New Tasting Notes

This is a great tea, hot or iced, sweet or unsweet. Right now I am drinking it hot, unsweet and it is doing the trick, this Saturday morning. Glad they reblended it at 52teas.com and I was able to snatch up a couple of pouches. One of my favorite green teas ever!

Since I drink this tea as my daily wake me up drink, I don’t have too much reason for inputting this tea daily. It’s still good as usual though, and cheap at Target.

I’m having this one iced today since I have it in my stash…it’s a step up iced from my last thumbs down review but I am still not ready to give it a thumbs up. It’s tolerable, however.

In the dry tea, I see caramel bits and yellow petals, and the aroma is wonderful, like sweet, milky mocha latte. Boiling water, 5 min, gives a clear, rosy rooibos-red liquor. I added sweetener, but no milk. The flavor seems to differ from coffee mostly in a kind of tanginess, probably from the rooibos, and I’d bet that milk (next time) would mask that. A delicious drink!

5 min in boiling water gives a medium amber liquid which is slightly hazy. Smells great. Added sweetener and milk, still plenty of tea and ginger flavor. The ginger is strong enough but does not bite. I find that ginger settles the tummy.

Nice oolong with good flavor that develops over several steepings. Very clean finish, and smooth taste. I buy this bulk from Central Market.

I had this on the train home from my parents’ last night and once more came to the conclusion that Kusmi is indeed drinkable but otherwise overrated. This one isn’t as perfumed as other teas of the brand that I’ve tried, but it’s not particularly memorable either.
This review however must be taken with the understanding that making tea on the train involved hot water from a thermos rather than freshly boiled, so the steeping process was far from ideal. I think I might just stick to coffee on the train from now on.

This has a nice clean taste, as most organic teas have. But it’s nothing special, as you’d expect from such dusty tea (from Tesco)

I’m on the third steep of this today and it continues to evolve delightfully. The liquor still has a deep, rich color almost like an agave syrup. Superb!

A second brew with a slightly lower temperature. The spice of the Assam has mellowed out considerably, while leaving the flavor. I had no idea this sort of blend could be so finicky.

I tried this to start my Saturday morning. I added a hint of honey which actually went well with this tea. Great perk to start my day.

This is an awesome tea, although I tend to ignore the suggested steeping time entirely, and use more ‘leaf’. It ends up being pretty stong and tangy, but that just makes it taste better. This is a great tea for work, because it dosn’t matter if you forget when it’s done steeping (at least for the way I like it) .

It has a smooth, well-balanced flavor and an absolutely wonderful scent of roses. Indeed.

Surprisingly delicious.

Very, very tasty tea, fraught with cinnamon and spices and a touch of citrus. I really enjoyed this, and did a recent video review of the tea for http://steaptv.com that will appearing next week. :)

i got it cheap from walmart, not bad

this is my most favorite tea

This was nice and soothing. I had it in France but I believe it came from West China.

Perfect for a Saturday morning marking a sneak preview of summer!