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Gah! I cannot wait til Dec 1 to start using my 24 days of tea. I’m excited to do a tea review everyday :).

Anywho, today during my lunch break I picked this out of the cupboard at work since I wanted a green tea but there were no other options. I usually don’t care for fruit flavored with green tea, but figured I’ll try it anyways. I made this tea crudely- poured hot water in a cup, mixed with cold water, then steeped the bag for about 30 seconds.

What can I say? Cheaper green tea with artificial fruit flavoring. It’s not bitter, and it is drinkable, but the flavoring could have been left out. Don’t think I’ll be having this one again…

Flavors: Artificial

Preparation
0 min, 30 sec 8 OZ / 236 ML
Kristal

If course as soon as I finish the review I go to put the box away and I do see since green tea bags from a different company on the side….oh well

CelticBrew

I was so tempted by the 24 days …. but alas, I already have sooo much tea to get through.

Kristal

Fair enough! You could always make your own 24 days of tea with the tea you have to use up ;)

I’ve been trying my best to sip down a few teas as well. Next week I’m going to a local tea shop called International House of Tea and I’m going to buy a bunch of sampler packs and I know that’s going to up my cupboard # dramatically lol. I’m at 26 teas + the 24 days of tea which equals 50. I imagine I’ll have around 20/25 different types of tea from the sampler packs I buy so my number is going to be higher than its ever been (yet the amounts are going to be so small!),

Kristal

…Make that 24 + 24 teas. yay sipdowns :)!

CelticBrew

That’s a good idea! I’ll probably still get some holiday/winter teas knowing me but am trying to keep it in moderation so I don’t have teas more than a year old. Samplers are a great way to go though.

Kristal

I try not to keep teas under a year old too! I’ve been over to friends/family’s places and I KNOW they have tea that is YEARS old. A lot of people don’t understand it does have an expiry date :/.

That’s partially how I justify my cupboard # as well. As long as nothing gets wasted, who cares if I have dozens of teas? ;)

CelticBrew

Good point for sure. I just heard about a tea festival that’s happening in Vancouver when I visit there. I think all hope of not buying more tea is now lost!

Kristal

haha of course! Just focus on sipdowns if you are going to buy more :)

Down to 23 + 24 days now. Lattes really help for sipdowns!

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Kristal

If course as soon as I finish the review I go to put the box away and I do see since green tea bags from a different company on the side….oh well

CelticBrew

I was so tempted by the 24 days …. but alas, I already have sooo much tea to get through.

Kristal

Fair enough! You could always make your own 24 days of tea with the tea you have to use up ;)

I’ve been trying my best to sip down a few teas as well. Next week I’m going to a local tea shop called International House of Tea and I’m going to buy a bunch of sampler packs and I know that’s going to up my cupboard # dramatically lol. I’m at 26 teas + the 24 days of tea which equals 50. I imagine I’ll have around 20/25 different types of tea from the sampler packs I buy so my number is going to be higher than its ever been (yet the amounts are going to be so small!),

Kristal

…Make that 24 + 24 teas. yay sipdowns :)!

CelticBrew

That’s a good idea! I’ll probably still get some holiday/winter teas knowing me but am trying to keep it in moderation so I don’t have teas more than a year old. Samplers are a great way to go though.

Kristal

I try not to keep teas under a year old too! I’ve been over to friends/family’s places and I KNOW they have tea that is YEARS old. A lot of people don’t understand it does have an expiry date :/.

That’s partially how I justify my cupboard # as well. As long as nothing gets wasted, who cares if I have dozens of teas? ;)

CelticBrew

Good point for sure. I just heard about a tea festival that’s happening in Vancouver when I visit there. I think all hope of not buying more tea is now lost!

Kristal

haha of course! Just focus on sipdowns if you are going to buy more :)

Down to 23 + 24 days now. Lattes really help for sipdowns!

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I used to drink coffee, but it started to hurt my stomach so I switched to tea. A friend of mine introduced me to DAVID’s TEA and I couldn’t stop after that! I’ve now been expanding my scope beyond DAVIDs away from “candy-like teas” into more natural teas or flavourings. Current favourite stores include International House of Tea (iHOT) and Verdant Tea.

When it comes to tea ratings, I usually only ever rate them once. I know a lot of people on steepster do many tasting notes for the same teas depending on their mood, but I prefer to rate once and if my opinion changes, I will delete the old note and rate again. How I rate teas goes as following:

1-49: Teas I won’t buy again. Either the taste is disgusting to me, or it’s too bland, etc. I’m most likely not even going to finish the tin/bag.

50-59: Teas I wouldn’t buy again; I have to force myself to drink the whole cup to not waste it.

60-69: I’ll finish the cup and even the bag/tin, but I wouldn’t buy these teas again. Teas of this rating are “lacking something”.

70-79:Teas that are pretty good and ones I might buy again. Usually these teas are ones I have to be “in the mood for” and drink occasionally.

80-89: Great teas! Ones I will drink several times a week and often have in my stash :).

90-100: Favourite must-have teas!

My favourite types of tea are green tea and different types of “natural” herbal tea (different herbs, natural flavourings, etc). I cannot drink black or oolong teas due a sensitive stomach. I don’t really go for white tea due to its cost and the fact that it has just a little caffeine (if I want caffeine I’ll just go for a green tea and if I don’t I’ll go for a herbal-no sense on just having a little caffeine). I also like to do iced teas in the summer time, and then I’ll gravitate towards herbal fruit blends that are bagged to cut costs and convenience (it’s easier to throw out bags than clean a filter). Flavours I don’t care for include anything too tart, bitter, artificial, overly spicy or overly sweet.
Also, when I have time (usually when I’m not working much) I like to make tea lattes out of different rooibos blends.

My everyday green tea is Gunpowder since it is strong and not sensitive to temperatures or steeping time which is something I cannot be bothered with when I’m getting ready for work. Other greens I enjoy are dragonwell, sencha, and different Chinese greens. I’m not the biggest fan of yunnan greens since they are so finicky (although I do like gyokuro)

On a day to day basis I usually have 2-3 cups of green tea and several more cups of different herbal blends.

Besides tea I also work at a couple libraries (I am finishing my library tech diploma),am in my early 20s and got married in Oct 2014.

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Northwestern Ontario

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