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drank Pony Goal by The Teaologist
4843 tasting notes

Backlog:

I wasn’t all that impressed with my first infusion of this tea. It was alright, but just alright. Kind of “meh” … you know?

Then I brewed the tea a second time. (Not a resteep of the leaves.) This tea benefited from not reading the package steeping parameters and going with my own “go to” steeping parameters for a white tea. 160°F for 5 – 7 minutes. It’s much taster than the suggested 180°F for 2 – 3 minutes.

Good hot, but much better cold. Sweet berry goodness and a nice creamy tone. I love the notes of pomegranate in there too. A really tasty tea.

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77
drank MintGrass by The Teaologist
4843 tasting notes

Backlog:

This has an interesting balance of peppermint, lemongrass and chamomile. Soothing … but at the same time, invigorating! The combination of flavors is really refreshing. Fresh, sweet, crisp … enjoyable.

I’m not always excited about tisanes, but this one is not bad. I’d drink it again.

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79
drank Pony Goal by The Teaologist
1598 tasting notes

This is a backlog and also a forward log and also a sipdown too! (153)

I drank it a week ago, with a bit of vodka and a touch of agave and it was fantastic. Iced too. (In case you thought it was hot).

The rest of it I made popsicles with and I’ll have to try them out tomorrow!

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec
Sil

i am envious of your small-er tea cupboard!

TeaLady441

Thanks, you’re moving along pretty nicely!

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90
drank Pony Goal by The Teaologist
6105 tasting notes

Backlog (from this past week). Yum, yum yum. Creamy, butterscotch/vanilla strawberry tea. I’d like more of this one, please. :D

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90
drank Pony Goal by The Teaologist
6105 tasting notes

So… potentially but thankfully not super gross story…

I went to have a cup of this tea the other day, and discovered a huge lump of… something in my bag. I hadn’t previously noticed it. The lump was covered in fuzzies from the tea, and was slightly squishy… unsurprisingly I was quite grossed out. My best guess was that it was a wad of gum or something. Anyhow, I ended up getting up the nerve to take it out of the bag and cut it in half… and lo and behold, it was just a large dehydrated strawberry!! Whew! So crisis averted, and I had a cup of this tea :D

(So basically, if you pick up some of this tea and find something “foreign” in it, fear not, odds are good it’s just a strawberry!)

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 2 min, 0 sec
Chizakura

I was freaking out halfway through the story and was then relieved to figure out it was a strawberry xD

Fuzzy_Peachkin

haha! Good thing it wasn’t something much worse!

Kittenna

You have no idea how relieved I was!!! Since i had drank two previous cups from the bag…

TeaLady441

Ugh. Yeah, that would be horrifying!

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90
drank Pony Goal by The Teaologist
6105 tasting notes

Another rather old backlog to get to :)

I am a bit addicted to this tea, I’ll admit… it’s one I’d probably like to have often. It seems that when a white blend is done right, it’s absolutely amazing, and this is one of those. (Of course, Butiki white blends also fall into that category.) Anyhow, pretty much the same impression of this one as last time, except that I noted that the second infusion was very vanilla-y – which is only a good thing!! I think there are actual vanilla bean specks in this tea, which may be what makes the difference between it and teas with vanilla flavouring. Mmmmmm, delicious!

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90
drank Pony Goal by The Teaologist
6105 tasting notes

Apologies for all the tasting notes… it’s the week’s backlog that I’m only just getting to. Sigh.

Anyhow! This tea smells delicious, and tastes equally delicious. It’s possibly one of the most caramelly teas I’ve had to date, mixed with a hint of orange that’s more prominent on the initial sip than the swallow. I’m not picking up on the white tea specifically, but I believe that it’s adding some complexity here. It took me a while to figure it out, but this tea reminds me of Butiki’s Creamy Eggnog tea – which is certainly high praise! Definitely delicious. Also – it lasts for an additional infusion or two, which is great!

Preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 2 min, 0 sec

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73
drank MintGrass by The Teaologist
1598 tasting notes

I just saw Sil’s review of this and I realised that I forgot to do mine weeks ago! I recieved this as part of my Amoda tea box, which was a little disappointing because 2/3 teas were herbal. I’m sure that won’t happen again though.

Anyways, this one is pretty basic, and while I don’t mind the ingredients I find that I prefer DavidsTea’s Mother’s Little Helper more due to the added make-you-go-to-sleep-valerian-root on top of the lemongrass, mint and chamomile.

I made two cups of this, and then put the rest of my sample in with my DT tin.

Kittenna

Yeaaah, this one was a disappointment. So boring.

TeaLady441

Hopefully this month’s box is more exciting!

Sil

the first 3 boxes were pretty darn good!

OMGsrsly

Oh, right! Amoda. They will substitute teas if people have allergies. :) Once I find a job, a subscription will be mine!

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50
drank MintGrass by The Teaologist
14991 tasting notes

SIPDOWN! because my other half totally drank a cup of this with me haha Thanks to kittenna for a sample of this one. To me? this is just another average ordinaryl chamomile tea. it’s got some mint, some chammomile…nothing too exciting, nothing too bad. Just a kills my brew basket if i forget and use it lol

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49
drank MintGrass by The Teaologist
6105 tasting notes

Third and final Amoda tea box tea. Definitely not a tea that’s up my alley. In fact, just add some licorice, and you’ll have my worst nightmare! I don’t like mint, don’t usually care for lemongrass, and am iffy on chamomile, which are the three ingredients here.

Luckily, this tea is not as bad as I expected. I’m really not tasting lemongrass or chamomile, but they’re obviously tempering the peppermint to a level that I can handle. That said, there are many, many other teas I’d much prefer to drink rather than this one. This is the only tea that I’m a bit disappointed about from the Amoda box, because it’s so basic and simple (and I happen to hate the ingredients), but, I did sign up to get random teas, so that’s just the way it is!

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec
TeaLady441

Too bad you don’t care for it! I think the ingredients are similar to DavidsTea Mother’s Little Helper so I shouldn’t be disappointed.

Let’s hope they don’t send us an unflavored pu’er. :p

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