Lipton

Without any cream, still very good!

My “everyday” tea. Like it strong with cream. Heaping tsp, quick first infusion gives a nice malty brew. Second infusion with no cream still holds a pleasant flavour.

I’ve found this tea to have the most “bang for you buck” checking in at $9.99 for 900g (2 lbs!) Of loose tea.

I use this tea for my masala chai recipe. It has a nice strong flavor perfect for masala chai. I’ve never really liked Lipton tea, but this one is surprisingly good.

It’s okay. Nice for when I want something all purpose?

That’s the nicest way I can say how bland it is. It’s tea. It’s very weak tea.

I do not like this at all. It is theoretically green tea “orient” mix. The packaging has star anise on it, and they are right, it tastes overpoweringly of anise ( not sure what kind) and a liquorice type of smell. I hate liquorice. After the liquorice there is mint (?) in a toothpasty way, too strong and too artificial and leaving a toothpasty after-tasting clean feeling on the mouth (I like that for toothpaste, for green tea no). Maybe some cinnamon as well. Green tea taste almost unnoticeable. I really did not like it.

PS – about brewing temperature, the packaging says to use boiling, even if it´s green. Well, I took their word for it, but I think no brewing temperature or steeping times could make this palatable for me.

Its nice for an instant tea, but nothing beats the brewed version!

Followed http://steepster.com/teas/terre-doc/18738-the-rouge-earl-grey with this, and the difference is a bit in the range of eating chalk after enjoying some nice chocolate.

Taking the rating down a lot, the more I sipped this tea, the more I hated it. The cooler it got, the faker it tasted…blegh.

Every time my wife and I go grocery shopping, I slow down in the tea aisle and look out of force of habit. Since discovering looseleaf, I don’t use bags unless it’s my only option, so there’s really no point in me looking. It’s part tea snobbery and part common sense. If I know for a fact that I don’t enjoy bagged teas, why waste my money on them?

I started to walk away and my wife goes, “Honey, look! Goji Berries!” Mmm….goji berries. That’s almost enough to tempt me, but then she added, “with raspberries!” and I was lost. I live for raspberries. I wish DT had more (or better) raspberry teas. So we picked up a box.

It smells yummy, but it also smells….fake? I dunno, the fruit smell didn’t smell like raspberries much, it smelled like what candy companies think raspberry is supposed to smell and taste like.

It’s not terrible, but the fakeness carries over to the brewed tea. It tastes kinda bland with little to no tea flavor, which is to be expected. I think I might let it get cold and try it the, since I tend to like the delicate teas more when they’re cold. It might be good for flavoring sun tea, but I don’t think I’ll keep it in stock. I also think I’ve just been spoiled by DavidsTea flavoring their tea with actual Goji berries.

1 bag per 250mL water, bare.

So I tried this tea at a hospital cafeteria yesterday morning, thinking it simply had to be better than the ubiquitous-in-Newfoundland Tetley. (At least the Tetley bags available were the indidivually sealed ones, which do taste marginally better than the bags in the big box.) Not just Lipton tea, oh no, but Sir Thomas Lipton Tea. And not just “tea,” either, but a “robust” English Breakfast. Made from Northern Indian and Kenyan teas, sez the packet.

Ye gods.

Not even fannings but tea dust. Okay, I need to expect that. But no flavour! It was mean tea. Thin. Even after 5 minutes. Stingy. So astringent as to be almost sour. And no malt notes. No “tea” taste.

Couldn’t get more than one quarter of the way in before I tossed it.

I’d have been better off with Tetley.

It’s okay. Cheap enough to put in my thermos to take to school every day and give me a bit of caffeine. It’s kind of like junk food—I know it’s not good, but somehow it’s relaxing in how cheap and average it is.

I’m pretty sure this is the tea Dunkin’ Donuts uses in their hot and iced teas. Oddly enough being so stuffed up with a cold this last week (which has stepped it up to an added sore throat this weekend) it was the only think I’ve felt like drinking. Odd I know. But I think I’d rather drink this instead of my good tea seeing as I can’t really taste a thing. I will say this it only seems to taste good when I’m not feeling well..go figure.

Tea from yesterday morning. I didn’t have time to brew up a proper cup of tea as I would have liked (due to moving). So we stopped off at our local Dunkin’ Donuts and I got a cup thinking something was better than nothing. Well, as usual I should have done with nothing. This just keeps on getting more tasteless to me every time I try to choke down a cup of it. Lesson learned, next time I will do with nothing!

Backlogging from this morning: Had this today because it was the only option at the place I met a friend for breakfast. Thankfully the conversation was good so I didn’t notice how rotten the tea was. Still nothing to really write home about with this one.

Running late this morning…this is all I could grab when I got to work. Once I get to my office on campus I’ll be enjoying something else. I can’t complain because Lipton tea did introduce me to tea drinking. So that’s one plus in favor of it…after that it’s all down hill from there.

I had this yesterday afternoon with my daughters for a tea party, and it was delightful. Easily one of the better bagged chais I’ve ever had. I’m having it this morning with breakfast, and it tastes really different. I don’t like it nearly ass much. What happened? Luck of the draw?

Like drinking tea flavoured with lemon cleaning product.

Very very artificial tasting. Just no.

And I think it contaminated the pot and mug for the next tea batch. urgh.

Dear God.

It smells like air freshener.

It tastes like air freshener with a pinch of tannic acid.

Not a favourite for me, even though I’ve tried to like it. All I can ever taste is the cinnamon and watery milk.

I owe Lipton a huge debt. It got me drinking tea at the age of three when my mom would make it for me in my carebear or beauty and the beast mugs. It’s all my parents drink to this day, and there is always a huge quantity at hand. It’s the reason we have an insta-hot faucet installed in my kitchen, and as much as my tastes have matured, I still enjoy it with milk and sugar. So I salute you, Lipton Black Tea, my gateway drug of teas. Thank you for the world you opened up to me so many years ago.

Mixed this up as iced tea and served it with Bacardi Razz and a few slices of lemon… Amazing. Highly reccommended cold and with ice or for mixing. I haven’t tried it hot yet.

Not bad, maybe a bit weak. Ended up steeping for 6-7 minutes as I got distracted. The added flavors come through well, and make for a reasonable cup of tea.

Well balanced and very easy drinking.