658 Tasting Notes
This is an excellent jasmine tea! It’s incredibly fragrant yet somehow not perfumey/artificial. I always thought I couldn’t stand jasmine, from prior experiences with low-quality tea I suppose. I often don’t even like jasmine in perfumes and soaps and such. I generally stay away from floral teas, but was really feeling this one (especially the scent).
I am pretty absorbed by finding the right tea for certain activities. I have work teas, class teas, reading teas, wake-up teas, lazy TV-watching teas, etc. This called to me as the perfect driving-home-from-the-cottage-at-midnight tea Sunday night, and it certainly was. Calming while keeping me energized and focussed.
I’ve had two cups of this and I’m still not sure what I think. On both, I didn’t like it on the first sip or two and then got into it but by the end was finding it too sweet. It is tasty but I’ll have to give it a try when I’m in a different mood. The caramel is pretty spot on with some hints of fruitiness.
I got my Teaopia order a couple days ago and broke into it with this last night as I was making tea for my boyfriend and I and he likes strongly flavoured fruity teas. This smelled like it would fit the bill.
I was worried at first. I am not pleased with the bags Teaopia shipped in – they don’t seal. Also, I was surprised by the fruit chunks:tea ratio as this was priced like most other whites but most of the bag seemed to be fruit pieces.
Anyway, it turned out very tasty and berryful and I think it would be a good iced tea.
I tried some of this yesterday to help get me out the door.
It’s a very solid Earl Grey, I think. The Bergamot is very nice and boldly citrusy though it left me with a bit of an aftertaste I couldn’t put my finger on. I quite enjoyed this with a tiny splash of milk.
Yeah, this is delicious. I haven’t had it for a while as I want to save it though I think I have an extra 100g stashed away in the ol’ tea cupboard. So I let myself indulge in what is left in my tin and made this nice and strong.
I put a bit of half-and-half in (no milk on hand again as I use it so little). I remember hating it when I tried to sweeten this tea (I have never been a sweetener but thought it sounded good for this one) so didn’t go there this time. It’s getting me in gear to drive up to the cottage today after waking up late, and making me wish it was crisp fall again instead of heavily snowing winter!
This was in my 25 Days of Tea calendar but I never tried it as I am not into mint teas. Or, really, mint anything. I can’t do mint and chocolate candies/cookies, and I dislike peppermint tea.
But then I tried Santa’s Secret and loved it. This smelled great in its mini-tin, so I thought maybe I was changing my ways and should give it a shot.
Unfortunately not. This mostly tastes like peppermint herbal tea to me. I do taste the chocolate, but I guess my strong opinion on peppermint kind of overrides it and I don’t much notice it. I also don’t taste the black tea. Oh well. I’m glad I got to try it without buying a baggie. I don’t know what it was about Santa’s Secret that had me liking the mint; maybe the creamy/candy quality makes it agreeable.
I always avoid this tea, but I don’t know why. It’s very good!
It’s rich and full and I guess the scent doesn’t really give me that impression. The scent and description also worry me because I HATE ginger in tea. But, I don’t mind it here! It does have a little zing, but I think all the flavours meld together nicely to make it smooth. I even steeped for a good 5 minutes and it doesn’t bother me.
I’m not sure about the “skinny” part of this tea, but I’ll settle for a placebo effect. It’s got to be doing something by having me drink it instead of snack before bed, right? Perhaps the ginger disguised in this will help keep me healthy, too, as I’ve felt like I’m coming down with something.
