Lipton

I didn’t know what to expect from this tea, but the bag sure had a pleasant scent. It really reminds me of a caramel latte from my coffee drinking days both in scent and flavor. (Without the coffee aftertaste, of course). There is a really intense caramel flavor to this tea with the vanilla towards the end of the sip. The black tea base is not noticeable…in fact, I had to look up what base it was supposed to have. Usually I want to be able to pick out the actual tea, but for this particular one on this particular day I’m okay with the black tea hiding out. I’m having this as my first tea of the day, but it would be equally delicious as a dessert tea. If I see this at the store, I would definitely pick this up.

I had this one today around lunch, and I must say it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I needed to grab something quick so it was the best solution. This tea had LOTS of sugar in it, almost 36g for the bottle which is pretty gross but the taste wasn’t bad. The problem I have with most bottled iced teas is that you can’t really taste the tea, but this one you could ( near the end of the bottle ) and it surprisingly had that PZAZZ of raspberry I was craving yesterday (LOL)
So was I content for a bottled tea, Yeah I guess so. However it was pretty sweet…..
This is one of the two iced tea’s I had today, the second was much worse, so stay tunned for that one..

Tasting Notes:
Steeped Tea Smell: sweet raspberry iced tea (smells like a nestea type mix)
Flavor: sweet (almost sickeningly), raspberry, tea
Body: Medium
Aftertaste: chemical, powder, salt
Liquor: translucent orange brown

I strongly suggest never getting this, ICK. We got this as free samples at work, and so far everyone agreed they were glad they got it for free as now they know, for free, never to buy it.

images: http://amazonv.blogspot.com/2010/05/lipton-bottled-black-tea-pureleaf-iced.html

Very artificial flavor-y, but I kind of expected that going in. Come to think of it, why did I even buy this?

I had this tea with breakfast this morning. I wanted to have something more interesting, but I apparently forgot to wash out my tea strainer last night. Oh well. This was a good substitute. It is a pretty solid black tea.

I haven’t been on steepster in forever! I have 96 notices – whoops. However I would like to get back into read and reviewing on steepster.

Anyway I found a whole box of tea in my closet at home the other day. I must have forgotten to move it last summer, but it was certainly an exciting find. This was one of teas in the box. It is a nice plan black tea for when you want something quick. Nothing spectacular, but a solid tea.

Had this for my morning wake up :-)

Used this for an afternoon pick-me-up. It was a nice cup of tea.

Good little caffeine boost for the morning. Still pretty much a basic black tea.

I bought this one day when the grocery store was out of prince of wales tea. It isn’t bad. It doesn’t have any outstanding features and it is pretty standard. It isn’t bitter or weak or anything though. I had it with some leftover cake and it worked perfectly well for a mid-afternoon pick-me-up.

This is the reason why I long thought that I didn’t like hot tea. OK sweetened and ice cold on ice cubes. But hot? Blech…

I grabbed this tonight on a whim. I was actually pretty disappointed. I used to really enjoy this tea, but all I got tonight was a warm cup of water with the spicy heat aftertaste of ginger. I don’t know why I used to like this one so much. Pitty.

TTB Tea #7:

1 bag (2.11g) in 6oz boiling water- picked a 3 min steeping time at random because none was listed.

Whoa… ok, I should have checked here 1st. This is obviously isn’t just ginger root as I thought. The liquor is a medium reddish brown- not colorless like pure ginger root. The aroma is mostly ginger, but also other spices. WHen I taste it, I get lemon notes and unidentifiable spices along w/ the ginger. Not bad, But I prefer pure ginger.

only thing supporting me while working on a sunday. Warm and caffeinated.

Say what you want, but this is still what I often think about when I think of “standard” black tea. Sure, there isn’t anything that special about it, but I wouldn’t say it’s bad. There is a certain advantage to being able to enjoy a cup of cheap lipton, because I can buy a box of 100 bags for a few bucks and at least know I can have tea whenever I want, which helps keep me away from other caffeine sources. A perfect “focus on your work” tea companion that keeps you warm and caffeinated, but doesn’t take up your attention.

a solid daily green tea. Not particularly amazing, but it will get you through the day.

horrible. Makes water merky and gross. Flavor is not real camomile and its has way too much sweetener in the bag. couldnt put my finger on a flavor but it is in no way complex. Its free for me, and i went out to go buy a water boiler and other teas

yuck, its possible to choke down a cup if u need and its free but dont pay and dont be that desperate. Awfully sweet even with just water, feels very artifical and uncomplex in flavor.

i tried it cuz it was free in the caff. AWFUL. i didnt even finish it, a few brual sips and through it right in the sink, which it stained because its so artifcialy red. so sweet and artifical, i didnt add anything but water and it was terrible.

This is what I have when I go visit my family and forget to bring my own tea. It’s probably the best unflavored black tea available in their Kroger, but not so great compared to the excellent looseleafs out there. It’s not quite strong enough, and too tannic and astringent; for this reason, I recommend using an extra bag but a short (3 min max) steep time.

When I was a kid, the Boy-Scout-styled church group I was in used some little leather straps to hang award beads on, and at some point I wound up chewing on one. That’s sort of what’s going on with Black Pearl.

It’s real black tea and not leaf dust, so that’s good. However, where its flavor deviates from the norm it’s not really for the better, and it doesn’t have the robustness to cover it up. Black Pearl is not proper bad, just mediocre.

Tossed in a spoonful of lavender, which tones down the lemon-mint tang, but makes this downright pleasant and aromatherapeutic.

Discovered this weekend that this is a good leave-the-bag-in-the-cup selection; flavor doesn’t change much, regardless. Soothing.