200 Tasting Notes
Tea Tasting Day (6/8)
This mate tea wasn’t bad. I’ve never had a lemon mate before, so I was intrigued. This has a nice lemon, citrus, and earthy taste to it. There’s lingering tastes of lemon essence? Orange essence? Something. Not bad for a mate tea. I try to avoid these because they usually have caffeine. But this isn’t too bad.
Tea Tasting Day (6/8)
NOW we’re talking. This was surprisingly very good and yummy. I can taste the nutty flavors. It’s very smooth, almost creamy. Definitely my favorite so far. I don’t taste too much sweetener in here, so I think this is very close to how this tea tastes for real.
I really want to buy this tea, but I can’t because I have soooo much tea I still need to go through. But, it’s going on my wish list. This is actually a better version of the Teavana Choconut. And cheaper, too. Eat it – Teavana!
This review is showing up a bunch of times for some reason. Not sure why, even though I’ve tried numerous times to edit it. Does anyone have an ideas?
Tea Tasting Day (5/8)
Well.. so much for going kayaking. Just as we were about to leave, my boyfriend notices that his car just got hit in the parking lot. Argh! There’s not much damage, but now we have to do the insurance thing. So, I decided to come back and write some more tea reviews. Meh …
Well.. so much for going kayaking. Just as we were about to leave, my boyfriend notices that his car just got hit in the parking lot. Argh! There’s not much damage, but now we have to do the insurance thing. So, I decided to come back and write some more tea reviews. Meh …Anyway, so far these teas haven’t been anything special, but this Mango Blossoms isn’t so bad. I can definitely tastes the mango, and I think the sweetner actually helps here. It tastes a bit like a Capri Sun (like the Mango Melange I had from TeBella). Not tasting any blossoms, though, just mango. Maybe a slight floral taste, but not much. I didn’t even think this was tea at first, but when I looked closer, it is in fact black tea, but I certainly can’t really taste it. I also thought there might be actual fruit pieces in it, but it’s actuall just flavor. Quite interesting.
Well.. so much for going kayaking. Just as we were about to leave, my boyfriend notices that his car just got hit in the parking lot. Argh! There’s not much damage, but now we have to do the insurance thing. So, I decided to come back and write some more tea reviews. Meh …Anyway, so far these teas haven’t been anything special, but this Mango Blossoms isn’t so bad. I can definitely tastes the mango, and I think the sweetner actually helps here. It tastes a bit like a Capri Sun (like the Mango Melange I had from TeBella). Not tasting any blossoms, though, just mango. Maybe a slight floral taste, but not much. I didn’t even think this was tea at first, but when I looked closer, it is in fact black tea, but I certainly can’t really taste it. I also thought there might be actual fruit pieces in it, but it’s actuall just flavor. Quite interesting.I think the issue here is that mango isn’t my favorite flavor. I like it more than peach, but not as much as the berries. This is definitely the best tea I’ve had so far.
Strange how it is doing that – it happens now and then don’t worry about it. I want to go Kayaking with you though. Sorry about the car.
Odd… you should be able to ‘edit’, and then delete the repetitive portions. I’ve noticed some of your comments are doing this too. I wonder if it’s a browser issue?
I swear I’ve tried editing it and deleting it multiple times. Nothing seems to happen. I think it might be a bug on my account since it happens on my iPad AND my pc.
Weird. Why don’t you contact the admin (Jason) about it? I would be really frustrated if I were you.
Tea Tasting Day (4/8)
I don’t have much experience with rose tea, and I have to say that this is an .. interesting tea. There’s definitely flavors of rose, but it’s kinda odd.. Not my favorite flower tea, by the way. I’m definitely more of a jasmine fan. This is my least favorite tea of the bunch. Blech.
Also, I will continue the latter half of my tea ratings later, since I’m going to enjoy the rest of my beautiful day. I know you all are on the edge of your seats ;)
Tea Tasting Day 3/8
Right off the bat, this tastes slightly bitter, so I’m distracted by that. Either that or it’s a really strong chocolate taste. It’s a little hard to tell. I do taste the chocolate, but the bitterness is a little distracting.
Also, I’m looking at this and it has white chocolate, which I’m also not a fan of. That explains why I’m not crazy about this tea. I wonder if this tea is actually from Culinary Teas. I’ll have to explore a little more later..
Interesting, so these teas aren’t their own? Sounds like you’re not having too much luck with them… :(
Well, their teas are sold under their name, but I’m sure they get them from a popular wholesaler. So I was wondering if the wholesaler was the same that Culinary Teas uses, too..
