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drank Oolong Caramel au Beurre Salé by Dammann Frères
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I’m supposed to be drinking more of my oolongs so that they don’t age too much before I consume them, but my problem now is that I don’t want to drink oolongs right now. A lot of them are very spring-y to me, and now I want rich black teas. So I decided to drink this one—decidedly NOT old, so it doesn’t really help my purpose—because caramel, yum.

I brewed it at a hotter temp today just to see how it would behave, and it was definitely still delicious, although the oolong was more present and slightly more vegetal. I’m happy to let the oolong lurk in the background on this one and just provide butteriness, so I will probably keep future steepings at 195°F.
Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
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Sil
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gawd everytime i read the name of this tea i drool.

Kittenna
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I was actually going to say almost the exact same thing. >.>

ohfancythat
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Sure does sound amazing!

Dinosara
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When I saw this pop up on their website I pretty much had to have it immediately.

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Sil
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gawd everytime i read the name of this tea i drool.

Kittenna
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I was actually going to say almost the exact same thing. >.>

ohfancythat
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Sure does sound amazing!

Dinosara
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When I saw this pop up on their website I pretty much had to have it immediately.

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I am tea obsessed, with the stash to match. I tend to really enjoy green oolongs, Chinese blacks, and flavored teas with high quality bases, especially florals, bergamot-based teas, and chocolate teas.

In my free time I am a birder, baker, and music/movie/tv addict.

Here are my rating categories, FYI:
100-90: Mind-blowingly good, just right for my palate, and teas that just take me to a happy place.
89-86: I really really like these teas and will keep most of them in the permanent collection, but they’re not quite as spectacular as the top category
85-80: Pretty tasty teas that I enjoy well enough, but definitely won’t rebuy when I run out.
79-70: Teas that I would probably drink again, but only if there were no preferrable options.
69-50: Teas that I don’t really enjoy all that much and wouldn’t drink another cup of.
49 and below: Mega yuck. This tea is just disgusting to me.
Unrated: Usually I feel unqualified to rate these teas because they are types of teas that I tend to not like in general. Sometimes user error or tea brewed under poor conditions.

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