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Snowflake White from Argo Tea
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Special thanks to Amanda for this one!

GUESS WHAT!?!?!?!?!

I passed my 5,000th Tasting Note!
This is actually my 5,002nd Tasting Note!

So…I think it’s time for me to give away some tea! If you would like to throw your name into the hat for a mystery box please leave a comment on this post! Tomorrow I will choose ONE person to start gathering teas for and in February I will mail a box out to the winner! It will be an assortment of teas, companies, sample sizes from my stash!

My thoughts on this tea…

It smells like a cross between crust, mushrooms, apples, and pepper, and popcorn.

It’s a yellowy color and the taste is very different from other apple whites I have tried.

The Pink Peppercorns threw me for a loop at first but I got used to them. The apple is toned down by the peppercorns but still present. I can tell there are spices at the begging and end of the sip…they are mellower.

This is ok. Ballsy mix of flavors here and I appreciate that! Not my fave but not bad either :) So glad I was able to try it!!!

People who liked this

momo
Amy oh
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Tabby
K S
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Stephanie
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Comments

Amy oh
Amy oh 2012-01-12 13:32:13 -0500

Wow – you are leaps and bounds ahead of me!

Infusin_Susan
Infusin_Susan 2012-01-12 13:44:58 -0500

Throwing my name into the hat :) I don’t know how you manage to rack up so many tasting notes — you are certainly dedicated!

Erin
Erin 2012-01-12 13:45:54 -0500

Wow! That’s amazing! Way to go!

brandy3392
brandy3392 2012-01-12 13:58:12 -0500

Throwing my name in the hat as well. Sounds like a very interesting tea.

silvermage2000
silvermage2000 2012-01-12 14:04:32 -0500

Nice review this seems interesting. Congrats for getting up to this tastenote.

SimplyJenW
SimplyJenW 2012-01-12 14:05:00 -0500

Congratulations on your persistance! It is one thing to love tea, but quite another to log that many! You rock!

some crazy person who loves tea
some crazy person who loves tea 2012-01-12 14:09:57 -0500

oh oh oh pick me!

Erin
Erin 2012-01-12 14:19:18 -0500

That is definitely amazing :D Throwing my name in too!

JoonSusanna
JoonSusanna 2012-01-12 14:25:53 -0500

Hmm… a mystery box of tea? I would totally love that! Put me in the hat!

Also, congratulations on 5000! You must be the most well-hydrated of us all! :)

ashmanra
ashmanra 2012-01-12 14:26:06 -0500

Congratulations! I wonder if I will ever hit that point? It will be a long time if I do!

Meeka
Meeka 2012-01-12 14:30:08 -0500

Cool, congrats! Have you kept a list of how many unique teas you have tried?

TeaEqualsBliss
TeaEqualsBliss 2012-01-12 14:56:15 -0500

Meeka – Not overall – but my log shows MOST of them! LOL – Wish I did tho!

The DJBooth
The DJBooth 2012-01-12 15:06:24 -0500

Nice! for 5,000 you gotta go big or go home

Cheryl
Cheryl 2012-01-12 15:08:55 -0500

Congratulations on your 5000th post. Hip hip hooray for you : )

gmathis
gmathis 2012-01-12 15:35:40 -0500

Sal-OOOOT! for continuing to broaden my tea horizons. Who’da thunk there were 5,000 varieties out there? :)

Cattibrie
Cattibrie 2012-01-12 15:53:53 -0500

5000? That is amazing. I love reading your thoughts on the different teas. A mystery box of tea sounds amazing. Especially in the doldrums of winter in February.

The DJBooth
The DJBooth 2012-01-12 16:00:05 -0500

http://youtu.be/qA2_-eQ26tY :)

SimpliciTEA
SimpliciTEA 2012-01-12 16:27:38 -0500

You cupboard is simply amazing. I count teas from 20 different companies from just the first three alphabetical pages! And what a diverse selection! I see many companies I have heard about, but mostly companies I have not. Do you have a Korean green tea? I know I have been wondering if the Korean greens are really different than the other standard Asian teas (I recently bought one Korean Tea from SanctuaryT, but it looks more a green tea/black tea blend than a pure green tea, so I question its validity, although it is good.) I see you have lots of Butiki and Culinary teas. We are really enjoying the Culinary teas, and I have heard good things about Bitiki’s teas. Congratulations on over 5000 notes!

oOTeaOo
oOTeaOo 2012-01-12 16:29:07 -0500

Congratulations!! Thats a lot of tea :)

Dinosara
Dinosara 2012-01-12 16:37:39 -0500

Wow congrats! On to 10,000, eh? :D

Tabby
Tabby 2012-01-12 16:47:01 -0500

I’ll enter! And wow, that’s a lot of notes! I was pleased with myself when I reached 250, haha. I can’t even conceive of 5000!

kOmpir
kOmpir 2012-01-12 16:58:51 -0500

I’m in, fingers crossed :)
P.S.
I’d like to see a pic of your tea stash, it must be humongous. :)

K S
K S 2012-01-12 17:02:36 -0500

Just thinking about 5000 tasting notes makes me want to pee. Well, it could be the six cups I had today.

