Ashmanra’s sipdown challenge – August 2023 Tea #6 -August 25 – National Secondhand Wardrobe Day
Let’s be honest — MOST of my teas arrive by secondhand. This one teabag sample is from Cameron B very recently! Thanks so much! Always willing to try ALL the Lupicia lovelies. This is a flavored black. Right away I taste strawberry and their champagne flavor. But I’m wrong! The description doesn’t mention strawberry or champagne. More like guava and other fruits: mango, papaya, and even rose is on the list. What the heck. This one blindsided me here. Though I hear guava is like strawberry. At least there is no noticeable hibiscus. The base is a little bland this time around though. The second steep seems even more like a strawberry jello type flavor, maybe due to the fruit flavors blending. Possibly more rose. Maybe lychee or starfruit, but those flavors aren’t supposed to be there. I’m guessing all the wrong tropical fruit! I’m happy I was able to try it, but I don’t think it’s a Lupicia favorite. By chance, I’m also wearing secondhand clothes, as I do most days, mainly because I’m much more a fan of the older style jeans than the newer jeans, so I buy a lot of them on ebay. I would like to take a poll and guess us Oregon Trail gen kids like bootcut jeans? Maybe it’s just me. :D
Steep #1 // 18 minutes after boiling // 1 minute steep
Steep #2 // just boiled // 3 minute steep
2023 sipdowns: 79
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Honestly I find their Hawai’i teas to be mostly disappointing… And it’s a shame, I love guava and passion fruit and all of those things. :(
That’s fine.. Lupicia already has too many great teas! haha. I’m glad they aren’t ALL cupboard necessities. :D
So true ha ha, I think if I had to pick one favorite flavored tea company, it would be Lupicia. <3
Honestly I find their Hawai’i teas to be mostly disappointing… And it’s a shame, I love guava and passion fruit and all of those things. :(
That’s fine.. Lupicia already has too many great teas! haha. I’m glad they aren’t ALL cupboard necessities. :D
So true ha ha, I think if I had to pick one favorite flavored tea company, it would be Lupicia. <3