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It’s been a while! I finally opened my second package of this. It’s just as delicious as I remembered.

Oh, silly me. Here I thought I had made a new combination, but I see I had logged the same thing almost a year ago! Anyway, it’s delicious. I added a bit of soymilk.

This is a nice, smooth tea with a sweet minty flavor. I usually like to mix my own black teas with spearmint or peppermint, but sometimes a bag is just easier. This is comparable to what I would blend myself – the mint is strong, but not overpowering.

I never thought I’d say this, but the bergamot was too strong! Maybe I oversteeped, though. I’ll be trying this again sometime soon. I think I prefer Twinings, though.

Lovely with Belgian waffles (vegan) and homemade faux nutella.

This is a lovely tea. I’ve had the sweet & spicy herbal tea, but I don’t recall ever trying the “original” with black tea. The major spice is cinnamon, but it is a nice balance of spicy flavors and sweetness without sugar added.

My only complaint is that it tastes almost identical to the herbal tea – the black tea flavor doesn’t really seem to come through very much if at all. That’s not such a bad thing, but it would be nice to have a little more tea flavor in there. My purpose for this tea is to have another option for a bagged morning tea (with caffeine), and this will fill that role nicely.

Just made up some chai concentrate. It is delicious! I’ll summarize my method below.

I used a generous tablespoon or so each of black peppercorns, cloves, cardamom, a few cinnamon sticks, and a couple good hunks of dehydrated ginger. I crushed the spices with a mortar and pestle, and simmered in 4 cups water for 10-20 minutes, then added about 3 tablespoons darjeeling tea, removed from the heat, and steeped for about 7 minutes.

To serve one mug, I mixed about 50:50 tea concentrate and hot soymilk, and a generous spoonful of sugar.

Not quite as good as I expected. It has a nice smooth black tea base, and a good fruity flavor, but I wouldn’t say it is distinctly “pomegranate.” It’s a little bit fake tasting. It’s definitely not bad, but I was expecting something a little more sophisticated. This is on par with Bigelow’s Raspberry Royale (which I like).

Must get some fresh bagged black teas! I’ve been super busy and low energy lately, so it’s easier to use tea bags in the morning. All I could find was this old, crumpled packet! It’s still good though. :)

In honor of St. Patrick’s day! I think I’m going to get some loose leaf Irish breakfast – I’m a fan. :)