Tazo

I am enjoying how this tea is warming me from the inside out. With my taste buds as they are, I am getting even more licorice-y flavor today, which makes me happy.

You can read my full-length review of this tea here: http://sororiteasisters.com/2011/01/06/chai-full-leaf-from-tazo-tea/

And, as for the song, how about a little Grand Funk Railroad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68LKEm2iuj4&feature=related

I bought this tea because I like the tin.

But I am happy I did, because I really like this tea. It has a very pleasing level of spice to it. Smooth with a peppery kick at the end, and an underlying tone of licorice. Delicious!!!

This is a beautiful tea, I read the ingredient list and had to try it. Very glad I did, I love roses and the valerian will help me to sleep. Pleased with the additional ingredients as well, very pleasant surprise.

Second cuppa tea today, must finish speadsheets!!

Spending a lazy afternoon curled up with this in my cuppa catching up on some work and tv. I really enjoy the combination of green tea and mint. A lovely companion to a 100 calorie Pack Honey Maid Cheesecake bar.

Bitter and boring. More invigorating than a cup of Tetley, but tastes worse. Meh.

Crisp, clean and caffeinated. The best black iced tea out there, hands down (…when brewed according to the instructions with purified water and ice of course). If it weren’t availalble in bulk on cooking.com I’d be broke.

A solid tea but a bit too aromatic. If the flavors were a bit more subtle I’d be happier.

I like the taste, it’s strong and not too watery. It makes me feel calm but with enough energy to go about my day, unlike coffee which can make me feel anxious. It makes me feel just right. It doesn’t taste bitter to me at all, unlike many of the other commenters.

I haven’t actually had many Earl Grey blends – only two, I think – so I may not be the greatest critic. Maybe I just don’t like the blend.

This tea is oily; I don’t know how else to describe it. The bergamot flavor is definitely present; it’s a little aggressive, even, when I sniff the dry bag. All I can smell is bergamot, with the intensity of one of those body sprays marketed at preteens. I think that the oiliness and the overpowering scent might both stem from an overabundance of oil added to the leaves? (Once again, I confess that I have little experience with Earl Grey.)

I don’t like this one. I tried a bag from the dining hall at my school, but I won’t be taking another. Each sip leaves me feeling as though grease is coating my mouth and throat, and that’s just unpleasant.

I get gift cards to here. I wouldn’t exactly go out of my way to order from here otherwise. But I love this drink, with the black tea. I will try the passion tea with it next time. I have had passion tea on its own, and wasn’t much a fan.

Even though I prefer my own Arnold Palmer (made with fresh limeade), but this is good!

I like this tea, but have to agree that the mint and lemongrass overwhelm the green tea. Fortunately for me, I enjoy mint and lemongrass. This tea is a good option when I’m in the mood for those flavors but need some caffeine.

What what WHAT? Why is this tea rated so LOW? Why does everybody hate it so much?
Full disclosure: I am generally not a fan of white tea at all.
The smell is delightfully summery. Like lime-ade in the sun on a freshly-clipped lawn. It’s darker than a usual white tea (I’m guessing because of the addition of black darjeeling tea). But the mouthfeel and taste are just so lovely that I can’t understand the universal dislike of Tazo Cucumber White!
You shouldn’t sweeten this tea for sure. The peppermint is more of a feeling than a flavour. It kind of ices down the back of your tongue and into your throat, then reminds you that it’s there by sliding cold hands along the sides of your mouth. The lime has no overpowering zing to it and kind of coaxes your whole face into thinking that it’s summer. The cucumber lingers sweetly and makes your mouth feel happy and clean.

And, because it isn’t on this page, here’s what the box has to say:
“Cool cucumber, refreshing peppermint, lime peel and all the blessed antioxidants in white tea unite their restorative powers in TAZO CUCUMBER WHITE. Sip by sip, you may feel a spreading calm as the tea replenishes your body and spirit. And if you find yourself smiling at nothing at all, you have reached the coveted peace of mind. Nice feeling, isn’t it?
“Ingredients: white tea, lime peel, dandelion leaves, black darjeeling tea, cucumber, peppermint, lemon myrtle, natural flavours, lime essence oil.
“Did You Know? Louis XIV so loved the rejuvenating effect of cucumbers that he had his royal gardens filled with the gourd. And he ruled for seventy two well-hydrated years. Drink up.”

I love Tazo Joy and look forward to it every year. I think the Oolong is the flavour that is appealing to me here, but all in all it’s a nice blend that doesn’t require milk or sugar to be thoroughly enjoyable. I wouldn’t steep this any longer than 3-4min. as it will get bitter.

This is nice on it’s own as mentioned, or with lots of steamed milk, misto-style.

OH, enjoy.
I’m all caffeined out, so it’s on to the wonderful Refresh.
It’s peppermint AND spearmint, so it doesn’t have any of that gaggy back-of-the-mouth sharpness that the peppermint teas of my university years (when all I could afford was a box of Stash or Tetley.)
The colour is misleading. It doesn’t look like it’s going to taste good. And the has almost a medicine cabinet quality to it. But the TASTE is so wonderful. It has a richer body than I’d expect from brewing mint leaves in water (of course, I added a touch of my usual milk and sugar), but the minty taste has no menthol or toothpaste qualitites at all. The oils left behind give me a fresh-from-the-dentist feeling of clean (although I know for a fact that the several candy cane Viva Puffs that I shoved in my mouth for breakfast have something to say about the actuality of that situation.)
Lovely, lovely, lovely. And exactly what I needed on a light-grey November morning when I have a very present deadline looming.

Tasted and dumped.

Did not enjoy – perhaps would be better as an iced tea (didn’t try). I used a couple of bags and then brought to work as a give-away in break room

A slight bitter aftertaste, but quite nice while sipping.

Too weak – had a slight bitter aftertaste too.

Yuck!

1 sachet for 250mL water @90C, steeped 4 minutes.

A very strong scent of apricots or peaches when you first open the tin this year, but no peach or stonefruit flavour comes out in the tea. I treat this blend like an oolong and get some decent nuances, but this year’s blend is not as flavourful as last year’s. I still quite like it, especially the creamy mouthfeel coming from the blend of Darjeeling (just a pinch this year, I think) and oolong. Needs a careful eye on water temp and steep time, though, otherwise it becomes a bland mess.

1 sachet for a 300mL mug. Water at 90C. Steeped 5 minutes, drunk bare.

Do not oversteep. With ooloong-temp water and a three-minute steep, Joy is lovely, light, a bit creamy, a bit astringent, a bit sweet. By 5 minutes, it’s getting bitter. Joy is quite the diva, but treated well, this tea delivers.