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drank Vanille by Dammann Frères
2201 tasting notes

Last time I drank this one (#13), I wished for more creaminess. Not sure if I was off my rocker or what but today it couldn’t get much creamier. This is an intensely vanilla-y tea, and if you appreciate Dammann’s standard black base (which I of course love), it doesn’t get too much better in terms of a simple vanilla black tea (which is to say, not one that relies on a complex black base but rather those that are all about the vanilla). I’ve had a few others and none seem to come close in terms of pure vanilla power. It is amazingly sweet and creamy. Drinking it nearly back-to-back with Fleurilege I can see the similarities: Fleurilege is this plus hazelnut. Not sure I would need to keep this one around, although it is tempting just because it is giving me a delicious cup today.

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
Fjellrev

Gosh, you make it so difficult to not want ALL OF THEM.

Dinosara

Haha, that’s my job. :)

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Fjellrev

Gosh, you make it so difficult to not want ALL OF THEM.

Dinosara

Haha, that’s my job. :)

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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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