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Luscious chocolate flavor, fruity strawberry, and a nice puerh base that it isn’t hidden by the added flavorings but also shouldn’t scare away puer newbies. Would repurchase. I think this was our fifth pouch.

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July Sipdown Prompt – a decaffeinated tea

This was a Christmas gift from my son and daughter-in-law ChelseaR – many thanks!

I had a sample of Momo many years ago as well as Momo Vert. I like Lupicia’s white peach flavoring and I think Merci Milles Fois is right up there with my all-time favorite flavored teas.

For a decaf tea, which I really need past three in the afternoon if I want to sleep, this is pretty tasty. The flavor is at a similar level with Harney Midsummer Peach, but the peach flavor itself is a bit different, this one being white peach and the other being a good old Georgia peach. This resteeps well if you are combining the two steeps.

July 7 Sipdown Challenge Prompt – International Chocolate Day: drink a chocolate tea or have chocolate with tea

I thought I was going to have to have tea with some chocolates (and I probably still will because honestly chocolate happens every day in my house), but I remembered that I have one chocolate tea! What a wonderful chocolate tea it is, too!

Reminiscent of a dark chocolate covered strawberry, this one pretty much stays on shelf. My first sample came from Doulton, a friend tried it with me and ordered some for us both, and now we both have it on shelf pretty much at all times.

Not a sipdown – a newly opened pouch.

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July Sipdown Challenge Prompt – a fruity tea

I guess I need to hit up the Lupicia site and see if they have another decaf strawberry tea because this one is a favorite but it will be five months before we can replace it. As with all the limited edition teas, there is a little something special added and in this one it is coconut. We have never had a problem with going bad.

July Sipdown Challenge Prompt July 3 – Air Conditioning Appreciation Day: drink an iced tea

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I had this hot months ago and didn’t make a note here and have forgotten what it was like hot. I remember thinking the orange flavor was very mild. I also remember thinking I really wanted this iced because it sounded like it would be so good that way.

Today I used all the remaining leaf to make a half gallon of iced tea. It is very good, and has so much coconut in it that the coconut oils are floating around a bit in the ice cold tea. That’s not a problem, though! It tastes great. It is really smooth and creamy, and I think a mild vanilla flavor perhaps dominates and the coconut is close behind. Orange is a distant whisper to me. Though there is black tea in this, I don’t get black tea flavor, just the shou mei, which I really enjoy.

It is so smooth, I think I could down the whole pitcher this afternoon. As it is, I chugged twelve ounces at lunch, sitting in the house enjoying the a/c on this cooler day with a heat index of merely 93F. I will leave plenty for Ashman to enjoy when he gets home!

June Sipdown Challenge Prompt – a single estate tea

This is a shelf staple, much like Queen Catherine. It is a breakfast tea in name, but I often drink it for lunch or afternoon tea. It is not quite as fast to make as Speedy Breakfast, but still steeps up faster than most of my other teas and has the added benefit of giving out three good steeps handsomely. Not a sipdown, and this is my third or fourth pouch of this tea and hopefully not my last.

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This is a lovely tea for breakfast or to pair with afternoon tea time goodies. Like most Lupicia teas, it calls for a rather short steep of 2 1/2 to 3 minutes, but this one may benefit from a slightly shorter one and also don’t overleaf. I prefer it freshly hot as I don’t use milk and sugar and it gets an edge as it cools if you have slightly overleafed as I did this morning, due to the “too much for this pot but not enough to save for a cup later” dilemma.

I have repurchased before and I expect I will repurchase again someday, as I really like this one.

Edited to add: I decided to resteep these last leaves for a sweet tea. Absolutely delicious.

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My very favorite tulsi tea is Ashram Afternoon by Bellocq. This tea is thinner in body by comparison and has milder flavors, even when I overleaf. There is a lot more mintiness here. I like this better than Organic India’s plain Tulsi, and this is good for sipping on when you want a little cup of calm.

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I assume this is a Sipdown because I looked for it today and can’t find it anywhere. I drink it with Superanna and Melissa so I am guessing we finished it last time Melissa came. It is a nice white tea with medium body and lovely vanilla flavor.

June 22 Sipdown Challenge Prompt – World Rainforest Day: drink a green tea

I bought this to do cold infusions, and have done so once. It was last summer around mid-July so I don’t remember it. I decided to try it as a hot tea tonight but will be trying cold infusion again soon.

As a hot tea, this has a thick mouthfeel. The body is really nice, almost creamy. The company describes it as syrupy but I don’t find it sweet.

The flavor is a nice solid grain like oats and it is also a bit nutty, I would go with mild walnut flavor.