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Not loving this one. Not sure what it is. I get orange and vanilla and green tea and while it’s fine, it’s also nothing special.
I’ve come to the conclusion that I just don’t really reach for white teas or green teas (except for maybe genmaichas), even if I like the tea.
I’m the same way, with only a couple of exceptions. Blacks teas are definitely what I reach for the most!
Today is both #31daysofhallotean and #matchamonday on instagram and the prompt for the former is all about a pick-me-up tea. That seemed to align pretty perfectly with the latter seeing as matcha really is one of the best pick-me-ups in the tea world. I decided to have a bit of fun though and use this matcha in a matcha frappuccino (recipe: https://www.ohhowcivilized.com/matcha-green-tea-frappuccino/).
While the frappuccino was alright overall, I didn’t really taste the matcha. What I did taste was the sweetened condensed milk. So, not bad by any means but definitely just sweet and creamy and not much else. Looked nice enough though: https://www.instagram.com/p/CGQd3wJAx9P/
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Following the day of trick blends, #31daysofhallotean called for a treat blend aka a favorite blend. While this certainly isn’t my favorite blend in my stash, it’s the one I wanted all day yesterday so I suppose its up there. I like it because it’s really fudgey which sells “brownie” all the way. I do get caramel but the brownie element is the star.
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This is another Roswell Strange share that I finished the other day. I had a much better experience with this tea than I did with Dandelion Detox though. This is a rooibos cream blend and while the rooibos flavor came through, it wasn’t as offensive as so many others I have had lately. It was a nice vanilla cream flavor that worked well with the rooibos – which was neither woodsy or medicinal. I was surprised but quite pleased with this one. Thank you for sharing Roswell Strange!
This tea went into my swap box. I broke it out for #31daysofhallotean as the prompt was to drink a trick blend aka a tea you don’t like. Roswell Strange was kind enough to share this with me but I could almost guarantee I wasn’t going to be a fan between the puerh, dandelion, and chicory. It was essentially a combination of all things I don’t like in one mean cup. And though I hoped for the best, this met my expectation. I am not rating though because this just happens to be all things I don’t like and it seems unfair for me to tank the rating based 100% on personal preferences. Nonetheless, thank you Roswell Strange for sharing and always trying to broaden my horizons haha.
I put the tea in a teabag and just let it continually steep. It is more apple than ginger today though and I find that disappointing.
As I keep allowing it to steep, the ginger is coming through a little more bit the apple is still the stronger flavor. I just wanted the burn today so I am sad that’s not the focus.
