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2025 sipdown no. 1

A lovely vanilla tea, and great to have a decaf option that tastes nice. The pink cornflowers are also pretty in the dry blend. I do think I prefer this to the Vanilla Bean.

2024 sipdown no. 96

The walnut flavour here is spot on (considering this tea has no nuts). The walnut is at the forefront with the caramel much more subtle. The oolong is a lovely base. The resteep still had a decent amount of walnut flavour and was enjoyable.

1st steep: 4 minutes
2nd steep: 6 minutes

Sorry for all the notes today! Hopefully the last of my sipdowns for 2024 — onward and Happy New Year!

2024 sipdown no. 88 Georgian Tea 1847 Wild Black Tea
2024 sipdown no. 89 B&B Strawberry and Nutella Pancakes
2024 sipdown no. 90 Paper & Tea No 818 Unter Den Linden
2024 sipdown no. 91 Camellia Sinensis La Taïga Sauvage
2024 sipdown no. 92 Nabo Goa Gubbar
2024 sipdown no. 93 Chado Lavender Earl Grey
2024 sipdown no. 94 Camellia Sinensis Earl Grey Cream
2024 sipdown no. 95 OBTC Orange Cream Popsicle

2024 sipdown no. 87

I’ve brewed this at 3, 4, and 5 minutes and it always tastes the same. Like muddled maple water. Such a shame considering the ingredients.

2024 sipdown no. 86

This one was tasty, but some of these dessert-type teas just taste the same to me. I don’t know that I could really tell this apart from Canadian Butter Tart. A good tea, but not specifically French Toast Crunch.

2024 sipdown no. 85

I’m too lazy to write a full note, but just for me this was bleh and dumped.

2024 sipdown no. 84

Naturally this is a lavender explosion (which I don’t mind). The vanilla is also very apparent, but amongst those two strong flavours, somehow the bergamot gets lost. A good tea overall, but I’m not a vanilla fan, so I’m looking forward to Tea Girl’s regular lavender EG.

2024 sipdown no. 83

The flavour here is nettle and green beans. As it cools, a “green tea sweetness” (barely sweetness haha) balanced with bitterness comes forward.

2024 sipdown no. 82

This is very much strawberry rhubarb, but I don’t get any pie. The strawberry and rhubarb are juicy and realistic, so I’m quite enjoying the tea regardless of the missing pie. I suspect this would be lovely chilled — If I were to order this, I would definitely try it that way.

Happy Christmas Eve to those celebrating! ❤

Wow, this is all blueberry! I am really impressed with the true blueberry, non-cloying or candy-like flavour. I will happily stock my cupboard with this one. :)