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ohfancythat drank Inara by Adagio Custom Blends, Amy Zen

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I, uh, I really really hated this.

I don’t know if it’s because I’m not a huge fan of spicy teas, but if this is an example of chai then maybe I’m just not a chai fan.

It rubbed me the wrong way big time.
I found drinking it felt like someone just took a bunch of random spicy things and threw them all together and called it a tea.

“Exotic” is one word for it. I get what they were going for as far as the character of Inara but blehhhhh.

I agree with RoswellStrange that it certainly LOOKED pretty. That’s about the only nice thing I can say.

It also got super bitter and gross, just like the last one I tried. I may be learning I’m not a big Adagio fan, good thing I didn’t order from them!

Thanks for sending this my way, Cavocorax! (No, really, it’s appreciated! :))

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TeaLady441
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Hah. At least you know what not to buy!
I can’t believe how much everyone else hated it and how I gave it a 90! Maybe it’s because I like the coconut/lemongrass in the thai chai? Oh well.

Roswell Strange
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I didn’t get the Coconut at all, though… Everything else drowned it out too much. And I guess my being really neutral towards lemongrass may not have helped?

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TeaLady441
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Hah. At least you know what not to buy!
I can’t believe how much everyone else hated it and how I gave it a 90! Maybe it’s because I like the coconut/lemongrass in the thai chai? Oh well.

Roswell Strange
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I didn’t get the Coconut at all, though… Everything else drowned it out too much. And I guess my being really neutral towards lemongrass may not have helped?

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name change alert – going from whatshesaid to ohfancythat

Hello!

I love tea. I love my mini-me daughter, my husband, my dog Wally, Netflix, shopping, and tea. Some other stuff too, but these are the most important!

Some favourites -

My new favourite tea company is A Quarter to Tea. I love the flavouring used and how it doesn’t seem fake, and the combinations are so delicious. Right up my alley.

My favourite teas are black, I love Laoshan Black and Taiwanese Wild Mountain Black tea from TTC. Also many of Teavivre’s black teas.

Butiki teas RIP, I loved how the flavours were subtle and not fake tasting and didn’t overwhelm the tea base. Trust that I am dramatically mourning the loss of this company!

Teavivre, Whispering Pines and Mariage Freres are some more tea companies I appreciate. Along with Davidstea as it was the ‘gateway drug’ to my tea addiction. Though I’m mostly over it now, I’ve definitely moved on from the artificially flavoured teas and am trying more quality straight teas!

My ultimate goal is to try as many French teas as possible – and to finally find a source in Canada for Mariage Freres so I can buy Wedding Imperial, and Black Orchid for sure.

I would like to try any Taiwanese Assams that exist in the world!

Also continuously on the hunt for Fauchon – La Naissance. If anyone has some of this I would pay for it!!! It’s my number one all time favourite tea.

When I rate, it goes like this:

85 -100 = WIN! awesome, I love this and keep it on hand
70 – 85 = pretty darn good but I don’t NEED to own it
55 – 70 = not necessarily terrible but not a tea for me!
30 – 55 = missed the mark as far as I am concerned. Wouldn’t drink it willingly.
0 – 30 = I likely won’t rate this low very often, so if you see it, consider the tea a great big FAIL and probably disgusting.

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New Brunswick, Canada

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