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Tea #40 from Another Traveling Tea Box

Two straight black teas in a row, that is rare for me since I lean towards oolong as my straight tea of choice.

There is a subtle hint of cocoa that balances the deep malt flavors in this tea. It is much more malty than the previous tea, so it doesn’t surprise me in the slightest that my husband would pick this as his iced tea replacement. I think we may have an arguement on our hands when it comes time to switch, our tastes in tea just do not line up at all so it is always hard to come to an agreement.

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Boiling 5 min, 0 sec
K S

Separate tea shelves. That’s the agreement my wife and I have. She drinks decaf and herbal. Me, I prefer everything else. :)

Short Sorceress

I would love it if my husband drank enough tea for a separate shelf. So far I’ve only managed to hook him on iced tea, so he currently has his own tea tin large enough for a pound of black tea. He won’t touch 99.9% of what I drink.

baby steps ::grins:: it’s only taken 5 years of marriage to get this far.

K S

Careful, after they take those first few precious steps, they start running and then you lose all control. ;)

My wife avoids caffeine for health reasons so I rarely join her on the dark side.

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K S

Separate tea shelves. That’s the agreement my wife and I have. She drinks decaf and herbal. Me, I prefer everything else. :)

Short Sorceress

I would love it if my husband drank enough tea for a separate shelf. So far I’ve only managed to hook him on iced tea, so he currently has his own tea tin large enough for a pound of black tea. He won’t touch 99.9% of what I drink.

baby steps ::grins:: it’s only taken 5 years of marriage to get this far.

K S

Careful, after they take those first few precious steps, they start running and then you lose all control. ;)

My wife avoids caffeine for health reasons so I rarely join her on the dark side.

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I am always interested in swapping so if you see anything in my cupboard that you want to try just send me a message. Please keep in mind that I order most of my teas in sample sizes and may not have a lot to swap. I’m also trying to keep my swaps limited to one a month so I don’t break the bank.

My favorite tea companies to order from are American Tea Room, Rishi, TeaVivre, and Single Origin Teas, however I am constantly lured away from my favorites by a good sale.

Ingredients I love in tea
rose, peach, oolong, osmanthus, vanilla, marshmallow root and peppermint

Ingredients I dislike in tea:
spearmint, chocolate, orange, hibiscus, sage and for the most part lemon.

I am a firm believer that sage only belongs in my thanksgiving stuffing/dressing and absolutely not in my tea.

Allergies
Cinnamon, Chocolate, Burdock Root, and Goji Berries

Teawares:
FORLIFE Curve Teapot, 24oz
Adagio ingenuiTEA, 16oz
Adagio Iced ingenuiTEA, 32oz
Zojirushi Water Pot, 4L
Libbey Country Fair drinking jars for ice tea
TeaVivre Travel Gaiwan

Rating Guidelines:

100 – 90: Pantry essential and some of my all time favorites that I can’t live without.

89 – 80: You’ll have a pretty good chance of finding this is my pantry on a regular basis, but it isn’t the end of the world if I run out.

79 – 70: I might consider restocking this at some point if the price was right.

69 – 40: Not undrinkable, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to buy it again.

39 – 20: What in the world were they thinking? Probably still finished this just because I hate to waste anything.

19 – 0: Wow, that’s so terrible chances are pretty good I dumped it out and gave away the rest.

My current top five favorite teas:

China Black – Rishi Tea
Earl Grey Cream – Zen Tea
Lemoncello – American Tea Room
Nonpareil Anxi Qing Xiang TieGuanYin Oolong – TeaVivre
White Tea Rose Mélange – Rishi Tea

Location

Oregon, WI

Website

http://www.notstarvingyet.com/

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