New Tasting Notes

Since this expands so much while steeping I sometimes add too much of it – as I did this time – plus I over steeped – ek! It was grainy/gloomy and super dark! But it’s still good! Thank Goodness!!!

First time I tried this I used around 190 degree water. The can says to use boiling so this morning I tried it out. Previously I tasted a lot of the pomegranate but today I am getting a rose type flower flavor underneath the sweet tartness of the pomegranate. A very interesting tea.

I bought this bagged tea mainly because it’s called Awake. LOL. It’s good though. Bold flavor.

Fantastic chinese green. From the Chunmee family or “eyebrow” meaning the tea curves at the end. This shop in Orlando is a kewl shop with its book swap and super-vegan/raw menu. They’re the only place in Florida so far i’ve been able to find this tea. I brew several pots, chill, add stevia and serve cold. Perfect antidote to the Florida humidity.

Not my favorite ginseng blend. They could have done just a simple Ginseng and Rooibos blend, but they had to add apples, oranges and a bunch of other junk to make it appeal to the kool-aid palette. Wish I hadn’t bought as much of this tea as I did. Mostly a pass.

This is a sweet tea with a wonderful plum taste. Although, it’s sweet, I think adding some honey or agave nectar would bring out the taste even more, because it is a bit bitter, but not in a bad way.

This is fast becoming a favourite.

Received this as part of a starter set from Adagio Teas.

Works really well without milk. I like it best with a little honey. Really nice on a cold late autumn afternoon. Brrr.

Definitely top 3 favorite beverages. I dunno if it’s a natural trait of rooibos, but it has a naturally sweet quality to it while I drink it. I had a similar observation drinking some rooibos from Starbucks, so I’m wondering what makes it have such a sweet quality to it. In the past I’ve thrown in Splenda and some milk into this stuff, which makes it taste even better, but I really enjoy it plain too. On a scale of 1 to 10, this stuff gets a 26. It would’ve gotten 27, but it loses a point for tasting a bit weak on a 5 minute steep. I shouldn’t have to wait 6-7 minutes for such splendor! 5/5

Recommended – you might find it a bit sour.

Definitely took a shining to this stuff. Got another resteep out of the first cup, and I was fine for about an hour, then I had to go back in and make another 2 cups. How is this tea so tasty?! It’s almost not fair for other teas, because it’s so choice.

I wasn’t able to write what I drank yestserday! I had a huge water bottle full of this – about 24oz. I love how quick it is to make since I was in a rush out this morning. I thought that using a lot of water with the matcha tasted better than using a little. Its very creamy and rich with almost a fishy scent. I’m not sure if I’m using the right words to describe it, but it was delicious!

Good tea for night time.

Wonderful tasting stuff, gonna use some to make some ice cream this weekend

Great bedtime tea. Soothing, tasty, and just an all around feel good tea. Steeped with boiling water 5-6 minutes.

A very mild and easy to drink green tea. More fragrant that flavorful. Good for about 4-5 steeps at 25-35 seconds per steep with 160-170 degree water.

I enjoy the aroma more than the taste on this one. Pretty golden color. Steeped for 40 seconds just below boiling.

This was my first rooibos based chai. It’s good. The spices are nice, and it’s nice to get the chai flavor in a caffeine free herbal form.

I got this as a sample and added some white Darjeeling from Adagio and it came out very nice.