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(52teas (Anne) 2022: 83)

I guess the dashboard is acting up again; a bunch of my recent tasting notes have zero likes, which means nobody has seen them. Which also likely means that there are a bunch of notes from other people that I’m not seeing as well. Annoying.

Anyhow, this tea was predictably tasty. Maybe a little lighter than it could be, but still good.

On another note, I’m having trouble looking at screens today for some reason, and it’s really irritating. My eyes keep watering uncontrollably. Hopefully a side effect of lack of sleep or something?

Mastress Alita

Do you add tea notes with no actual note attached, then go back and “edit” it to add the note to the entry later? I’ve noticed that with people who do that the time stamp stays the same from the original posting, but since there wasn’t a note attached at that time, it didn’t appear in my feed. Once the note is attached, since it had the original time stamp, it “appears” down in my feed in the past when I’ve already caught up my reading way past that point and never look down there. There are a few users I have to remember to just manually click into their account and mass read their notes once a week since I don’t get them through my feed due to this. Not sure if that was the case for you or not.

Kittenna

I definitely know what you’re talking about, but no, I write the note when I post it :/ It actually just happened to me again with my latest note, three times in a row (I’m trying to repost it so it shows up; I don’t usually check if my notes are on the dashboard but I am today!) Perhaps if I can figure out the cause, I can ask for a fix…

I do know that if I inadvertently leave a note open, unfinished, I should copy it, delete, and repost, because it time stamps to when you click “Add Note”, so it would pop my note way down in everyone’s feeds. So I usually do that as long as I remember.

ashmanra

Shae’s notes appear to post late for me. I go through my dashboard and read all the most recent things, but later when I go back to look at new comments there will be a new one from Shae I haven’t seen.

Mastress Alita

Ashmanra: Shae is the situation I spoke about above. If you click into her account, she “adds” a bunch of teas without notes, so the time stamp reflects that initial add date. The she edits in a note later, so they then appear into the feed, but with that original time stamp (usually days earlier) so unless you scroll days back into your feed, you won’t see them. I have to manually check Shae’s notes off her account because of this.

Shae

I was looking through some tasting notes for this blend and came across these comments I must have missed before. I do typically click Review this tea right when I start drinking and then type my note as I finish the cup (sometimes it takes me a couple of hours to type it out and sometimes I come back to it later). I like for my tealog to reflect when I drink each tea instead of when I sit to write the note, but I had no idea it was causing trouble for others here. I’m sorry if it’s super annoying or messing up the dashboard. I hope no one feels like they have to go back and read through all my notes. I can promise that most aren’t all that interesting!

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Mastress Alita

Do you add tea notes with no actual note attached, then go back and “edit” it to add the note to the entry later? I’ve noticed that with people who do that the time stamp stays the same from the original posting, but since there wasn’t a note attached at that time, it didn’t appear in my feed. Once the note is attached, since it had the original time stamp, it “appears” down in my feed in the past when I’ve already caught up my reading way past that point and never look down there. There are a few users I have to remember to just manually click into their account and mass read their notes once a week since I don’t get them through my feed due to this. Not sure if that was the case for you or not.

Kittenna

I definitely know what you’re talking about, but no, I write the note when I post it :/ It actually just happened to me again with my latest note, three times in a row (I’m trying to repost it so it shows up; I don’t usually check if my notes are on the dashboard but I am today!) Perhaps if I can figure out the cause, I can ask for a fix…

I do know that if I inadvertently leave a note open, unfinished, I should copy it, delete, and repost, because it time stamps to when you click “Add Note”, so it would pop my note way down in everyone’s feeds. So I usually do that as long as I remember.

ashmanra

Shae’s notes appear to post late for me. I go through my dashboard and read all the most recent things, but later when I go back to look at new comments there will be a new one from Shae I haven’t seen.

Mastress Alita

Ashmanra: Shae is the situation I spoke about above. If you click into her account, she “adds” a bunch of teas without notes, so the time stamp reflects that initial add date. The she edits in a note later, so they then appear into the feed, but with that original time stamp (usually days earlier) so unless you scroll days back into your feed, you won’t see them. I have to manually check Shae’s notes off her account because of this.

Shae

I was looking through some tasting notes for this blend and came across these comments I must have missed before. I do typically click Review this tea right when I start drinking and then type my note as I finish the cup (sometimes it takes me a couple of hours to type it out and sometimes I come back to it later). I like for my tealog to reflect when I drink each tea instead of when I sit to write the note, but I had no idea it was causing trouble for others here. I’m sorry if it’s super annoying or messing up the dashboard. I hope no one feels like they have to go back and read through all my notes. I can promise that most aren’t all that interesting!

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I have always been a tea fan (primarily herbals and Japanese greens/oolongs) but in the last year or so, tea has become increasingly more appealing as not only a delicious, calming drink, but as a relatively cheap, healthy reward or treat to give myself when I deserve something. I should clarify that, however; the reward is expanding my tea cupboard, not drinking tea – I place no restrictions on myself in terms of drinking anything from my cupboard as that would defeat my many goals!

My DavidsTea addiction was born in late 2011, despite having spent nearly a year intentionally avoiding their local mall location (but apparently it was just avoiding the inevitable!). I seem to have some desire to try every tea they’ve ever had, so much of my stash is from there, although I’ve recently branched out and ordered from numerous other companies.

I like to try and drink all my teas unaltered, as one of the main reasons I’m drinking tea other than for the flavour is to be healthy and increase my water intake without adding too many calories! I’ve found that the trick in this regard is to be very careful about steeping time, as most teas are quite pleasant to drink straight as long as they haven’t been oversteeped. However, I tend to be forgetful (particularly at work) when I don’t set a timer, resulting in a few horrors (The Earl’s Garden is not so pleasant after, say, 7+ minutes of steeping).

I’m currently trying to figure out which types of teas are my favourites. Herbals are no longer at the top; oolongs have thoroughly taken over that spot, with greens a reasonably close second. My preference is for straight versions of both, but I do love a good flavoured oolong (flavoured greens are really hit or miss for me). Herbals I do love iced/cold-brewed, but I drink few routinely (Mulberry Magic from DavidsTea being a notable exception). I’m learning to like straight black teas thanks to the chocolatey, malty, delicious Laoshan Black from Verdant Tea, and malty, caramelly flavoured blacks work for me, but I’m pretty picky about anything with astringency. Lately I’ve found red rooibos to be rather medicinal, which I dislike, but green rooibos and honeybush blends are tolerable. I haven’t explored pu’erh, mate, or guayasa a great deal (although I have a few options in my cupboard).

I’ve decided to institute a rating system so my ratings will be more consistent. Following the smiley/frowny faces Steepster gives us:

100: This tea is amazing and I will go out of my way to keep it in stock.

85-99: My core collection (or a tea that would be, if I was allowing myself to restock everything!) Teas I get cravings for, and drink often.

75-84: Good but not amazing; I might keep these in stock sparingly depending on current preferences.

67-74: Not bad, I’ll happily finish what I have but probably won’t ever buy it again as there’s likely something rated more highly that I prefer.

51-66: Drinkable and maybe has some aspect that I like, but not really worth picking up again.

34-50: Not for me, but I can see why others might like it. I’ll make it through the cup and maybe experiment with the rest to get rid of it.

0-33: It’s a struggle to get through the cup, if I do at all. I will not willingly consume this one again, and will attempt to get rid of the rest of the tea if I have any left.

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