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This is a really nice straight tea. I received this as a sample from Stacy and have been saving it for a cooler night. The tea brews into a beautiful golden brew. It’s not a super strong tea – but the flavouring is really enjoyable. I might just have to pick this up outside of a sample size.

So I brought the rest of my peach oolong to work today to share with the folks here. they’ve been laughing at me all week about my tea consumption and i figured since the masses seem to really enjoy this tea, it might shut them up. Well it did ha! for now… now they want to know how much it costs and where they can get some good tea etc..

In so far as this tea goes, I’ll likely not order it again. While i appreciate the delicate taste of this tea, it’s just not for me. DO NOT let that deter you from trying this tea as I honestly believe that this is a wonderful tea if you can appreciate this type of tea.

So I’m finally giving this one a rating. I tried this at work today, and used water that wasn’t quite boiling. That seems to have helped, though it’s still not as exciting as i hoped it would be. It still smells DIVINE!I just wish the strawberry was more intense. I can get more of the creamy taste out of this brew but it’s still pretty bland.

I’m almost tempted to get Azzrian to send me some of hers to see if this is a bad batch or something. I really wanted to like this tea more than i do :( Here’s hoping the blueberry zabaglione on it’s way is better.

There is something perfectly wonderful about brewing a mug of tea in the morning and taking the few seconds to really savour the smell coming off the dried leaves and the brewed tea. I have really come to adore this tea. It might be one of my favourite now, and what blows my mind some days is how much this feels like a flavoured tea sometimes. This morning, the sun was pretty far up in the sky – an indication that we’ll be turning our clocks back again…but the air was cool and full of smiles. Yeah..the are was full of smiles. I’m pretty sure that fall is my favourite season and i love the change as we blur from summer to fall. This tea complements that shift.

I really need to make sure this becomes a staple in my cupboard. I was half asleep when i made this in the morning so i didn’t use enough tea but that’s my own fault. However, there is still a wild amount of flavour in this tea. I adore the malty chocolate taste.

So I’ve been trying to get to at least 2-3 samples a day whenever possible. This was another from Azzrian which smells divine! On the downside though, I’m not sure how many of you out there were ever given triaminic as a kid, but they had an orange flavoured one that was my FAVOURITE! I’d sneak tastes here and there whenever i wasn’t sick because i liked the flavour so much.

Where was i going with that? Well this tea? It tastes exactly like that lol. Now of course, i’m older and much wiser, so the taste doesn’t appeal to me quite so much. This would be an excellent summer tea imo though. :)

This tea smells like a plum…one of those plums that you know is just going to burst when you bite into it and leak juice all over your face. I just wish it tasted as delicious. Azzrian sent me this sample for which I am totally grateful :) I’m thinking maybe I brewed it a little hot so I’d like to give it a try changing the brewing parameters before I rate it – maybe even do a cold brew.

All that being said, it’s not a bad tasting tea…the scent just doesn’t jive with the taste :)

Still loving this chai, especially with the dreary rainy day that is today. I always love warm comforting rich teas when it’s a blustery windy, rainy day and this doesn’t disappoint!