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jump62359 drank Aloalo by Lupicia

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Bought this tea on monday at Lupicia because it smelled SO GOOD from the tin!
It reminded me of Haw Flakes, these little candies I’d always eat as a child! I just asked my roommate if she knew what it was, but it was a typical ‘asian’ candy that you get to the asian market soooo yeah. She only knows pocky and yanyan ahah BUT HAW FLAKES THOUGH.

But yeah. This tea.
Dude.
It’s freakin TERRIBLE hot! Like it was just so tart and sour and I tried adding agave and.. no. It was just too much for my mouth.

But then I decided to pour it over ice and HUZZAH! This tea is really good iced. I can definitely taste the black tea base of the assam and darjeeling, but the hibiscus is there as an afterthought, so it’s not too overbearing on the tartness, how it was when it was hot. I may have overdone it on the agave though, so I’ll just remember that for next time :)

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3 g 12 OZ / 354 ML

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QueenOfTarts
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What! I loved eating haw flakes!

jump62359
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Haw flakes were the best! This tea definitely smelled like it dry, but dude. It was far from it in liquid form!

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QueenOfTarts
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What! I loved eating haw flakes!

jump62359
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Haw flakes were the best! This tea definitely smelled like it dry, but dude. It was far from it in liquid form!

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Kyra.
22.
Tea lover.
Food and Beverage lover (food, wine, beer, TEA)
DCP Alumni (WDW Fall 2013 and DLR Fall 2014)
Future management intern, WDW Fall 2016
(jump62359 is my everything okay)

Teas in my cupboard are in my personal collection.
I’m always looking forward to reducing my stash so let me know if you wanna swap :)
Likes/dislikes here:
http://iloveyousomatcha.tumblr.com/tea

Tea rating guide:
100-95: Best thing to ever touch my mouth and I want more. Restocking is a must
94-80: Love this tea. Restock if I can
79-70: Decent tea. Neither love nor hate.
69-60: I won’t be upset when it runs out. I’ll drink it but won’t restock.
59-30: I’ve done whatever I can to like this tea and I’ll finish the cup.
29-10: I’ve done whatever I can to like this tea. It may or may not have gone down the sink…
9-below: Let’s not even hide it. This definitely went down the drain.

I love tea.
I drink it.
I log it.
I have a good time.
Lather, rinse, repeat.

I first discovered my love for tea with jasmine teas because that’s all my mother would buy, so for the longest time, I thought that all teas were jasmine! And then in 4th grade, I watched the tea episode of Good Eats and that’s when the education started! I’d like to blame Alton Brown for starting this obsession because now I only like loose leaf tea.
It wasn’t until my second year of college that I actually expanded my tea taste buds. Special shout out to Cara McGee, Tea Queen for her Adagio Fandom blends. Because of Cara, I actually started drinking blacks, herbals and whites and pretty much everything else in between. I still have a special love for my jasmine though :)
I (try to) drink tea daily. Usually just straight up, no sugar or milk. This little obsession started young and just… kept going, I guess.

also I apologize in advance for lazy tasting notes and horrible grammar in everything I write. I was an avid fandom blogger on tumblr and tumblr talk can get in the way of everything kthxbai

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