Trader Joe's

This was one of 6 teas in TJ’s Christmas sampler this year. These teas as far as I know are not sold separately or available any other time of the year. Perhaps they will be in the future though.

The flavors blend nicely in this herbal although it’s not anything special. I’m hardly ever in the mood for this type of blend as I don’t generally like the taste of sleepy time tea blends. I prefer drinking plain chamomile or plain lavender tea. I was in the mood for this though the past few days.
The peppermint, chamomile, and lavender are mainly what I’m picking up on. Surprisingly I didn’t taste any of the lemongrass that’s supposed to be in this one. This was the last of the bunch that I had left to try again when I was actually in the mood for it.
My favorite out of all of them is still by bar the Moringa Matcha.

I really enjoy this tea. It’s what I have been drinking at night during the last couple of weeks when I want tea before bed. There is a nice combination of flavors that remind me of fall/winter and I always enjoy fruity teas. I recommend if you want that similar feeling for yourself – it makes for a nice comforting cup when you want one during cold nights.

Made a cup of this today and this cup was exceptionally good. Out of the 6 teas in the sampler I ended up really liking half of them. It’s a shame these aren’t sold in any other form then the seasonal 6 tea sampler set. This cup has strong vanilla notes followed by woodiness and notes of honey.

This cup was better than my first cup of this tea. This is a decent cup of Rooibos tea. I just tend to prefer Honey bush teas. I steeped this at a lower temperature and for less time than before. Bumped up the rating a bit too. I’ve realized that this tea is best with a hint of sweetener but without milk added. As even the tiniest bit of milk tends to overpower certain aspects of it.

I’m either just not a fan of plain red Rooibos teas, or I’ve just yet to try one that is high enough quality to like. I only find this one drinkable sweetened with a dash of almond milk. Best when sweetened with agave. Not much to say about this tea although it does brew up a lovely color.

I love mint tea, good mint tea, which is surprisingly difficult to find. I bought a few mint teas at Trader Joe’s this morning, one of them might be “the one.” I am pleased with this one, it was my first try so hard to know how others will compare, but I did enjoy this tea very much. I think the lemongrass adds a brightness to flavor.

The aroma of this tea is nice but the flavor of the tea is weak at a 5 minute steep so I opted to steep it for 10 minutes.

After 10 minutes, and after squeezing the tea bag to extract even more flavor, the flavor was still watery and weak. I opted to add another tea bag to 8 ounces of water just to extract some more flavor out of this tea. The only flavor I picked up on was the tea flavor and some aftertaste of ginger. Not one flavor came through strong enough to be appealing to recommend or buy again. It was a bad enough brew that I opted to dump it and make myself another flavor of tea.

I love lots of Trader Joe’s products, but it seems their teas are not up to par in quality in what I’ve come to expect out of them. Fortunately their return policy is quite generous so there’s no risk to give a tea flavor that appears tempting a try. Unfortunately, its usually a return.

This tea is so simple and so delicious. It comes in mesh sachets, which maximizes the flavor. It’s blended perfectly. Nice and mild and satisfying. Why did no one else think of this before? I would only drink this one hot— not sure if it would be good iced.

I drink this a lot and enjoy it every time.

Heavy on the mint, but the sweetness in it actually makes this a mellow blend. Spearmint, peppermint, lemon grass, possibly some other lemony herbs. While this is not unique in flavour profile, I do appreciate its simplicity. It is really tasty hot or iced, it takes milk and is very nice plain, it resteeps a few times, and you really can’t overbrew it.