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Light and grassy with a subtle flavour of melon (cantaloupe, I think) As with the sencha sakura I had earlier the second steeping is definitely the best.

When I opened the packet I decided that even if I hated the taste, the smell of this is glorious. Fortunately the taste carries through. There isn’t much flavour in the drinking itself (I may try a longer steep-time next to see if I can change that) but the aftertaste is lingering and delicious.

Not one for people who don’t like cherries.

Edit: more green tea taste coming through on the second steep.

I make this the same way I do Horlicks: heat up my milk, mix the powder into a paste with a little hot water, then combine the two while whisking (if I’m feeling flash I’ll even froth the milk in my chocolatiere.) Nice warm milk drink for when I fancy something a little more flavourful than Horlicks or Ovaltine, but it doesn’t match a Starbucks Chai Tea Latte for flavour.

Urgh. Bought it because it was on the reduced rack, and now I know why it was there. Horrible stuff. Maybe I’m just spoiled by whole leaf tea, but this bag of tea dust does not cut it for flavour.

Edit: Evil twin wanted to know what I was cutting my sawdust with. This crap is being binned.

I actually forgot about it and steeped for 10 minutes, which is longer than I normally do for my rooibos, but it tastes very nice. Sweet but refreshing with some nicely complicated flavours, I will definitely be ordering more (for the studio, this one has my evil twin’s seal of approval too, and that just doesn’t happen with rooibos teas. We may have found a replacement for TeaNoir’s Bangkok!!)

I really like this. I’m on my third steeping from the same leaves, and all cups so far have tasted good. It has a slightly malty taste which reminds me of some milk oolong I tried from a different company.

I really like this tea. A light, easy drinking tea with nice flavours and a delicately aniseedy aftertaste.

Tasty and refreshing. I think it’s one for after a rich meal, possibly as a change to peppermint. TBH, it’s making me think about getting some of the herb and try making my own mixes; it’s nice but I think I’d want to do something extra to it if it was going to be a regular drinking tea.

I like it. The vanilla comes across a bit strong and drowns out the rooibos a little, but the key word there is ‘little’, with some other vanilla rooibos tisanes I might as well have drunk vanilla extract and had done with it. It definitely one for when I fancy something sweet, and I’d definitely reach for it over the spendy teapigs rooibos blends.

I love this tea. Fresh but nutty and a little malty. Definitely getting more.

Edit: Argh. Teapigs, you evil bastards, why can’t I buy this as loose tea now?