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Lumbini Tipsy Eve Ceylon FBOPF SP/Lumbini Tea Valley

Twigs or perhaps larger dried out branches. Go bite one and that is what this dry leaf smells like. The wet aroma turns to wet twig, big surprise, compost, and wet forest floor. Silky mouthfeel. So far no astringency, just wonderful earthy hints of wet wood and slight citrus hints. For a CTC, cut, tear,…

AdagioTeas

Blueberry White/Adagio Teas -Skysamurai-

Top of the morning to you. Had to wait till I was done with my granola to drink this one because I knew it was going to overwhelm the flavor. The aroma though, I don’t think, would have been overcome. It’s intensely blueberry. Not the artificial type but that same smell you get from blueberries…

52Teas

French Vanilla Marshmallow Assam Black Tea/52Teas – Ashmanra –

A good vanilla black tea is a shelf staple in my opinion. Sometimes you need black tea but you want something to soften it, or make it a little bit pampering or luxurious. French Vanilla Marshmallow Assam is a blend of first and second flush Assam leaves. They are strong, malty, and brisk. While the…

GreenTea

Gokuzyo – First Crop Japanese Green Tea – Limited/Japanese Green Tea Company

After losing track of this tea in my stash for a while I finally found a bit of it again and it was due to an honest mistake on my part! I mislabeled it! Shame on me! I forgot to write down the full name of this tea company! I had it as “Tea In”…

BlackTea

Bold Breakfast/Dunkin Donuts -TeaEqualsBliss-

Sometimes even the most loose leaf tea-loving fan gets lazy from time to time. That’s why I recently sipped on one of the packaged Dunkin’ Donuts Bold Breakfast Black Teas. There were two reasons for this. One – was because I was overly lazy. Two – I wanted a black tea I didn’t have to…