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Here’s hoping tea box

Yummy! Great vanilla flavor- definitely not fake! The chamomile was OK. It seemed a little stake to me. Overall, a nice herbal blend for the evening.

Here’s Hoping Tea box

Korean Barley Tea

I’ve been wanting to try a Barley tea so here I go! Roasty and warming- I like it but it is reminiscent of coffee, so I may not be having it often.

Side note: I just got back from San Francisco so I’ll be having a couple great tax to add to this box.

Thanks, Jason, for this sample!

Backlog from yesterday morning. Leathery smooth with a coppery brightness. It really hits me in the roof of the mouth and middle of the tongue. A silky metallic aftertaste hits me in the nose afterward.

Thanks, Crowkettle, for this sample!

Backlog from Sunday. What a warm sweet tea! The mint and anise are sweet and the other elements add a warmth like a cordial or liqueur. It tingles and tantalizes me. it was a little odd at first to reconcile the coolness of mint and the warmth that I’m feeling, but once I let go of that expectation, it was a fantastical taste voyage.

Travelling Tea Box C

I felt like this tea had been contaminated by a lot of other teas in the box. What I could tell was it was a spring-like green with a little bit of seaweed taste. There were a lot of generic floral and perfume elements in the taste that came from the box methinks.

Plum-like, crisp-tasting oolong with hints of cinnamon and vanilla. Full-bodied, but still maintaining a light, spring-like freshness. I enjoyed about 5 or 6 short steeps of this this morning. I love the purplish hint to this tea! :-)

Travelling Tea Box C

The raspberry is overpowering in this, so I don’t taste much of the base, except a mild butteriness. The raspberry itself is a little fake tasting, but pleasantly so. This tastes more like candy to me than Champagne.

Travelling Tea Box C

Since I had luck with Smaug, I decided to try this blend even though I haven’t been overly fond of 52tea in the past. This one was ok. It did taste vaguely like rootbeer. The base was more smoky than what I was expecting and I could use stronger sassafras or wintergreen or sasparilla or something. It was just a little too mild for my root beer preference. Still better than the 52teas I’ve had in the past though.

Travelling Tea Box C

Jinseng Oolong

The label didn’t say what brand/origin. I’ve had a ginseng oolong before and this one I felt was not as good. I like the ginseng a little bit stronger. The base was slightly more woody then I like as well. Still refreshing though for an office morning.

Travelling Tea Box C

Backlog from yesterday. I really enjoyed this genmaicha! The base wasn’t too see-weedy and the roasted rice didn’t over-power the green base like in some genmaichas. I shared with my co-worker, but thankfullly no fights this time.