Today’s cup is a Ceylon Lemon Tea from Dils Tea / Tea Packs USA.

This Sri Lankan black tea pairs nicely with the lemon flavoring. While the body remains astringent the lemon does well to distract from the strength of the brew.

Sadly the aroma was much lighter than hoped and carried all of the strength of the brew, with none of the lemon.

Morning Cup #35

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Today’s cup is White Orchard from Mighty Leaf Tea.

This Sri Lankan Green Tea (Sri Lanka used to be called Ceylon) is light, not grassy or vegetal. Sadly it’s a bit nondescript. Somewhere between a Dragonwell (Lung Ching) and a Kukicha to be honest. I’m not really sure what to think about it.

Morning Cup #32

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Today’s cup is an Orange Spice black tea from Stash Tea.

Citrus and spice have been paired together in a lot of teas. It’s because of this that this tea was so comfortable to try. But be careful when you brew it.

Perhaps the astringency and lack of subtlety are due to the tea bag quality of the leaf fannings, but while the citrus certainly came through, this tea needed to be toned down a bit from the recommended steep settings from Stash’s website.

Morning Cup #29

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Today’s cup is a Mango Green Tea from Touch Organic.

As far as flavored green teas in tea bags go, this one is actually pretty nice.

The aroma isn’t all that strong, but the flavor is pretty decently balanced. It tastes like this is a bancha with mango flavoring though instead of mango pieces..

Morning Cup #27

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Today’s cup is a Peach Ceylon Black Tea from Dils Tea / Tea Packs USA.

This particular tea is very peachy. The flavoring is notably stronger than anticipated, though you could smell it through the packaging.

The aroma once brewed though was more subtle. The flavor in the tail was also more nuanced than in the initial start of the sip.

Morning Cup #23

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