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I love that I love this lately. I have yummy minty breath, chocolate on the back of my tongue and there was even some tea in there somewhere too. This spoon had a bit more chocolate than I might have preferred, but it also had a bit extra mint and that balanced it out nicely. I really do love it when I come to embrace a tea. Sure, it’s great to fall in love right off, but learning to love a tea is a great experience!

Mmm..BLECH! That’s my result. I had a memory of liking this bagged tisane. BUT…Two bags to a 15 oz cup, smelled great, tastes good at first but then got soapy chamomile sort of taste. There isn’t any in there (apparently!) but I couldn’t drink it. Poured out. maybe the beau will like it…

Travel mug of this for work this morning. It was really nice,a bit tart, but still had a hint of that creamy dimension I so enjoy. I’ve had this so many times that there’s not really anything new to say!

Had a delightful cup of old faithful this morning. I had a week of sketchy teas last week, so I think I’ll be turning to some of my favourites this week. This short week! I am so looking forward to my four day weekend with my family. My grandmother will be 83 on Thursday, and the beau and I are spending Easter in her neck of the woods, so yummy teas are in order!

Had an enjoyable cup of this on this rainy afternoon. There was a slight sweet fruity sort of a taste, more fruit punch than anything identifiable. The tea wasn’t overly vegetal, but really complemented the melange of fruit.
As I said last time, this might be the right kind of tea to get me into greens. Huzzah!

Well, this tea seems to have seriously split reviews, and I’m not going to help with that. It’s fine enoguh, but not my thing. I’ve suspected for some time that I don’t really like white tea all that much, and this has sort of convinced me. I don’t get very much strawberry taste, I mostly just get white tea, and that doesn’t really excite me too much. I definitely don’t feel like re-buying this one. The dry smell is similar to DT’s White Tiger (which I did like) but it mostly just becomes a sweet white tea once steeped.

So, the beau and I went into a fun store full of kitchen wares today to take a peep around. I spotted some tea supplies and went to study them, then spotted tea! There were 4 or 5 random bags of loose tea and artisan flowering teas from Metropolitan Tea Company. Not only that, but they were extremely discounted and still have really far off best before dates. I bought 100 g of this for $3 – Apparently the crazy co2 decaf process makes it last forever. Or something like that.

Anyway, I have practically zero unflavoured black teas and no palate for it at all (YET!), but I figured this couldn’t hurt. At $3, I don’t feel bad if I have to toss it, but if it’s at all palatable I can use it as a base for my highland chai mix from the tea brewery. Win/win, right?

I went light on the steep time, out of fear. I don’t think I needed to, but I don’t regret my choice. 1 perfect teaspoon to two mugs of boiling water (11 oz cups) and only 2 to 3 minutes steeping. It started out as a lovely blonde honey colour, then deepened into an amber. The smell is that of black tea, but lighter and sweeter. The taste is…shockingly sweet. Like there’s already a bit of honey in there. I know there isn’t, but it’s nice. It’s really nice. I could definitely enjoy this on it’s own, or as a base for chai, or something to add some peppermint to, or even to cut other teas I dont like so much. Good thing, since I’ve got a pretty substantial bag of the stuff. At the very end of the sip as it cools there is a hint of something bitter, but it never really forms. This is good as I hate bitterness in my tea, probably why I love flavoured ones so much. All in all this $3 investment was a GREAT one!

After my disaster with cinnamon heart yesterday, I decided to put on a brave face and have a cup of Saigon Chai. I like this one a lot, historically, but I am a little uneasy about strongly cinnamon teas for a little while. I wish I didn’t get taste aversion so rapidly. Luckily, this is still yummy to me. Not as much as before, there is too much cinnamon going on at the mo for my liking – giving it an almost soap-like quality that I do not appreciate, but that is my fault, not the teas, so I’ll leave the rating alone.

EDIT: blegh. Oversteeped, or something. This is getting quite bitter as it cool,s but I am in switchboard and can’t get sugar or milk or add water to thin it out. Don’t oversteep this chai!

I couldn’t resist. This is sweeter than the honeybee from DT, without that weird aftertaste. Of the two, this remains my favourite, so far. Good thing, since I have like 5.5 oz left of it. Sweet creamy rooibos with a hint of sweet lemon, no rind or bitterness to be found, really. Delicious!

Oh, wow. Dry, this smells much like Lush’s “Honey, I Washed the Kids” soap which I bought to replace my peppermint blue soap. Strong honey smell, followed by a tinge of something unusual. I’ve never had or smelled mate, so I find myself thinking it might be that. The steeped liquor is a rich amber, and the smell is magnified.

First tastes are delicious. I got a strong honey flavour, but then there is a strange after-taste/texture which I, once again, assume to be the mate. I realized after a few sips that it reminds me a lot of Joy’s Teaspoon’s Lemon Zest, only without the lemon. I think the sharp taste at the end is what echoes that lemon taste for me, but the honey sweetness is so creamy and delicious. The beau also mentioned that it reminds him of Lemon Cream Pie, but I don’t actually remember that being very creamy.

I will enjoy the rest of my sample package for now, but this might be a re-buy. However, I do have lots of the Lemon Zest, so if this is similar to it as I remember it to be, I don’t really need it. Except to learn about mate. We’ll see.