95

Additional notes: Sipdown! Trying all the pearls with the same parameters slowly but surely. (Five pearls, just boiled, rinse, 2 min, 4 min). These are not my favorite, as they seem to be more typical black tea flavored than the chocolate honey deliciousness I usually find in pearls, if that makes sense. Apparently I really liked them last time and I steeped four pearls for FIVE minutes. Whoa. These seem to have hints of cherry in the flavor too. I like these but there are better pearls and now they’re gone. I guess all of these pearls really AREN’T the same. Most of them seem to have slight differences.

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Fjellrev 10 years ago

Do you have any favourite pearls?

tea-sipper 10 years ago

Here is the list so far, but there are a couple I haven’t retried yet. Keep in mind “least favorite” means ALL of these were still rated in the upper 90s! :D

Most favorite
Mandala – Black Pearl
TIED Teasenz- Red Dragon Pearls & Tealux – Black Dragon Pearls
Adagio – Black dragon pearls
Teavivre – Fengqing Dragon Pearl (I prefer a deeper flavor to my pearls!)
Least favorite

Fjellrev 10 years ago

That is an awesome list, thank you! Of those, I’ve only tried Teavivre’s.

tea-sipper 10 years ago

Thanks! I definitely haven’t tried all the black pearls (Teavana’s and ThePuritea’s weren’t compared yet) but I know there are even more!

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Fjellrev 10 years ago

Do you have any favourite pearls?

tea-sipper 10 years ago

Here is the list so far, but there are a couple I haven’t retried yet. Keep in mind “least favorite” means ALL of these were still rated in the upper 90s! :D

Most favorite
Mandala – Black Pearl
TIED Teasenz- Red Dragon Pearls & Tealux – Black Dragon Pearls
Adagio – Black dragon pearls
Teavivre – Fengqing Dragon Pearl (I prefer a deeper flavor to my pearls!)
Least favorite

Fjellrev 10 years ago

That is an awesome list, thank you! Of those, I’ve only tried Teavivre’s.

tea-sipper 10 years ago

Thanks! I definitely haven’t tried all the black pearls (Teavana’s and ThePuritea’s weren’t compared yet) but I know there are even more!

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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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