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drank Red Velvet Cake by DAVIDsTEA
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THIS IS MY 400TH TASTING NOTE!!!!!!!!

Yay! I’m celebrating with a new tea! The dry leaf aroma smells really chocolaty. I don’t really get red velvet cake. Instead, it smells like gooey, sumptuous, chocolate cake! The brewed aroma has transformed yet maintains its cake likeness. It appears to be a bit scummy and oily on top, but that’s to be expected when there’s this many sprinkles in the blend.

Oh man! I don’t know if this tastes like red velvet cake per say, but IT IS YUMMY! I’m definitely tasting cake. A delicious cake! Some sips taste like chocolate cake; some sips taste like red velvet cake complete with cream cheese icing; and some sips taste like a slightly oily, sugary, cake batter-flavored tea. Oddly, all sips are equally tasty.

You definitely want to drink this while it’s hot. It’s kind of gross when it cools. But hot, it is super delicious! I sucked this cup down! I did add some sweetener and that really made this tea perfect. Second infusion for 6 minutes was pretty yummy too. Now I just have to keep repeating to myself…I cannot justify purchasing this. I cannot. I cannot.
Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec
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Hesper June
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Congrats on 400!!! Sounds like a tasty tea to celebrate:)

Veronica
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Congratulations on 400!

Sil
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YAY!! congratulations on reaching 400 :)

StephanieAnnC
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Congratulations! Mine keeps coming out bitter. How many teaspoons did you use?

CHAroma
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I probably used 2 tsp in 8 oz. of water. That’s my go-to style of brewing.

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Hesper June
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Congrats on 400!!! Sounds like a tasty tea to celebrate:)

Veronica
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Congratulations on 400!

Sil
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YAY!! congratulations on reaching 400 :)

StephanieAnnC
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Congratulations! Mine keeps coming out bitter. How many teaspoons did you use?

CHAroma
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I probably used 2 tsp in 8 oz. of water. That’s my go-to style of brewing.

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Entering the sweet blissful world of tea aromas!

Having discovered this website at the end of July 2011, I’m so excited to share my tea adventures with all of you! I grew up with my grandmother serving Twining’s English Breakfast with cream and sugar.

But on a trip to Seattle in 2010, I stumbled into a Chinese teashop and tried my first oolong tea. I was forever changed! I embarked on a startling new love for green and white teas.

With a world of teas to discover, I was inspired to keep a tea journal to record my thoughts and new favorites. Let’s get brewing!

My ratings are completely subjective and 100% my opinion. All ratings are given in relation to each other (ie. teas are rated in the order of my enjoyment of them). Therefore, my ratings will constantly change as I try more teas.

I love swapping!!! If you see something in my cupboard you’d like to try, just send me a message. If you’d like to trade, anything on my shopping list will do or feel free to send something else entirely. I’m willing to try almost anything (although I’m not really a fan of honeybush, red rooibos, pu’erh, Lapsang Souchong, & banana-flavored teas).

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