Red Leaf Tea

This one wasn’t a home run for me. I was exhausted last night when I made a cup, and my only thought was “….well, it does taste kind of blue…”

I will definitely try it again, maybe I just missed something. But as it stands right now, this tea was just generic, nothing special, and not a rebuy for me.

Edit: Although I will forever get “Blue Moon of Kentucky” stuck in my head when this tea is mentioned, which is enough for me to keep it around!

sheepishly crawls back in Guh work is kicking my butt, but I finally talked them down to part time, so hopefully I’ll have time for things I actually enjoy now. >.>

This was tasty! I love me some raspberry and while I’m not a huge fan of Earl, I do occasionally enjoy it. They mixed together quite well, I really liked it. However, about halfway through the cup it began wearing on me. I don’t know what it was, but ultimately, this wasn’t the tea for me. Oh well, at least the wife loves it! The raspberry was only slightly there, which is probably why I shied away from it. If the wife wanted to share a pot, this would be an option, which is good because there are only a few we both agree on, but I wouldn’t seek it out for myself.

May I just say how much I love Red Leaf Teas, however? We spent something like $80 (with free shipping) and got 20 teas. The small bags are big enough for both of us to truly try a tea quite a few times and decide if we like it, but not so big that if we don’t like it, we feel guilty for buying. I’m very, very impressed and will definitely order from them again.

Very, very good. The scent just about made me purr when I opened the package this morning. Yuuuuuuuuuum. The scent of the brewed tea is just as good, I think I’m in love. The tea itself is a little weak, so next time I might give it a longer steep time. Still, I’m glad we got the large package of this! It’s creamy and delicious and the flavor is out of this world.

So our package from Red Leaf Tea finally came yesterday, and it was well worth the wait! It was like Christmas, because we placed the order so long ago that we had forgotten what all was to be in the package. Now I have 20 new teas to try, but this is the one I’ve been excited for since I got sick. Licorice and mint? Yes please!

It worked just as well as I wanted it to. The licorice soothed my throat and the mint just made everything better. Yum. Definitely taking some of this to work with me today. This is a rebuy for me.

Lovely, lovely looking tea. And it does indeed have wheat undertones – when dry it smells almost exactly like wheat from the field. Very delicate flavor and pale golden color.

I like the mixed colors of the brewed leaves. Reminds me of autumn. Which is appropriate since this is compared to an Autumn Darjeeling, my favorite Darjeeling season. There seems to be a high percentage of sticks to leaves in the bag I have, though this is my first bag so it may vary with subsequent batches. I noticed no floral notes, though I suppose there could be an argument made in favor of a “sweet” characteristic in comparison to other blacks and Darjeelings. Very nice reddish golden brown color liquid with a thin mouth feel. Very low astringency. I would definitely keep this in my pantry.

I think this may have been the only EG oolong I have ever had. If I had others…I can’t recall them at the moment. I will say this is quite impressive. I was hesitant not because I don’t like an interesting EG but because I was wondering just how it would work with an oolong. This is really amazing tho! It’s everything you would WANT in a EG and awesomely done with an Oolong! It’s one of the darkest infused oolongs I have ever tried liquor-color-wise but the over all experience was quite special. I will say I am a fan!

One of the more intensely flavored whites I have tried and I like it! It’s like Pom juice and white tea! Lovely! It leaves a fruity and floral aftertaste.

EG and Honeybush – sums it up! :) True to description! I really like the EG with the honeybush, actually…it’s one of the better nontraditional Earls I have had.

Pretty Good! I’m writing a full review over at Sororitea Sisters that will be posted at 6am on Friday!

This is really good! The Ginger and Orange are the main flavors and the peach is in the background…the green tea is also in the background, mostly. All 4 (main) ingredients are great with the others! This is good hot or cold! Nice Flavors! Not too weak and not too intense! :)

This is REALLY flavored and scented and since it was Pu Erh I figured I would start with the infusion time of about a minute…it was pretty impressive for my first attempt…usually I have to tinker with it for a few…but this worked nicely.

I wasn’t sure about the aroma but I could really smell a lot of that stereotypical Puerh smell but the EG Aroma helped cover a good amount of it.

