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ohfancythat drank No. 47 Bungalow by Steven Smith Teamaker

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Thanks to Sil for sending a sample of this my way!
After discovering Steven Smith’s amazing Lord Bergamot, I knew I’d want to try some of their other teas, including Bungalow.

Made it this morning for breakfast…it’s good, but a bit too astringent for my tastes. That’s not a quality I enjoy in a tea.

I steeped it for only 3 min at 96 degrees to play it safe, but it was still quite bitter.
The resteep was a little better but still left quite the aftertaste. I think I do prefer something smoother and less toothache inducing (is that a normal thing? Bitter teas make my teeth hurt…)

Glad I got to try it rather than blindly buying it one day! Thanks Sil :)

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Indigobloom
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Odd I didn’t find this one bitter at all. Maybe try cutting the steep time?

ohfancythat
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What parameters did you use?

Sil
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This is a Darjeeling……treat it like a green….or just not a black

ohfancythat
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Soooo even less than 96 degrees? I will try tomorrow!

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Indigobloom
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Odd I didn’t find this one bitter at all. Maybe try cutting the steep time?

ohfancythat
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What parameters did you use?

Sil
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This is a Darjeeling……treat it like a green….or just not a black

ohfancythat
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Soooo even less than 96 degrees? I will try tomorrow!

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name change alert – going from whatshesaid to ohfancythat

Hello!

I love tea. I love my mini-me daughter, my husband, my dog Wally, Netflix, shopping, and tea. Some other stuff too, but these are the most important!

Some favourites -

My new favourite tea company is A Quarter to Tea. I love the flavouring used and how it doesn’t seem fake, and the combinations are so delicious. Right up my alley.

My favourite teas are black, I love Laoshan Black and Taiwanese Wild Mountain Black tea from TTC. Also many of Teavivre’s black teas.

Butiki teas RIP, I loved how the flavours were subtle and not fake tasting and didn’t overwhelm the tea base. Trust that I am dramatically mourning the loss of this company!

Teavivre, Whispering Pines and Mariage Freres are some more tea companies I appreciate. Along with Davidstea as it was the ‘gateway drug’ to my tea addiction. Though I’m mostly over it now, I’ve definitely moved on from the artificially flavoured teas and am trying more quality straight teas!

My ultimate goal is to try as many French teas as possible – and to finally find a source in Canada for Mariage Freres so I can buy Wedding Imperial, and Black Orchid for sure.

I would like to try any Taiwanese Assams that exist in the world!

Also continuously on the hunt for Fauchon – La Naissance. If anyone has some of this I would pay for it!!! It’s my number one all time favourite tea.

When I rate, it goes like this:

85 -100 = WIN! awesome, I love this and keep it on hand
70 – 85 = pretty darn good but I don’t NEED to own it
55 – 70 = not necessarily terrible but not a tea for me!
30 – 55 = missed the mark as far as I am concerned. Wouldn’t drink it willingly.
0 – 30 = I likely won’t rate this low very often, so if you see it, consider the tea a great big FAIL and probably disgusting.

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New Brunswick, Canada

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