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Time for another summer sipdown.
Farewell, lovely Melon Oolong. You shall most certainly be back. But its time for the fall flavors!

With my influx of new teas, and with a little time in my morning, I thought it best that I have myself a sipdown.
Goodbye, Plum Brandy Cheesecake. You are now past your prime, but its not your fault. I held on to my last Butiki tea for longer than I should have.
Sipdown. Its time.

It is now October, my favorite month in a lot of ways. I love Halloween, I love cold weather, I love pumpkins and squash and sweaters and soup. It is always nice to have a month where such things are celebrated!
So, in honor of this month, I am drinking one of my favorite teas, the most autumnal thing in my cupboard, to celebrate.
Yum. Boston! Cranberry and almond and I fall into some sort of joyful fuge state when I have it.
Yum.

The first of my Angry Tea Room samples! I had part of my little packet yesterday morning, and my first impression is hardly an impression at all.
Hmm. I find it alright, but it is not making my heart sing in any way. It seemed a mild black tea with a hint of berry.
Well, I have more, and will experiment again!

Had a cup of this in the afternoon.
Once again, not bad, not fantastic. Great qualities in a work tea!

One really gets a sense of the jasmine, as I brew this up. Its a delicate, pleasant jasmine, not overly floral or otherwise overwhelming. Nice!
I don’t get any of the citrus in the smell, but it all comes out in the flavor. Its quite citrus-y, almost to the point of drowning out the tea and jasmine.
Hmm. More cups are needed by way of analysis.

Sipdown no. 2 of the day. Wahoo!
This was really nice. A peppery, pleasant chai. Very warming and good.
I’ve really enjoyed it, and may very well get more sometime in the future. It would be great on a really cold day.
But today, a much needed sipdown!

And its a sipdown!
I am glad to have tried this, but I won’t be bringing it back into my cupboard.
And just in time, as my second autumnal tea order has arrived!

Whoops, oversteeped this today. Normally its quite rich and peppery, but the black base is bitter today.
Oh well.

I keep saying this, and it gets more true with each cup- I don’t like this.
I am now toying with the idea of just getting rid of it, of letting go of the idea of sipping it down. It maybe just needs to go. And that would be 100% ok if that’s what I decide to do!
I’m not all the way there, but life is too short to drink teas your really, really don’t like.