Tetley

Beautiful tea. I have had periods in which I cannot stand sweeteners/milks in teas amd periods in which I prefer to add a little something. However, this is tea is perfect as it is. I am not a vanilla flavoured person since I do not think its flavour is usually gotten right, so I do appreciate when I see a good vanilla- and this definitely fits that cathegory! Definitely recommend.
Also it has a very nice red color!

I love Tetley’s green and black tea, as It has five times more antioxidants than any other tea brands

Delicious black tea, good on its own but ideal with a bit of milk and some honey.

I’m actually not normally a fan of fruity teas. A lot of them use rosehips and similar flavors that I don’t like. This one has a lighter fruity taste. It smells really good and it also has a light, pleasant herbal flavor. I can only subtly taste the ginger, lemongrass and fennel. All of the flavors complement each other well and I think it’d be great as an iced tea too.

Well, I was going to save Tasting Note #2000 for something extraordinary, but as I have a few minutes to share What One Learns From Steepster After This Many Tasting Notes, I’ll just make my observation about this humble and tasty little English Breakfast #1 on the list:

1. Sometimes the ordinary stuff is just as satisfying as the not-so-ordinary stuff. Sometimes even more.
2. I fritter away far too much time online.
3. Everybody needs a stash of solid, no-frills, can’t-ruin-it tea that requires absolutely no brains to steep.
4. Steepster people, you are fascinating, kind, creative, funny, insightful, well-read, and great fun to hang around. I have never (not counting spam) had an unpleasant or unkind encounter here.
5. Rating and reviewing tea scientifically is beyond me. I rely on weather and whimsy. You precise and consistent people amaze me.

Count your blessings, friends. A good cup of tea is one of them, but daily you are surrounded by ones that matter more.

I do not really drink black tea on its own, or at all. But this is the best black tea to use for iced sweet tea – Southern style. Just steep it (or use a tea maker), and then add your sugar in the pitcher and pop it in the fridge. Once it’s cooled down and you pour it over some ice, it’s the perfect flavor combination to take you home.

As decaf black teas go, this one is actually one of the better ones. Many decaf teas feel like they are lacking in flavor, like they are watered down or missing something. This tea, while not spectacular, seems to suffer from this decaf tea flavor problem less than most.

Taught properly, a week of VBS with 4th graders should wear you out—you take part in the wet sponge wars, goalie the crazy-rules soccer games, dispense Band-Aids like candy and learn all the song motions. You could’ve poured what was left of me into a teaspoon after Family Night on Friday. A happy teaspoon, but ohhhhhhhhhh, my aching everything…

Couple that with a 100 degree heat spell and I just needed simple tea all week. COLD simple tea. This wasn’t bad. I wasn’t brave enough to fridge steep it—green teas always go bitter on me when I do—but I made a pot, chilled it, and wet my weary whistle. Smooth. The lemon is complementary, rather than overpowering. Must make more.

This is my favorite tea. I brew and chill it. Best drink ever on a hot summer day!

I was expecting chamomile and lemon, but got mostly something sickly sweet. Licorice root maybe? I swear I tasted mint in there. Obviously, I wasn’t paying attention. Still, some nice citrus chamomile. Soothing and herbal.

I had a coupon for this, so I picked it up at the grocery store. It’s actually pretty good. It’s in the vein of Rose Red or PG Tips, but perhaps not quite as bright. Still, it’s a recognizably British flavor and with 80 teabags in the box, I’ll be set for tea at work for some time.

I drink this all the time

Okay for making Southern style sweet iced tea. Outstanding for a sunburn/windburn soothing soak.

The package I have has extremely large bags, making 4 cups worth at a time. Convenient when making iced tea for a group. Or running a lukewarm bath to take the sting off a nasty sunburn.

Not as astringent as some of the other US Supermarket bagged black teas for iced tea.

Another tea the husband picked up when I was sick as a dog. Sorry to say but I’m not the biggest fan of this one (too acidic with the citric acid and rose hips). However, he likes it quite a bit so I will continue to serve him this one.

Thank you to my husband for picking this up when I was super sick with the stomach flu. It helped. Good ol peppermint.

Isn’t this the tea that we all grew up on? To me this tea has memories of great conversations with family, long night conversations and just the perfect cup of tea. Sometime the most simple down to earth teas are the best.

The last sample I got from Tetley. When I read that there was hibiscus in here I was really skeptical, but the peppermint and spearmint overwhelms the cup and that’s all I taste. Nice. The write up on this tea says there is a floral finish and I can kind of see that as well. Mostly mint taste though, which is a good standard.

Another sample (which actually led me to buying a container)

This is actually what I wanted out of Turmeric glow from DAVIDs. Nice warmth and kick from the ginger, turmeric and other spices followed by a herbaceous blend. I wouldnt steep more than 4min lest it be crazy spicy. A good blend.