This time around I thought there must be a way to bring out the more pronounced tone of the puerh. I certainly was not going to steep for 15+ mins as suggested as from the SA., however I found steeping it for 2 mins really gave this tea mor

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Whew! this weekend was quite the whirlwind. Visited my friend H and her two girls up in Cambridge, went to the TUFF awards last night and met some interesting peeps! and had two Teavana teas that didn’t quite float my boat. Well, the first…Read full tasting note

Did you know you can get sick of banana bread? Yep. It happens. Something about 5-6 loaves of banana bread over 3 weeks does that. I’ve been seeking out over-ripe banana recipes and wound up making banana honey whoopie pies last night and t

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Sipdown no. 45 of 2016 (no. 256 total).

The BF and No. 1 both have some respiratory thing. No. 1’s involves a fever, sore throat and cough. The BF’s doesn’t seem to have fever, just everything else.

Knowing that the BF likes this one, whe

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ashmanra’s monthly sipdown challenge
January 2023 → a celebration tea

Always and forever my celebration tea! It’s sweet strawberry candy in a mug. I usually pull this one out for holidays and hard days. Or any day when I feel the need for

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Picked this one up yesterday, needed a lil change up between my other pu-erhs.
This smells like those strawberry marshmallows.
This is a very light pu-erh & has a very thin mouth feel. Not exactly what I’m used to in regards to pu-erh. It

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I’ve had this tea a bit more lately, as it is one of the few caffeinated ones in the cheapest category for to go drinks. On subsequent tastings, I have determined that there is a slight strawberry note in the brew, and it is actually not ov

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I love flavored pu-ehrs, but I keep going back and forth on this one. Slenderness aside, the dark musty taste of the pu-ehr is an interesting pairing with the tart sweetness of strawberry. I’m currently drinking this in a tea travel mug, so

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Here’s Hoping Traveling Teabox – Round #5 – Tea #47
A few teas to write tasting notes for that I saved from the teabox. This one I threw in the infuser before running to the PO with the teabox. This one isn’t bad! I like the ripened pu-e

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After seeing the reviews on this tea, I’m actually pretty surprised how much I like it. It is absolutely delicious with sweetener – black tea with a delicious sweet strawberry taste. Is it like biting into a big red juicy strawberry in the

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