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Sipdown by giveaway. I could never get this as perfect as it was the first time. I quickly got tired of the hazelnut flavoring, though the chocolate component was still very good.
I gave the rest away to a novice tea drinker who I hope will enjoy it.

1 dragonball, 200F, western.
I steeped this 3 or 4 times. Smooth, thick, dark fruit?, slightly sweet with a slightly green under taste. I had a hard time picking out what the dark fruit and green underlayer reminded me of. It all came together in a pleasant cup of tea.
I want to try this grandpa style as it is a giant ball that looks like it could give flavor forever. I let the last steep go for 5 min or so and didn’t notice any off or odd flavors.

Sipdown – If you can call threw the whole tin away.
Flavor – disgusting. The only time this ever tasted okay was when I was sick and couldn’t taste much. I took it to work, but I couldn’t stomach it there either. The flavor just didn’t work for me. Lupicia’s flavors don’t really work for me overall.

I’m going to call this a sipdown – never liked this tea much. I don’t really care for chai all that much. Basically, I recognized that I wasn’t going to drink this again and got rid of it.

Sipdown. 180F
Delicate green tea with a short steep time – even western. Soft and vegetal, sweet.

Sipdown. Cinnamon malt. Always pleased with the quality of this tea. Guess I’ll just need to get it from somewhere else as Zen tea is teaware only right now.

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Smells of honey and looks roasted
5.2g/2012F
I rinsed it and gave it a 2 min rest.
Creamy honey and smooth with a faint hint of roast. This roast was not a strong as the other tea I have from them. I like it.

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Vanilla, woody, cocoa, 6g at 200F
3 min – vanilla, wood, smooth, comforting especially on this cold and rainy day.
3 and 4 min – vanilla staying power.
A nice comforting cup of tea during unseasonable weather.

4.5g/gravity steeper/195-200F
2 min – floral, clean – no off flavors, gets sweeter and thicker as it cools; 2nd and 3rd steeps were repeats of first steep.

Sipdown. I have to say for a blindly purchased green tea, it’s been pretty good. It’s not a repurchase, but holds up to several western style steeps.
Sweet, long needles – sweet grass hay.