Rishi Tea

I’m just not liking this tea and I think it’s because it’s too close to a black tea. It’s got that malty sweet jammy taste (like dates and honey). I think for someone who loves black teas they would really enjoy this tea. It’s supposed to be this rare tea only made in 10 days of the year in June in Taiwan. Sounds fabulous but it’s not working for me (even with 2 infusions). I like my light or grassy teas. This is a tea I need to add to the swap/sell list .

Mixed this with peppermint tonight. Tasty!

I thought this would be perfect after a long day at work. A little reboot. I felt like my cup could have used a bit more cinnamon. The boyfriend liked his. Overall enjoyable.

This tea is pretty accurately described by most of the reviews here. It has a lot of preloaded sugar, so get this if you like your matcha sweet.

The price was modest due to it being mixed with quite a bit of sugar. The downside is that the amount of matcha powder you get is ultimately somewhat small since it takes a tablespoon of it to make an 8 ounce drink. You won’t be making more than 5-10 drinks out of this, but it sure beats paying five bucks a drink at the coffee shop.

The flavor is very grassy and vegetal, no bitterness at all, really a very lovely matcha. I drank two tumblers full just as soon as I had brought it home. The only downside is, as other reviewers have mentioned, this comes with quite a bit of sugar. It’s not overpowering to me, but if you want to strengthen the tea flavor the sweetness will become too much. I’d settle for a little less sugar premixed in because you could always add more sugar yourself, but you can’t take any away. So far though, I mostly use matcha for matcha lattes and prefer mine a little on the sweet side and with a moderate tea flavor, so this works well for me. This matcha blends very easily and does not settle on the bottom of the cup clump up like some other matchas do. It also mixes just as easily cold as it does hot.

This one tastes fine through the Keuring machine, I’m being lazy and not finding a Wal*mart or something to purchase a kettle. This is my oldest tea so it will be my focus for the next couple weeks :) I feel like I could keep this one in stock but also feel that there are other unflavored green teas out there that I need to try.

Decided to go with a favorite to get my long school day started. I am going to have to get more of this soon. Only have enough for 2 more cups! Or should I try another green tea in it’s place, hmmmm, decisions, decisions!

This wasn’t as tasty as it usually is today. I can’t figure out why :/

It worked! I successfully made this a tasty iced tea. The taste seems more toned down then when it’s hot. But on the other side of that it’s like the flavor travels all over my mouth in a way that the hot preparation does not. Strange. As long as it’s yummy, I’m okay.

This has fast becoming my morning-on-the-way-out the door tea. I know I like it, I know how I like it prepared, and off to work. Great tea :)

I went on a tea adventure yesterday and this is one of the spoils. i knew I enjoyed my flavored green tea but I wanted to know if I liked green tea in general. I also wanted a plain green tea to use with my peppermint. I have my answer. This tea is nice and mild with not a lot going on. Perfect for studying in the mornings before I am fully awake. I am steeping the leaves a second time. I am going to ice that one. I think this tea iced would taste close to Lipton’s green tea!

Felt like some chai this morning. I always make this one on the stovetop with almond milk. Really good and balanced spice. I’ve never made it by just steeping it with water and adding a splash of milk because the stovetop way makes it so creamy. Sometimes I’m too lazy to do the stovetop though, and because I’ve never tried it the other way, I just don’t have it. I really should just try it sometime.

It’s nice to have chai on a cold morning. I’ve been kinda bummed about my weekly chai outings with my coworkers because Samovar’s chai has been inconsistent lately. It was really burnt one day and last week there was hardly any spice. Hope they fix that soon, because it used to be the best chai. This one is winning out right now.

This morning was a chai morning. I wanted something spicy to get me going and this did the trick! This is a great spicy chai. I don’t make it that often though because I follow the recommended brewing procedure and make it on the stovetop. I’ve never made it the usual black tea way. I could really use another chai in my cupboard, one that steeps up well the usual way, like Verdant’s laoshan village chai, but I’ve been trying not to buy tea lately. The only other “chai” I have right now is pumpkin chai, and that doesn’t qualify as a chai to me. Hmmm, maybe I’ll get some birthday money that I can use for tea!

Today I’m hosting a small tea party with a few coworkers. So excited! I better get going and make those caramel apple scones! Fingers crossed that they come out good! I don’t know what we’re going to drink this time. I was thinking to share some puerh…maybe I’ll just take everything out and let them decide what they’d like to try. :)

Totally a chai morning! It’s so cold! I had to put a sweater on just to sit in the living room. I made this over the stovetop with breakfast. I have to be careful not to burn the almond milk and I think it came out perfect today. Only thing is, I may have over sweetened it. Oops! Oh well, the spices held up nicely. This is a very solidly spicy chai. Oh, and yay for fall back DST!

This is a really fabulous chai! My coworker gave me a sample of this chai…it’s her favorite because it’s spicy. I used the stovetop method, as recommended, and it was delicious! It is spicy, but not killer spicy, and the spices seem equally distributed in strength of flavor. Some chai’s taste too much like one spice note, (I.e. cardamom or black pepper, or even cinnamon). This chai is perfectly balanced, but also not boring. Definitely one I’d restock. :)

Tea #2 from Considering a new TTB

This is one of those teas that make your house smell wonderful while it steeps. As soon as the water hit the dry leaf I was met with the strong scent of coconut. While the coconut does end up being the main flavor of the tea, the floral flavors of the oolong peak through a bit once the tea starts to cool. Overall this was a nice tea to start my day off with, but not one that I would order for myself, I thought it was a little bit sweet for my tastes.

A nice full bodied flavour. The lavender is not overwhelming and the bergamot is subtle. I steeped for 4 minutes and added a little milk. It was a good cup of tea.

Bitter and musty. I could not get past 2-3 sips.

I want to love this tea, and it’s a good replacement for DAVIDs Turmeric Snap. I have to wonder if this IS Turmeric Snap; a DAVIDs staffer told me that DAVIDs blend came from another company, and that she’d found it online herself… I need to look at the ingredient lists. Regardless, for a turmeric tea, this is a pretty potent and okay blend. Just okay.

Oversteeped, this is just meh. A tiny bit of ginger throughout, until the end of the cup when it’s overwhelmingly ginger… probably the best part of the cup was the last sip.

Love turmeric in your tea? Then I’m your kinda gal. Or, maybe one you want to swap with, as I’ve just discovered I have four teas with the main ingredient as turmeric. Yay!

This one I picked up while ‘on vacation’ (read: took a break from my family while my daughter’s Dad visited for a week) during my first ever visit to Whole Foods in Canada. Kinda wish there was one closer…

This smells like orange licorice, if there was such a thing. Is there? Like, bright, shiny orange? If so, I’d eat it… and it would remind me of this tea.