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I used to work at Starbucks which is where I first tried this tea. Starbucks Passion tea lemonade is still one of my favorite drinks.
Anyway. Great sweet/tart flavor. One of the best teas in the Tazo line. Definitely. And, of course, it’s great iced with (or without) lemonade.
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Whoa, this herbal tea is strong. It has a good flavor, very crisp and clean. Leaves a great after taste. But boy is it strong. My advice is to stir between sips so that you keep the flavor moving throughout the tea and not settling at the bottom. Also, a little bit of honey is great.
This tea reminds me so much of the rosa de jamaica that I drank while in Guatemala (served cold, with lots o’ honey!). But its also a very nice tea to drink hot; Tazo Passion was a staple when getting together with my girlfriends at night to catch up on our day. We called it “hot, sweet Passion”. It’s best if its sweetened, otherwise, it’s a little too bitter.
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This is my standard order at Starbucks. The mix is very pleasing. I highly suggest trying a splash of lemonade, and either 8 pumps classic for a decently sweet drink or 2 pumps classic for a subtly sweet one.
Have you ever ordered it blended? It looks REALLY funny. I kid you not, it foams. And the foam doesn’t collaps. Between the color and the foam it looks like a beer. I always get unsweetened ginger green.
Hahaha, yes! I asked a barista to “stick it in the blender” and it just came out foamy. I asked because I was both interested in how it would turn out and I needed it to be really cold really quick. The foam was funny tasting.
Hmm, seems like we’re both Starbucks frequenters! Nice to meet you!
Oh yes. I love my coffee as much as I love my tea although I only have a cup of coffee a day and drink tea through out the day. In the summer I’ll often get a blended iced latte (none of that frappuccino base cr@p) and then get iced tea to go. I’m glad I’m not the only one that makes baristas put everything in the blender:)
Hmm. I’ve never tried a blended iced latte. Is it basically like a chunked-ice version of an iced latte? What’s the price tag on that?
It’s exactly the same only the ice is broken up into bits. It costs the same as a regular iced latte. If they charge you for blending it, they’re robbing you.
This is what you’d expect from a passion tea: tangy and a bit more sugary than the other iced teas offered. It’s good if you mix in a lot of stuff (I call it The Scott, after the creator of the blend at my local Starbucks)—some passiontea, lemonade, and Naked brand orange juice. Quite good.
A bit less spicy than its hot counterpart, but always an extraordinarily comfortable drink to have. Great summer drink. Highly suggest using lowfat at the least.
I haven’t found a way to make mine really cold since I always go w/ bags instead of the concentrate/syrup. It ends up luke warm.
Hmm. I haven’t asked them to prepare it cold with the bag—standard issue is the concentrate. But lukewarm chai doesn’t sound too appetizing.
It’s not, especially since I forgot to order it sans water once so it was watery luke warm spiced milk. Hot ‘n’ dirty too. Haha! Ok, that gives me an idea. I’m so totally gonna order a hot ‘n’ double dirty no water double bagged tall chai latte next time and see what looks I get. =D
Hahaha, good idea.
Huge fan always. Seems to taste better prepared with lowfat (1%) milk. Less water, please. Very flavorful drink, all the time. A spicy treat for the tongue. Be sure to try it in soy as well as with Starbucks flavorings.
I love mine w/ caramel and mocha. And bags… it HAS to be the bags. No syrup.
Yeah, I don’t think my store ever prepares it with the syrup, since the syrup is usually for iced. (Which makes sense with iced.) I’ll have to try it with mocha… sounds delectable! Thanks :)
And no water! And I always get mine dirty.
OH MY GOSH! Caramel brulee (w/ or w/o mocha) and gingersnap are both AMAZING in this!
I think Caramel Brulee is gone this season :/
Yeah it was just a Christmas thing. Although I just finished a store bought chocolate chip creme brulee coffee creamer.
A bit hard to find, since it’s seasonal. At this time, you’ll have the best luck finding it on shelves of Starbucks stores. After the holiday season, good luck.
It’s a blend of black, green, and oolong. Nice medium-strength smell that’s slightly sweet. Good taste, leaves a bit of a herbal aftertaste. Prepared at near-boiling and steeped for 2 minutes, let cool. Going to find a decent combo.
A good everyday tea, in packets so you can prepare it quickly. Sold at Starbucks for $5 for 24 filter bags, so about $0.20 per bag. One bag can stretch you two or more cups. Only in a large container, one ’brew’—don’t know how it is reused.
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Smells good, tastes good, very Chinesey and would go well with milder tasting Chinese food. Flavors are balanced without becoming muddy. A keeper.
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MY FAVORITE BAGGED TEA! If you like sweetener in your tea, order it at Starbucks and order it w/ pumps of their gingersnap syrup. YUM!:)
Don’t like sweetners, but that sounds out of this world and I would be happy to try it and pretend it’s not tea, just for the taste.
An unusual, interesting blend, but I’m not sure it’s an improvement on plain white tea. You see, I find plain white tea to be anything but plain. Of course, teabag-grade tea could be expected to be less flavorful than its full-leaf forbears. Maybe it’s the lime zest. Unlike lemon, which accentuates the floral notes, the lime seems to bring out something more earthy. And then there’s cucumber. If you omit the skin, what flavor is cucumber? It has a vegetal freshness, I think, but it’s a shy, retiring essence, overwhelmed by the lime. I wanted the lime to surprise me, to wake me up, but it wasn’t punchy enough to do that. It adds a savory dimension, but I think the lime would give a better effect when paired with a base other than white tea. Plus, I kept wanting to add a dash of salt!
