I really wanted some coconut tonight, so this came to the rescue… but I didn’t taste much coconut at all! It’s been sitting in an airtight metal container for over a year, so I expected some loss of flavour, but not this much.

I have an unopened 1-oz pouch of this beyond the sample tea in the metal container. I’ll have to finish off the sample soon.

On an unpleasant note, I noticed that drinking this tea made my stomach upset – just this feeling of gnawing hunger even though I know I’ve eaten. I’ve had this stomach problem on and off for about a year and a half. No idea what triggers this fake hunger feeling (I went to a gastro specialist and had them examine the interior of my stomach with a scope camera, but nothing unusual turned up). I really hope this tea doesn’t trigger my stomach pain, because I’d never finish it if that were the case.

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Updated March 2016:

I’m a writer and editor who’s fallen in love with loose-leaf tea. I’ve also set up a site for tea reviews at http://www.booksandtea.ca – an excellent excuse to keep on buying and trying new blends. There will always be more to discover!

In the meantime, since joining Steepster in January 2014, I’ve gotten a pretty good handle on my likes and dislikes

Likes: Raw/Sheng pu’erh, sobacha, fruit flavours, masala chais, jasmine, mint, citrus, ginger, Ceylons, Chinese blacks, rooibos.

Dislikes (or at least generally disinclined towards): Hibiscus, rosehip, chamomile, licorice, lavender, really vegetal green teas, shu/ripe pu’erh.

Things I generally decide on a case-by-case basis: Oolong, white teas.

Still need to do my research on: matcha

I rarely score teas anymore, but if I do, here’s the system I follow:

100-85: A winner!
84-70: Pretty good. This is a nice, everyday kind of tea.
69-60: Decent, but not up to snuff.
59-50: Not great. Better treated as an experiment.
49-0: I didn’t like this, and I’m going to avoid it in the future. Blech.

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