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Was craving genmaicha tonight. I thought organizing my tea stash was suppose to make it easier to find thing. If you were me where would you have put genmaicha? Uggg I was doing better when the tea was everywhere. Oh well, will hunt it down another night.
Thanks to MissB and the shared order Black Friday extravaganza, I have a whole tin of this. I still LOVE it, and it is making me happy tonight.

VariaTEA

This sounds interesting for sure. Did it satisfy your genmaicha craving despite not being a genmaicha? Or are you still searching for your genmaicha?

Dexter

It’s not genmaicha, but it’s nutty, roasty sort of like that. I did not continue looking for the genmaicha. I found this and thought – close enough. If I could sort my virtual cupboard by “type” of tea, I would find it. Too lazy to scroll through all my tea, I KNOW I have an unopened package from Verdant that I could find if I went looking, but I think I have an opened package or sample too. Don’t really know what I am looking for so it makes finding the package difficult. If I saw it in my virtual cupboard that would help job the memory. Tomorrow is another day.

VariaTEA

I can imagine searching through over 300 teas must make things difficult, especially when you are not sure what you are looking for.

MissB

Heh. I just found my Moose Tracks after weeks of having lost it… it fell down in my cupboard behind a bunch of other things.

Dexter

Yay you found your Moose Tracks – it was just hiding from you.

TheTeaFairy

Sometimes, it’s better NOT to find a tea than finding it at an unreachable place…just saying.

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VariaTEA

This sounds interesting for sure. Did it satisfy your genmaicha craving despite not being a genmaicha? Or are you still searching for your genmaicha?

Dexter

It’s not genmaicha, but it’s nutty, roasty sort of like that. I did not continue looking for the genmaicha. I found this and thought – close enough. If I could sort my virtual cupboard by “type” of tea, I would find it. Too lazy to scroll through all my tea, I KNOW I have an unopened package from Verdant that I could find if I went looking, but I think I have an opened package or sample too. Don’t really know what I am looking for so it makes finding the package difficult. If I saw it in my virtual cupboard that would help job the memory. Tomorrow is another day.

VariaTEA

I can imagine searching through over 300 teas must make things difficult, especially when you are not sure what you are looking for.

MissB

Heh. I just found my Moose Tracks after weeks of having lost it… it fell down in my cupboard behind a bunch of other things.

Dexter

Yay you found your Moose Tracks – it was just hiding from you.

TheTeaFairy

Sometimes, it’s better NOT to find a tea than finding it at an unreachable place…just saying.

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C.S. Lewis – “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”

I needed to update my profile. I joined Steepster 03Mar13. I am just amazed at how much my tastes have changed since then.
When I discovered loose leaf tea about a year and half ago, I didn’t know anything other than my local Davids and Teavana/Teaopia. Stumbling onto Steepster CHANGED EVERYTHING.
Hello, my name is Dex I’m a tea addict.
I’ve been through the “I need to try every single tea out there” phase. I really hope the worst of that has passed. I’ve learned enough to know that I only need to try HALF of all the teas out there. LOL
When I started this journey, I was all about the flavored rooibos and fruity tisanes. Don’t get me wrong there is still room for dessert (chocolate/caramel/nutty) Rooibos teas in my cupboard and I still do enjoy them, BUT I am quickly learning to appreciate the some of the straight teas of the world.
Big bold (but not icky)pu’erh is suddenly my favorite, followed by woody/roasted oolongs. I’m just starting to explore straight black teas, and have found some that I really like.
Generally speaking I’m not into greens at all, only like the occasional green oolong, and white teas are just too mild for my tastes (unless they are fruit flavored). I still enjoy really good fruit tisanes, but am now cold steeping them.
I don’t like floral/herbal blends, and mint anything is not on my preferred list.
I am still exploring new teas, adapting to my changing tastes, understanding more every day how little I really know about tea. Ultimately I would love to find approximately 50 teas that I just “can’t live without” and always have them in my cupboard. That might not be practical, but that what I’m searching for. It’s going to be a fun journey.

All in all, I love this site. I’ve met some wonderful people, and have gotten to try some amazing teas because of them. It really restores your faith in humanity when you get a note saying “oh by the way I sent you some tea”. Wonderful, generous, people here.

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