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Had this with breakfast this morning..drank it plain for once, not bad.

This isn’t great, but not horrible either. The dry tea smells very strong of blueberry which lasts throughout the steeping process. I don’t seem to care much for white teas, but this one seems to have more flavor that others I’ve tried. The tea would probably be good with sugar, which might help bring out the pomegranate that is lost in this tea. I don’t see myself buying this.

Wanted this again to make up for ruining it earlier. Shorter steep time=delicious!!! I’m glad this tin has 50 tea bags, if it was 20ish like usual I would be out within a couple of days.

Maybe it is because I feel adventurous or crazy, but probably just because I wasn’t sure a third infusion of this Yunnan would produce a strong enough cup….either way, I decided to make hot chocolate with tea instead of water. Perhaps that isn’t strange to some, but I just never pictured chocolate and tea together. (I have made hot chocolate with coffee several times, though). After recently trying and loving the mint chocolate oolong, maybe this will actually be good.

It is pretty good. I think I was right about the Yunnan not making it for a full third infusion, the tea out of the pot was pretty light in color. The flavor is mostly hot chocolate with a taste of ‘something’ which is obviously the tea, but I don’t think I would have guessed that it was tea if I didn’t make it myself. I really want to try this hot chocolate/tea thing with a first infusion of tea to see if the tea taste is stronger….project for tomorrow. :D

Last time I made this I found it a little bitter. The directions were to steep for 5 minutes, but this time I tried slightly less. The smell of the tea was fruit and possibly chocolate. The shorter steep time really makes this tea – very smooth, slightly sweet. This tea deserves a higher rating.

I had a sample of this and was pleasantly surprised. Most of the breakfast teas I have been drinking need milk or sugar because they are not that smooth plain. This tea, however, was great plain. I think this will be going on my shopping list.

Had this with breakfast. Its good, just not strong enough for a breakfast tea, much better suited to afternoons and evenings.