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I'll admit that a lot of things are different then what I originally had planned. I'll admit that I miss blogging like I used to the most. A lot of drama in my life has happened and I probably ended up burning some bridges with a few tea companies I had connections with as well.</div>
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But this post isn't really about giving an explanation about lack of reviews and such. Let's just say that that's been stalled because life hasn't been kind to me in the last few years.</div>
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I recently discovered I had sciatica, due to a rare muscle formation near my spine. The pain is unbearable most of the time, and I often can't move much if at all, and I sometimes end up spending entire days in one spot because it's such a horrible pain. Mundane things, such as getting myself some water, or simply going to the bathroom are extremely challenging and painful. I do have pain medication, strong ones, too but all they do is make me sleep non-stop and the pain is still there.</div>
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What's really draining me though, is how much help I need just to do basic stuff. I constantly feel worthless, and as if my life has now been just a challenge of trying to minimize how much pain I feel while just trying to survive the day. I feel less like I'm living and more like I'm just trying not to die. I am a burden on the people I live with and a burden on my friends.</div>
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All of these things are making my depression really hard, I didn't leave my bed till almost 10pm yesterday. I haven't slept in over 70 hours.</div>
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I just wanted all of you to know that this is what's been going on in my head.</div>
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Simple Loose Leaf is a monthly tea box subscription. Its $15/month but not only do you get 4-6 samples of various high quality teas, your ID can be used to buy more tea at half the price. I honestly think that's a pretty good deal. That is, if their products are actually good.</div>
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Pretty standard packaging. They are resealable, too. My only concern is that they appear to be a little stiff, and I worry that they might break up the leaves a bit more than they should be. Generally I think that it's fine though.</div>
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It carries mild peppermint aroma, but it is not alone. It has some sort of secret root-ness that lingers just for a moment, then quickly disappears. Its actually pretty interesting, its less of an aroma and more of an aromatic sensation.</div>
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This is where things get even more interesting. As the tea goes on to your pallet, it tastes pretty mild, pepperminty, with hints of rooibus tea. It isn't done yet though. There is a surprising sweetness, not quite licoricey, and not quite mentholy. It kind of lingers on the roof of your mouth as you swallow. It's definitely a flavor experience.</div>
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Nibblr is a snack box that is very similar to Graze. Nibblr is owned by General Mills, and offers fewer different options. I think its safe to say that most of their products are GMO as well. At this time if you have any allergy they advise not ordering from them, which is a shame. </div>
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Cajun crunch, sweet chili pistachios, stuck on flax, and strawberry banana shake. They are all generally the same size as the graze snacks. I think that over all the snacks where pretty good, the pistachios being my favorite out of the four. The Cajun crunch tasted similar to chili flavored corn chips. The pistachios were pretty great, suppose to be sweet, but it was mostly spicey, carried more heat then I would expect, which is good. Stuck in flax, was good but also strange because felt like it was just a bunch of sticky balls of sweet and saltiness, it was my second favorite. Some of the little bits and pieces in it were really good. The strawberry banana shake was pretty forgettable. Literally, I have no clue if I liked it or not.</div>
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The logo design is pretty cool, and suggests something new age, and modern. Umami is the fifth of the 5 basic tastes. Its considered to me similar to saltiness, but unique in it's own sense. Green tea is said to have a lot of umami.</div>
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You walk up to the counter, pick your broth, protein, and add-ons. The add-ons cost extra, there is a $1 and $2 section. The base price is $7.99. Honesty the prices are not that bad, but if you want a typical ramen-like meal it might add up. Typically, ramen includes egg, naruto, and napa cabbage. (They don't offer naruto at this time.)</div>
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I ordered "Japanese Miso" with tofu, and 1 add-on, <a href="http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Nappa">napa cabbage</a>. Jessica ordered Japanese miso, with tofu, and 1 add-on, hard boiled egg.</div>
