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I expected to like this more than I did, and bought 24g expecting so. Strangely, though, I wasn’t a big fan. It was okay, but something in it is throwing me off – perhaps it’s the sugar, pineapple, apple? Or maybe the rosehips? I don’t believe it’s the rooibos. Either way, it is not the decadent treat I was looking for; there are flavours present that I don’t want. I really think my lavender tea sweet spot is with a nice, flavourful white tea, or in a lightly flavoured earl grey, or that one tea that is a black/rooibos mix with lavender and caramel.

Not a bad tea, just not what I’d envisioned when I heard “Lavender Buttercream” (I tasted zero buttercream, fwiw.) I’m curious whether I like this or Lavender Swirl better… it has been too long since having the latter for me to remember.

You’d be hard-pressed to know that there was any oolong in here, or tea for that matter. But it does taste like cherries, kind of a red sourpuss/cherry blaster kind of vibe, but not too tart. Probably a fantastic iced tea. I’d prefer a little more of an actual sour cherry flavour rather than candy sour cherry, so not my favourite but I did resteep it twice, so evidently I did not hate it!

Sipdown! 145/365!

Drank this while watching the GoT finale last night. Luckily, I tried it before the show started, otherwise I would have just been blindly consuming it. I was actually fairly impressed with it; I have no familiarity with quinces, but there was an unfamiliar flavour in the tea which could have been it, and it was pleasant. Aside from that, it mostly tasted like a non-hibby fruity black tea (heavy on the fruit, very light on the tea). Had I had more of it, it would have been a great candidate for iced tea, but I only had a cup’s worth remaining of my sample.

Overall, not bad, as always I wish there was a bit more actual tea flavour in here, but the fruit combination was sweet and pleasant.

Unofficial sipdown from 2018. Uncertain whether I have more of this somewhere; this particular packet was from the reserve tea club, and is labelled “Autumn Harvest Laoshan Bilochun”. It was delicious and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Unofficial sipdown from 2018. Pretty sure I thought this was okay, but I own lime marshmallow teas from three different companies which thoroughly satisfy my desire for creamy lime teas, and they don’t have a bunch of herbals ingredients. Nevermind that every single tea is unavailable.

Well. I’ve had this tea twice now, and neglected to log it both times, but this will count as the log for the last time I drank it. Except… I can’t even remember what it tastes like! How awful. It’s at my MIL’s house, so I can’t even take a sniff to jog my memory. C’est la vie. I want to say I liked it, but I just don’t know…

This oolong is okay, but there’s a bit of a dry minerally quality to it that I’m not overly fond of. It’s not bad, I just prefer oolongs to have a richer, juicier profile, if that makes any sense. Although that said, the more sips I take, the more it is growing on me. Still won’t be a favourite, though.

I really do not care for this tea, and it’s not age, as I recall being heavily disappointed when I brewed this up at work, which is atypical for straight whites from DavidsTea, for me. I wish someone could tell me what the flavour is that I’m tasting; the best I can come up with is maybe musty hay? But it’s not overly pleasant. I also don’t think there’s necessarily anything wrong with the tea, it’s just not a flavour I care for at all. I think I’ve tasted similar flavours with white peony before, but maybe not quite as pronounced, possibly because the tea wasn’t as fresh?

I’ve noticed a lot of comparisons to peas, and perhaps that makes sense – but raw, overgrown, hard peas that are no longer at their prime for eating, as opposed to fresh, sweet peas. I also don’t care for peas, so again, this could make sense.

Anyhow, I’ll stick to my Zomba Pearls and Moonlight White, thanks. (As a testament to how little I cared for this flavour, I didn’t even resteep it.)

Aaaand another unofficial sipdown (finished up sometime prior to Oct 2018). I do actually remember this tea, and I believed I enjoyed it for what it was, though it didn’t have my favourite chocolate/raisin notes.

Another unofficial sipdown. Unfortunately, I recall nothing of this tea, but it presumably wasn’t amazing, otherwise I might have remembered the name. Drank it sometime at work; had 8g, so probably twice.