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drank Cha Ven Thai tea by Teavana
768 tasting notes

Tonight I decided to go thru my tea stash and figure out what I actually have, and which teas I can drink down in the next few weeks. It’s been my plan for a while to get my stash down to only 20 teas, and once I’m there to keep it that way. You know, have three or four really good straight blacks, four or five flavored dessert teas, two or three herbal or non caffeine teas, a couple medicinal type teas, a couple of chai teas, and a couple seasonal teas.

Well, I have a ways to go, but I do have about 12 teas that I have only a few tablespoons of. You know the ones? Either they are so good that you can’t bear to finish them off, or they are so blah that you just can’t bring yourself to drink it. I guess there are a few in between, too, the ones that get overlooked because they get lost. This was one of the lost ones. I enjoyed its flavor, but I won’t miss this one. Of the Teavana teas I’ve purchased, this was probably my favorite. Good bye, little tea.

Rosehips

I am trying to do something similar to my cupboard. I applaud your efforts!

ashmanra

Same here, but I have a long way to go. In addition, I am catering to the tea tastes of several other people, so we end up with a LOT of tea.

Maddy Barone

Kudos to you both. It is SO HARD to try to whittle the tea stash down. Yesterday I ordered my David’s 24 Days of Tea and I was soooo close to ordering a couple of teas to try. But I was good and got only the advent calendar and a few tea bags (I only needed 5 more dollars for free shipping) I live in a world where it is so easy to buy online, but realism says I have only so much space.

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Rosehips

I am trying to do something similar to my cupboard. I applaud your efforts!

ashmanra

Same here, but I have a long way to go. In addition, I am catering to the tea tastes of several other people, so we end up with a LOT of tea.

Maddy Barone

Kudos to you both. It is SO HARD to try to whittle the tea stash down. Yesterday I ordered my David’s 24 Days of Tea and I was soooo close to ordering a couple of teas to try. But I was good and got only the advent calendar and a few tea bags (I only needed 5 more dollars for free shipping) I live in a world where it is so easy to buy online, but realism says I have only so much space.

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I love cats. I love alone time. I love sitting indoors on a cold winter night with a book or my knitting while drinking tea. I don’t have a sense of smell, so many of the more subtle flavors of tea escape me. Two of the things I CAN taste are bitter and sour, so any tea that has even a slightly bitter taste is nasty for me. And what others might perceive as pleasant tartness may be horribly sour for me.

I’m also a writer. I love writing, and a mug of hot tea helps me get through the hours sitting in front of the computer. Although I’m a comparatively new tea drinker, I’m jumping in feet first. Feel free to recommend any teas you think I might enjoy.

100-91 – Wowza! I want to keep this tea in the cupboard all the time.
75-90 – Very nice. It would be good to have this tea on hand from time to time.
60-74 – OK. Wouldn’t keep it in the cupboard, but I would drink it again.
45-59 – If a friend served this I would drink it to be polite, but it’s not really my cuppa.
Lower than 45 – Blech. It was too sour or bitter for my taste. Would not drink it again.

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