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It carried a pretty good aroma of miso, and onions. Although the restaurant itself wasn't filled with any distinct scent, which was surprising since there should be a lot of flavorful broths being made. Broth carries a lot of aroma, not as much as say, bread, or a baker, but still.</div>
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The miso itself was pretty weak, and to my amazement, it needed salt. Miso usually is pretty salty, its actually one of the reasons why I like it. The noodles themselves were okay, they didn't have anything special going for them, they tasted like typical pre-packaged ramen noodles. (Not the 20 cent package kind, though.) The extra $1 I spent on the napa cabbage was really a waste. Maybe two or three pieces in there, it did taste pretty good though. The tofu was really the star (As it should be) and it was fried. It was cooked really well, and had a great taste. I wasn't disappointed in the tofu at all.</div>
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As far as flavors go, they are okay. Not fantastic, or memorable in anyway. Its also brand-new, first or second week open. They were also completely packed, and the line was out the door. I wont make excuses for them but I am also going to revisit them in about a month to see if I have a better experience. Their customer service is pretty awful; Jessica's noodles were substituted without her being told, as they were out of the other kind. The problem with that is: we paid extra for those noodles, but were given cheaper ones, and no refund. She also didn't have tofu on hers. When she complained they just tossed cold, uncooked tofu on top. Completely unacceptable. She complained again because we suspected that the noodles were different, and her tofu was awful. So they redid her entire meal, and the second bowl she had completely lacked the hard boiled egg she ordered. (Also $1 for half a hard boiled egg? What the hell?)</div>
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This rating isn't out of pity, it was originally 1 leaf out of 5, but the owner contacted me and apologized, so at least he has some decency.</div>
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Its been a while since I've done a real tea post. I've had a lot of ups and downs, but that doesn't mean I'm not drinking tea. I drink tea everyday. I have some tea products coming, so I'm excited for that. I did not pay for this tea at Starbucks, I used a gift card them gave me.</div>
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Its foamy, as a latte should be, and for those who do not know what a typical latte is: it is usually expresso with steamed milk. This is made with tea instead of expresso, I would assume some crazy thick sirrup or something that would create a stronger flavor than regular brewed tea. (This is a theory, as I was too busy taking pictures to pay attention)</div>
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The aroma always reminds me of pumpkin spice, at least Teavana's chai tea does. (I've had Teavana's chai tea before.) I know that it is not the same, but it seems pretty similar. This is "Oprah's Chai Tea Latte" though, so it is special, somehow. (Might totally just be sponsored for added price.) It is not a strong enough scent to carry far from the cup, I actually couldn't catch any of the aroma without bringing it to my nose.</div>
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Boy, is it creamy! As you may know; I usually don't ever add milk or sugar to my tea, I like to experience it with full-bodied flavor, without any additions hindering it. This being a tea sold at a huge chain is, indeed, loaded with sugar because people love sugar. Though, the sweetness it carries actually enhances the subtle flavors of the cinnamon and brings it forth. There is a subtle mix of other spices, blended so well its kind of hard to pick them apart. It didn't so much taste like tea, as I would have hoped however.</div>
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This is a local place in Bangor, Maine. Their first store is located in Orono, Maine. This review is solely based on the Bangor, Maine location, I have no experience with the Orono location, nor have I ever been to any Verve previously. Also keep in mind that I am a pescatarian.(I do not consume anything meat besides fish.)</div>
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I'll admit that I had some pretty high expectations when I walked in the door, their facebook contains a lot of favorable reviews. However, the restaurant's decor isn't anything remarkably memorable. It was really open-spaced, with oddly small tables.It felt more like a coffee shop than a burrito place. None of this had any remnants of vigor, or enthusiasm, and definitely not "world moving", Personally though, I don't find decor as important as the food itself, but even some tacty local art on the walls would do it some justice.</div>
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I ordered the "Veg-head" breakfast burrito - Scrambled eggs, Gimme Lean vegetarian sausage, black beans, cheese, salsa, and sour cream. $5.25</div>