The taste was intense and very EG flavored. I could still pick up on the Puerh but the EG Flavors really popped and really helped make the tea more drinkable and enjoyable.

If you are looking for different types of Earl Grey to try…this one is different but also very EG flavored.

Ok, I will just say it. I love this tea. There. Done.
Berry, slightly floral, no perfume, rich golden color, and solid black tea.

Last cup of the work day (a long one at that.) I find this an interesting and different tea. In the dry it is almost gorgeous with colored ribbons weaving in and out of the black leaves. The fragrance is quite fruity to my surprise, as I was expecting floral scent. I agree with other reviewers, apple does seem to be a major flavor but the black tea is there and other more subtle flavors. Some berry, maybe a touch of vanilla. It is very enjoyable and has held the full flavors through a cooling down (I got distracted during the first steep.)
The second cup won’t have time to cool as I am going to give it my full attention after this long day. A hearty thanks to QuiltGuppy for another new tea experience.

This is alright…
not bad but not over the top WOW either
It’s juicy but also a little bitter.
I think I might like this one better iced.

NOTE: I NEVER add sugar to my teas.

Now that I have gotten that out of the way I will tell you this…

These remind me of ROCK CANDY I had as a kid! LOVED them! They taste like it too!
It’s pure-white sugar on a stick! It adhere’s to the stick well but it also swizzles well in the hot tea too!

I will be doing a FULL REVIEW over at SororiTEA Sisters soon!

I ended up trying this one in the Kick In The Cup Tea from them and it was pretty good! This…coming from someone who NEVER adds sugar to their tea, mind you! :)

This is a nice product!

For someone who NEVER adds sugar to their teas…for my 2nd cup of this one from Red Leaf I decided to follow their optional suggestion by adding one of their White Sugar Sticks to it. And I must say it was very good. It does take the edge off of the WICKED BOLD Black tea taste – but I guess it all depends which way you want to go! I LOVE the boldness of this but I have to say – this is one tea I could go with or without sugar…I enjoyed BOTH cups!

WOW!
Strong!
Black!
Bold!
Fairly Malty!
WOW!

I have a feeling I will be bouncing off the walls – COOL!

First up…plain

I am going to try one of their sugar sticks in the next one just for KICKS (pardon the pun)

I don’t know why I am hesitant to drink Rose flavored teas…I assume they are going to be bitter from all the rose petals…but that is rarely the case.

This is very nice!

It’s everything you would expect from a Rose EG! It’s intensely scented and the flavor is ‘just right’ once it hits the tongue.

It’s juicy and floral – and it meets in the middle wonderfully!

backlogging from Friday…

This is REALLY fantastic! I had one cup hot and another cold and both are lovely, fruity, and memorable! Passionfruit Oolong/Wulong! Very nice! YUM!

WOW
…just…WOW…

these are tightly ‘braided’ and much like a work of art!

Not much for aroma but the taste is Juicy-Sweet-wheat-YUM! The color is near clear.

This is very crisp and clean! Very nice!

Dry this had a hint of vinegar aroma to the nose…nothing too drastic tho.
While infusing…woodsy and a little like syrup.

This infuses dark.

The taste is unexpected and interesting! Just when I am thinking a mellow bark like taste is changes up to a syrupy type taste and just when I think I have that nailed it changes to a smooth and velvety rice hint but then I think it almost has some drier wine notes coming thru.

If you are one of the people turned off by pu-erhs because you may think they are wormy or earthy – try this one – it’s very different!

I was a little scared when I first smelled this one. It reminded me of a tea I tried a while back that I found to be way too sweet and way too cinnamony…like cinnamon red hots! Don’t get me wrong…I LOVE cinnamon red hots – I just didn’t care for it in my tea!

BUT…

When I sipped this I was relieved to find out that it was pretty good! It’s not something I would pick out for myself if I were to see it on a shelf in a store based on the smell…but lucky for me I enjoy trying new things!

Piping hot this tasted like a chai with candy-sweet cinnamon instead of an Indian Cinnamon Spice or powder type cinnamon taste if you know what I mean.

After a few moments at room temperature the Wine flavors come out more…an interesting addition.

The aftertaste is a stronger black tea paired with a more natural tasting cinnamon.

This is complex and fun! It has a lot of character!