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drank Honeysuckle by Teavivre
2955 tasting notes

I guess I never knew what honeysuckle smelled/tasted like until I tried it as a tea. I suppose I was expecting dried flowers and honey, but I would describe this mostly as very vegetal. Because I do not like vegetal, I’m not going to give this a number rating. The flowers taste very fresh and look beautiful, I have no doubt this is high quality honeysuckle, but as I found out, I don’t actually like the flavour of honeysuckle flowers.

This smells/tastes exactly like ocra, the same vegal flavours you find in zucchini peel and green beans. No floral notes, but tastes like ocra buds. Slight sweetness.

Liquor brews a pale yellow. I left the leaf in for about 10 minutes and it did not oversteep, which is excellent. I think I will try this iced with cucumber and lemon for when I work out. The vegetal flavour will combine well with the cucumber + citrus.

Flavors: Green, Green Beans, Green Wood, Herbaceous, Nectar, Sweet, Vegetables, Vegetal, Zucchini

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 8 min or more 1 tsp 12 OZ / 350 ML

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I am a biochem major hoping for a career in research genetics and evolutionary biology. I love science fiction and spend too much of my time reading comic books. I’m a passionate keeper of spiders, cacti, and exotic plants. I eat a vegan, plant-based diet for moral and environmental reasons (I mention this only because it is relevant to which flavoured teas I drink).

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Decaf teas (any variety)/no caf tisanes like honeybush and rooibos, yellow, jade oolong, white, Darjeeling blacks

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Acidic/sour/tart, melon, grapefruit, bitter, astringent, smokey, sickly sweet (too much chicory, cinnamon, or licorice root), yerba mate, tumeric mushroom/fungus,

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Animal products: [confectioners glaze, , marshmallows, , natural flavour, white choc chips, caramel bits, etc]
St. John’s wort (herb)

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