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I'm not really sure where they buy their products, and how much of it is made in house. I'd like to assume that they make everything minus the obvious. (Sour cream, tortillas, veggie sauce) Usually with ingredients listed, they are in order of amount. The burrito was rather large, but I think its safe to say there may have been only single egg's worth of scrambled eggs. The most dominating thing was the beans, which were extremely bland. I would almost say they came from a can, which is sad because if it were true, it isn't much effort to buy raw beans (Cheaper, too) and cook them with more flavor themselves. I mean, at least add some chili powder and salt. It's suppose to be Mexican food right? Mexican food is very flavorful. The vegetarian sausage? Tasted like charcoal, hard as a rock and burnt to hell, though, its amazing I could taste it at all, considering there were only two small pieces. Salsa and sour cream were not even in the flavor profile. I wouldn't even know they were there. </div>
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The price was right, the flavor? Was not. It's amazing that a business like this has the balls to expand; it's food would be considered cafeteria food at best. In fact, my college's lunch at around the same price, with more food, is better tasting. I'd like to also add that the employee preparing my food, wore no food safety gloves, and two other employees were just sitting around screwing off on their phones. (I was the only other person in the restaurant, which makes sense, people <i>like</i> good food) </div>
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Life always tends to throw a sack of curve balls into the mix.</div>
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I've been a pseudo-chinchilla breeder for a little while, and I only did it because I was naive; I dreamt that I'd be able to introduce others to how wonder the animals are. My biggest mistake was trusting that other people did their research - as obsessively as I did. What people don't realize is how big of a commitment Chinchillas, or pets in general are. Out of all the chinchillas I've rehomed, only 2 remain. One is being rehomed right now on facebook, she probably hopes that I don't see her trying to resell Pepper, and I know she is only rehoming her because she doesn't want to take care of her. Honestly though, my hands are tied. I'm pissed at pet owners in general, but also pissed at myself for trusting others to act on the same compassion as I do.</div>
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Wilma (RIP 2014) and Fred.</div>
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I recently got a van. Its a 1971 Chevy G30, and its converted into camper. Its pretty amazing, but needs some work. Bunch of little things mostly but nothing that'll cost a lot. The truth is other people might see trash, but I see potential. I have hopes for the van, dreams. It isn't much to look at now, but it will be when I'm done with it. Though, it's beginning to start it's fair share of drama, as I don't make a lot of money, people are telling me to sell it because its a wasted investment. Truth be told, most investments are wasted, usually, the outcome is less than what you put into it. Its not like I'm going out and buying a new engine for it, and other crazy things; I'm doing tiny things, one at a time by hand, too. Its an investment, sure, but a waste? Depends on who you ask. I don't think so, and I don't care what other people do think. That's the glory if life; I don't have to give a shit. When it's done, and I hit the road, they can kiss my asphalt.</div>
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People in life often expect you to live a certain way, to whatever insane expectations they have of life. My only expectation of life, is to live it. I don't follow any rules or standard set by others, I create my own. Fact is; only you control your destiny. People will pull you down and try to make you become a certain type of person, but if you allow that you will never be happy. Never be scared to point up and walk out of the shadows.</div>
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Its smells pretty good. I expected it to carry a more artificial raspberry scent but, it was actually really mellow, and didn't seem artificial at all. You can clearly get the aroma of the green tea, too. Which is unusually for a canned tea. Usually canned teas are loaded with tons of crap that the tea flavor is completely lost.</div>
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To my surprise, and amazement, the main taste is actually the tea. Unlike most brands the flavoring overwhelms the tea flavor. Here however, the raspberry taste is just there to add flavor, and not hide it. Its quite nice, and I really enjoyed it. It tastes very fresh and without tons of unnatural stuff in it. It actually tastes like green tea.</div>
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Its typical tea colored, nothing special here.</div>