Madeline Alyce
Madeline Alyce 2012-01-12 17:07:59 -0500

I think I got to 4 tasting notes and then dropped out! I love to talk about tea, drink tea, read about tea, but I feel like a babbeling idiot when I try to review tea! I always end up saying things like, “I hope that makes sense” haha

SimpliciTEA
SimpliciTEA 2012-01-12 17:26:38 -0500

MadelineAlyce: I couldn’t help but look at your reviews after this comment of yours: ‘babbling idiot’ Ha! I could easily be named a babbling idiot (I definitely feel like it, at times). I like what you tell me in your reviews. Anyway, hopefully you write them more for you than for us (I write my reviews first and foremost for me). For instance, I used to journal; but I haven’t for a while, now, partially because writing out here, in a sense, meets my need to express what I am thinking/feeling inside (although the context of Steepster is in a much more confined subject arena than a journal is). Steepster BOTH spurs me on to write, AND to put my stuff out here to all of you wonderful tea aficionados/writers, which in turn helps me to feel heard, and, most importantly, to feel connected to others of a like mind. So, please, unless you don’t want to, keep posting reviews! : – )

sarai
sarai 2012-01-12 17:33:35 -0500

holy cow that is super impressive!!!

I agree with kOmpir – Your collection must be HUGE!

Cannabuzz
Cannabuzz 2012-01-12 18:34:35 -0500

throws his name into hat

Thats alot of tasting notes!

Happy tea time.

mrawlins2
mrawlins2 2012-01-12 18:53:19 -0500

Congrats on this milestone! :)

RachanaC (Rachel)-iHeartTeas
RachanaC (Rachel)-iHeartTeas 2012-01-12 19:27:33 -0500

Congrats what an amazing achievement. :)

__Morgana__
__Morgana__ 2012-01-12 19:39:16 -0500

Wow, amazing! Congrats!

Jaz
Jaz 2012-01-12 20:07:07 -0500

That is quite the milestone! woohoo

TheTeaFairy
TheTeaFairy 2012-01-12 20:37:33 -0500

Congrats :) it’s shows all the passion you put into this!

Indigobloom
Indigobloom 2012-01-12 20:56:13 -0500

go TEB!! congrats on all your reviews, I hope to get there myself one day! :)

flowering
flowering 2012-01-12 21:46:30 -0500

So many notes!

QueenOfTarts
QueenOfTarts 2012-01-12 23:25:59 -0500

Congrats on passing 5,000! :)

Stephanie
Stephanie 2012-01-12 23:32:33 -0500

Woohoo!!! Congrats!! You are the cornerstone of Steepster, seriously!!! Here’s to another 5000! :)

ssajami
ssajami 2012-01-13 00:37:20 -0500

Wow, that’s a LOT of tea! Congrats :)

Alana237
Alana237 2012-01-13 06:33:41 -0500

Congratulations on your 5000th!

Mélissa
Mélissa 2012-01-13 10:57:09 -0500

5000 :O That’s a lot of different teas, congrats.

KeenTeaThyme
KeenTeaThyme 2012-01-13 11:06:33 -0500

I may be too late for the hat throwing in thing, but congrats on the number of posts anyway! :) I agree with Stephanie that you are the “cornerstone of Steepster.” You’re also one of my favorite tea friends. :)

TeaEqualsBliss
TeaEqualsBliss 2012-01-13 11:51:46 -0500

Awwwww – thanks girls :)

Frolic
Frolic 2012-01-13 12:03:30 -0500

Congrats!

Ninavampi
Ninavampi 2012-01-13 12:22:41 -0500

Super congrats! Exciting! : )

Tamm
Tamm 2012-01-13 15:22:55 -0500

Congratulations! I’m glad that your resource of knowledge and reviews is here for me to view! :) I’m going to throw my lot in for this give away and I look forward to hear who the winner is! :)

Scatterbrain
Scatterbrain 2012-01-13 16:29:07 -0500

Congratulations, I look forward to the day when I reach that milestone. I must say that in the short time I’ve been using steepster, your reviews have been among my favorites. It would be amazing if I was chosen as I have virtually no money to spend on tea (I’m 17 and currently have no job). So I hope that you will consider me for your giveaway, it’s a very generous thought. Either way, congratulations and best wishes. :)

tigress_al
tigress_al 2012-01-13 22:37:33 -0500

Wowzers! That is a lot of tea….yummy! You must have developed quite a taste palette after trying so many different kinds and brands of tea. I am just getting into tyring different brands of tea. Congrats!!

Anatta
Anatta 2012-01-14 15:32:26 -0500

Attempting to enter said hat.

Tea Sipper
Tea Sipper 2012-01-15 13:15:43 -0500

Congrats on 5,000! That is a LOT. I’d love to enter for winning the tea! thanks for the chance

YukonQuirm
YukonQuirm 2012-01-21 21:53:02 -0500

Holy Cow – may you always have a loo near by – that’s a lot of tea passing through your system.

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