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I’m just trying this one now from my awesome Verdant sampler from months ago. I guess it’s because of the unsealable packaging.. Verdant’s suggestion is one teaspoon at 175 degrees for one minute. The leaves look so fresh looking! Actually I just looked at my leaves for the Laoshan oolong and I can’t tell much of a difference to this one.

Steep #1 // 70 seconds // water cooled way down
This actually tastes like the White Monkey I had the other day… creamed corn! What are the odds both teas would taste like that and I had no idea. This one seems slightly more astringent than the White Monkey though, even though the steep time was two minutes for that one. I do love the creamed corn flavor though.

Steep #2 // 1 min 30 sec // water cooled way down
This one actually tastes MUCH different.. not as much creamed corn. It actually tastes like an oolong BUT with a sweet candy strawberry flavor. I have no idea where that is coming from. But sure enough, the wet leaves actually have even more of a candy strawberry flavor. Very different and very good! Maybe next time I’ll go past two steeps.

I’ll drink this one when I want the flavors of creamed corn and candy strawberry. Both cups are so different!

TheTeaFairy

Funny about the strawberries :-) I love when that happens, you get a hint of something unexpected…
I get corn and snap peas out of the Spring Harvest. I’ve never had the Autumn, do you see a lot of difference between the two? I think I’m gonna have it tonight to see if I can get strawberries out of the second steep, lol!

tea-sipper

Sadly, I haven’t had the spring harvest!

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TheTeaFairy

Funny about the strawberries :-) I love when that happens, you get a hint of something unexpected…
I get corn and snap peas out of the Spring Harvest. I’ve never had the Autumn, do you see a lot of difference between the two? I think I’m gonna have it tonight to see if I can get strawberries out of the second steep, lol!

tea-sipper

Sadly, I haven’t had the spring harvest!

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Hi! I love tea and trying new ones – it adds a bit of variety to my day! Books, music, TV & movies are my thing… and tea, of course.

Some of my favorite tea shops (still operating):
birdandblendtea.com
teavivre.com
52teas.com
svtea.com
whisperingpinestea.com
justea.com
harney.com
Dammann Freres
fusionteas.com
Javateaco.com
Lupicia
Octaviatea.com
Davidstea
eco-cha.com
what-cha.com
singleoriginteas.com
teasenz.com
tealyra.com
Mandala
verdanttea.com

Favorite tea shops (RIP):
butikiteas.com
steapshoppe.com
steepcityteas.com
aquartertotea.com
dellaterrateas.com
zentealife.com
angrytearoom.com
theteamerchant.net
joysteaspoon.com
tealiciousllc.com
Rivertea
Specialteas

My icon photo is Richard Mayhew from the graphic novel ‘Neverwhere’ by Neil Gaiman, Mike Carey & Glenn Fabry.

Most of the teas listed in my cupboard are actually sample sizes. I don’t really have 2,000 ounces of tea around here! Many of my teas have only one teaspoon left… maybe two. But I like keeping them in my cupboard list for reference to what I could be sipping. Usually, I write tasting notes once for each tea. I’m still drinking them, just not writing tasting notes each time!

I’m always in search of: Hattialli, Qu Hao black, Jin Jun Mei, teas using marshmallow root.

My dislikes: hibiscus, ginger (unless in chai), turmeric, bee pollen, charcoal type flavors

My ratings:
95-100 – Super awesome deliciousness favorites – cupboard essential
80-95 – Also pretty delicious
65-80 – Pretty good
50-65 – Okay
1-50 – Probably won’t want to sip it again

I’m planning on being a Steepsterer as long as there IS a Steepster, so if you’re not hearing from me, that means something happened to my health… if you know what I mean. (Or as evidenced by the great computer hiatus of 2019, something happened to my computer… I have a dumb phone so can’t access internet on that. As of 12/20/21 my wifi might start getting unreliable.)

Happy sipping!

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