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GM Sampler | Tea 4 of 31

Sugar Caramel Oolong | http://bit.ly/ds1ZuN
One Big Happy Family | http://bit.ly/bDtnNn

After the experience that was Honey Pear, I couldn’t end things on a bad note, so I decided that I’d dive into the basket and try something else. I almost didn’t try this one, because I was thinking that if another set of flavors that I typically liked bombed horribly again that I’d begin to build some real resentment against the sampler. But, feeling brave, I decided I’d try it anyway.

Slicing open the foil packet, I was greeted with the smell of maple candy. Maple candy always makes me giggle, because it makes me think of the Friends episode where Ross eats all the maple candy and he gets all crazy. [Hair dryer, no no no! But shampoos and conditioners, yes yes yes! – http://bit.ly/snFLh should you want to watch.] So, already I was off to a better start.

The wet leaves were oily and almost looked like leather. They smelled like oatmeal and burnt sugar, which was interesting, but at least somewhat in line with what I was expecting. I smelled the liquid and it smelled more like oolong and caramel, which was very comforting.

The tea was arright. It had more of a burnt sugar taste than a caramel taste to it, which was cool, but I like caramel so much that I was hoping for more. Not soul-crushing, but not elating. I’d push it more towards the good than the bad, but I don’t think that I’ll be ordering this one either.

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 3 min, 0 sec
TeaEqualsBliss

Eventho the oily and leather phrase freaks me out…I’m glad this tea was better than the last 2…CHEERS!

wombatgirl

Hrm, I still definitely want to try this one.

takgoti

@TeaEqualsBliss Hahaha, seriously! Cheers!

@wombatgirl You should! It was tasty – I just love caramel so much I wanted more.

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TeaEqualsBliss

Eventho the oily and leather phrase freaks me out…I’m glad this tea was better than the last 2…CHEERS!

wombatgirl

Hrm, I still definitely want to try this one.

takgoti

@TeaEqualsBliss Hahaha, seriously! Cheers!

@wombatgirl You should! It was tasty – I just love caramel so much I wanted more.

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