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58 Tasting Notes

Yorkshire Gold from The Tea Table
83
Soba-Cha (Buckwheat Tea) from Maeda-en
100

This tea almost tastes like brown sugar to me. Well, brown sugar it it wasn’t sweet. I don’t know, it makes sense in my head.

Rooibos Caramel from Adagio Teas
68

This is one of the better Rooibos teas I’ve had. Bourbon vanilla and vanilla berry truffle still beat it, but not by much. It’s exactly as advertised—the smell and taste of delicious caramel, with the rooibos as a vehicle.

Marco Polo from Mariage Frères
100
Passionate Passionfruit from seattleteacup.com

I’m not entirely sure passionfruit should be a tea. It sounded good, but it didn’t live up the what I was expecting.

Orchard Apricot from seattleteacup.com
75
Silk Road from Dammann Freres
25
Opera from Dammann Freres
25

It was too strong for me. I’m not sure how else to describe it.

Banana Split from Remedy Teas
75

The banana is subtle, but noticeable enough that you can identify it.

Vanilla Berry Truffle from Remedy Teas
75
Cherry Amaretto from Remedy Teas
75
Blueberry Cheesecake from Remedy Teas
75
Black and Blue from Remedy Teas
75
MateVana from Teavana
75
Jasmine Pearl from Rishi Tea
75

Delicately flavored, and so pretty when it unfurls.

Marco Polo Rouge from Mariage Frères
75

It definitely tastes and smells like Marco Polo, but the original black will always be my favorite.

Elephant Blanc from Mariage Frères
25

I’m not a huge Earl Grey fan, and this sort of tasted like a more sophisticated version of Earl Grey.

Vivaldi from Mariage Frères
75
Thé de Pâques from Mariage Frères
75

It’s mild, but strangely addicting. It sort of reminds me of rice pudding.

Bombay Market from seattleteacup.com
75
Crimson Quartet from Dammann Freres
25

The first couple of cups were good, but somewhere along the way it started tasting like cough-syrup to me. I’m not sure what happened :(

Montagne d'Or from Mariage Frères
75
Black Currant from Teavana
75

This is better than some of the other black currant teas I’ve tried. It’s still not as awesome as the one I found in Vancouver, BC.

Chocolate Raspberry from savoure.com
75

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I became a fan of tea in 2001 when I started frequenting Savoure in Eugene, OR. It has since closed, and I mourn it.

While visiting France, I did not buy any souvenirs, but I did manage to spend a small fortune at Mariage Frères. Me and my 500g of Marco Polo are very happy together, thank you.

My favorites are flavored black teas, and I like them with milk and sugar. That is not to say that I don’t also enjoy a good green, oolong, or rooibos, especially when they’re high quality. I’m not a huge fan of white, but sometimes one comes along that rocks my tastebuds. I like herbal/tisanes, but I confess that in my head I don’t completely consider them tea, and I usually only dig them out if I’m sick.

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