The last one from the teabox! Back to my other teas! 41 teas I sampled from the teabox in two weeks! Teaboxes will never stop being fun! It definitely opens my eyes to all the tea out there.
’Here’s Hoping’ traveling teabox Round #2 // Tea #41
I snagged one of these teabags from the teabox before I went out the door to mail it. I knew it probably wasn’t for me. Hibiscus doesn’t say ‘birthday’ to me. And why does Harney feel the need to ruin their teas with hibiscus? I possibly steeped this one too long and let the hibiscus really run the cup. But it wasn’t too terrible. Underneath all that tart hibiscus, it has that lovely fruity flavor found in other Harney teas like Paris or Tower of London. The decaf wasn’t offensive. Harney has some of the best decaf teas. Without the hibiscus, this one might have tasted like a nice berry birthday cake. (There is an odd flavor that almost seems like stale grocery store cake frosting… but not in a terrible way… that might just be the black tea, I’m not sure!) Otherwise, there is no way I’d choose to sip this one on my birthday. Nice to try any tea, of course!
Steep #1 // a few minutes after boiling // 4-5 min
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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!
Location
USA