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Its carries a very sweet maple scent, with a hint of apple. It smells like it would be very sweet, but considering its maple flavored; it probably doesn't contain actual maple. So that being said it probably isn't very sweet at all.</div>
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This is posted late because: blogspot. Also I didn't do an infusion Friday this time around because I am feeling very under the weather and didn't want to risk consuming something disgusting. So I did some Good Earth tea, since I already drink it, but haven't review it yet.</div>
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Its actually really green colored, which I thought was a little strange. I found out it contains lemon peel and lemon oil, so that's good. Might have an interesting flavor.</div>
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Steaming hot! Just how I like it. (Actually it wasn't really all that hot, it was only steaming because its cold in this room. AC is blasting.)</div>
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Its.. very lemony but with a hint of berry. I think my problem with this is though, it smells very medicine-y. Like night time cold medicine. That doesn't mean its going to reflect in flavor, but its rather disappointing in aroma. It also smells mildly sweet, with a very tiny tingling of rosehip.</div>
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It's one of those teas that has a lot of potential to be extremely tart, but it also contains some sweeteners, so it actually balances that out. Its really tangy, I think the blueberry and lemon flavor blend really well to create this. Its also kind of sweet, which I sorta wish it wasn't. I tend to like non-sweetened teas.</div>
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Earl Grey De La Creme. Its a black tea as you can tell. Earl grey tea is a special kind of tea that is always a black tea with<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergamot_essential_oil" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-decoration: none;" title="Bergamot essential oil">oil of bergamot</a> as a flavoring. A bergamot is a type of citrus fruit, similar to an orange.<br />
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It has a really deep scent. At first it carries a flowery scent, which comes from the corn flowers, but as that slowly fades away you collect a hint of citrus. Its nice, delicate yet complex. It isn't too prefumey either.</div>
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It doesn't taste as roasted as I would have expected. Though it does carry some interesting depth. Its not very flowery, but does carry a tiny hint of it. It actually tastes mildly creamy, though, it isn't thick. It also has a very delicate citrusy flavor, much like an orange and lemon mixture. I'm just glad that it isn't remotely as flower as that <a href="http://rusticrain.blogspot.com/2014/07/365-days-of-tea-day-23-kiss-from-rose.html">trash</a> I had before.</div>
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This is finally something really good from Steeped Tea. It carried depth, and also quite delicate. It speaks with high class, but my one complaint is "natural flavors". I'd like to know whats in it. Keep in mind that I do review loose leaf teas at a higher standard then I review tea bags.</div>
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Sadly though, this is my last tea from Tea At Sea. Perhaps I'll get more samples in the future? I guess we'll see. My experience with there tea has been really great, and I have high hopes for that company as well.</div>
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Teat At Sea usually offers very interesting aromas and flavors, and this is no different. It smells like a roasted mountain-side with a slight hint of sea breeze. Its carries a lot of depth, and complexity as well. The roasted flavor comes off very nutty, with an earthy under tone, and sea breeze finish.</div>
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It comes off as very dark and roasted flavor at first, but it's followed by a bit of earthiness. It almost tastes mildly salted, but that is from where it was grown. Tea At Seas's teas itself, may not be ground breaking, but where they are grown makes a huge differences. You can taste the care and love in every cup and it makes you smile.</div>
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Sweet Chai Of Mine is chai tea, which I know we'ved talked about a bit before. Chai tea is usually black tea mixed with herbs and spices. This tea nails that right on the head.</div>
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Magical brewing vault. Turns hot water into magic water, then into tea. I drank that tea, sometimes all of it. I often find myself chewing on the mug, wishing for more.</div>
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Its hard to describe, but it smells like my nose popped off and walked into an Indian spice shop. The licorice root is a very dominating scent, but at the same time, its being layered with hints of cinnamon, glove, and ginger. There is even a very small trace of black pepper that tickles your nose. It smells great.</div>
