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I still haven’t looked up how to steep a black- and green-tea blend, so once again I split the difference. This one smells more green than black. I love the deep, rich colour of black tea; maybe it’s the addition of green or something else, I dunno, but the colour here is just straight-up brown: the brownest brown a tea ever did brown.

The flavour is hard to describe. I’ve been nyum-nyumming every sip, trying to get a feel for it, and I can’t. It has a pleasant enough flavour, but it feels two-dimensional. Nothing lingers, there’s no aftertaste—once I swallow, it’s just gone as if it were never there. This is only my second black-green blend; the other was also an Eastern Shore blend (whose name I forget) and I liked that one much better.

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 2 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML

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2012.10.07: I hear people like to understand other people’s ratings, so here’s a loose guide:

01-29: Dear God, why.
30-49: I’ll finish this cup, I guess, but no more.
50-59: Meh.
60-69: Decent. Maybe I can blend it with something else and make it better.
70-79: Heeey, this is quite good!
80-89: I love it, but I’m not in love with it.
90-100: Permanently resident in my Happy Place.

Update: I have steeped, and it was good. =] Still a tea-ophyte, though.

This is a tea site, so I feel like “well, I’m Indian” should be enough of an introduction. Because, I mean, it’s kind of in my genes, right? But the fact of the matter is that I’m an absolute tea-ophyte.

I’ve just discovered a world beyond Celestial Seasonings. I’ve just discovered “sachets” instead of “normal” tea bags and bought my first loose tea sampler. I don’t get the whole water temperature and steep time thing yet, nor that if I want to get a yixiang tea pot, I’d need one for each type of tea. I have this infuser ball thing, but I haven’t used it yet.

Don’t cringe, but right now I’m still just boiling water and pouring it over a teabag, adding some sugar, and drinking a nice, hot cuppa. I’d like to learn more, I think, and I’d like to train my palate. I figure participating in this community is the best way to do that.

So ya. Hi!

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