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Tea #32 from the Here’s Hoping TTB

I generally have a love/hate relationship with chocolate teas. I want to love them, but end up hating nearly all of them for a variety of reasons. This tea really stood out because it wasn’t trying imitate hot chocolate like so many others do. You can clearly taste the chocolate and there is a smoothness about it that reminds me of the texture of chocolate, but overall the flavor is much more subtle, with a hint of nuttiness. What really impressed me is that this was a keemun base, which I don’t normally care for. I’m not overly fond of smoky teas, but the added smoke from the base only improved on my experience with this tea.

I may have to pick some of this up when I go to Paris this June. At the rate I’m going the list of tea I want to bring back is going to be huge!

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec
Sil

love. this. tea. soo good!

moraiwe

Oh man. I really liked this one. Taking it was definitely tempting!

Short Sorceress

It was tempting for me as well, but I thought I would let someone else enjoy the last cup.

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Sil

love. this. tea. soo good!

moraiwe

Oh man. I really liked this one. Taking it was definitely tempting!

Short Sorceress

It was tempting for me as well, but I thought I would let someone else enjoy the last cup.

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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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