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Another Lupicia impulse purchase.

The tea in the packet has the most wonderful gingery smell!

The tea steeps cloudy and its red-russet color makes me wonder if the base is the same used in the Cassis and Blueberry. I don’t get the same maltiness or cocoa note, though.

The ginger aroma after steeping is far milder than it was in the packet, and the flavor is also quite mild. While the base doesn’t completely overpower the ginger, it’s not 50-50 even. More like 70-30 base flavor to ginger.

I would love more ginger, as others have said. But I also wonder how much is the randomness of how many ginger chips are in a given spoon. It also may be that it’s not possible to get a more gingery flavor without too much spice or bitterness in the absence of some other flavoring agents.

I noticed that there’s a bit of a zing on the tongue from just the amount of ginger in the cup I had this morning, which is what made me think more might end up being a blending problem. I also noticed that the ginger flavor becomes stronger as the tea cools.

In any case, I like it better than the Orange Chocolat of yesterday and not quite as much as the Cassis and Blueberry of this morning. But I still quite like it.

Flavors: Ginger

Preparation

Boiling 3 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 500 OZ / 14786 ML

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I got obsessed with tea in 2010 for a while, then other things intruded, then I cycled back to it. I seem to be continuing that in for a while, out for a while cycle. I have a short attention span, but no shortage of tea.

I’m a mom, writer, gamer, lawyer, reader, runner, traveler, and enjoyer of life, literature, art, music, thought and kindness, in no particular order. I write fantasy and science fiction under the name J. J. Roth.

Personal biases: I drink tea without additives. If a tea needs milk or sugar to improve its flavor, its unlikely I’ll rate it high. The exception is chai, which I drink with milk/sugar or substitute. Rooibos and honeybush were my gateway drugs, but as my tastes developed they became less appealing — I still enjoy nicely done blends. I do not mix well with tulsi or yerba mate, and savory teas are more often a miss than a hit with me. I used to hate hibiscus, but I’ve turned that corner. Licorice, not so much.

Since I find others’ rating legends helpful, I added my own. But I don’t really find myself hating most things I try.

I try to rate teas in relation to others of the same type, for example, Earl Greys against other Earl Greys. But if a tea rates very high with me, it’s a stand out against all other teas I’ve tried.

95-100 A once in a lifetime experience; the best there is

90-94 Excellent; first rate; top notch; really terrific; will definitely buy more

80-89 Very good; will likely buy more

70-79 Good; would enjoy again, might buy again

60-69 Okay; wouldn’t pass up if offered, but likely won’t buy again

Below 60 Meh, so-so, iffy, or ick. The lower the number, the closer to ick.

I don’t swap. It’s nothing personal, it’s just that I have way more tea than any one person needs and am not lacking for new things to try. Also, I have way too much going on already in daily life and the additional commitment to get packages to people adds to my already high stress level. (Maybe it shouldn’t, but it does.)

That said, I enjoy reading folks’ notes, talking about what I drink, and getting to “know” people virtually here on Steepster so I can get ideas of other things I might want to try if I can ever again justify buying more tea. I also like keeping track of what I drink and what I thought about it.

My current process for tea note generation is described in my note on this tea: https://steepster.com/teas/mariage-freres/6990-the-des-impressionnistes