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drank Fig Rose by Teavana
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I haven’t had this one forever, and I had a vague recollection of what it tasted like, but when I opened the bag, it smelled completely different from how I remembered it. All honeyed figs. So we shall see how it tastes.

I started off steeping about a teaspoon and a half of this in boiling water for 5 minutes and meh, nothing much there. So I threw in the rest of my bag (probably at about 3tsp total now), and I’m just going to steep it until it tastes like something.

Meh. I dunno. Now it tastes a lot stronger, but I’m not really feeling it. Lots of hibiscus tart, with some pineapple, fig, nuttiness which I think is also fig (seems to be a flavour that is in fig teas, but that I don’t ever experience when eating figs), and maybe a hint of floral? I added some sugar to take the edge off the hibiscus, but it’s mostly just made the whole thing sweet and sour.

Not into it, wouldn’t buy again. I’m glad this package is done.

Flavors: Fig, Floral, Hibiscus, Nutty, Pineapple, Tart

Preparation
Boiling 3 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML
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The Cookie Lady
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Oh boy! And I ended up loving this one so much yesterday. Sorry you didn’t feel the same about it :( Guess that means we won’t be fighting over it during the after-Christmas sale? ;)

Anlina
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Hah yeah. There have been a lot of Teavana teas that I’ve tried and disliked them so much that I can’t even understand why they stock the, but since I started coming on Steepster, it’s clear that people have really different tastes, and some of the ones that taste like sour water to me are full of complex deliciousness for other people.

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The Cookie Lady
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Oh boy! And I ended up loving this one so much yesterday. Sorry you didn’t feel the same about it :( Guess that means we won’t be fighting over it during the after-Christmas sale? ;)

Anlina
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Hah yeah. There have been a lot of Teavana teas that I’ve tried and disliked them so much that I can’t even understand why they stock the, but since I started coming on Steepster, it’s clear that people have really different tastes, and some of the ones that taste like sour water to me are full of complex deliciousness for other people.

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I grew up drinking jasmine green tea with meals, but really fell in love with tea on a trip to Britain in elementary school. My first great love was Earl Grey, and I still adore it and all its variants.

I discovered the beauty of loose leaf tea much later, when, on impulse, I picked up a few teas that were on clearance at a home store. My introduction to loose leaf teas were Masala Chai and Provence Rooibos by the Metropolitan Tea Co and an unknown brand of kukicha and gyokuro (little did I know what a precious treasure I’d stumbled onto with that.)

At the time I was lucky to live in a place with multiple tea shops and several places to have afternoon tea, which is a delight I still miss.

Tea is part of my daily ritual and a nice, affordable way to appease the collector in me.

I enjoy distinctive whites, greens and oolongs, flavoured blacks, and herbals that are heavy on the citrus, lavender or mint.

Rating rubric, to give myself some consistency:
0-15 Yuck, not even drinkable.
16-30 Disappointing, not really inclined to give it a second try.
31-45 Disappointing, but maybe there’s potential? Worth one more try, prepped differently.
46-60 Mediocre, not terrible but not memorable.
61-75 Not bad. I’ll definitely finish what I have and might buy again.
76-90 Very enjoyable. Tasty, complex, it’ll keep me coming back.
91-100 BEST! I love everything about it and I will drink it forever.

Beyond tea, I’m a sex educator, polyamory activist, and radical queer. I love backwoods camping, abstract painting, baking & cooking, nail polish, cats, ceramic sculpture, and home nesting.

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Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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