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I remember this being more lemon than anything else and that is reflected in my Sororitea Sisters review. Bright lemon and generic fruitiness. Good but not a must have.

Check out my full review here: http://sororiteasisters.com/2019/03/22/lemon-mango-from-urbal-tea/

Tea-Infused Hot Chocolate Sipdown (224)

This only steeped for under 4 hours and it’s definitely not as flavorful as the last one I had. It’s still good though with a nice raspberry punch to cut through the chocolate. This just has less almond and less cookie than before.

I keep forgetting about my swap with Evol Ving Ness because it is buried under a bunch of other boxes and bags. The bags that Evol used are pretty good so there is not cross contamination but the samples are on the older side. So fingers crossed this has not gone bad and also thank you Evol for the share, even if I have not given it as much attention as I should.

At first sip, nothing appears rancid. There is a lot of sweet and some cinnamon but not much distinct flavor. I guess dates are naturally sweet and this is naturally sweet but there is not a lot going on here. The more I drink, the more date flavor I get but the more sweetness that builds. So this gets a bit cloying. It is different than many other fruit tisanes but different isn’t always great and for me, this is not a favorite. However, I can see it being enjoyed by others.

In other news, yesterday was an interesting day. And by “interesting”, I mean terrible. I had to go in to my doctor’s office to get my blood test results. Since I don’t have vacation days at work, I started working at 7:30 am so I could leave at 3:30 pm to get to my doctor’s appointment at 4:45 pm across town. My concern was the subway getting packed at rush hour given my agoraphobia so I figured best to leave earlier and avoid the rush. However, that meant waking up at 5 am to get to work on time.

When I got to the doctor’s office, my doctor told me that there was something off about my results and she wanted to run more tests. That meant more blood work. I am terrified of needles so my mom came to pick me up from the doctor, assuming I would require more blood work. In the past, I have almost passed out from getting blood drawn and usually had to lie down but the past few times I have been fine so I got my blood drawn sitting up this time. The technician used a butterfly needle like they usually do for me but it took her a while and she had to keep moving the needle around. They took 8 tubes of blood and by the end, I started feeling very not ok. I asked my mom for a lollipop to get some sugars and they finished up the blood work.

That’s when shit hit the fan. I passed out. More than just passed out though. I had a seizure while I was out. So that happened. Thankfully my doctor is not overly concerned about it but its a pretty unsettling feeling. Plus, it meant taking off a day of work which was not my preference but I suppose its a valid response to having a seizure.

If this tea is ever reblended, I need more! This and Mixed Berry Trifle…and Hummingbird. Does AQ2T do reblends? Will I just need to specially order 4 oz? Oh…and Hot Cross Buns!!

Check out my full review here: http://sororiteasisters.com/2019/03/17/lemon-poppyseed-muffin-from-a-quarter-to-tea/

52 Teas does banana teas well. This is no exception. However, it is not quite as good as a lot of their other banana teas that have a little something extra like Banana Marshmallow Treat Genmaicha or Anne’s Gone Bananas and a Little (Coco)nuts.

Check out my full review here: http://sororiteasisters.com/2019/03/16/bananas-from-52teas/

This is another really successful tea infused hot chocolate. It steeped for 6 hours and the end result has a distinctive raspberry almond cookie flavor. More than that, itactually tastes sorta like that marshmallow cookie that has raspberry jam (minus the marshmallow part)…whippets! It makes me think of whippets.

I’ve had this before and I swear I’ve written notes but those are MIA. Anyways, today I made this as a tea-infused hot chocolate. It steeped for over 3 hours and while I get some of the honeyed element and this is incredibly creamy, the flavor isnt as strong as I’d like. The Gingerbread Brulee and Monkey Chops hot chocolates remain the best ones.

I made this as a nutella latte and it just has such a muddiness to it. Perhaps I should have gone with a snickerdoodle latte because I think this needs more sweet than nutty/chocolate. It is just a mess of flavors. Also, I reviewed the tes time on yell and the shop got a bit defensive which I dont like. I gave them a solid review and 3/5 stars, nothing particularly harsh I dont think so it was a bit awkward to get the response back. I suppose they can defend themselves though.

Cold brew sipdown (227)

I cold brewed this sample in milk for like 9 hours intent on making another tea infused hot chocolate. Then my mom had a bit of an episode so my preference was to go to my room asap. So I’m drinking just the cold tea-infused milk.

It tastes like a pretty solid caramel which is nice. Dont get mocha or coffee but sweet caramel rooibos milk. Its yummy but something I’ve had before.

Iced tea sipdown (228)

Another sipdown that was overdue. Another tea I am okay saying good bye too, at least for the near future.