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I was drinking this yesterday with honey but it’s caffeine free and I have a lot of it. It was actually quite good both with and without the honey. Alas, today the sore throat has turned into a full on cold so I am still drinking this with honey, except now I have that annoying void in taste from the cold. Boo.

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This was an easy sipdown of a mediocre tea so I just went for it.

Throat is still store so I am gargling with salt water, taking EmergenC, and trying to stay hydrated while drinking a lot of honey. That’s where this tea comes in. This tea that I am trying for the first time and really do not like. I tried it first without the honey and mostly got sage, which could be a plus for some but isn’t for me. The honey rounds it out a little and brings out some lemon but tbh, this tastes a little bit like the earthy flavor of weed and I am not into it at all. I don’t know why that’s what is coming across but it is and I don’t like it so the other couple of packages are going into my swap box.

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This was always just ok so I figured I should finish it off before the coconut spoiled

I always forget about the samples from Evol Ving Ness which are tucked away in a shoebox. However, today I was in search of a tea to pair with some of the goods from the One of a Kind show for my tea photo. This jumped out as something that would go nicely with the lemon squares I got. Citrus tea and citrus snack can’t go wrong. It had the added benefit of likely going well with honey and since I’ve felt off all day, tea and honey seemed like a good plan.

My first sips without honey we’re pretty underwhelming. I really got no flavour from it. I blame age…or my storage or both. Perhaps it wasn’t steeped long enough. I blame myself for this being bland.

I added in a generous squeeze or two of honey and now it just tastes like a honeyed black tea: Nothing special but it’s soothing.

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This did not seem promising when I opened it and it lacked the actual gum balls that Necessiteas’ bubble gum tea had. It also smelled a bit off. I just did not think it would achieve the same bubble gum flavour I enjoyed in the Necessiteas blend.

Steeped this had the classic hibby redness and a whole lot of hibby flavour. Hibiscus and waxiness. I am not digging this all that much. Hopefully Roswell Strange can make the last serving of this work for her.

This was a sample from Bird and Blend that I was happy to revisit. Sipped on it as I ate an overpriced square donut from a place in Toronto. I was happy with one of the things I was consuming and disappointed by the other.

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I completely forgot about this sample from Sororitea Sisters and so it’s been hanging out in a ziploc, hidden in my stash, for years. As a result, this doesn’t taste like much. It seemed to have potential though. Sad…