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tea-sipper drank Irish Breakfast by Dollar Tea Club

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Mastress Alita’s sipdown challenge Wednesday, March 17th: St. Patrick’s Day Tea #1

Oh lord how I forgot this is NOT an “Irish Breakfast” tea. It’s a green tea. With bergamot. And sprinkles. The sprinkles are cute anyway! And into the steeper it goes. Then as I’m drinking it, I realize this is actually very delicious. The bergamot is lovely on this mild gunpowder base, and then the sprinkles enhance with sweetness. I’m actually going to raise the rating from 74. This is a sample but I wouldn’t mind having more around. Next time a sipdown.

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Mastress Alita
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I very rarely like berg mixed with green tea. I think I’d be less offended if they just named this something else since “Irish Breakfast” in my head is definitely a straight black blend!

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Yep, this definitely needs a different name.

tea-sipper
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oh and happy birthday! I haven’t had a chance to read tasting notes today…

Leafhopper
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I agree, the name is a bit misleading.

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Mastress Alita
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I very rarely like berg mixed with green tea. I think I’d be less offended if they just named this something else since “Irish Breakfast” in my head is definitely a straight black blend!

tea-sipper
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Yep, this definitely needs a different name.

tea-sipper
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oh and happy birthday! I haven’t had a chance to read tasting notes today…

Leafhopper
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I agree, the name is a bit misleading.

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Hi! I love tea and trying new ones – it adds a bit of variety to my day! Books, music, TV & movies are my thing… and tea, of course.

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Most of the teas listed in my cupboard are actually sample sizes. I don’t really have 2,000 ounces of tea around here! Many of my teas have only one teaspoon left… maybe two. But I like keeping them in my cupboard list for reference to what I could be sipping. Usually, I write tasting notes once for each tea. I’m still drinking them, just not writing tasting notes each time!

I’m always in search of: Hattialli, Qu Hao black, Jin Jun Mei, teas using marshmallow root.

My dislikes: hibiscus, ginger (unless in chai), turmeric, bee pollen, charcoal type flavors

My ratings:
95-100 – Super awesome deliciousness favorites – cupboard essential
80-95 – Also pretty delicious
65-80 – Pretty good
50-65 – Okay
1-50 – Probably won’t want to sip it again

I’m planning on being a Steepsterer as long as there IS a Steepster, so if you’re not hearing from me, that means something happened to my health… if you know what I mean. (Or as evidenced by the great computer hiatus of 2019, something happened to my computer… I have a dumb phone so can’t access internet on that. As of 12/20/21 my wifi might start getting unreliable.)

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