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[kaidan_the_bat]

I don't think I'm going to order from Della Terra Teas that often. Like Teavana and DavidsTeas, they're ridiculously overpriced. $8.50 for two ounces when I can get that same quantity from Simpson & Vail for $3.75? Come on now. Hell, I can get four ounces from S&V for $6.40! Upton's prices are similar, and they carry a lovely range of plain black

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[multi_facets]

I had to look up what a rose congou was, and it sounds pretty good. How highly do you recommend it?

[kaidan_the_bat]

Very highly. Rose congou is one of my favorite things to drink.

[multi_facets]

Is it best when served with a particular snack, or is it one of those things that you can have any time?

[kaidan_the_bat]

I suppose it would go nicely with cake or cookies. Chinese black teas like rose congou tend to be on the sweet side. I usually take mine with sugar to bring the rose flavor out a bit more.

I use it as pretty much an anytime tea. Maybe not early in the morning when I need something highly-caffeinated like a breakfast tea, but from late morning onward.

[deepredrequiem]

oatmeal or graham crackers in my tea

Ugh. Why would you do that to perfectly good tea? Does steeping either even add to the flavor or is it just filler?

That's almost as bad as 52Teas' chocolate peanut-butter bullshit. DT seems to be a lot like 52Teas actually; that is to say, tea for people who don't really like tea. They try to cover up the base, not work with it.

[kaidan_the_bat]

Does steeping either even add to the flavor or is it just filler?
I don't know, but I imagine it's just decoration for the s'mores and oatmeal cookie-flavored teas. Kind of like the candies and sprinkles they put in their cake teas.

tea for people who don't really like tea
That's actually a pretty good description. They are like that, or like kid's teas. Who else would want cotton candy and Mountain Dew as tea flavors?

[deepredrequiem]

Definitely like something for kids. Dessert teas can be great, but I can't see anyone over the age of 10 wanting cotton candy-flavored tea.

Also considering that I see no unflavored oolongs, or pu erh, or darjeeling, or assam, yunnan, keemun, dragonwell, etc. on their site, it comes off as mainly overpriced novelty teas. Probably cheapass base teas that they load up with all kinds of junk and sell at a premium.