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Ashmanra’s sipdown challenge – April 2023 Tea #1 – Your “fanciest” tea

Another month! When I think “fancy tea”, for some reason the first that comes to my mind is this one. Not sure why. Maybe because it is the ONE tea that I notice that never has a sale on Teavivre greater than 10%. And probably one of my pricier teas? Or it just has a flavor that says “fancier”? I don’t know. I only have a couple samples of this remaining, and I’m not in a hurry to finish it. The flavor is always deeper than I think it will be, while also being very nuanced. I always expect the pricier teas to be annoyingly light in flavor. Very fruity (peach) but a nice depth to it. Amazingly, this sample was from 2016. I DID finish the sample anyway, but not the second one in the pair.

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I agree with you on this one! This one I save for special occasions or use when I want to introduce people to something way beyond tea bag tea.

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I agree with you on this one! This one I save for special occasions or use when I want to introduce people to something way beyond tea bag tea.

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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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