.

I was very excited to try this one since it gets such high reviews. But, another black tea that just tastes like black tea to me. It is a nice strong black tea with a malty flavor. It has a little peach flavor to it at the very beginning of the sip. It has something interesting in the smell – like wet peat. I probably won’t buy more, but I enjoyed the sample.

Added a splash of soy creamer and a touch of agave nectar.

Mmm, this tea is really lovely.

When I opened the package it smelled like maple candy (as someone else described in their review) and I loved it. I do wish it was as good as it smelled in the package because then I’d give it a 100.

I smelled it while it was brewing and almost gagged and got really worried. I didn’t like the smell while brewing at all – very vegetal.

Now I am drinking it and it’s very nice. It has a background flavor of caramel and it’s very delicate. I’d actually like the caramel to be stronger in it. I may have too much water for this amount of tea in the sample (there were not any instructions about the amount of tea that this sample makes).

Being a novice to oolongs and recently having learned to rinse oolongs in hot water before brewing, I was a little confused about this one. Since it has flavor I wasn’t sure if rinsing it for 10 seconds in hot water washed away some of the caramel flavor. I’d be curious to know if other people rinsed and whether this is recommended or not for this tea.

Update – second steeping is grassier and has less caramel flavor.

Second steeping and it still tastes great! Sadly, this is the very last cup.