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I got this from Mastress Alita! Thank you! This is just what I need after a week of heavy winter teas.

This brews up to a pretty greenish yellow. Hot, it holds onto a bit of that distinct musky oolong aroma, but what I smell is mostly peach. That fermented flavor fades away as the tea cools. I love the idea of peaches and rose, and the pieces of dried fruit and rose petals look so nice together.

As far as flavor goes, peach is in the forefront. In fact, I can’t really taste the rose notes at all. (Not that I mind – I love fruity oolong blends.) Maybe it’s just the peach, but I feel like I taste osmanthus instead of rose. I adore osmanthus, so that makes this tea pretty perfect for me. Another winner by Lupicia.

Daily work tea. Not too much left. Still trying to knock it out so I can move on to less harsh teas. This stuff leaves me craving light, fruity things.

My mom asked me to update my Amazon wishlist and it is basically just a long list of teas I want. I hope she picks some of the white or green teas. I need a break from these heavy black teas!

Finishing up what Sips by sent me. Sad to see this one go! It’s very good.

Speaking of Sips by, I got my preview for December and 3/4 of the teas are spiced. Haha, talk about getting into the holiday spirit. I’m excited about that, especially since one of them is extra caffeinated.

I… may still be dipping into the tub of this I bought 5 years ago. It just goes so well in sleepy tea that I can’t toss it!

Using up my sample of Kusmi’s Anastasia in an effort to make my Cupboard one page again. Slowly but surely, I’m getting there.

I used one part Anastasia, one part Harney & Sons Earl Grey Supreme. The lime notes from the Kusmi tea are present but nearly buried beneath the Supreme. That doesn’t matter much, though. This is still a hearty, lovely cup of Earl Grey.

I got a sample of this from Mastress Alita! Thank you!

This seems like it’s going to be an interesting one. I usually strongly dislike mate, but this smells intriguing. Pumpkin spice with nutty toasted notes. I can smell the puffed rice and pumpkin seeds especially, paired with this scent I don’t have a name for, but smell often in Asian grocery stores. Hmm. Dunno what that is.

I didn’t realize this had stevia in it already. Oops. I added some before I saw that. Luckily it’s not a lot, so this didn’t get too crazy sweet. The flavor is surprising! It just tastes like pumpkin pie to me. Smooth, savory pumpkin with cinnamon and ginger’s warmth. But I also taste unmistakable graham cracker crust. There is a bit of rooibos flavor, which I’m not usually a fan of, but in this blend, it works. This tastes like it was baked in the oven in the best way. And I’m not getting a single mate note.

Here’s hoping the caffeine kicks in soon. (Unrelated: I unfollowed a ton of followers who haven’t posted in 3 years or longer… so now my Followers/Following looks super unbalanced. Hmm.)

One part Made Of Tea’s Bai Mu Dan, one part TeaSource’s Hunan Silk, one part Joy’s Teaspoon’s Plum Crazy. I basically made a melon/plum black/white/green mess in order to use up the last bits of a few things. Just tidying up the tea corner.

It came out light tan and smelling more like melon than anything else. Same goes for the taste. It’s actually pretty delicious! Sweet melon with notes of plum, backed up by a light white/green tea flavor. The teaspoon of black tea is pretty much lost. This tastes like what Arizona’s fruity green teas should have been. Kinda sad this was a one-time thing.

Couldn’t decide between Spicy Pear or Spicy Apple by Joy’s Teaspoon, so I made a half-and-half pot. Tasty fall harvest tea.

I got this from Mastress Alita! Thank you! Backlogging from last night when my brain was too burnt to make with the words.

This tea smells so sweet and lush and melony. There is a generous amount of lemongrass mixed throughout the green tea and puerh. The latter two don’t seem like they’d go together, but in this blend, they make sense.

A storm was on its way last night, making it unseasonably warm, so I made this over ice. It’s interesting how I don’t get any puerh notes from this at all. It’s all fresh green tea flavor and sweet, almost candylike melon. The lemongrass is soft and kind of hidden by the fruit. And I guess the puerh is there to brace it and keep it from going full Jolly Rancher. But really, I am having such an affair with melon teas, and this is another one I am really pleased with. It may not quite stack up to Lupicia’s, but it’s up there for sure.

This one comes from my November Sips By box. I kept forgetting about it! I tend to like Ceylons. Sri Lanka might not be my favorite region, but Ceylon is what I grew up with. It was my standard for black tea for a really long time.

The leaves are very fine and narrow and they smell sweetly promising. There’s a lively fruitlike aroma, sort of like the way ripe persimmons smell when they’ve been on the ground for a few days. Is persimmon tea a thing? It should be.

The color is lovely. A deep reddish amber. And the flavor surprises me. It’s so smooth for how dark it is! There are hefty notes of stonefruit, malt, and a little bit of new leather. I am really impressed by the almost apricot fruitiness. This is such a perfect plain black tea for the fall. It’s energizing and there is not one harsh thing about it. It doesn’t taste like any Ceylon I’ve ever had. This is a winner and I’m so happy I have another sample.