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drank Bronte Sisters by Simpson & Vail
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Ashmanra’s sipdown challenge – February 2024 Tea #4 - February 14 – World Library Lovers’ Day

WHUT.  I had no idea that Feb 14 is library day!  Fitting, as personally, I think most of my love has definitely gone to books since a very early age.  I haven’t read it in quite a while, but I do believe ‘Jane Eyre’ would probably be on a list of my favorite books.   So here we have this tea for this prompt!   I also appreciate that it’s a blend named for all three sisters, rather than only one.  I have read books by all three sisters, and they are all talented.  I really want to read ‘Villette’ soon, but there are a billion other books in the line up. 
This blend was good!  More of a vague fruit blend… seemed like it was constantly wisping around to different fruit flavors, which is understandable as there are five fruit flavors here, not many of them really common tea flavors. But this has always been fitting for a fruit craving, especially as this blend is now a few years old.  I would consider buying it again, though it isn’t exactly in my list of favorites from S&V (and that list of favorites might be in the dozens by now.) (This was the sample in the Author box.)
2024 sipdowns: 17

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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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