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This tea was much improved by controling my temperature and brew time at home.

1 teabag to 16oz water @ 170F for 7 minutes.

This tea has such a great aroma, getting such a strong cranberry (tart) and a softer calmer berry aroma.

The taste is much richer this time, still a white tea, but more fruity notes to it. Much improved on the cardboard water taste of my last brew attempt.

Trying a sample of this sent to me by Erin.

Adagio’s site says this is a good first tea to try if you are new to white teas. I am new to white teas. Only other white I’ve tried was a bag of Berryblossom white with boiling water at work steeped for 2 minutes because I didn’t read the instructions right. That tasted like water. I’m hesitant to try this after the reviews I’ve read. It’s steeping right now.

Dry leaves smell like hay. Not sure how this compares to the scent of other white leaves.

Wet leaves smell like wet hay on a rainy day. Not smelling anything pear like, but pear is usually light.

Blech…tea tastes like what I’d imagine wet hay tastes like. Poor horses when it’s raining, although I’m sure they know not what they’re missing. Wow, two sips in and this is revolting. Definitely not my cup of tea.

Not sure I want to try anymore. It’s very vegetal. I hope I can find a good white tea. But many more herbal and black teas I would like to try first. Wow, this has got to go. Thanks for the experience Erin, the Peach smells much better!

Maybe I’m not in the mood for this tea, or maybe I was just expecting too much from it, but it’s not impressing me all that much.

This blend smells of caramel and coconut and has a orange brown liquor. The flavor is black tea with a hint of coconut and a slight woodsy taste (from the rooibos?). I don’t taste the almond, but I’m not to the bottom of my cup yet.

This tea doesn’t need sugar or milk, but I may try with both on my 2nd cup. Its a nice smooth tea, and affordable as an everyday tea, but I prefer the Earl Grey Creme to this cup at the moment.

Brewed this again this morning and tried it with a splash of coffeemate (drat do I need to get milk). I really do believe this is going to be a au natural tea for me (no cream no sugar) as it was HORRID with the coffeemate. Drowned out all of the bergamot goodness and creme taste. First cup I’ve poured out, but enjoyed the second cup of the pot very much as a refreshing uplifting morning tea. This is my new non spice favorite tea. I don’t know why I stayed away from Earl Grey’s for so long.

Adding a touch of splenda to a hot mug of this really smoothes out the mint flavor. Didn’t think it could get better, but tastes slightly sweet rather than herb-y now. Having a mug while watching biggest loser and hoping my tummy ache goes away so I can eat dinner. Otherwise a diet of tea sans milk for the rest of the evening!

After having my first Earl Grey in the form of a Tea Latte this morning at Caribou Coffee, I thought I would pick up some Earl Grey at Teavana. The associate let me smell both this and the plain Earl Grey, and I chose this for it’s creamy sweet aroma.

This tea brews up a nice golden brown color with an aroma of an orange creamsicle. I haven’t sniffed such an enticing brew that wasn’t an herbal infusion prior to now. Wow do I enjoy sniffing this tea.

The tea has a bright taste from the bergamot and a smooth creamy blackness to it. I really am enjoying this tea. Glad I brewed two cups, as I am nearly thru with the first after writing this review. Trying this sans sweetner and cream this go round as my stomach isn’t settling from lunch. Maybe I’ll try with cream after dinner.

Stopped by Caribou Coffee to get some work done this morning, spending most of my time on steepster after seeing the steepster select email though. Tried this new tea latte. They have several flavors, this sounded the most energizing this morning.

This tea latte is overpowered by the caramel flavored syrup they use. I think it it were reduced to 1 pump or none at all (if that is possible, not sure if it is added to the concentrate or not), it would have a much stronger tea taste.

This being my first Earl Grey anything makes me curious to try other earl greys with tea and milk. I had them use soy in this as a recommendation. I enjoy the flavor, it’s a neat option to the chai tea lattes.

Got a tin of these bags yesterday when stopping for my monthly chai tea latte. Tried it tonight with hot water steeped 2 bags for 4 minutes and a splash of vanilla creamer. Had no time to run to the store today for milk and forgot on the way home. This tastes quite a bit different from the concentrate. The concentrate they serve seems to have more of a cinnamon and cardamon kick to it whereas these bags I’m really getting anise flavor as the foremost flavor with hints of the others. I really hated the first sip, but a few more sips into it it has mellowed out a bit. I like the amount of spice in this, but would prefer a different kind of spice. I’m curious to try this with some steamed milk. Maybe the next cuppa.

Tried this this morning since I had some time to relax and really enjoy it. I added a splash of Vanilla Coffeemate as we were out of milk, and I like this much better with milk. The vanilla creamer really changed the taste. I could really pick out the apple and peach flavors with the rooibos. Very amazing how much more wonderful this was with the vanilla coffeemate over a splash of milk. Definitely glad I bought a tin of the full leaf bags last time I was in Starbucks! Now to see if the second infusion is half as tasty.

Used 2 tsp in 16 oz of water, boiled for five minutes while infusing. My husband commented that the kitchen “smelled like IHOP” while this was steeping. The aroma certainly has something in common to Maple Syrup.

Tasting this tea right out of the pot it is a sweet black tea. After it cooled a bit I get a maple-y taste with a slight edge to it. I think this tea may have to be added to something for me to really appreciate it. It is certainly sweet all on it’s own, just wasn’t expecting the maple syrup taste.

Hoping for better things to come with blends of this tea!