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At first when you sip, it takes a moment, it lingers, waits. It tastes almost like nothing, but then, it happens. Suddenly your mouth is filled with a very deep, rich, mixture of roasted spices. The licorice rot makes it self known first, the clove, cardamon and nutmeg slowly come into focus. Its almost like a tea that changes flavors as you drink it. This isn't tea anymore, this is wizard magic.</div>
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Now, I can say that this tea isn't for everyone. This tea is for the office worker having a bad day, the late night gamer needing a break, the younger mother needing a piece of mind. There is a lot of depth here, which is extremely surprising for a tea bag. I like said though, not all tea bags are created equal.</div>
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Graze is a snack box that you can set up to come in a set amount of time, its automatically set to once a week, but you can set it to every two weeks, once a month, or whatever you want. They offer a few different box types, but I choose the "Calorie Counter". The "Calorie Counter" box is (As stated on their website:http://www.graze.com/us/health/our-boxes-explained) "calorie controlled snacking our imaginative range of over 50 snacks contains no more than 150 calories per serving." They actually have a wide range of snacks, so you can go a few boxes without seeing anything twice. Its actually quite a nice surprise.</div>
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<li>Pomodoro Rusticshella (Cheese croutons, tomato baguettes, and tomato & herb almonds)</li>
<li>Key Lime Pie (Lime raisins, mini meringues, sponge pieces, and green raisins)</li>
<li>Chili & Lime Pistachios</li>
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I do like raisins but I'm not a huge fan of limes, nor key lime pie. I went to key west about a year ago and tried supposedly the world's most famous key lime pie, and it was awful. The lime raisins were just a tad bit lime-y, it wasn't over-powering in anyway, so I actually enjoyed them. Sponge pieces are just sort of like a vanilla cookie, but a bit softer/chewier. They were pretty good, too. The green raisins were good, nothing special to say about them though, they're just raisin-y. Now the mini meringues... They're like small little bites of heaven. They're hard, yet melt in your mouth. That almost too sweet flavor. Oh man, I wanted a huge bag of just those.</div>
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I have not idea what that means. Its sort of like a chex mix, but a lot better. The cheese croutons, tomato baguettes, and almonds were all pretty good. Though, nothing really stood out, but it all mixed well together. If I ever got another box I wouldn't complain about this being in there for sure.</div>
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This felt like your typical trail mix with higher quality ingredients. It was pretty decent. Walnuts are naturally really dry, so they counter-act that dryness with nice dried cherries. Although, I would prefer to not get this one again, only because it is my least favorite out of the bunch.</div>
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So Its Sunday night and we were suppose to have a big storm but it barely rained at all. On another note, I'm trying to find a graphics designer to illustrate a childern's book I wrote last year, and I'd like to publish it on amazon. We'll see what happens with that.</div>
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Although you can't see it all that well, the tea bag is actually stained a light purple. Probably from the raspberries. I thought at first that it might contain blue berries but it actually doesn't.</div>
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It smells just like a berry popsickle. Strange I know, but its a very berry-like scent. A perfect mix of raspberries, cranberries, strawberries, and rosehips. There isn't a lot of depth to the aroma, but its still pretty good.</div>
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You know when you've eaten a fresh raspberry and its a tiny bit tart, and a little bit sweet? Its almost exactly like that flavor. Although, it does contain other ingredients but I think most of that flavor is lost. That doesn't mean that you don't get the health benefits from the other berries though. It tastes very unprocessed (even though the aroma kind of tells you otherwise) and fresh.</div>
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I am doing Steeped Tea's Organic Strawberry Fields, which I completely forgot to get a base photo of, but its right in that image - somewhere. </div>
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As you can see, we have some green tea leaves, as well as some papaya pieces. Although I don't directly see any strawberry pieces, Its very leafy, but it doesn't appear to be whole leaves, it looks like leaf pieces. Which is actually why tea bags have such a bad rep, they often use pieces instead of whole leaf. Whole leaf usually offers a fully bodies tea, but in some cases that isn't such a big deal. There is also good tea bag teas, too.</div>
