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Tea #37 from Another Traveling Tea Box

While I’m normally a fan of a strong black tea, this one isn’t for me. I hate to say that since I’m a huge fan of most of the teas from TeaVivre that I’ve tried. Perhaps I’ll have to order a few different types and see if I stumble across one I do enjoy. I hate to completely give up on a style of tea, but so far my experience with Keemun has been rather lackluster.

The tea is very strong, which would generally appeal to me, but the combination of flavors just don’t suit my tastes. There was a hint of bitterness and a subtle smoky flavor that I don’t think went well with the dark chocolate notes I kept picking up. While I didn’t care for it, I do think this makes a great fall tea for someone who likes straight blacks with a hint of smoke.

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 2 min, 0 sec
TeaVivre

Sorry for this tea does not your favorite, i’m glad you can tell me your honest feeling about this tea. And your satisfactions are the best encourage for us to go forward.

Dr Jim

It’s one of my favorites, which is why I put it in the box. Too bad you didn’t like it but it’s a matter of taste – I love the smoke.

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TeaVivre

Sorry for this tea does not your favorite, i’m glad you can tell me your honest feeling about this tea. And your satisfactions are the best encourage for us to go forward.

Dr Jim

It’s one of my favorites, which is why I put it in the box. Too bad you didn’t like it but it’s a matter of taste – I love the smoke.

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I am always interested in swapping so if you see anything in my cupboard that you want to try just send me a message. Please keep in mind that I order most of my teas in sample sizes and may not have a lot to swap. I’m also trying to keep my swaps limited to one a month so I don’t break the bank.

My favorite tea companies to order from are American Tea Room, Rishi, TeaVivre, and Single Origin Teas, however I am constantly lured away from my favorites by a good sale.

Ingredients I love in tea
rose, peach, oolong, osmanthus, vanilla, marshmallow root and peppermint

Ingredients I dislike in tea:
spearmint, chocolate, orange, hibiscus, sage and for the most part lemon.

I am a firm believer that sage only belongs in my thanksgiving stuffing/dressing and absolutely not in my tea.

Allergies
Cinnamon, Chocolate, Burdock Root, and Goji Berries

Teawares:
FORLIFE Curve Teapot, 24oz
Adagio ingenuiTEA, 16oz
Adagio Iced ingenuiTEA, 32oz
Zojirushi Water Pot, 4L
Libbey Country Fair drinking jars for ice tea
TeaVivre Travel Gaiwan

Rating Guidelines:

100 – 90: Pantry essential and some of my all time favorites that I can’t live without.

89 – 80: You’ll have a pretty good chance of finding this is my pantry on a regular basis, but it isn’t the end of the world if I run out.

79 – 70: I might consider restocking this at some point if the price was right.

69 – 40: Not undrinkable, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to buy it again.

39 – 20: What in the world were they thinking? Probably still finished this just because I hate to waste anything.

19 – 0: Wow, that’s so terrible chances are pretty good I dumped it out and gave away the rest.

My current top five favorite teas:

China Black – Rishi Tea
Earl Grey Cream – Zen Tea
Lemoncello – American Tea Room
Nonpareil Anxi Qing Xiang TieGuanYin Oolong – TeaVivre
White Tea Rose Mélange – Rishi Tea

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Oregon, WI

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