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keychange drank Midsummer Night's Dream by DAVIDsTEA

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I find it so peculiar that while drinking the same cup of tea, your own feelings on it can vacillate so much. My initial sips of this tea yesterday led to an immediate exclamation of “mmm”, because I tasted a creamy, slightly tart creamcicle (thanks in part to the milk I added), and I was all ready to settle in and engage in the age-old “do I buy a tin of this” routine in my head, when i began to taste something akin to something vaguely reminiscent of curdled vomit. Eww. Curdled vomit. Next sip. Ah, there’s the creamcicle flavour. Oh no wait, it’s gone again. I have no idea why my impressions are so a) varied and b) so fleeting. I will play around with the parameters like any appropriately self-doubting tea drinker, but I have my doubts. I also had really high hopes for this one, because I desperately need strongly flavoured herbal options for my evening teas, since my sleep schedule is unfortunately incredibly sensitive to…well…everything. Just look at me the wrong way and I’ll either not sleep at all tonight or fall asleep at 4:00 AM and wake up some time tomorrow afternoon.

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Curdled vomit would be a dealbreaker for me, I’m afraid!

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I’m afraid it may be for me, also!

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Rachel Sincere
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Curdled vomit would be a dealbreaker for me, I’m afraid!

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I’m afraid it may be for me, also!

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Well, it’s been slightly over six months since I’ve joined steepster, and I can’t say enough wonderful things about this community. Like many of you, I began my foray into the world of loose-leaf tea by discovering David’s Tea, and although I’ve ventured out and have discovered many other companies that I’m extremely fond of, there are still many of David’s teas that I hold close to my heart and I will always appreciate it as a starting point for my journey.

As for my preferences, I tend to prefer bold black tea, flavoured and unflavoured alike, and I almost always take my blacks with cream and sugar. This isn’t to say that I don’t enjoy a good, flavoured white though, and I’m slowly making my way through the incredibly confusing world of oolongs and greens. I am also not a fan of rooibos, although I am starting to suspect green rooibos may be ok, but you know how it is: when you’ve decided you detest a certain ingredient, you’ll notice it everywhere—perhaps even where it doesn’t exist!

Things other than tea: I’m engaged to be married to my best friend, and feel like the richest woman on the planet because of it. I am also a veracious reader, and I also happen to have an obsession with fragrances, and have amassed quite a collection, although it pales in comparison to some collections out there! As a result of this obsession, I also follow several fragrance blogs, and am always up for a chat about scent. I’m also almost completely blind, and this does indeed mean that I come complete with a guide dog, who unlike me, hales from the sunny California campus of Guide dogs for the Blind. I think I’ve rambled on long enough, but if there’s anything you’d like to know or if you just feel like chatting to someone, please don’t hesitate to send me a message.

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