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drank St. Petersburg by Kusmi Tea
1112 tasting notes

I was in the mood for something with a little pizzazz this morning, and I thought this would be a good candidate. I prepared it at a slightly lower temperature than I have been doing, and wow! The flavors have popped! I finally taste some vanilla :) The berry, caramel, and citrus are even more flavorful and delightful, and the tea is perfection – flavorful, medium bodied as to blend and not compete with the flavors, and no bitterness.

I love when I finally get a tea just how I like it. I have a couple servings left, but this is definitely one of my must buy I love it keepers. Ratings nudge!

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 3 min, 0 sec
Rabs

Hooray for pizzazzy tea! :D

JacquelineM

I’ve got pizzazz and frou frou covered. You know, the important things ;)

Rabs

Double-hooray! Oh — and my Cup of Destiny arrived today! It is gorgeous. I hadn’t realized that it’s all scalloped around the edges. I loves it! :)

JacquelineM

Enjoy!! When I saw it on the internet, I thought it was so neat, but when I got my hands on one of my own, I couldn’t believe how beautiful it was! I love the scalloped edges too.

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Rabs

Hooray for pizzazzy tea! :D

JacquelineM

I’ve got pizzazz and frou frou covered. You know, the important things ;)

Rabs

Double-hooray! Oh — and my Cup of Destiny arrived today! It is gorgeous. I hadn’t realized that it’s all scalloped around the edges. I loves it! :)

JacquelineM

Enjoy!! When I saw it on the internet, I thought it was so neat, but when I got my hands on one of my own, I couldn’t believe how beautiful it was! I love the scalloped edges too.

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I love to cook, bake, read, paint, knit, do needlework, and garden. I need my coffee, but I LOVE my tea. I work at an Art School, and attend a large public university doing post-bac work (my BA is in English). I’m interested in the liminal spaces between art and craft, the academic and the practical, the individual and community, and the old and the new. I’m currently exploring these ideas through the disciplines of education, literature, history, and psychology.

I enjoy writing tasting notes, but have decided not to numerically rate teas as of 9/14/10. For an explanation, see my looooong tasting note about Mountain Malt from the Simple Leaf.

My favorites:
Chinese black teas
A good “milk and sugar” English style black
Earl Grey (classic, and in all variations!)
Vanilla teas (classic, and in all variations!)
Jasmine, Rose, Violet and other froofy, flowery teas!
An Occasional Oolong
Flavored Rooibos
Herbal Tisanes

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