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__Morgana__ drank Turkish Apple by Upton Tea Imports

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Sipdown no. 54 of 2017 (no. 335 total).

Upton no longer carries this, and since it’s the only apple herbal that I’ve had that isn’t basically a vehicle for cinnamon and other apple pie spices to be delivered, I had hoarded it.

It’s just apple. Which is awesome, because sometimes you don’t want cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, etc.

I wrote to Upton to ask about its not being on the web site, and they explained they’d discontinued it because it had artificial flavors.

Hey Upton — can you find a Turkish Apple that doesn’t have artificial flavors? Or create one?

I was relegated to sleuthing for another source on the web, and eventually ended up on Amazon. It turns out that Turkish Apple is not the same to everyone who sells it. The only place I could find that had a fruit tisane with the same ingredients was a company called Teaf in Germany. It cost about as much to ship my order as it did to buy it, but I ordered from them.

My guess, frankly, is that Upton was sourcing from Teaf because their Turkish Apple said it was from Germany. But this is just me drawing a conclusion. I have nothing to base it on.

Anyway, at least I have another Turkish Apple. So I can continue with the project of clearing out aged tisanes now that I have a bunch of fresh ones.

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Lexie Aleah
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Good Sleuthing! I bet your right. I’d done similar research.

__Morgana__
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It tastes the same, too!

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Lexie Aleah
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Good Sleuthing! I bet your right. I’d done similar research.

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It tastes the same, too!

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I got obsessed with tea in 2010 for a while, then other things intruded, then I cycled back to it. I seem to be continuing that in for a while, out for a while cycle. I have a short attention span, but no shortage of tea.

I’m a mom, writer, gamer, lawyer, reader, runner, traveler, and enjoyer of life, literature, art, music, thought and kindness, in no particular order. I write fantasy and science fiction under the name J. J. Roth.

Personal biases: I drink tea without additives. If a tea needs milk or sugar to improve its flavor, its unlikely I’ll rate it high. The exception is chai, which I drink with milk/sugar or substitute. Rooibos and honeybush were my gateway drugs, but as my tastes developed they became less appealing — I still enjoy nicely done blends. I do not mix well with tulsi or yerba mate, and savory teas are more often a miss than a hit with me. I used to hate hibiscus, but I’ve turned that corner. Licorice, not so much.

Since I find others’ rating legends helpful, I added my own. But I don’t really find myself hating most things I try.

I try to rate teas in relation to others of the same type, for example, Earl Greys against other Earl Greys. But if a tea rates very high with me, it’s a stand out against all other teas I’ve tried.

95-100 A once in a lifetime experience; the best there is

90-94 Excellent; first rate; top notch; really terrific; will definitely buy more

80-89 Very good; will likely buy more

70-79 Good; would enjoy again, might buy again

60-69 Okay; wouldn’t pass up if offered, but likely won’t buy again

Below 60 Meh, so-so, iffy, or ick. The lower the number, the closer to ick.

I don’t swap. It’s nothing personal, it’s just that I have way more tea than any one person needs and am not lacking for new things to try. Also, I have way too much going on already in daily life and the additional commitment to get packages to people adds to my already high stress level. (Maybe it shouldn’t, but it does.)

That said, I enjoy reading folks’ notes, talking about what I drink, and getting to “know” people virtually here on Steepster so I can get ideas of other things I might want to try if I can ever again justify buying more tea. I also like keeping track of what I drink and what I thought about it.

My current process for tea note generation is described in my note on this tea: https://steepster.com/teas/mariage-freres/6990-the-des-impressionnistes