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Upon farther inspection of the tea leaves after they've opened, and been steeped. I discovered that they are more whole leafy then I originally suspected. So that is some pretty good news there. It's quite green, too. Now for the taste!</div>
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The scent of strawberry very lightly tickles your nose, with some papaya slowly following behind. While inhaling you can also smell an overall "leafyness" which is proven to be from the tea leaves. It isn't too perfumery or artificial. Its comes off as a very clean scent, I don't feel like I just sniffed carpet cleaner, so thats good.</div>
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To my surprise, the strawberry flavor is really in the back seat here. You can kind of tell that they leaves were out as full-bodied as they could have been, the green tea flavor itself isn't quite as strong as I would have liked. It does retain some earthiness, though. The strawberry flavor rather lingers in the background, but this is how I'd prefer it. As you sip the tea, at first you just taste the green tea leaves, then towards the back of your mouth you kind of get a hint of strawberry, and a hint of sugar. Might sound strange, but I can tell that the dried papaya had sugar on it. Its a very very faint taste, but its too artificial tasting to be from the actual fruit. You probably won't even notice it.</div>
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So I reached out to Xing tea, and not only are they sending me tea to review, but also a tshirt. Which is totally awesome in my book. I'm also getting a graze box which is a healthy box of snacks. You can get a box free <a href="http://www.graze.com/us/p/COREYP55F">here</a>. <strike>Click on it, you know you want to.</strike></div>
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I decided to mix a loose leaf and a tea bag this time. I want to see what the outcome would be, if it were unique in any way. I'm mixing Jasmine Dragon Pearls, which you can see in the bottom half, and Citrus Kiss in the top half. I'm hoping that it adds some green tea flavor, since citrus kiss doesn't contain a lot of it to being with.</div>
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It carries a very similar aroma as the citrus kiss, but with some jasmine. The jasmine itself, is very subtle, sorta like it barely brushes against your nose. There isn't much else to say that hasn't already been said at this point. Its very citrusy, lemon, oranges, all of it kind of tickles your nose.</div>
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Its very citrusy flavor. You can taste the lemon grass, and the added sweetness from the stevia. The jasmine is there, but not very strong. Its the last taste on your palate. Sadly though, it didn't add anymore green tea flavor, but I think its pretty good anyways. I think that it could have been better if I just used regular green tea, but sadly, I don't have any!</div>
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I think its a decent infusion but its not something I'd do again. I feel like its a waste of the jasmine, basically because it gets so muddled. The citrus kiss is just a very strong tea, as opposed to the not so strong jasmine, so it was easily over powered. (TEA WARS!)</div>
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So today my box from Good Earth finally came. I was pretty excited because Good Earth is a company I've had no experience with, and they've been extremely nice to me so far. They offer some pretty interesting flavors as well.</div>
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I was actually expecting samples, but they sent me full boxes. I am REALLY thankful for this actually, because sometimes the sample isn't enough for me to really judge a tea. Some teas require a few cups before I decide on an opinion. This also means that I can share with my friends. Perhaps a mini give away? We'll see!</div>
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Typical tea bag. Very bag like, much tea inside. Smells great.</div>
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There is tea in there, somewhere. I like orange, this mug is pretty cool. (Only the college it came from, sucks). This tea contains the following: Green tea, lemongrass, natural lemongrass flavor with other natural flavors, rose petals, chamomile, citric acid, sweet blackberry leaf, lemon myrtle, steviol glycosides (stevia), natural flavor. So I'm not sure what to expect but, it might be a little sweet from the stevia.</div>
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The first thing I ever noticed about this tea, and how strong it's aroma is. I'm honestly surprised, I could smell it just from opening the box. Its very fruity in scent, sorta like a mixture of lime, lemongrass, and maybe a hint of orange. It actually smells sweet. As the aroma rolls down your nose, you can very faintly pick up a hint of green tea. This makes me suspect that; the flavor will mostly be the other components instead of the green tea.</div>
