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I wanted some roasted yerba mate today. I don’t have many of those in the cupboards… but I’d say I have enough green yerba mate in stock. I didn’t expect much from this one, as I think most tasting notes I remember have said this just tastes like yerba mate and nothing else. There was a piece of dried corn in my infuser! I guess I was expecting… popcorn? Rather than dried corn? The flavor is mostly roasted yerba mate but there is a tiny hint of corn and a hint of a sweet flavor, which to me is kettle corn. Not terrible but not inspired. It was roasted mate though and that is what I wanted today.

“Kettle corn’s a fun time snack!” – Troy Barnes I need to get back to rewatching Community! I’ve been wondering why TV has not been reairing season five.
Steep #1 // 10 min after boiling // 1 minute steep
Steep #2 // 10 min a.b. // 2-3 min

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I LOVE Community!

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Ah! Another fan! Community is probably my favorite show of all time and there are many of them. :D

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I LOVE Community!

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Ah! Another fan! Community is probably my favorite show of all time and there are many of them. :D

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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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