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Nope. I wanted to like it and it’s sorta strawberry and pineapple but it’s also a lot of base tea that is bitter and metallic. Thank you Roswell Strange for sharing but this was a no for me.

Sipdown (271)…sorta

I remember Roswell Strange really disliking this tea and then I checked the tea page and Sil rated it a 13 and started her note by calling it so gross. So I was really excited to try this…

It’s not good. They’re both right. It’s not. However, it’s not as bad as I thought it would be. Perhaps age has helped this because I’m getting a lot of orange and almond. It’s artificial tasting and not great but not terrible either.

Honestly, I thought it would be one sip and then a dump but I was able to finish the glass. Doesn’t mean I want to have it again though so this is going into the swap box.

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Good bye Curly Lion! You served me well.

This is almost 3 years old so this good bye is due but with most of the teabento teas leaving my cupboard, another order may be in my future.

This is a good one. Chocolate notes and malt. This particular cup is a touch astringent but that’s not usually the case.

Made this as a tea lemonade and this is so much sweeter than I expected. A lot of ginger but just so. Much. Sweet.

At first I really didn’t like it but it did sort of grow on me. Then, as I kept drinking the sweet built and I disliked it again. So overall it’s alright. I have a small package of this left and I think I’ll try it hot and see how that is…

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I think this is one of the last remaining samples shared with me by Evol Ving Ness.

This sample is like 3 years old. Plus I didn’t steep this as long as intended. As such it could be human error that is making this basically just a slightly nutty mediocre black tea. Still fun to try though so thank you, Evol Ving Ness!

At times this screamed butter toffee to me and at other times I just tasted the rooibos and I’m not really sure why it was there to begin with. So overall ok but not amazing.

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I was drinking this while working and then ended up getting distracted and walked away from the mug. Then I tried to hurriedly drink it before dinner and noticed that it had an awesome sweet marshmallow and candy cane flavor. Fluffy, soft, and just really nice. I’d get it again.