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Not big on Rooibos Chai, I would not buy this one, but it is okay.

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Yes it does taste like pumpkin…not sweet pumpkin, but like literal pumpkin. Add some brown sugar and then it is a sweet tasting sweet ;)

I did 5 steeps with this tea and I think I enjoyed the third and the fourth the best…they had more cream, honey and butter in the taste. I found this tea had the following: peach, vanilla, honey, and woodiness and some spiciness. With each steep I did a quick rinse of the leaves and then I steeped for 40 to 60 seconds, increasing the time a bit with each steep.

Steamed green tea from Japan. Grassy, vegetal, sweet, buttery, reminds be of chicken noodle soup broth. Second steep, just as good as the first, but with more buttery taste. Not bad, but not worth the price.

Strawberries, ginger, toffee(really comes out if add brown sugar), damp moss; if you do add the brown sugar it deletes the sharp ginger notes and dampens the strawberry. I prefer it without the sugar, I like the strawberry and ginger taste with a slight toffee note. The damp moss notes come from the Hangzhou Dragon Well…I really like this tea. Resteep – no ginger, drinkable, but not as good as the first time.

Sweet, creamy, lemon, bergamot (slight), astringent (slight), grassy…not a bad tea…not sure if it should be called “Earl”, but definitely “Lemon”. Re-steeping was no good. Ice tea potential…

With my Gung Fu teapot I did 4 steeps with this tea. The first three were fabulous and the fourth was mostly floral with little lychee taste left. The leaves are beautiful to look at when steeped and the liquor is pale yellow. The lychee taste is sweet and reminds me of warmed pears and a slight vegetal taste…a good tea.

I tasted almond, hay, and jasmine and I found the tea sweet and earthy, but I could not taste peach or blackberry or lemon. I found the tea a bit astringent and I enjoyed it.

Hojicha green tea from China with roasted rice…it is sweet, nutty and vegetal, but I feel it could use a more roasted flavour. I like regular Genmaicha better, but this is still pretty good.