I received a sample of this from the wonderfully generous scribbles, thank you so much. Honesty, right. I’ve been avoiding this one, but need too be drinking my older samples, don’t want them to go stale when someone generously sent it to me. I thought this would be a cross between a white and a green tea. I don’t really do well with either….
This wasn’t as bad as I was expecting. It’s very smooth and neutral. It’s not floral, like I think some whites are, it’s not grassy like I think some greens are, it’s just mild tea like. I’m not sure I can articulate what it tastes like, but not much of anything is really what I thought. I’m not sure if too mild is a good or a bad thing.
I don’t think I’m the best judge of this so I’m not going to rate it.
Sribbles, I always enjoy trying new teas. You never know what might surprise you. Thank you so much, appreciate it even if this was a miss for me.

Sil

best part about swapping! stepping outside your comfort zone without having to buy stupid amounts of tea from places haha

Dexter

Agreed, I’ve found some awesome teas that I would never have chosen for myself. Even the misses are a good learning experience. I learned that I don’t need to buy yellow teas.

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Sil

best part about swapping! stepping outside your comfort zone without having to buy stupid amounts of tea from places haha

Dexter

Agreed, I’ve found some awesome teas that I would never have chosen for myself. Even the misses are a good learning experience. I learned that I don’t need to buy yellow teas.

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C.S. Lewis – “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”

I needed to update my profile. I joined Steepster 03Mar13. I am just amazed at how much my tastes have changed since then.
When I discovered loose leaf tea about a year and half ago, I didn’t know anything other than my local Davids and Teavana/Teaopia. Stumbling onto Steepster CHANGED EVERYTHING.
Hello, my name is Dex I’m a tea addict.
I’ve been through the “I need to try every single tea out there” phase. I really hope the worst of that has passed. I’ve learned enough to know that I only need to try HALF of all the teas out there. LOL
When I started this journey, I was all about the flavored rooibos and fruity tisanes. Don’t get me wrong there is still room for dessert (chocolate/caramel/nutty) Rooibos teas in my cupboard and I still do enjoy them, BUT I am quickly learning to appreciate the some of the straight teas of the world.
Big bold (but not icky)pu’erh is suddenly my favorite, followed by woody/roasted oolongs. I’m just starting to explore straight black teas, and have found some that I really like.
Generally speaking I’m not into greens at all, only like the occasional green oolong, and white teas are just too mild for my tastes (unless they are fruit flavored). I still enjoy really good fruit tisanes, but am now cold steeping them.
I don’t like floral/herbal blends, and mint anything is not on my preferred list.
I am still exploring new teas, adapting to my changing tastes, understanding more every day how little I really know about tea. Ultimately I would love to find approximately 50 teas that I just “can’t live without” and always have them in my cupboard. That might not be practical, but that what I’m searching for. It’s going to be a fun journey.

All in all, I love this site. I’ve met some wonderful people, and have gotten to try some amazing teas because of them. It really restores your faith in humanity when you get a note saying “oh by the way I sent you some tea”. Wonderful, generous, people here.

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