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drank After Dark by Steam Tea House
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Ooh, I’ve wanted to try this for a bit now. It’s been in my sipdown container for a few weeks, and I’ve just been making my way through things as I can. It’s got quite the lineage, this particular cuppa – there are three names on the bag: OMGsrsly, Sil and then myself. I love it when great tea gets swapped all over the country and back! So much fun.

To the tea. It’s almost a chai, more chocolately than chai however, plus a nice thickness from the huge piece of cardamom in this particular teaspoon. It’s creamy and savory, sweet and dessert-like.. I may need to (finally) go find Steam and get some more.

EDIT: What?! This is rooibos? Jeepers. Had I put that together, I would have enjoyed this long ago. Most definitely on my to-order list now.

1 tsp in 12oz., because the sample package sent to me shared I should steep 1.5 tsp in 250mL.

Flavors: Chocolate, Cinnamon, Cream

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 5 min, 30 sec 1 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
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OMGsrsly
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You should probably go find Steam! :)

OMGsrsly
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Oh, this one is also awesome steeped in milky stuff. I’ve left it ~30-40 minutes before, then heated it again and strained it to drink.

Sil
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i love this one.

Suziqzer
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Sounds like an exceptionally traveled tea, and a good one at that :)

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OMGsrsly
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You should probably go find Steam! :)

OMGsrsly
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Oh, this one is also awesome steeped in milky stuff. I’ve left it ~30-40 minutes before, then heated it again and strained it to drink.

Sil
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i love this one.

Suziqzer
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Sounds like an exceptionally traveled tea, and a good one at that :)

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A few years ago, the obsession with tea started. The cupboard got bigger and bigger, more swaps occurred, group buys, secret rendezvous with local teapassionistas… and that’s how you end up with 500+ different kinds of tea in your home. At one time.

Almost all of the tea was given away, sold, or otherwise shared. A few relics still remain. I now travel full time with only two carryon bags to my name. One quarter of those bags are tea.

It’s still a challenge to avoid the chipmunk-like hoarding of The Teas, yet, the lightness of being from having so little compels me more.

If I have enough, I’m happy to share. If I’m in your area, I’d love to swap, meet for tea, and explore together.

As for the day-to-day stuff, I’m focused almost entirely on Love, (yes, with a capital L), Spirit/Self, transformation, travel and my writing and speaking work.

What kinds of teas do I normally like?

YES: flavored teas, fruity, dessert, chai, and spicy (REALLY spicy).

A FONDNESS FOR: all white teas, malty black teas, any herbal or medicinal teas, strange/weird teas you can only get in one place.

ALLERGIC TO: strawberries, lavender

DISLIKES: any added sugars, grains, lapsang souchong, and overly floral teas – I might enjoy a Jasmine Green every once in a while, but unless it’s a creamy floral tea (think roses in a chai, or the smoothness of a floral note in a French tea), I’ll likely pass. Earl Greys are a hit or miss with me; heavy on the cream or fruit notes and I might like it, heavy on the blergamot and I definitely won’t.

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