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A surprise from rabbysmom! I love jasmine tea and I love green tea, although this is my 1st jasmine green. Whoa… I instantly get hit in the face w/ jasmine. I actually move my head back a bit.

After 3 min of steeping (1 bag/6oz water), I’m shocked at how dark orange this is. Ah, crap. I forgot to weigh this. If someone has this and wouldn’t mind weighing it, that’d be great:) Even though I don’t know the weight, the liquor leads me to believe that 3 min may lead to over steepiage.

The aroma is lighter than I expect. It’s still strong, but doesn’t cause a physical reaction. Unfortunately it’s all jasmine and no green tea though.

As expected, the jasmine aspect is very strong. I can; however, detect a hint of green tea that reminds me that this isn’t pure jasmine leaves. It’s not nearly enough though. It’s also slightly bitter. Yep over steeped. This definitely has the potential to be a good tea, but 3 min at 180 just let’s too much of everything thru. I think I’ll tweak the temperature before the steeping time. Mom was right, too much of something isn’t a good thing.

I got this from Jillian:) This is only the 2nd detox tea I’ve tried, both of which have been bags.

I didn’t even have to take the bags out of the ziplock before smelling the rooibos… uh oh. Oh well, I’ve been surprised by rooibos before. I way the bag and am not surprised when it reads 1.3g. All of ROT’s bags that I’ve tried have been extremely light, but fortunately that doesn’t mean I’ve wished for more leaf. I steeped 1 bag in 6oz of water just below boiling point for 7 min. Another uh oh, I can smell the rooibos even stronger the second the bag hits the water.

7 min later I take sip. Holy rooibos! Well at least it doesn’t taste like licorice. The almond and vanilla do sweeten it and I can taste the sarsparilla as well. Actully it tastes like a lighter, sweeter version of the Rootbeer Rooibos Fava Tea Co. sells.

This is by far the thickest preparation I’ve made so far. 1 heaping scoop and 3oz water. Wow! It also froths a lot more… so maybe my frothing problems are due to the thickness. The 1st thing I notice is the astringency. This isn’t an overly sweet matcha, although it’s by far bitter. Definitely more of a wake me up vs “oooh this is comforting” preparation. All formulas are delicious!

Double cup using premium sencha perameters- 1 TB tea/4oz water. As this is steeping it almost looks like a layered jello salad. The leaves are laying on the bottom of my ingenuity under the cloudy liquid which is topped by light green foam.

HOLY ASTRINGENCY! This definitely has pucker power. My tongue literally folds over on itself adding to the mouth feel that the matcha gives it. This would most definitely wake you up in the morning!

YAY!!! So I took ROT’s Get Clean! off Jillian’s hands and when I opened the package I was ECSTATIC to find this as well!!! I’ve been giving this some thought and this is a chocolate pu erh w/ spices so I wondered how this would taste w/ milk. Then I wondered if I’d be committing some form of Chinese tea crime… which gave me the absolutely hilarious mental image of an old Chinese woman chasing me around w/ a cast iron frying pan for my assult on a wonderful pu erh. LOL! Ok, anyway…

I notice the spices are stronger in this bag than my 1st. Last time I could only smell the nutmeg, but now I can smell the cinnamon as well.

1 bag steeped in 3oz water. I could have added the milk right away, but I find it easier to get water extremely hot (but not boiling) than water. I also plan on resteeping this so I wanted to keep the bag clean). After removing the bag, I added 3oz milk and heated for 40 sec and stirred.

This is definitely worth risking getting hit by a cast iron pan. The chocolate is strong and the spices come thru just enough to add smoothness, depth, and complexity to the chocolate. The spice level is not that of a chai, but it makes a very comforting adult version of hot chocolate. I’ll definitely prepare it this way again.

Made this even thicker than last time. 1 scoop (1.5g) and 5oz water. Next time I’m only gonna use 3oz. I love tasting and feeling the flavors pop more and more as I gradually prepare it thicker!

This came from Stephanie today! The package was more than I expected. Along w/ 2 bags of this, there was also a beautiful card and 2 bags of Mighty Leaf’s Organic Spring Jasmine. She was also very thoughtful by cutting out parts of the box w/ info on it and sending that as well. The only thing that was missing was the steeping suggestions so I steeped 1 bag in 8oz water in just under boiling water for 5 min.

Uh oh… Maybe sending the box clippings wasn’t a good idea after all. I wasn’t aware there’s both licorice and star anise in this. Oh well, I’ve been surprised by liking teas that have both before.

My positive thinking isn’t working… it smells a lot like both licorice and star anise once steeped. But it doesn’t taste like licorice candy so I’m good.:) It still tastes like licorice, but it’s also very sweet- I’m assuming mainly because of the stevia (which I also didn’t realize was in there)… almost too sweet. I’ve never had an unsweetened tea that was too sweet before.

Conclusions: Really glad I tried this and extremely greatful to Stephanie. I was also not nearly as displeased w/ it as I thought I might be when I saw the ingredients. That being said, I’m looking for a tea containing only echinacea.

2nd steep (3g/8oz water) after using the 1st to flavor matcha. I’m still shocked at how dark the liquor is w/ this infusion considering the small amount of green tea in the portion size. Still floral, there’s also a strong sweetness to balance it out.

Finishing this off today, and it went out w/ a bang. Flavored it w/ http://steepster.com/teas/the-tea-farm/8736-green-champaca: 4g green champacha steeped in 180 degree water for 3 min, then decanted into my chawan, added 1 scoop matcha, and whisked w/ my chasen. Adding the matcha definitely improves the green champaca tea. The thicker mouth feel and more vegetal flavor definitely cut down on the floral aspect of the green tea.

Good to flavor matcha w/.