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KittyLovesTea drank Christmas Blend by Canton Tea Co

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I saw this on my floor when I got home from work and it reminded me that it’s Friday :D No more work for a few days YAY! I can finally breathe. Christmas is very busy (as everyone knows) and I have so much to do, I just chose my Christmas dinner recipe’s (this year I’m doing a red wine and chestnut pate en croute with roast parsnips and potatos, carrot pure and brussel sporuts) and that leads to much preparation. My husband loves Christmas and I keep thinking that this time last year he might have been taken away from me (he had testicular cancer last year that had spread to his lymphnodes and if it didn’t get caught when it did it could and probably would have been fatal) so I’m trying my best to make it extra special this year.

Anyway ramble on as I do, this tea arrived and after my Christmas planning and frantic shopping I decided to try this tea as soon as my daily schedule would let me. It looks like a nice mixture with large chunks dominating it of what look like cinnamon bark, cloves, and red fruit with a few other twiggy bits. It smells deliciously of spicy orange.

Once brewed the tea creates a mellow citrus fragrance. A few sips in and I can detect waxy orange, cooling clove, fruity berries and spicy cinnamon all in one mouthful. It’s not too heavy in flavour and the Assam gives this blend a lovely dark and rich fullness to balance the different flavours out.

A nice touch for the festive season this year, thank you Canton Tea.

Preparation

Boiling 2 min, 30 sec

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I’m so glad your husband beat his cancer. That is awesome! Merry Christmas :D

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Indigobloom
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I’m so glad your husband beat his cancer. That is awesome! Merry Christmas :D

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I’m 34 years old from Leicester, England named Kayleigh.

I started off many years ago drinking herbal and fruit teas which over time peaked my interest in trying new types. Eventually I began to import and sample many different teas and cultures which I still do today. My life goal is to try as many teas and ways of having tea as possible.

Tea wise my cravings change constantly from pu erh one month to jasmine green to the next and so on.

I also enjoy watching Japanese Anime and horror films.

I am always up for tea swaps so if you see anything in my virtual cupboard then please contact me.

A short list to help swapping with me easier though honestly I am not fussy and am willing to try anything. Plus the notes below are usually, sometimes I love a tea that has an ingredient I tend to dislike and other times I hate a tea that I thought I would love.

Likes: Any fruit but especially melon and orange, vanilla, all tea types (black, green, white etc), nuts (any), flowers, ginger, chai.

Dislikes: Licorice, aniseed, clove, eucalyptus, lavender.

My rating system
I have my own way of rating teas that makes each one personal. I have different categories, I rate each tea depending on what it is made of. For example: I rate green teas in a different way to black teas or herbal teas. So black, white, green, Pu Erh, Rooibos, Oolong, blends and tisanes all have their own rating system. That way I can compare them with other teas of the same or similar type before for an adequate rating. And when I do give top marks which is very rare I am actually saying that I would love to drink that tea all day, every day if possible. It’s a tea that I would never turn down or not be in the mood for. So while I agree that no tea is 100% perfect (as nothing is) I am saying that it’s as close as it comes to it. After all, in my book the perfect teas (or close to perfect anyway) are ones that I could drink all the time. That is why you will find a high quality black or Oolong will not have as high a score as a cheap flavoured blend, they are simply not being compared in the same category.

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Leicester, England, United Kingdom

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