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I tried this tea for the first time this afternoon. It was lovely.

I often find breakfast teas a little heavier than most, a little intense, very full-bodied flavour. This was different. It was a black tea, and I had it quite milky with honey. It was quite sweet, quite soft, and I found it a very contemplative tea. The more I drank, the more I daydreamed. Maybe I just had my head in the clouds to begin with, but I adored this tea.

I think I’ll go back and buy it. I loved the finish, I thought it had a very distinct flavour, and was pleased that it didn’t have an overpowering aftertaste. I’d drink this tea any time.

I had Cherry Ripe tea with a very good friend of mine today.

And while I’m not a fan of the chocolate bar, I loved the sound of the flavours and notes in this tea. Firstly, smell this tea before you drink it. It has the most wonderful scent. Some comments on the company’s website are reading like it smells much better than it tastes, but I can’t say I agree.

I could taste the coconut, with undertones of chocolate and the sharpness of the cranberry. The overall colour was a lovely apricot/gold and the flavours were all well-balanced and none overpowered the other. If I had one criticism it would be that it was easy to tell it was a flavoured black tea, but considering that was what I ordered it’s hardly a critique.

I like this tea. Coconut is one of my favourite flavours to have in a black tea so I’ll keep it in mind when ordering or purchasing again.

I had this tea today with a very good friend of mine, and I really liked it.

I’ve never had Darjeeling before so I asked the guy at the counter what I should have, and he said Autumnal Darjeeling was the best bet. It’s considered to be the champagne of teas, and he suggested that I have it without milk, so I did. Apparently Darjeeling tea is difficult to have with milk and makes it lose its taste? But I’m not sure on this, so feel free to experiment.

It has quite a coppery colour, and quite a soft, smokey taste. It is a beautiful, distinctive tea and has some definite notes. I like this tea, and now that I’ve had it I feel like I understand Darjeeling teas and what they taste like and how they might vary. I like that this tea is gathered from October through November, copper-coloured teas from copper-coloured leaves.

I’d have this tea again, but I’d like to experiment with Darjeeling blends more before I try this tea again.

I had this tea when a family member came to stay with us. I opened up my tea pantry and said ‘pick a tea, any kind,’ and she just asked for ‘regular tea.’ So this is what I chose. And I think that speaks a lot for this tea.

English Breakfast tea, or variants thereof, tend to be one of the most well-known basic blends throughout history. (Apart from chais, and green teas.) But you can’t go wrong with this tea, it’s a basic, black robust blend and a great medium-strength tea. I like it with milk, or black with honey. It’s a little bit malty, stews very nicely and is perhaps one of the most recognisable from the Twining’s brand.

I really like this tea, even if it’s not the most exciting or the newest blend, it never lets me down, and I’m never dissatisfied with it.

So I…lifted as much information as I could about this tea from the company’s website but because they change their teas and suppliers fairly regularly, this is as much as I could gather.

This tea looked lovely as it flowered, with a distinctive olive green and a splash of red in the centre, it was a lovely experience to watch it bloom. The waitress described this tea as a ‘soft jasmine.’ Soft indeed. I was quite disappointed with this tea, but perhaps I haven’t had enough jasmine tea? It…had a taste, but often the notes and flavour was quickly lost.

It was warm, and delicate and lovely to drink it out of a glass, but overall a little underwhelming. It wasn’t the worst tea I’ve had, and I would drink it again if offered it. I’m a little on the fence about this tea, though. Maybe I should try again? I would like to. This tea is soft, and delicate, and maybe I just didn’t approach it in the right way? I expected something totally different. I think I’ll try more jasmine teas and return to this tea later.

It has a certain soft, ethereal quality, and I’ll focus on that when I next drink it.

EDIT: My expectations for this tea was based on the fact that it reminded both my friend and I of Percy Shelley’s poem, Ozymandias. It’s difficult to correlate the imagery of the poem (sand, heat, the desert) with such a mellow, subtle jasmine blend. But I’m willing to try again.

I had this with my lovely, darling friend this afternoon.

It was a nice chai. I feel I’ve certainly had better, but it had the distinct chai taste and was high quality. The cinnamon and ginger make it a little bit spicy, and the rose petals add something slightly more fragrant. I just feel that I’ve had better chais before, I think you can add many flavours into a chai blend and have it still totally balanced. That’s one of the great things about chai tea.

It’s not my favourite, but that being said, if it was offered I would happily drink it. It’s a lovely basic chai, and it’s also possible my friend and I didn’t prepare and brew it as we were supposed to. (The instructions are quite specific on the company’s page, but we had no idea.) As always I had this chai with milk and honey, and let it brew for five minutes. I was happy with this chai – it’s simple, fragrant and strong.

I really like this tea.

It has a really soft, gentle green tea base. I like the pear, I think it adds a tartness and a sweetness and it’s a flavour I haven’t had in tea very often. I love the smell and taste of the jasmine, too. This tea is really inviting, and while I don’t drink it often, when I think of green teas I always consider this tea.

The only problem I have is sometimes it tastes a little bitter (probably because I steeped it for too long, or the temperature of the water was too high) but it didn’t impact the tea too much and I find I can always drink this tea.

A really nice, mellow blend, and a welcome twist on the classic green tea.

I love this tea, it is one of my all-time favourite green teas.

While it has a classic, mellow green tea base, the goji berries empower it and give it a really fruity, bold flavour. The liquorice gives the blend a really nice aftertaste, and the rose petals smell and look wonderful while it brews. If you brew this tea carefully, you will get what you are promised.

That is one of the things I love about this company. You get what you come for, and none of the flavours are ever lost in the tea. The blends are balanced very well, so you taste every ingredient. I am still new to green tea, I think sometimes it can be quite bitter, and other times very mellow, but I am more than willing to explore new types of green tea.

If you’re just starting out with green tea, like me, try this. It’s a wonderful blend and it has always been proudly displayed in my tea pantry.

Pleine Lune is a beautiful tea, and one I will hold very dear to my heart.

My mother brought it back from Paris for me, as a gift. And I will always remember trying it for the first time. It was very evocative, smelt lovely and rich, and had steady almond black tea base. It’s almost buttery, quite dark in colour and has lovely spiced notes.

My selection is a group of little muslin, cotton teabags and I love each and every one of them. The flavour is bold, and I would recognise it anywhere. The first time I tried it, I had never really had much tea before, and I thought ‘this is what drinking tea is like.’ I was quite young at the time, but it’s stuck with me and it’s for that reason that this is one of my most treasured teas.

This tea is full of almond and evening spices, and the whole taste ties in very well with the name. It tastes a little like a Christmas tea. I would happily drink this tea any time, with or without milk or sugar. It’s a very nostalgic tea, and I will always keep it in my tea pantry.

When I first tried this tea, I have to say, I concur whole-heartedly with one of the other tasting notes. It’s a stereotypical peppermint tea bag flavour.

It has a nice enough colour, and smells like peppermint, but when it comes to taste, this tea is pretty lack-luster. I am on a quest to find my favourite peppermint tea, and to be honest I probably wouldn’t buy this tea again. Perhaps, because it was only kept in cardboard it easily became stale, but I felt a little lost while drinking this tea.

Sadly, I feel like not a whole lot can improve this tea, and while this might just be a matter of personal taste, I’m hoping this isn’t a typical tea for the Lipton brand.