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Gong Fu Sipdown (290)

I saved 4 grams of this tea to try it in a gaiwan. I am not loving it though. The steps have been astringent and metallic – two things this never was when brewed western style.

Iced Latte Sipdown (291)

This tastes like low quality black tea and flavouring. It reminds me of an adagio blend that doesn’t really taste like much. Happy it was just the one serving and now I can say bye to all the last of my Tea Revv teas.

The “leaf” for this was huge which leads me to think that I underleafed it with my usual 4 perfect spoons in my cold brew bottle. Also leading me to believe that I underleafed this is that it is very subtle. I get some rose and not much else. Next time I will need to add a whole lot more leaf to try to coax out some flavors.

Revisiting this one after thinking about it for a week.

No one does melon flavours quite like lupicia.

I like this tea and it’s pregnant lady friendly because it has no hibiscus. I cold brewed it and after one sip handed it to my sister (the pregnant one. I am definitely not pregnant) and told her to try it since she’s been driving me nuts for a tea she could drink.

This tastes like strawberry and has a sparkling wine effervescence. Roswell Strange nailed it when she said Prosecco gummy bears from Squish because it tastes like that.

Steepster is working! Yay! Hopefully it lasts!

During the Steepster freeze I drank a lot of teas and got a wonderful package from my Dad which had my new teas from Tea Please and my order (with Sil and Roswell Strange) from Tea Runners. Need to add them into my steepster cupboard.

Tonight I divided up the teas that needed dividing so I could seal up the package for Roswell Strange. This was one of the teas that needed dividing as I’m sharing it with Sil and it also happened to be the tea that I finished dividing when the kettle was ready. So I brewed it.

I was busy while drinking it but it was good. Nothing special but good. Sweet is really the descriptor that comes to mind. It’s a sweet black tea. I’ll enjoy drinking it again but I may not remember it by the time I get to it again if I’m being honest.

Stole a sample of this from Roswell Strange and enjoyed it while playing pandemic. It was light and fruity and reminds me of Ombrelle de Papier…but not as sweet.