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It carries a very very subtle sourness to it, but its mostly kept in check by the sweetness. Its surprising, but nice. The base flavor is definitely the citrus flavor, I can't really detect any green tea at all. Green tea itself isn't very strong though, so its easily overpowered. Its very fruity, you can taste the lemongrass really well, and it sorta tastes like there is a hint of orange in there, too. Its lightly sweet, which is nice.</div>
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This is one of the better teas in a tea bag I've had yet. It carries some depth, as well as being slight sweet. Its not loaded with tons of garbage either. Although I do wish the green tea would stand out a bit more, but I think its a pretty decent tea overall.</div>
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So another moment when blogspot screws up and doesn't let me post anything last night. I figured out that it gets worst during certain times of the day. So, that being said, I should have more stable posts from now on. Also; I'm looking to transfer to a full domain and wordpress, as soon as I can magically make money.<br />
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This is called Citrus Green Tea, and it comes in various sizes, but I bought a jug because jugs are cool. (And I could totally reuse a jug, its harder to reuse smaller 20oz bottles.) It was also pretty cheap at my local tradewinds, I think it was like $2.49.<br />
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Generally speaking I've never been a huge fan of Lipton tea. I feel like its the worst possible mainstream brand you can find. All my experiences with their tea bag teas, have been sub-par. That being said though, I will always give a tea a chance. I also hope that over the years, they've improved the product quality and I hope they prove me wrong.</div>
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It mostly smells like a leafy green tea, with a general citrus aroma. Nothing specifically shines through, however. You can kind of tell its pretty chemically, and not a natural scent. This is what I expected though, and it'll probably be way too sweet.</div>
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Its kind of hard to explain the flavor of this. It has the bitterness of over-brewed tea, but it's also very sweet. It tastes citrus-y, but I can't pin point which citrus fruits it might be. It does carry a very light green tea-like flavor, but its very lost by the citrus flavor, and sweetness. Its not bad, but its just very "typical american" product.</div>
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It seems like <a href="http://www.goodearth.com/">Good Earth Tea</a> has been having issues trying to send me tea, but today they were fixed and I should get my tea by Friday. So that's cool.</div>
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Tea At Sea's Mountain Organic Indonesian Green Tea, looks like green tea. You can tell its whole leaf, too because it also contains the stems. This is usually a good sign, and often means fuller-bodied and better flavor. Tea At Sea's teas are usually slightly different in flavor profile because they are grown at higher altitudes. Believe it or not, they usually taste more earthy, and sometimes slightly salty.</div>
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Green tea doesn't require a long time to steep, and it doesn't carry a lot of magical wizard color-changing either. Thats okay though, because green tea is generally pretty awesome. What I like about this tea though; its organic, and its just tea leaves. No fruit, sugar, or junk added.</div>
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It doesn't smell like much, which is actually a good thing. It tells me what I already knew; it isn't loaded with junk. It's pure, tea. It carries a very faint leaf aroma, with a slight hint of earthiness. Its what I expect a green tea to smell like.</div>
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Tea At Sea can really surprise me sometimes, this isn't a typical green tea at all. It carries very different, and vastly complex flavor. Its almost like it was partial made from seaweed. Sounds a bit strange in text, but its quite fantastic. Its kind of like sipping a airy breeze from the ocean, with hints of roasted leaves, and earthiness tones. You can almost taste new depth each sip.</div>
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I can't really tell whats going on in here, but I would guess there is some artificial and natural flavorings, too. I am a bit sad that, even though tea is such a raw, flavorful thing that a lot of companies still load it with crap.</div>
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It smells pretty fantastic. Very caramel-y. That roasted sugar-like scent. Its strange to think, but it smells sweet. If you took the sweet away it'd probably smell similar to coffee. Though, I have a feeling that most of this scent is artificial. That doesn't make it smell any less awesome, however.</div>
