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LiberTEAS drank OLD VERSION - Manistee Moonrise - v93 (2011-4/2014) by Whispering Pines Tea Company

4843 tasting notes

Thank you to Azzrian for sending me some of this tea.

When I read a tasting note about this tea just yesterday, I had read that it was a smoky tasting tea, and that stuck with me when I brewed this, so, I did a quick rinse of the leaves before I brewed to maybe remove some of the heavy smoke flavor. I’m not a big fan of smoke, I prefer a gently smoky tea over a heavily smoked one … so I hoped that a quick rinse might keep it from tasting too overwhelmingly smoky.

And … it doesn’t. It is smoky, yes, but there is so much more going on here. The berry notes are outstanding. I taste notes of lemon as well, and the pine’s resinous notes. The mint is subtle but I love that crisp note it provides.

A really lovely tea. I’m so glad I was able to try it!

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Tabby
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I keep reading this as “Manatee Moonrise”…

gmathis
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Me, too! (And wondering how a manatee could manage a teacup with nothing but flippers.)

Bonnie
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they must have changed the recipe for this tea because I don’t remember it having mint and berry.

Terri HarpLady
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Yeah, I want it to say Manatee…so what does Manistee mean? Maybe it’s a place…(quick zip over to search engine)…yup, Manistee, Michigan. Dunno if that’s what they named the tea for, but now we know.