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I tasted a few new teas here in San Fransisco. Thought I might just log them here so I can refer to this when I scrapbook/for the interest of others.

I tried a dark oolong with dark plum and brandy notes, heavily roasted, slightly tannic and a touch of bitterness. It was roasty, there were some mineral and toasty roasty notes in there. Raisin, metallic, not bad but I’m not much of a heavily roasted oolong kind of gal.

My lychee bubble tea was a lychee green with no milk and lychee jellies. It was tasty, but way too sweet.

I also picked up some high grade yellow tea from Vital-i-tea and it smells delicious. Can’t wait to try it!

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Mastress Alita
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Ooo, I’ve done tea shopping in San Francisco on vacation before as well! My friend lives in the Bay Area. :-)

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Mastress Alita
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Ooo, I’ve done tea shopping in San Francisco on vacation before as well! My friend lives in the Bay Area. :-)

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I am a biochem major hoping for a career in research genetics and evolutionary biology. I love science fiction and spend too much of my time reading comic books. I’m a passionate keeper of spiders, cacti, and exotic plants. I eat a vegan, plant-based diet for moral and environmental reasons (I mention this only because it is relevant to which flavoured teas I drink).

I drink mostly flavoured and low caffeine teas/tisanes, but I will try anything twice. As far as pure teas go, I gravitate towards whites, yellows, and jade oolongs. I’m always open for trades and sample sales/exchanges. Message me any time :)

My cupboard is mostly up to date. For a more comprehensive list, see my stash spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-HjWKR3um-xEnj6HC9vMvKXOAyj_bpW5u_2ixEC20-k/edit?usp=sharing
Most of these are only tiny samples/I can’t always spare any, but feel free to ask.

Favourite flavours/ingredients:
Rum/alcohol, clove, cardamom, rosemary, pine, sage, moss/Earthy, lychee, floral, creamy, malt, hay, rice/grain, toasty, desserty, cocoa/chocolate, decaf or no caffeine, very unusual flavours

Favourite tea types
Decaf teas (any variety)/no caf tisanes like honeybush and rooibos, yellow, jade oolong, white, Darjeeling blacks

Least favourite flavours/ingredients:
Acidic/sour/tart, melon, grapefruit, bitter, astringent, smokey, sickly sweet (too much chicory, cinnamon, or licorice root), yerba mate, tumeric mushroom/fungus,

No
Animal products: [confectioners glaze, gelatine, marshmallows, , natural flavour, white choc chips, caramel bits, etc]
St. John’s wort (herb)