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Ashmanra’s sipdown challenge – July 2023 Tea #1 – A tea that makes you smile

A Frank blend!  This tea definitely makes me smile.  One whiff of the blend, yet even now, years later, the name is hella accurate.  What a lemon meringue blend!  It smells just like meringue. And I don’t think lemon blends have been appreciated enough from 52Teas — both with Frank’s blends and Anne’s blends. This is a sad sipdown (with a smile) as all these last crumblies in the pouch give a huge deal of flavor.  And a perfect tea for this scorcher of a day. (I think it’s everywhere in the US today.)
2023 sipdowns: 54

ashmanra

That is astounding that it has so much flavor after all this time! I am trying to polish off a years old tea and all but the base tea flavor is gone. Very happy for you! Enjoy that smile!

Courtney

I agree about lemon blends in general! I mean — Lemon Chiffon (of course haha) and B&B Moondrop Dreams as well. :)

tea-sipper

YES to both of those blends, Courtney! Some of my favorites.

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ashmanra

That is astounding that it has so much flavor after all this time! I am trying to polish off a years old tea and all but the base tea flavor is gone. Very happy for you! Enjoy that smile!

Courtney

I agree about lemon blends in general! I mean — Lemon Chiffon (of course haha) and B&B Moondrop Dreams as well. :)

tea-sipper

YES to both of those blends, Courtney! Some of my favorites.

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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
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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.)

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