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__Morgana__ drank Lemon Youkou by Teavana

2036 tasting notes

I haven’t had this in a very long time. In fact, I thought I’d used all of what I had. This leads me to believe that I acquired more of it, perhaps through the Teavana classic tea of the month club of which I was a member for a year.

I recall finding this a bit too tart/sour for me without sweetening before. I’m steeping a bit longer, 7 minutes, using the Breville herbal setting and I also double and a halfed up the normal amount of blend I’d put in this as one of my previous notes indicated more made for a sweeter blend.

And the verdict is: definitely the way to go with this one. More is much, much better, both in steeping time and in amount of fruit mixture used. I didn’t sweeten this and it isn’t too tart for me to drink, though the Strawberry Lemonade is much sweeter. This, though, is more of a straight lemon.

I have to say, though, that it’s not a very cost effective choice since the pieces are so huge and you have to use so much of it to get a sweet-tart flavor rather than just a tart one. I concluded before this wasn’t a restock and now I’m not so sure—except Teavana apparently made the choice for me and discontinued this in 2012.

Will try it on the kids just for laughs.

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Boiling 7 min, 0 sec

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I got obsessed with tea in 2010 for a while, then other things intruded, then I cycled back to it. I seem to be continuing that in for a while, out for a while cycle. I have a short attention span, but no shortage of tea.

I’m a mom, writer, gamer, lawyer, reader, runner, traveler, and enjoyer of life, literature, art, music, thought and kindness, in no particular order. I write fantasy and science fiction under the name J. J. Roth.

Personal biases: I drink tea without additives. If a tea needs milk or sugar to improve its flavor, its unlikely I’ll rate it high. The exception is chai, which I drink with milk/sugar or substitute. Rooibos and honeybush were my gateway drugs, but as my tastes developed they became less appealing — I still enjoy nicely done blends. I do not mix well with tulsi or yerba mate, and savory teas are more often a miss than a hit with me. I used to hate hibiscus, but I’ve turned that corner. Licorice, not so much.

Since I find others’ rating legends helpful, I added my own. But I don’t really find myself hating most things I try.

I try to rate teas in relation to others of the same type, for example, Earl Greys against other Earl Greys. But if a tea rates very high with me, it’s a stand out against all other teas I’ve tried.

95-100 A once in a lifetime experience; the best there is

90-94 Excellent; first rate; top notch; really terrific; will definitely buy more

80-89 Very good; will likely buy more

70-79 Good; would enjoy again, might buy again

60-69 Okay; wouldn’t pass up if offered, but likely won’t buy again

Below 60 Meh, so-so, iffy, or ick. The lower the number, the closer to ick.

I don’t swap. It’s nothing personal, it’s just that I have way more tea than any one person needs and am not lacking for new things to try. Also, I have way too much going on already in daily life and the additional commitment to get packages to people adds to my already high stress level. (Maybe it shouldn’t, but it does.)

That said, I enjoy reading folks’ notes, talking about what I drink, and getting to “know” people virtually here on Steepster so I can get ideas of other things I might want to try if I can ever again justify buying more tea. I also like keeping track of what I drink and what I thought about it.

My current process for tea note generation is described in my note on this tea: https://steepster.com/teas/mariage-freres/6990-the-des-impressionnistes