Short and Stout

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This one is a lot less astringent when it isn’t oversteeped. The lime is prominent and accurate without being sour. Despite the astringency when massively oversteeped , this one holds up well to a longer steep time. Good work tea.

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Probably my favorite out of my Short and Stout samples. The chocolate is there, sometimes candy bar delicious and other times just Tootsie Rolls. I feel like this one is perfect for milk and sugar, but I don’t have any milk at wor

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Another sample slated for the work tea pile.

I don’t like this one. It’s drinkable and not bad overall, but I’m getting a lot of floral flavors with a hint of tartness that might be the pear. Not what I was expecting from a pear tea. Where

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Over the weekend I packed up twelve different teas to take to work with me. Most of these were samples I’ve neglected and would like to use up as my cupboard is starting to overwhelm me. This was one of the samples I packed up.

I massively

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Backlogged sipdown.

Had this one last week before I got sick and added a splash of Magic Creamer. Wouldn’t you know, this is the one tea it doesn’t raise to otherworldly levels. I taste the tea and the creamer separately in each sip. Play

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