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Iced and Plain Tea Sipdown (219)

This has a really nice raspberry flavour. For the longest time I was trying to place it and it finally dawned on me as I started drinking the iced tea that this is like DAVIDsTEA’s Fantasy Island, minus the coconut. The hot tea, once cool, got bitter so I was worried the iced tea may be bitter as well. It is not. It leans more into the raspberry flavour. It also has some mango. I like this though over time it will blend with all the other decent fruity teas I’ve had.

Iced Latte Sipdown (217)

This is supposed to be caramel and chocolate and walnut. It’s nutty and I get some chocolate. I think it needs sweetness to read caramel though. It’s good but I’ve had better and I’m disappointed it’s not as caramel as I hoped it would be.

My smoothie bowl turned into a smoothie turned into a tiny smoothie shot with matcha. Just disaster after disaster so it’s not much but strawberry:banana smoothie mixed with this tastes pretty good at least.

This was definitely better than expected. Smooth. Subtle. Sort of chocolate. Mostly just a pleasant every day easy drinking black tea. One I probably won’t pay much attention to since I tend to drink mostly flavoured so I added it to the SVTTB.

This is another one I’m adding to the SVTTB. It’s nice but I don’t reach for it ever. Smooth with a cocoa undertone. It’s brisk and a touch metallic at times. It’s just not a favourite.

I don’t know why Sil bought this one and then decided to stick me with it. Neither of us really like floral teas so it was an odd choice. That said, always happy to try something new and this was better than expected so thanks for sharing, Sil! I made this as a latte and was partially terrified it would be milk potpourri. However, it wasn’t overly floral given the ingredient list. It was floral but also a touch malty. It was fine and I drank most of the latte. However, I added this to the SVTTB in hopes it finds someone who enjoys floral teas more.

Strange VariaTEA TTB: Tea 18

Made this as a latte and the colour is so pretty. However it looks like a CTC so this is just brisk and meh.

Strange VariaTEA TTB: Tea 17

This tea is much better if the two Monarch teas I tried. Maybe because I steeped it for less time?

It’s fruit and nice. Sweet. Not overly floral. Not anything earth shattering. But smooth and overall pleasant.

Strange VariaTEA TTB: Tea 16

I asked Roswell Strange how she recommends this and she said cold brewed so I did that. I will say this is creamy. And sometimes sweet strawberry, other times more floral. The floral throws it off for me slightly with the cream. Also the stevia. I can see how someone who doesn’t mind stevia would like this though.