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(DavidsTea 2022: 39)

Whew. Forgot that this was basically straight hibiscus. It delivered, and I think the stevia cut the tart just slightly so it wasn’t quite so in-your-face. Can’t really complain; this tea is what it intends to be – tart!

(DavidsTea 2022: 38)

Yup, that’s right, I also can’t comment much on this one because I was eating something too strong. It was good, but I had a laugh reading my previous note for this tea (presumably a not-organic version?) where I thought the tea tasted like seaweed, and was not a fan. I expect a more favourable review when I try this again.

(DavidsTea 2022: 37)

Got my latest tea order and chose a couple straight teas to try first. Unfortunately, I was eating delicious delicious chocolate seashells and aside from this being pleasant and lightly flavoured, with some sweetness, I can’t say much. Lots to work with, though.

(52teas (Anne) 2022: 79)

Per previous tasting note, not a fan of the rooibos here, and there’s less orange, and some sweetness perhaps from the date sugar. Otherwise, it’s mostly an orange spice tea.

(52teas (Anne) 2022: 78)

Unintentionally grabbed two orange/spice honeybush teas for tonight; I guess I can compare them! (The other is Sharon’s Specialty.) This is not bad, pretty much delivers as expected and is almost a little bit spicy/peppery. I definitely prefer this one; Sharon’s Specialty has a noticeable rooibos flavour, which I don’t care for, as well as less orange, and a sweetness (date sugar?) that is nice. Mostly just the rooibos flavour I don’t care for.

(52teas (Anne) 2022: 77)

Found a tea that wasn’t on my spreadsheet, oops. So I have one more than I thought. Anyhow, it’s ok but not my favourite. A tad astringent, and I can taste the cardamom and coconut (sliiightly going off) but I want more creaminess/egginess for french toast.

(DavidsTea 2022: 36)
2022 Sipdown 43/365!

Mastress Alita’s Sipdown Challenge February 2022: Black tea

Super sad sipdown alert! I always forget how much I fell in love with this tea – just the perfect caramel orange blend with a touch of spice. Just so, so good. Kind of a vanilla-caramel-cinnamon-nutmeg-bright orange (not bitter/pithy). Base not particularly notable, but not astringent.

Recording my short list of ancient DavidsTeas I want back (maybe I’ll remember it’s here?):
Banana Oolong
Checkmate
Caramel Spice
Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble
Cranberry Pear (it came back!)
Goji Pop (it came back!)

(DavidsTea 2022: 35)

Sweet, a little tart. The sweetness lingers so it’s probably stevia, but it’s not overly annoying to me for whatever reason – but it probably would on another day. Not bad, but I think I prefer Pomgrateful.

This is… ok, but the base is not my favourite. It has a bit of an astringent flavour that I believe is not unexpected, but that I don’t love. It’s still ok, and the nutmeg helps, but if I’m honest, it just tastes like heartburn to me, heh.

2022 Sipdown 42/365!

Now this one is a technical sipdown, because it’s only packet 1 (note: it’s from January 2015! 7 years old!) Not as much tamarind flavour as there was previously, and I forgot that with gui fei, a longer infusion results in a better cup, so I understeeped a bit. But it was still good and evoked more Butiki memories. I might actually cry when I finish the last cup of my remaining flavoured Butiki teas (I have a bunch of unflavoured too, but those are more possible to obtain again).