American Tea Room

Ashmanra’s sipdown challenge – November 2024 Tea #2 – Your oldest black tea

As the oldest black tea (I currently have with me), this still has quite a decent amount of almond flavoring.  Next time it will be a sipdown.  I still think Simps

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Ashmanra’s sipdown challenge – October 2023 Tea #3 – October 14 – National Dessert Day

Not QUITE a sipdown, but perilously close to finishing this one.  This is probably one of my oldest “dessert” teas.  Tons of flavor here.  It sure does

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Another cold brew. This is very lavender-forward… I’d say lavender with a little sencha. There’s lavender at the start of the sip, lavender and sencha in the middle, and a strong lavender taste at the end of the sip. A bit after the sip, I…Read full tasting note

Interesting mix of mint and floral, notably rose and lavender. Honestly I could have done without the mint but I’m not complaining too much, it works well together. Maybe if the mint were a bit more tempered this would have been perfect, bu…Read full tasting note

Mastress Alita’s sipdown challenge – July Tea #10 -A tea from a US company

Last prompt for July!  So judging by the couldn’t-be-more-obvious name, I guess this is a US company…  and a prime time to finish this tea.  The flavor is faded at

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