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Thank you for sharing this one with me, Sil!

Also hi steepster! I miss you a lot. My exam is next Friday and then I have July off before starting work in August. I have fun plans like reading my many new books, learning an instrument and a language, but tea will be a lot more apart of my life again so I’ll be back here too!

Today I literally made tea for the caffeine. I’m at the tax law part of my material and in addition to it basically being a different language despite looking like English, it made me super sleepy yesterday. So I am procrastinating getting back into it today and also arming myself with tea.

I picked this one because I wanted a strawberry black tea to go with my strawberry (/raspberry) tart breakfast bowl. The bowl was delicious. This tea isn’t bad. However, unlike the Tea Girl’s vanilla flavor – which is super strong and lovely – this tea is rather bland. Mostly just a fruit black tea. Not bad but nothing special either. Still fun to try though!

Made this as a latte and it never quite stands up to my expectations. I think I expect more smoke than this tends to deliver. Instead the coconut and other sweet components take over. It’s good but not quite to my expectations.

First tea in a long while. Bar studying is kicking my butt so tea drinking hasn’t been a thing. The second (and last) exam is on the 25th so just a little while longer…

Sipdown (198)

My first bar exam is on Tuesday and I don’t think I had any tea this week. I barely even had the amount of water I should each day. I’ve just been busy with studying. Also I found myself on Booktok and got back into reading and ordered almost 35 books…and a book cart, and book marks, and a batarang page holder. Also a ukulele to learn post bar exams. That said, the month is nearing an end and I noticed I had 11 sipdowns and that drove me a bit nuts so I snuck in this Sipdown.

I was expecting Forever Nuts and while it’s similar, I like this better. It’s more honey and less nutty in flavour, which is my preference. It also is giving me Rose vibes as well. Don’t know why but it’s like a honey and Rose water version of Forever Nuts. Nice but not something I need more of.

Iced Latte Sipdown

I thought this tea would be perfect for a late night iced latte with some caramel syrup. It’s not bad but its also mostly just rooibos. So alright but not something I need again and probably wouldn’t be great plain/without the added caramel.

I had this twice over the past few days – once as a cold brew and once as an iced tea. I was surprised at how much banana came through. Otherwise it was just a generic fruit punch sort of tea.

Iced Latte Sipdown (199)

Perfect with a bit of caramel syrup. Yum.