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Anlina drank Blackberry Mojito by Teavana

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I really want to love this, I really, really do. I adore blackberry mojitos (substitute gin for rum, since everything is less delicious with anaphylaxis.) And if I really pay attention to this tea, it has all the notes I’m looking for. There’s lime, mint and berry, which should be all good. But if I don’t really focus on those notes then all I get is tart, tart, tart with a touch of mint.

It’s actually quite lovely if I pay close attention, but if I’m just sipping it while doing other stuff, I don’t care for it all that much. Very weird.

I’ll probably finish this, and maybe play with the steeping to see if I can get less tart and more of the distinct notes to come out. Teavana’s very specific directions were 1-1.5 tsp, 1 min, 79C, which produced basically a cup of hot water for me. I put the basket in for another minute after it had cooled down enough to taste, and it was far better. Some sugar might help too…

Flavors: Berry, Blackberry, Fruity, Lime, Mint, Tart

Preparation

175 °F / 79 °C 2 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 6 OZ / 177 ML

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I grew up drinking jasmine green tea with meals, but really fell in love with tea on a trip to Britain in elementary school. My first great love was Earl Grey, and I still adore it and all its variants.

I discovered the beauty of loose leaf tea much later, when, on impulse, I picked up a few teas that were on clearance at a home store. My introduction to loose leaf teas were Masala Chai and Provence Rooibos by the Metropolitan Tea Co and an unknown brand of kukicha and gyokuro (little did I know what a precious treasure I’d stumbled onto with that.)

At the time I was lucky to live in a place with multiple tea shops and several places to have afternoon tea, which is a delight I still miss.

Tea is part of my daily ritual and a nice, affordable way to appease the collector in me.

I enjoy distinctive whites, greens and oolongs, flavoured blacks, and herbals that are heavy on the citrus, lavender or mint.

Rating rubric, to give myself some consistency:
0-15 Yuck, not even drinkable.
16-30 Disappointing, not really inclined to give it a second try.
31-45 Disappointing, but maybe there’s potential? Worth one more try, prepped differently.
46-60 Mediocre, not terrible but not memorable.
61-75 Not bad. I’ll definitely finish what I have and might buy again.
76-90 Very enjoyable. Tasty, complex, it’ll keep me coming back.
91-100 BEST! I love everything about it and I will drink it forever.

Beyond tea, I’m a sex educator, polyamory activist, and radical queer. I love backwoods camping, abstract painting, baking & cooking, nail polish, cats, ceramic sculpture, and home nesting.

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Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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