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First, I must say I’m very happy to have my e-mail notifications back after a number of years! Hopefully I haven’t missed much without them…I have tried to keep up!
Received this from JakeB quite a while ago – an entire cake!  Thank you!  I think it was one of the first tea from W2T I have ever had.  Nothing disagreeable about this puerh in any aspect.  I most love the fragrance of the steeped leaves after the first steep- so biscuity and bready, sweet yet dark… Though the description for this says it’s many years of material from Menghai, this one reminds me of my favorite Teavivre puerh I lost out on in the last sale, Teavivre’s Fengqing Golden Buds Ripened Pu-erh Cake 2013.  So not even the same region, though maybe my necessary (to me) overleafing causes ANY ripe puerh to have these flavors.  Second steep – just as good, with the best notes from coffee and dark chocolate.  Steeps 3-5 also very consistent, gradually watering down but not by much. This IS reliable and it will be very very old by the time I’m done drinking it only because I’ll be hoarding another favorite.
Steep #1 // lots of leaf for a big mug // 32 minutes after boiling // rinse // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // 15 minutes after boiling // 3 min
Steep #3 // 15 minutes after boiling // 3 min
Steep #4 // 10 minutes after boiling // 3 min
Steep #5 // just boiled – half mug // many minute steep

Leafhopper

I’m also glad to have my email notifications back. :)

ashmanra

I will have to keep looking for mine! Haven’t had an email notification in years.

tea-sipper

ashmanra – I’m surprised it didn’t work for everyone… the thread is here if you want to mention you are still having problems: https://steepster.com/discuss/43850-prioritize-steepsters-next-steps-poll?page=1

ashmanra

Thank you!

ashmanra

tea-sipper: I just got my first notification in years!

tea-sipper

Awesome, ashmanra! I’m glad it’s fixed :D

Kittenna

I didn’t know people weren’t getting them! I’ve been getting them the whole time, but I do get them in quadruplicate for some discussion threads, which is annoying.

tea-sipper

Yeah, 4 notifications of each sounds annoying…

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Leafhopper

I’m also glad to have my email notifications back. :)

ashmanra

I will have to keep looking for mine! Haven’t had an email notification in years.

tea-sipper

ashmanra – I’m surprised it didn’t work for everyone… the thread is here if you want to mention you are still having problems: https://steepster.com/discuss/43850-prioritize-steepsters-next-steps-poll?page=1

ashmanra

Thank you!

ashmanra

tea-sipper: I just got my first notification in years!

tea-sipper

Awesome, ashmanra! I’m glad it’s fixed :D

Kittenna

I didn’t know people weren’t getting them! I’ve been getting them the whole time, but I do get them in quadruplicate for some discussion threads, which is annoying.

tea-sipper

Yeah, 4 notifications of each sounds annoying…

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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.

Some of my favorite tea shops (still operating):
birdandblendtea.com
teavivre.com
52teas.com
svtea.com
whisperingpinestea.com
justea.com
harney.com
Dammann Freres
fusionteas.com
Javateaco.com
Lupicia
Octaviatea.com
Davidstea
eco-cha.com
what-cha.com
singleoriginteas.com
teasenz.com
tealyra.com
Mandala
verdanttea.com

Favorite tea shops (RIP):
butikiteas.com
steapshoppe.com
steepcityteas.com
aquartertotea.com
dellaterrateas.com
zentealife.com
angrytearoom.com
theteamerchant.net
joysteaspoon.com
tealiciousllc.com
Rivertea
Specialteas

My icon photo is Richard Mayhew from the graphic novel ‘Neverwhere’ by Neil Gaiman, Mike Carey & Glenn Fabry.

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.)

Happy sipping!

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