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I had this yesterday evening. This is one of my favorite blooming teas since it is flavorful and the flower was pretty and delicate. The bloom isn’t very complex, but there was a pink-red plume that sprouted from it. I steeped it 3 minutes at a time and had 3 steepings from it. Each time, the flavor was light and refreshing. The liquor was a light honey yellow color. I love the hint of sweet strawberry. There was no bitterness or astringency to it. I am glad I steeped it for 3 minutes at a time. I usually steep it all wrong. Anyhow, this is a good flowering tea.

I finished this up too last night! I had found a bunch of rooibos samples from Adagio at my parent’s house (I think it was my sister’s) but I knew that no one would touch any tisane or tea in that house. So, I snatched it! Nice basic rooibos. A little woody but sweet. I prefer flavored or blended rooibos though.

Sad to see this one go. I stretched this little last bit as much as I could. Delicious! I had this for my morning ride to work. Didn’t need any sugar or milk. One of my favorite fruit flavored black teas.

Delicious herbal! I love the pineapple coconut flavors with the sweet and nutty warmth of honeybush. I wasn’t extremely impressed today about it, but I think its because its not warm or summery out. :) I will need to taste this when it is warm out again.

I cannot believe I acquired a TON of tea recently even though I told myself I wouldn’t! My Kusmi order came in as well as the Culinary Teas contest that I won! I was so happy and excited to open the package to find LARGE amounts of tea!! Yum!

Ok wow… I dug through my cupboard and found a TON of flowering teas! This being one of them. I was undecided between Teavana’s strawberry misaki or Dragon Tea House’s Love Game. Ultimately I chose Love Game. This is a very pretty flower. I think I brewed this too long because it was fairly astringent. However, I wanted to see the whole flower bloom and unfurl. I love watching it slowly take shape from a small 1 inch ball with tied 1/3 up to this beautiful array. There is something peaceful about it. I think I could have gotten away with 2 steeps or more since I only had a little 4 oz pot. This is a really delicate flower. It is a nice green tea with beautiful flowers!

So I made a strawberry & blueberry smoothie today! After adding my frozen strawberries and blueberries, water, and apple sauce, I added some of this strawberry matcha! YUM! Delicious and very thirst quenching. :)