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drank Velvet Cacao by Samovar
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2023 An Ode to Tea – V

I will post some notes, since some of you have been thinking the dashboard is stuck!  This is odd, as I don’t actually have this tea in my steepster cupboard, so I’m not sure how I thought to drink it for the letter ‘V’.  hmm.  It also looks like I never wrote a note for it?  I can’t find a double tea in the database for this one…  Not many teas for ‘V’ in the category of low hanging fruit, close to a sipdown.  So this one has a ton of coconut and it’s old, so it will have to do.  It’s an odd blend!  I bet it was really delicious back in the day.  I don’t have that memory anymore… and sadly, neither did Steepster keep that memory for me.  It reminds me most of Maya’s Coconut Rush, if it was less dessert and more authentically coconut.  Plus, add some cocoa shells. Otherwise, it has that puerh/ green yerba mate base that Maya’s Coconut Rush had. But it definitely isn’t the same blend.

eta: nope, my non steepster tea records show that I previously rated this and it was called Samovar Tea Lounge – Velvet Cacao Pu-erh — which means a tea has definitely been deleted from Steepster, along with my tasting note. huh

Courtney

This name is so lovely sounding haha.

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This name is so lovely sounding haha.

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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
shop.Javateaco.com
Lupicia
Octaviatea.com
Davidstea.com
eco-cha.com
what-cha.com
singleoriginteas.com
teasenz.com
tealyra.com
Mandalatea.com
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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