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Such a lovely chai tea this is. Yes, yes, I realize that calling something a chai tea is like saying tea tea, but whatever. I am following western English conventions in calling this a chai tea.

I have to admit that I’ve been subconsciously hoarding this one, as it is a year old, and now I am sipping it regularly so that the loveliness that it is does not expire due to age.

I’d like the chocolate and the toffee brittle to have more of a presence, but considering I am drinking this black and will continue to drink it black and unsweetened, it is beautiful as is.

Aside, I wonder how a bit of smoke might work with this.

Ah, the euphoria of waking after having had a full night’s sleep! It’s been weeks or months of sleeplessness for me due to my neighbours’ baby shrieking through the night and their daily early morning exercise thumping and banging and motivational videoing on wooden floors in an old house converted to open concept space. For someone with chronic illness, I can assure you that being sleep deprived does not help any of the rest that I am dealing with. I’ve been experimenting with all possible interventions in order to sleep through the night. The winning combo seems to be acupuncture in the day followed by silicone earplugs and campfire white noise throughout the night. Let’s hope this lasts because seriously.

This morning’s spoon of dry leaf contained a raisin and this alongside whatever leaf combination present here has resulted in a faint grape raisin echo with the smoke and butter. This will be the first raisin that I’ve come across in my sample pack of this tea. Quite enjoyable. This is a tea that I would purchase should it come back again. I am bumping up the rating of this one and putting the kettle back on to savour the next cup.

Eh, my friend was in town from Edmonton and when I met her for tea, she gave me a small packet of this. I’ve been lugging it around in my daypack as I rarely drink or use bagged tea at home. I found myself out in the world for yet another long day of appointments and activities, so when I ran out of my prepared tea, I stopped into a cafe and got my travel mug filled with boiling water and off I went. Waited a few moments for the water to cool a bit to green tea temperatures, popped in the bag for a bit, waited again for it to cool to drinkable temperatures. It was ok. Mostly green tea came through, sencha to be exact. The apple was vague but real. Possibly a hint of cinnamon, but I can’t be certain. Sure, the steeping conditions were not ideal, but even so, this tea was not all that. Based on this impression alone, not something I need to repeat.

Divine vanilla malt. Divine. Possibly the slightest bit of toffee too.

I made this to accompany me on a particularly difficult day out in the world. Success! I survived!

Clearly, I need this in my life on a regular basis. I can see why this is your absolute favourite vanilla black.

Thank you for the sample, Sil. If there is a group order list, please count me in.

Oddly enough, with this glorious cup of goodness, the marshmallow cream introduced itself with a nice surrounding black tea base in the very first sip and the tangerine citrus presented in the after sip. Perhaps my experience with this tea is a bit different than my first review of it because I added the slightest smidge more leaf and steeped today just a bit longer than I usually do. So, I don’t know whether this particular base is more finicky than 52teas usual lovely black base blends, or the stars need to align themselves for me to have a perfect cup of this. Today’s cup was pretty close to perfect. I have a couple more spoons of leaf, so the experiment continues.

Omigoodness, yes! This one is just smoky enough without the harshness of char. I steeped this in my Libre travel mug. I went light on the dry leaf and long on the steeping and it was perfect. Just the right amount of body and smokiness. Smooth, smooth, smooth. A very enjoyable cup and I am aiming to have another very soon.

Thank you, Angel, for this sample. This is likely one that I would include in my next order.

OOoooooh, yes!

I spend a considerable amount of time in our Korean town here and while I don’t quite know what a Ho-dduk Ho-dduk treat is, this tea reminds me of the disc-shaped fried Korean doughy pastry—which I don’t know the name of— that drips brown sugar caramel down your arm and burns your tongue if you bite into it before it slightly cools. Does that treat contain nuts? I don’t recall.

I had packed this one up in a travel mug for another long long day out in the world. To me, and this is my first cup mind, it tastes of subtle smoke with hints of dark cherry, as if the idea were to imitate the Eastern European approach to drinking strong black tea: with a spoon or two of thick cherry preserve alongside your tiny glass of tea to alternate between the intense sweetness of one and the intense savoury punch of the other. The base is lighter than I had expected though perhaps this is to do with my brief steeping.

When I got home and checked the tea description, I was surprised to discover that bergamot flavours this tea. Well, hey, first impressions and all. I’ll need to give a proper review during my next proper sipping.

I love this strange roasty toasty buckwheat tisane. It makes me feel as if all is well with the world.