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Had this as a latte with coconut whipped cream. It was nice but given my dislike of marzipan quality in teas, it was not my favorite.

Check out my full review here: http://sororiteasisters.com/2019/04/20/co-coconut-almond-a-quarter-to-tea/

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I was having cheese on fig and olive crackers so I decided to pull out this tea. Alas, I’m mostly getting fruity cinnamon and not much else.

Today’s smoothie went much better than yesterday’s and this made for a nice honey sweetness in it.

My sister and brother-in-law made a smoothie so they asked if I wanted some. I said yes, though I am used to my smoothies and not theirs. Thankfully they left me the last bit in the blender so I could add some matcha to their mix of mango, banana, icelandic yogurt and milk. The smoothie was thicker than I usually make them and had a different balance of fruits to other ingredients.

Despite adding a shitton of matcha, I am not getting much raspberry. I am getting a chalkiness though and I don’t know if I can blame the matcha for that or the combination of fruit and yogurt. Who knows. It’s fine, just not what I’m used to.

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This is another tea from Sil’s latest drop off. Thank you!

I pulled it out, honestly because I thought it was thematic to go with the tea photo I thought would be cute. Now that I am not moving between 3 houses and other places, it is hard to diversify my #365daysoftea photos on instagram so I try to change them up when I can. Yesterday was a fun day at home as my sister and I set up a gender reveal surprise for her husband. We were limited in what we could do to what we had around the house so we ended up with a chalk drawing in the backyard and blue file folder confetti. We filmed the surprise and that allowed them to make a cute virtual reveal video in lieu of the gender reveal party we were hoping to have prior to the virus. So now that they announced publicly, I thought it would be cute to incorporate yesterday’s fun into today’s picture and this tea just seemed like the right choice. Check out the picture here: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_sxtNkg2Gg/

As for the tea itself, it’s not my favorite. It’s a little bit of a spice flavor, though not so much a spicy kick. There is also a cacao flavor that is quite strong and is coming into conflict with the fruitier notes in the cup. It’s fine but 52 Teas has many more offerings I’d reach for before this. As such, I am ok with just the one cup.

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I think I actually prefer this hot as opposed to cold brewed/iced (however I had it last time). This hot cup is like strawberries and cream if Pom juice made that flavor. It’s quite juicy and nice without being overly sweet.

Tea with breakfast today, courtesy of Sil. Thank you!

This is nice and bready but also the slightest bit Smokey which was unexpected. It also has a cocoa quality to it. It’s nice but with a name like it has, I expected more.

This made the perfect latte tonight. Awesomely balanced between all three names flavours while being crazy creamy and just super delicious.

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My first sip of this was an amazingly creamy malted vanilla. As I continue to drink, I am getting caramel as well. So basically it’s a big mug of caramel vanilla. It’s really nice today because it’s also a touch bready. This cup seems to be an anomaly but I’m enjoying it very much. Upped the rating slightly from 82.

ETA: As this cools, it’s milk chocolate.

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This tea was a whole lot of cherry and chocolate. I actually really like this one and the sample was perfect for one latte. If I were placing a NecessiTeas order again, I think this would be added to the cart.