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Sep 20th, '05, 12:11

Custom blends

by Deleted User #115 » Sep 20th, '05, 12:11

Just curious,
Has anyone ordered any custom blends that you'd reccomend? I like that Adagio will mix whatever flavors you want.

Lots of the reccomendations recommend adding vanilla or cream tea to other flavors. Anyone have any more daring mixes out there to try? (And if so, what did you name you tea blends?)

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by chris » Sep 20th, '05, 12:35

We've actually temporarily 86'ed this feature -- our custom blends software needs some serious work so we can do this as efficiently as possible without sacrificing quality. You'll see it return in the next few weeks!

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by klemptor » Sep 20th, '05, 12:38

I've made four blends thus far:
  • Blend #1: Apricot:10, Ginger:10, Mango:40, Passionfruit:30, Vanilla:10
    Blend #2: Currant:10, Mango:30, Passionfruit:30, Raspberry:20, Vanilla:10 (I think)
    Blend #3: Cinnamon:40, Currant:30, Raspberry:20, Vanilla:10
    Blend #4: Almond:20, Cinnamon:30, Currant:30, Vanilla:20
(Blends 3 and 4 are very similar.)

My favorites are blends 2 and 3. I just received blend 4 yesterday and haven't had a chance to try it but it does smell wonderful.

The next blends I want to try are:
  • (Blend #5): Almond:20, Coconut:30, Currant:30, Forest Berries:20
    (Blend #6): Almond:10, Currant:40, Plum:40, Rum:10
    (Blend #7): Apricot:20, Coconut:20, Currant:20, Lemon:20, Raspberry:20
I've been curious to blend (for instance) Oriental Spice with Coconut and Lemon - it could either be really good or really gross. (I lean toward good, though.) I wish there were a way to order a sample of a custom blend but I know that wouldn't be particularly cost-effective for Adagio.

Somewhat along this topic: CommuniTea (the tea community that I belong to on LiveJournal) is doing a tea swap this month. I was thinking that we could organize something similar here for custom blends - I'd love to try what others have created. I don't know if anybody would be interested but I thought I'd throw it out there ;)
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Sep 20th, '05, 13:09

by Deleted User #115 » Sep 20th, '05, 13:09

Thanks Chris, I wondered why I had to use the search feature to find the custom blends page.

Looks like I'll just have to mix from samples to try blending for now. And from Klemptors blends, looks like currant will have to be included in my next order.

A tea exchange would be very fun! I'd participate.

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