52teas

Day one of teacher inservice done. Made a pot of this tea and enjoyed it with a slice of homemade coconut cake. Did not add milk or sugar and I think I liked the tea better clean. Very pleasant coconut aroma and flavoring, just the right amounts of everything!

drinking this again tonight for my dessert! Very coconutty and comforting:)

Had this for dessert after lunch today. The smell is to die for, the taste is just good tea…but hey that is why I drank it!

The smell is just like coconut cream pie. The taste is more like a coconut tea. Really good. I am so glad I purchased this tea for my dessert shelf in my tea cupboard!

Had this as an afternoon cup of tea. I love all the fruitiness of this tea. It is so refreshing and summery.

Had some of this with my afternoon snack. Still nice and fruity with a hint of green tea. This cup was better than my first thanks to my new wonderful electric kettle. This cup was brewed to perfection – yum :)

This is my first tea from my clearance mystery box, I was in the mood for something fruity and green so this seemed like a good pick. If you want to see what other flavors I got, I posted them here: http://steepster.com/discuss/816-final-zoomdweebies-clearance.

I love the way this tea smells!! It smells like some kind of cherry candy, maybe mike & ikes or life savers – mmmmm! I first made it hot but then I decided to put ice in it since it is so hot out. The tea is a pretty light green color and it smells just like the dry leaves. It tastes like it smells too which is awesome! Its tastes like sweet, fruity, and there is a nice punch of green tea in there too. Overall this is delicious.

Forgot to log last night…yum…SIPDOWN…

At first sniff this reminded me of when I was little…in Buffalo…my mom would always buy “Loganberry Soda” (Loganberry Pop). I haven’t had it in YEARS and don’t even think they sell it anymore…maybe in rare places in Western NY, not sure!

After infusion I smell the green tea accompanying the berries – ready to drink!

It tastes a lot like a green tea would…but more of a celery tasting green than a grassy green and the elderberries buddy-up nicely! Looking forward to trying this iced but hot is good for now!

Thanks to Jessica I get to try another of Franks delicious sounding blends. This one wasn’t super impressive. I enjoyed the flavor of the green base, but couldn’t get much flavor out of the fruit cocktail. Tasted mostly like a muted fruit, maybe the sugary corn syrup the fruits soaked in, rather than the fruits themselves? That always had a mild fruit flavor to it. Not a bad tea, just didn’t knock my socks off like the Elderberry I cherish.

Yummy!

I added a little tiny bit of milk to it today… and it really brings out the “float” part of this.

This is so good.

I got this with my order a couple of weeks ago, but this is my first time trying this particular tea from that order. I have tried the root beer float from NecessiTeas and that one was pretty good…

This is really very good.

I’m curious though, Frank… are those lilac blossoms or lavender blossoms?

Thanks to LiberTEAS I was able to try this one. This has a pleasant green tea and floral smell. A little browner and darker than more green teas I have seen once infused. The green tea itself has a very delightful taste then you taste the Jasmine. It seems to be just the right amount and has a nice even taste all the way thru the sip!

This started okay. I liked the strawberry it was good not at all tart. Really didn’t taste much honeybush. I think it will taste good iced. Otherwise, nothing over the top great but delivers what it is labeled as.

Finally made this cold and WOW it is spectacular. It felt like summer in a jug. The best part is my 3 year old daughter loves this too and I don’t have to worry about it being bad for her. Now the only problem is not having enough tea on hand.

Made this with more tea and and steeped it longer. It is WONDERFUL! I will for sure have to ice this sometime and add some sweetener. I just bet it will make for a delicious rich lemonade type cup. It has been bumped up!

This is very good. The lemon is bright and the honeybush creates a summer sweet like a fresh hand squeezed lemonade sweetened with simple syrup. This is just so darn refreshing. I just need to make it stronger and steep it longer. Once I do this I am certain I will be bumping this up.

First thank you Jessica for sending this one my way!

Meh! It was okay. Tasted better as it cooled but to be honest I am not a huge fan of fruity and only wanted to try this because of some of the reviews I had read.

I don’t taste Girl Scout Thin Mints, as others have stated, but I do taste a very mild mint flavor mixed with black tea. I’m having a hard time picking up on the chocolate in this tea, perhaps I need to mix it up a little when I brew it next. I may toss in some extra peppermint next time I brew this, I like strong flavors.

SIPDOWN!!!!
Or should I say SHAKE DOWN!?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk-W_i7Z59I
Bob Seger…Thank you!

Anyhow…first tea of the day! It’s bold and it’s settin’ the mode or mood for the day!

Special Thanks to LiberTEAS for this one! I have been wanting to try this!!! :)

This is extremely malty and smooth…very pleasant. Velvety, even!

This is a solid one, indeed!

As I have mentioned before, I try to finish up many other teas before cracking into new ones, and I regret now that I waited so long to open this tea! It was extremely hot and humid yesterday (and it continues today) and I brewed up a large iced pitcher of this tea.

The dried tea mix is a blend of large coconut flakes, chunks which must be pineapple and honeybush splinters. The aroma is mostly pineapple with a hint of coconut.

Three heaping scoops of tea in the bottom of my pitcher, about 4 ounces hot water, 1/2 tsp German Rock Sugar, infused 7 minutes, added ice cubes (to shock the tea and stop brewing) fill pitcher with cold water, wait a minute or so until all chilled and enjoy.

The liquor is very dark – for some reason this was shocking to me…most likely because the smell is SOOO pina colada and I anticipated the yellow-white icy blends by the pool. The flavor is pineapple and coconut, as a pina colada should be, the honeybush was an interesting and wonderful base for this, it is naturally sweet but not overpowering, it works very well with the other flavors in the tea. The coconut and pineapple are both represented in large pieces amongst the tea. The brew, is creamy, as good coconut and pineapple blends come together in their citrusy and cream notes to make the perfect pina colada.

I have to say this tea was and is delicious, I am glad there is more for when I get home. Also, in true 52 teas fashion, I cannot wait to try this tea in a variety of ways: hot no additives, hot with additives, maybe more additives in a cold brew, and a smoothie/shake brew.