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Although, the aroma tricks you into thinking it's sweet, but it actually isn't. Which is what I prefer, I like to be able to control my sweetness levels. Its very coffee-like actually, the caramel flavor reminds of it. The black tea barely makes an appearance at all, but I think that with how strong the caramel flavor is that, that is okay.</div>
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Now besides the fact that I am disappointed in the artificial-ness in the tea, I think that its a very good desert tea. I am surprised but I really enjoyed this. It isn't sweet like you'd expect, but you could easily add sugar, or honey to this to add good flavor.</div>
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So I recently got some samples from something called Steeped Tea. Which works similarly to how an avon works. Sorta like you can't directly buy from the company but you can buy from direct sellers. (I'm assuming they make some sort of percentage.) My US contact is <a href="http://www.amazingteaparty.com/">Beth Ann Wilson</a> and my Canadian contact is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/steepedhamilton">Christina Jean Pierre</a>. Christina is actually the one who reached out to me and got me in contact with Beth who then sent me the tea samples. There is some export/import laws that we didn't want to mess around with.</div>
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These are the four teas she sent me, which are as follows:</div>
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<li>Peaches & Cream (A white tea).</li>
<li>Earl Grey de la Creme.</li>
<li>Organic Strawberry Fields (A green tea).</li>
<li>Nettle Green Mountain.</li>
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This is the Peaches & Cream.</div>
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According to the ingredients list it contains the following:</div>
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Pai mu tan white tea, mango pieces, papaya pieces, pineapple pieces, lily blossom, natural flavors.</div>
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You can see a lot of that in the image, a papaya pieces is very visible. What kind of bothers me though, is that it does not actual contain peaches. Pai Mu Tan white tea is a white tea from China, and made from shoots and young leaves. So the tea part should be rather good at the very least.</div>
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It smells very peachy. Actually it smells exactly like you think anything peaches and cream would smell. Like those little candy peach rings you used to get as a kid. Although, the scent is decent, it feels very artificial.<br />
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It tastes like a pretty decent white tea. That being said I feel like a lot of the other flavors might be a bit lost here. Although the peach scent makes it almost seem like there is a peach flavor as well, but this isn't true. To me, its a bit strange, it contains a lot of generally strong fruits, but none of them really shine. Sure there are some fruity under tones, but they are rather muted.<br />
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Now I don't feel like this is in anyway a bad tea, I just feel like, with all that's going on, it should have a better flavor profile to offer. What DOES bother me though, is "natural flavor". Natural flavor, is somewhat tricky, because all it really means is that the flavor came from a plant or animal. (According to the FDA.) That being said, I have no idea what's really going into my body. I smell peaches, but there isn't any peaches listed, and that bothers me.<br />
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I was debating on whether or not I'd define this one as an infusion, but I decided that it is. I think that infusions are just combinations of teas with other teas and/or juices. Thats my definition and I'm sticking to it. <strike>Haters gonna hate. </strike></div>
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Nantocket Nectars is... actually made in Texas. I just found that kind of amusing. Its a pretty common brand here in Maine, and I've tried a few of there products. They seem very natural and not as processed as some other products. It contains SUGAR, instead of that there corn mess.</div>
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It carries a very sweet lemony scent, with a very slight tea under tone. It doesn't however, smell processed. You can kind of tell if its processed a lot by whether the scent is very raw, or chemically. It smells great. </div>
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Its very lemony, much like what the aroma suggested, but it isn't too sweet either. I don't taste much tea flavor, but it is there and adds a tiny bit of bitterness as well as a roasted leaf-like flavor. Although that common tongue might not notice it as much as I do. I really enjoyed it.</div>
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Its decent. Very good grab-and-go kind of product. I know that half and half has been done a lot before, but I think its done much better here than most. It isn't overly sweet, or overly processed. It tastes like real lemons, and tea. </div>
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