This is the last of this – me and my friend did a good job cleaning out the most of this tin when we were huddled under the covers in autumnal Venice. It did an exceptional job being our foremost biennale tea, however. This is a potential restock in spite of its lower grade, because …
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Tsugaru Green – Lupicia
It’s been a while since I had this – I’ve been too busy trying new teas. I’m impressed by how well Lupicia’s flavored greens have held up for this 1+ year I’ve had them. This one has lost some scent and flavor, but it’s far from flat or stale. Either way, it’s time to start …
Champagne & Rose Cream – Butiki Teas
Rose can be really tricky for me – I got this one mostly on a whim. It’s one of the prettiest teas I’ve ever seen – it’s mostly rose buds, really, so it looks more like a potpourri. The same notion is very present nose wise as well – it smells like a high-end rose …
Nosy Bey – Dammann Frères
This tea would have fared better if it hadn’t been the last stop on my Dammann Frères journey. It’s a bit unfair, I know – I will try my best to keep an open mind. It’s just that both the dry tea and the steeped tea are saturated with this – as I have now …
Caramel Vanilla Assam – Butiki Teas
This is one I really wanted to love a lot – it sounds like it’s made for me, and it smells like it’s made for me. There is no end to how luscious this tea smells in the bag. It’s not quite up there with Lupicia’s Cookie or Mariage Frères Mariage Impérial, but it’s seriously good, nonetheless. …
Christmas Tea Blanc – Dammann Frères
Haha, oh, wow. Flashback to childhood, white milky liquid penicillin. At the hospital they always said, ‘Oh, no small child can swallow pills this big,’ but I very happily did, seeing as the option was that terrifying milky-thick, fruit-flavored stuff. I’ve sort of gotten over artificial banana to some degree, but artificial cherry? Never. One sip of …
Watermelon Xylophone – Butiki Teas
This is the fourth and final melon tea I have to try – it’s been great fun to compare. In this case, the dry tea smells perfectly melony – I often find that melon scents are a little hard to keep apart; I know it’s melon, but which melon? With this one, I get a lot of …
Nuit à Versailles – Dammann Frères
This is one of the most popular Dammann Frères blends, it seems – both in terms of ratings and sales. It makes sense – if DF’s overall concept appealed to me, I’d be really excited about this tea, too. Smelling the dry leaf is interesting – at first, it’s a rich, dreamy bouquet with all …
Pistachio Ice Cream – Butiki Teas
Pistachio is my favourite nut; I think I’ve cooked and served and eaten it in every way possible, but this is the first pistachio tea I try. Random fact: the Swedish word for ‘pistachio’ is one of the most commonly misspelled words in the Swedish language. In the bag, this smells like fairly generic nut …
Christmas Tea Vert – Dammann Frères
Again, one of those Dammann teas that exploded with tasting notes after I added it to the database. It’s been a lot of fun reading reviews of teas I acquired completely blindly. In the bag, I get a strong, well-balanced cherry-orange. Definitely a nice combination for a Christmas tea, but, as always, the Dammann Frères …