Rishi Tea

Pretty good tea, love the subtle taste of the melon, very complementary with white tea. Doesn’t leave one’s mouth dry!

Too harsh for my taste.

I took this to a tea party once and out of over 20 teas available, this was the most requested. Very berry without tasting fake and has the most delicious blueberry smell. Don’t be tempted to make it a blueberry cream drink as the acidity will instantly curdle any dairy added to it.

So I looked thru my tea cabinet and spied this tea. I had one mini cake left so I figured I’d finish it off today. I’ve had this tea for a very long time. I bought this since I had never tried pu-erh before. I remember not enjoying this one at the beginning and it just sat in my cabinet. During the last bits of this tea, I’ve been enjoying it a lot. I’m sad to see this one go, but I feel some sense of accomplishment. I rinsed this cake to loosen it up a bit and steeped it like I usually do. I love the dark chocolate flavor with the mild sweetness mixed with mild bitterness. It doesn’t need additives if you do short steeps, but I think it tastes great with a little milk and sugar. For me, it brings out the chocolate. It is also earthy, and smells almost fishy as I was steeping it. This went away though, thankfully. Good tea overall!!

It has been a long time since I’ve had this tea but today was a good day for it. I think this is the oldest tea in my cupboard but I feel as though it tastes a lot better now then when I tried it for the first time. I steeped it for 1 minute after an initial rinse. It was murky looking but the flavors were delicious. There is a lot of chocolate and light earthy tones to it. I think adding milk enhanced the chocolate. Good overall!! :)

I’ve had this tea for several years now… I wasn’t a big fan of it then, but for some reason I am LOVING this these days. YUM YUM! It tastes great especially with a little milk and sugar. It tastes almost like creamy hot dark chocolate with some earthy nutty tones to it.

I had to increase my rating on this one!

I haven’t reached for this in quite sometime. I decided to rinse for about a minute and steeped this for about 35 seconds. Tasty and had an earthy taste to it. It wasn’t as strong or thick as I had remembered it was. Not bad. I think I’ll go for another steep.

I rarely reach for this since it always depends on my mood. It’s raining out, so I reached for this. It smells very earthy and dark, and I love how each mini cake is wrapped up. Very cute >_<! Generally for this tea, I like to infuse in short amounts of time. I usually don’t like the first infusion… it is too bitter and strong, though I imagine it might taste ok if I added milk and sugar. (note to self: try that next time!) The second infusion is my favorite.

On second infusion, it smells earthy and musty but a little sweet too. I love the sweet-like taste I get. The aftertaste is good as well. :)

I really enjoyed this today! I was happy with my steep times. :)

a bit powdery. probably works better with a tea pouch than an infuser. felt like an afternoon tea. I thought it would have much more caffeine and feel more perky being a yerba mate though. was very smooth and mellow.

Perfect on-the-go tea solution. Excellent for travel and backpacking.

Used my Zarafina tea maker. Thought it was pretty good.

Made 16 oz of Rishi’s Jasmine Pearl today, 2 tsp, 185 degrees, 3 minutes. Nice silkiness in the mouth, long lingering flavor of the jasmine. Very pleasant afternoon tea on a spring feeling summer day.

I start every morning off with this! Works like a charm =]

I try and make this part of my morning ritual. After hearing about all the good it has, why not? Love it!

Love the way this smells. The shiso takes a little getting used to, but I like this more every time I drink it.

Love this tea. You can leave it in the cup and it never gets too strong. Slow release fragrant flavour.

Blu-rooi, as I like to call it, smells amazing and takes a couple cups to get used to for rooibos purists. Don’t think I can handle the caffeine this cloudy morning, so it’s an interesting substitute for my usual black tea.

I usually prefer unflavored Rooibos, but this one isn’t half bad. Only steeped 3-4 minutes instead of the recommended 5-7 on the bag. The fruit gets too tart for my taste when steeped too long.