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A huge thanks and thunderous round of applause for Cavocorax for sending me a package of teas to try out! Such an exciting thing to find in my mailbox today, especially since I hadn’t had my morning tea yet.

As I’ve been wanting to try some A&D teas and she was kind enough to send some samples along, I thought this would be good for breakfast.

So I have no idea what sort of teas this is comprised of, but a smokey note is mentioned.
I did get a tiny whiff of something when I smelled the leaves, but nothing scary.

So I brewed this up at 100 degrees for 4 min, and let it cool, then had a sip (you’re welcome for the play by play – during this time I also had a piece of leftover bacon out of the fridge)

….not sure what to expect, but I ended up enjoying this!

It’s definitely slightly smokey, but in a good way! I especially notice the flavours in my cup after I had a few mouthfuls of breakfast then went back to it. Definitely a hint of astringency at the end, but nothing off putting.

I don’t think I need to own this one, which is good because it’s not cheap and it’s a massive tin!

But thank you to Cavo for letting me try this :)

Terri HarpLady

You know what’s really good? Leftover bacon dipped in guacamole…just sayin’

MzPriss

@Terri – you are wicked. I want that. Except there is a phrase there that does not make sense to me: “leftover bacon”

Terri HarpLady

Right! The secret is to cook extra & then force yourself not to eat it. :)

ohfancythat

Well there’s only two of us so if we polished off an entire pack of bacon every Sunday we’d be in trouble :)

Bacon and avocado…mmmmmmm

ohfancythat

Uhhh I guess there are three of us now but the baby hasn’t been introduced to bacon yet :)

caile

aaaah, I have guacamole! And bacon!

Terri HarpLady

I don’t eat bacon & guac all the time, but it does make a good substitute for tortilla chips.

TeaLady441

“A thunderous round of applause”
D’awww. :P Glad you’re enjoying them, and that you’re figuring out what you don’t need to order! :D

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Terri HarpLady

You know what’s really good? Leftover bacon dipped in guacamole…just sayin’

MzPriss

@Terri – you are wicked. I want that. Except there is a phrase there that does not make sense to me: “leftover bacon”

Terri HarpLady

Right! The secret is to cook extra & then force yourself not to eat it. :)

ohfancythat

Well there’s only two of us so if we polished off an entire pack of bacon every Sunday we’d be in trouble :)

Bacon and avocado…mmmmmmm

ohfancythat

Uhhh I guess there are three of us now but the baby hasn’t been introduced to bacon yet :)

caile

aaaah, I have guacamole! And bacon!

Terri HarpLady

I don’t eat bacon & guac all the time, but it does make a good substitute for tortilla chips.

TeaLady441

“A thunderous round of applause”
D’awww. :P Glad you’re enjoying them, and that you’re figuring out what you don’t need to order! :D

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name change alert – going from whatshesaid to ohfancythat

Hello!

I love tea. I love my mini-me daughter, my husband, my dog Wally, Netflix, shopping, and tea. Some other stuff too, but these are the most important!

Some favourites -

My new favourite tea company is A Quarter to Tea. I love the flavouring used and how it doesn’t seem fake, and the combinations are so delicious. Right up my alley.

My favourite teas are black, I love Laoshan Black and Taiwanese Wild Mountain Black tea from TTC. Also many of Teavivre’s black teas.

Butiki teas RIP, I loved how the flavours were subtle and not fake tasting and didn’t overwhelm the tea base. Trust that I am dramatically mourning the loss of this company!

Teavivre, Whispering Pines and Mariage Freres are some more tea companies I appreciate. Along with Davidstea as it was the ‘gateway drug’ to my tea addiction. Though I’m mostly over it now, I’ve definitely moved on from the artificially flavoured teas and am trying more quality straight teas!

My ultimate goal is to try as many French teas as possible – and to finally find a source in Canada for Mariage Freres so I can buy Wedding Imperial, and Black Orchid for sure.

I would like to try any Taiwanese Assams that exist in the world!

Also continuously on the hunt for Fauchon – La Naissance. If anyone has some of this I would pay for it!!! It’s my number one all time favourite tea.

When I rate, it goes like this:

85 -100 = WIN! awesome, I love this and keep it on hand
70 – 85 = pretty darn good but I don’t NEED to own it
55 – 70 = not necessarily terrible but not a tea for me!
30 – 55 = missed the mark as far as I am concerned. Wouldn’t drink it willingly.
0 – 30 = I likely won’t rate this low very often, so if you see it, consider the tea a great big FAIL and probably disgusting.

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New Brunswick, Canada

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