Tasting note #2,300. Yowzas. Can I just say I appreciate how much work the Steepster team puts into Steepster — thank you! I’ve been meaning to mention this in a tasting note and now seems the time. I hope all the Steepsterers had a fantastic long weekend. I got this as a sample in my order… a very generous sample and there were two samples! This is a lovely herbal blend with NO hibiscus so already it’s a win. Oh my gosh, the flavor is like a Snapple fruit drink or something. Like the strawberry kiwi drink. I could have swore there was kiwi in this tea but there is not. I’m not too familiar with guava but I would probably love it. Otherwise the ingredients lend to a perfectly tart, fruity, thirst quenching, sweet cup. I love the other extra ingredients: sunflower blossoms and rose. I can’t decide what would be making this blend so tart (is guava tart?) but it’s a very delicious blend. The brew is actually a yellow color (not deep red for hibiscus — but a little beetroot could have turned it pink!) and the lemongrass hardly makes an appearance, possibly because there wasn’t much lemongrass included. Otherwise, I think the ingredients are well thought out. I’d buy this blend! I think Tealyra knew what they were doing sending a sample. :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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Happy #2300! That’s an impressive number. :D
Haha yep. Steepster commitment :D