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This is really good with a bit of honey – it makes the ginger taste more like crystalized ginger and enhances the sweetness of the peach.

Another sample polished off, this one from TeaEqualsBliss. I’m taking it with milk and a touch of honey and it really does have sort of a London Fog-ish quality to it. The vanilla and the cream sweeten it pleasently and balance out that strong-flavoured earl grey that Adagio blends.

Feeling a little groggy this morning so I tried this out in hopes that it would give me a bit of a wake-up. The smell of the tea make me think of some sort of scented cleaner – something about the smell of the lemongrass and the ginger together I think.

I was bracing myself for something toxic-tasting, but thankfully this tea didn’t deliver that. The ginger is probably the most prominent taste wrapped up with a bit of indistinct lemoniness. It isn’t too overpowering although that might be because of the low steeping temp to used. The green tea is pretty well hidden although I get it at the end of each sip. Overall this tea does has a nice refreshing quality though it’s also a bit drying on the mouth. It’s a decent enough drink, though not something I’d buy a box of I don’t think.

Another tea sample polished off – I’m on a roll here! If The NecessiTeas ships to Canada I’d seriously consider ordering this tea from them.

Another tea I’m at the end of. I really appreciate it that Ricky was willing to part with some of his stash when I missed out on ordering this limited edition tea. Thanks man! :D

I had this tea with milk – maybe a bit too much milk as if took away some of the spicy notes. It did lessen the bitterness that comes with most black teas and it sweetened the flavour a little bit. I got a rather mild resteep out of the leaves (@5:30) that tasted more like a light Ceylon than a Yunnan, so I’d only call this tea ‘okay’ for multiple steeps.

I was helping the boyfriend house-sit at his parents’ place and I raided their tea stash while I was there.

The tea is surprisingly smooth and non-astringent, with very little bitterness which I’ve come to expect from a black tea taken without any additives. The taste of the Irish Cream liqueur is distinct but not overpowering – more of an accent than the main focus. I bet this would be good with a splash of milk too. Not bad at all for a bagged tea.

The taste of goji berries is pretty unique – tart, a bit like a rosehip, but they have an underlying almost salty-umami flavour to them aswell that I’ve never come across in any other fruit.

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So this is the end of the sample Ricky kindly gave me. I’m on a quest to finish off the little bits and dregs of teas that I have sitting around in my cabinet.

I’m drinking this with milk, which seems to be the way to go with this sucker. It tastes like a yunnan but more mild than the others of that variety that I’ve tried. It’s a little bit smokey, a little bit sweet, and a little bit malty without tasting strongly of either.

It has a decent re-steep (@5:30) although there are some bitter notes starting to creep in. It has a bit of a spicy bite to it, that I think got hidden by the milk in the first steep. Perhaps this is the mythical pepper flavour?

This marks the end of another sample. I shook out what was left into my cup so it’s a little heavy on the matcha. It was a fantastic introduction to Samovar’s teas and this one is definitely on my shopping list for whenever I make an order from the company.