That always confuses me! :) I wish teas were consistently sold under their original brand name.
I agree, although I understand why a tea retailer wouldn’t want you to know the vendor since you could just buy it from somewhere else cheaper. Beer drinkers don’t have this problem, though ;) It is our burden, unfortunately :(
Tea Tasting Day (2/8)
If you can believe it, this is the only tea that they have both hot AND unsweetened, so luckily I don’t have to guess at the flavors. I can taste the chocolate and mint equally, although the mint leaves more of a lasting effect on the tongue. Really curious how this would taste iced. I’m curious where they get this tea from, since I know a lot of vendors carry a chocolate mint rooibos. It’s nothing amazing, but it’s not bad.
I’m not sure why they don’t sweeten the hot tea, but I’m not complaining..
Tea Tasting Day (1/8)
So my local tea shop, Kaleisia, is doing a tea tasting, and I just had to attend, since it’s the “last one ever”. I knew, going into this, that most of the teas were pre-sweetened, and you’ll hear me complain about this. But, I try my best to discern the flavor and give the teas an appropriate rating. Also, unless otherwise stated, these teas are ICED.
First up was their limited blend – Summer Delight. It has a lot of different flavors and fruits in it, but I’m really tasting the peach flavor most of all. Not getting much for tangerines or strawberries. It’s … okay. Your generic black fruit tea that doesn’t taste much like tea. Although I think the sweetener really cancels this out, though.
Also, this is NOT what the tea actually looks like. But it’s a limited edition and I couldn’t find it on their site, so I just found a comparable picture.
Thank you to Azzrian for this surprise sample.
I’m a little sad. Because of the bad weather here in Florida, I’m stuck at my boyfriend’s house for a few more days, and I’m far away from my house – where the majority of my tea samples are. Luckily, I had the forethought to bring this up with me.
I cold-brewed this, and it’s not too bad. The peach flavor is there, but not too prominent. Peach is a hit or miss flavor for me. It’s not overwhelming. I think sweetener would help bring out the peach flavor for this tea.
The second steeping, I thought, was maybe even better than the first. I wonder how the other flavored White Adagios compare.
Thanks to Michelle for these two teas.
A while ago, I was craving an iced tea at the mall, so I went to Teavana. Since I usually like to blend my iced teas, they recommended I blend the Cha Yen Thai with the Amandine Rose. I was skeptical – because blacks are hit or miss for me – but this one turned out really good. They put just a tad bit of sweetener in it, and it really brought the flavor out.
It had been a while, but I decided to cold brew a mix of both at home. It came out just as lovely, although I do think it’s one of the few teas where adding sweetner helps a little. It’s very creamy on its own, though. And quite flavorful. I’m not sure which tea I like better, since I’ve only had the two of them mixed together. Next time, I plan to cold brew both separately and see how it comes out. My guess is I’ll like the Cha Yen better, but we’ll see…
I’m glad you like them! And I’m sorry about the delay: the White Ayurvedic is sitting in my car right now. I’ll ship it at work tomorrow!
That Cha Yen Thai made me so sad. So very, very sad. Their old thai blend was awesome, and wasn’t all over-fruity.
@Michelle – Aww no problem. Thanks for getting it to me. I appreciate it.
@Dylan – I never got a chance to try Teavana’s old blend, but I’m not surprised they changed it for the worse (as they usually do).
I actually try to custom blend my own version of it. Interested in trying some? It doesn’t taste exactly the same, but I think it’s pretty darn tasty.
Thanks to Michelle for sending this along.
I actually drank this a couple days ago, while working on an assignment for school. I really needed some caffeine, and knowing tea might not be quite enough, I thought about coffee. Now, I have nothing against coffee, but I’ve really tried to cut back on it when I can and drink tea instead. Also, I didn’t want to support Starbucks if I could help it ;) .. And then I remembered I had this tea. Yerba Mate is known to contain LOTS of caffeine, and since I needed a “fix” I figured this was the perfect time to try it.
Since I knew Yerba Mate wouldn’t need to expand, I put this is a tea filter, boiled some water, and let it steep while working on my assignment. Not sure how long I brewed it for – at least 6 minutes.. maybe closer to 8? It was not bad at all. I agree with the other reviewers that it tastes a lot like Big Red gum, since the cinnamon is so strong. It’s definitely not a bad tea, and was tasty enough to drink the whole thing.
I general, I plan to limit my Yerba Mate intake since I don’t want to have caffeine overload. In general, I don’t like to “need” it to get through my day. But there are definitely dragging days. I wonder how this compares to the Mate Vana, the other mate tea Teavana sells..
