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drank Orange Glow by DAVIDsTEA
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I started my week by booking all my remaining vacation days on Monday. Then I decided to end the black and white photography challenge (thanks Sil for challenging me) by starting a 365 days of tea challenge (again) on Tuesday. So of course today I would wake up sick with the weird pressure in my head, the sore throat, and the runny nose. That means I can’t actually really taste my teas so I’m drinking those I have in large quantities or don’t nuch care for. This is a bit of both and as an added bonus it’s got orange and ginger and other ingredients recommended for colds and sore throats. Unfortunately it seems some of my taste receptors are working while others aren’t so I am picking up a lot of sweet and nothing to balance it out. I’m drinking it because it’s warm and soothing but taste wise, I am not pleased right now.

Evol Ving Ness

Hope that you have dispatched this cold and are on the mend. And yay for accepting this challenge! Go you!

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Chocolate Milk Latte Sipdown (327)

This tastes like a chocolate covered minty marshmallow. Yum!

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Iced tea Sipdown (328)

I don’t know what happened but everything is coming off a bit chemical in this iced tea with the medicinal green base/fake blueberry and artificial vanilla coming through strongest. I remember this being better but at least now I won’t be craving this now that it’s gone.

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Eggnog latte Sipdown (329)

I’ve opened the package but never wrote about this and can’t recall ever trying it so that’s weird. Anyways today I decided the flavors in this would make for a great eggnog latte and I was right. This is a punch of flavor with spicy gingerbread (actual baked gingerbread, filled with molasses…not just ginger) being the first to hit your tongue. That then melts away to a sweet and cream pumpkin-y custard. The eggnog helps boast the pumpkin spice-like flavors while also upping the creamy custard factor. I could see this possibly being over-the-top spiced on its own but with the addition of milk and eggnog, it is toned down slightly and elevated to a new level of dessert.

Evol Ving Ness

More deliciousness!

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drank Raspberry Mojito by DAVIDsTEA
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Iced Tea Sipdown (330)

This isn’t terrible but ultimately between the hibiscus and the mint, it gets too tart and taste too much of menthol which makes this a little medicinal. This is not something I am troubled to see go

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drank L'Hiver (Winter Tea) by Fauchon
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The best before date on this is 10/17 and turns out with age the flavor deteriorates fairly quickly. It is mostly the base tea I am tasting with lemon flavoring, though not the creamy lemon I loved but instead lemon pledge.

Fjellrev

That’s too bad, ugh.

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drank Hummingbird by A Quarter to Tea
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Eggnog latte deliciousness! Creamy, creamy banana flavor with a sweet and silky praline undertone. YUM!!

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drank Eggnog Chai by 52teas
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Sipdown (332)

Thank you Kittenna for the share. I think I have had this double-bagged in a box in a drawer for over a year. It maybe wasn’t the best to leave this sample for so long since it is really a bit bland. It is smooth and maybe a touch creamy but not much else going on. No chai spices. No eggnog. My guess is that could be just flavor deterioration from age and especially next to the very flavorful Gingerbread Chai latte, this felt flat.

Evol Ving Ness

If I remember, I can add this one to your samples, VariaTEA, as I still have some handy. My batch is plenty spicy, with a whiff of eggnog too.

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drank Gingerbread Chai by 52teas
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Sipdown (333)

Apparently I was in the mood for 52 Teas holiday chais this morning because I ended up brewing this as a chocolate milk latte, and Eggnog Chai plain. This sample came to me courtesy of Evol Ving Ness and since Gingerbread is one of those flavors I gravitate towards, I was more than happy to see this in the shoe box full of teas she shared.

So here’s the thing, with the chocolate milk component, this tastes like chocolate gingerbread…heavy on the ginger. It’s certainly a chai but also captures the molasses-rich baked good. I enjoyed it quite a bit so thank you Evol Ving Ness for the share.

Evol Ving Ness

I find this one has that chocolate covered gingerbread component even without the chocolate milk latte part.

Glad you enjoyed this one! It sounds like a delicious way to prepare it.

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My cupboard has grown exponentially since joining this site and I have a lot to share. Feel free to snoop through my cupboard and message me if anything interests you – I am always happy to swap!

For me, flavored teas are definitely my sweet spot. I will most often reach for black teas and rooibos or honeybush blends but I do keep some flavored whites and greens around for when the mood strikes. I have a few herbals/tisanes but most of the time I find myself disappointed by them as they often smell deliciously sweet and then end up tasting tart/sour. I have a little bit of an aversion to pu’erh and oolong teas. I am also wary of florals, earl greys, and chai teas. I do not like overpowering citrus flavors nor do I usually like hibiscus, licorice or chamomile. I love dessert teas – caramel, vanilla, toffee, cookie, cream, and other sweet flavors make me smile. Fruits like strawberry, peach, mango, and pineapples will often catch my attention as well.

I have also realized that although I really enjoy adding frothed milk to some of my teas, if I do not like the tea with zero additives (just in plain water without milk or sugar), I probably won’t drink it. The one exception is flavored matchas which I will happily drink in cold milk if I do not like it mixed with hot water. My theory is if the tea can’t stand on its own then it is not for me and I will more than likely try to swap it out for something else.

Tea Ratings Guide (as of December 10, 2017)
90-100 Teas I NEED on hand at all times
80-89 Teas I want to keep around for a cup every now and then
70-79 Teas I am glad I have around and can experiment with but probably don’t need more than what’s in my cupboard
60-69 Teas I would not turn down a cup of from a friend but that would probably be enough
50-59 Teas I can see why someone would enjoy but are not for me
Under 50 Teas I really did not like and most likely got dumped

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