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drank Banana Oolong (Organic) by DAVIDsTEA
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I tried to get three steeps out of this but the third is a little on the weak side. I should have used less water. I did increase the temp and time but used 8 oz. of water all the way through.

The 1st steep, 1.5 tsp for 8 oz at around 94 C. I was maybe a minute off boil. Seems a little high for oolong but I went for it. I have a giant 250 gram bag of it so I can afford to screw up the first one. However, I did not screw it up. And it was so deliciously banana!

The second and third steep lost most of the banana so being a big banana fan (banana fan first, oolong second) I enjoyed the first steep the most. Still a very good tea. Thank jebus because 250 of the same tea is a lot of tea.
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200 °F / 93 °C 4 min, 0 sec
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JustJames
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brave soul…. i discriminate against bananas unless they’re in baked goods…. and then only if there aren’t any nuts! banana in tea? i would need a lot of convincing.

Dexter
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LOL I’m with you James, bananas belong in bread not tea…..
Glad you are enjoying it Nxtdoor….but not for me

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JustJames
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brave soul…. i discriminate against bananas unless they’re in baked goods…. and then only if there aren’t any nuts! banana in tea? i would need a lot of convincing.

Dexter
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LOL I’m with you James, bananas belong in bread not tea…..
Glad you are enjoying it Nxtdoor….but not for me

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I started drinking loose leaf tea in the spring of 2013 (why do we feel compelled to mark the date of tea drinking somewhat like addicts counting their sobriety days?)

Never been much into tea before. Growing up in Romania, tea was something mom made for you when you were sick. As an adult, my hot beverage of choice has been coffee, both flavoured and regular. I’ve recently stumbled upon Teavana and DAVIDs TEA and quickly got addicted to the latter. Then came steepster and all else followed.

Formerly a mathematician and insurance adjuster, I gave up the corporate world and am now a professional chef. I drink wine and sometimes cheat on it with tea.

I lean heavily towards flavoured black teas. I’ve started to crave the occasional straight oolong and green but so far unflavoured black teas leave me unimpressed.

I’m learning so I drink them all. Am even introducing myself to pu’erh. So far I can do fine with the sheng cause frankly, they don’t taste like pu’erh to me. The shou is another story.

Note*: The virtual cupboard does NOT contain any of the samples I hold since most of them are one-cup quantity.

Note**: My partner, our home improvements, gadgets, mortgage, travel, wine and food have budget priority over tea.

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Toronto-ish, Canada

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