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lizwykys drank Snowball by Bird & Blend Tea Co.

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My expectations were super high for this, so it’s maybe not surprising they weren’t fully realized. I’m not even sure what doesn’t quite hit the mark, but I feel like I wanted more of a toasted marshmallow flavor here, and … more … luxury somehow. However, I think this is one to really splash out on in order to conjure the promise of the scent out of the bag, so will be trying it creamy latte style next. Already I found that I have to be extra lavish with leaves on this for my tastes, or it’s fairly underwhelming, so even though I’ve had this with milk and sweetener, next time I think I’ll do the whole frothed hot milk, honey, even whipped cream (and possibly vanilla) thing and just go totally explicit “dessert in a cup.” Having said all that, I still find it enjoyable — it’s just that I’m hoping to nudge it closer to my fantasy of what it would be like!

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205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec 6 g 10 OZ / 300 ML

7 years ago

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Relatively new tea convert who discovered Mariage Frères online shop somehow (I wish I could remember!), and swooned over Wedding Imperial, particularly; I didn’t know tea could be like that! Now I’m testing my wings a bit, and eager to try as much as possible of various tea world treasures.

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Here’s where I’m going to keep track of interesting online tea sellers shipping (mostly with at least semi-reasonable rates) to Europe (or Greece, specifically):

Bird & Blend will ship orders from UK to EU up to €15 for €4.60, so no need to pad an order out just bc the min shipping rate is so high, and now also offer free EU shipping on orders of €65 and up.
https://birdandblendtea.com/eu_en

Mariage Frères is expensive, full stop. Min €15.40 shipping from France to Greece, NO free shipping option for large orders. (Fast delivery, though) https://www.mariagefreres.com/UK

T2 ships from UK to EU for £10, w/ free shipping from £60. https://www.t2tea.com/en/uk

Teatower says they ship to EU for €3, w/ free shipping from €39. Will definitely check this out. https://www.teatower.com/en. UPDATE: though Gr is in EU, it doesn’t show up on dropdown for ordering; I’ve emailed to see if it’s an error, but no response.

Vadham has $10.00 shipping from India to Greece for orders up to $29.99; $5.00 for orders $30.00 – $48.99; free shipping above $49.00. https://www.vahdam.com

Dammann Frères ships to Greece for €8,40, quite a bit less than Mariage Frères. No free shipping option for larger orders. https://www.dammann.fr

What-Cha ships international orders from UK for a reasonable £4.40, with free shipping above £36. https://what-cha.com

Mountain Stream Teas offers free shipping from Taiwan with purchase over $25, and shipping to Greece for $7 for quantities under$25. https://mountainstreamteas.com

Tealyra UK ships to Greece for just €4.31, with free delivery above €48. https://www.tealyra.co.uk

White2Tea ships from China for $10. https://white2tea.com

Lupicia ships from France to Greece for €13. http://en.lupicia.fr

Tee Gschwendner ships from Germany to Greece for a minimum of €13.74. https://www.teegschwendner.de