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Dinosara drank Pistachio Gelato by California Tea House

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I tried this one as a cold steep, which I had been kind of avoiding because it didn’t seem like cold steep material, but I got curious. I seem to like fruity blacks best for cold steeps, so a nutty, creamy green was a long shot anyway. It wasn’t as bad as I expected, but it wasn’t stellar. It tasted mainly ok, but had some weird issues probably relating to the green tea itself, but also to the additives. The weirdest thing was the somewhat greasy film on the inside of my cup. I think I’ll stick to hot-brewing this one, which wasn’t a surprising outcome.

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Iced 8 min or more

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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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Ohio, US

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