This is from my free Steepster box a while back (a year!) The samples are nicely sealed, so I don’t think this one has aged too badly. I love a nice green tea occasionally. This looks like it had a lot more than a teaspoon of these thin grassy leaves. The flavor is fairly strong (again probably because of the more than a teaspoon)… very nutty, savory, salty, buttery, seaweed, creamed corn. I like how much flavor a green tea can have though. Looking at the mug (both steeps), it looks like it’s full of matcha. I’m not sure if the blend actually is full of matcha or the leaves are so small, but now that I think about it, the tea tastes exactly like matcha anyway. I’m glad I took so long deciding on which tea to have! Any more of a temp or steep time (and leaves… the infuser was almost 1/3 full!) and this one would have been a bit on the bitter side. Since the wait was 40 minutes, it kind of had to be a tea like this one anyway.
Steep #1 // 40 min after boiling // 1 1/2-2 min steep
Steep #2 // 30 min a.b. // 2 min
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Hi! I love tea and trying new ones – it adds a bit of variety to my day! Books, music, TV & movies are my thing… and tea, of course.
Some of my favorite tea shops (still operating):
birdandblendtea.com
teavivre.com
52teas.com
svtea.com
whisperingpinestea.com
justea.com
harney.com
Dammann Freres
fusionteas.com
shop.Javateaco.com
Lupicia
Octaviatea.com
Davidstea.com
eco-cha.com
what-cha.com
singleoriginteas.com
teasenz.com
tealyra.com
Mandalatea.com
verdanttea.com
Favorite tea shops (RIP):
butikiteas.com
steapshoppe.com
steepcityteas.com
aquartertotea.com
dellaterrateas.com
zentealife.com
angrytearoom.com
theteamerchant.net
joysteaspoon.com
tealiciousllc.com
Rivertea
Specialteas
My icon photo is Richard Mayhew from the graphic novel ‘Neverwhere’ by Neil Gaiman, Mike Carey & Glenn Fabry.
Most of the teas listed in my cupboard are actually sample sizes. I don’t really have 2,000 ounces of tea around here! Many of my teas have only one teaspoon left… maybe two. But I like keeping them in my cupboard list for reference to what I could be sipping. Usually, I write tasting notes once for each tea. I’m still drinking them, just not writing tasting notes each time!
I’m always in search of: Hattialli, Qu Hao black, Jin Jun Mei, teas using marshmallow root.
My dislikes: hibiscus, ginger (unless in chai), turmeric, bee pollen, charcoal type flavors
My ratings:
95-100 – Super awesome deliciousness favorites – cupboard essential
80-95 – Also pretty delicious
65-80 – Pretty good
50-65 – Okay
1-50 – Probably won’t want to sip it again
I’m planning on being a Steepsterer as long as there IS a Steepster, so if you’re not hearing from me, that means something happened to my health… if you know what I mean. (Or as evidenced by the great computer hiatus of 2019, something happened to my computer… I have a dumb phone so can’t access internet on that. As of 12/20/21 my wifi might start getting unreliable.)
Happy sipping!
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USA
