New Tasting Notes

Lipton’s tea is the quintessential iced tea.

Lemongrass is lemongrass is lemongrass.

This is the brand carried by the small corner shop by work. It’s okay for a fix, but is also kinda bland. One the things I like least about this tea is that the cup it produces is pretty powdery, most likely from where the smashed/cut up grains of rosted rice.

This is an incredible tea, particularly after aging it for an additional three years. It’s lost it’s astringency and the liquor has gotten darker and darker, yet it has a rich grassy characteristic not found in standard pu-erhs.

Not bad for a bagged tea, but not nearly as strong as it should be.

This is the last of my tea from Always Summer Herbs in Slippery Rock, PA, and I must order more!!! Pronto! It says a floral scent with hint of watermelon. After steeping a little longer than suggested I DO smell it. It’s slight but nice. This is a very pure tea. Most people could handle this blend because it’s not bitter or too much of a deep tea taste. Great spring/summer sip.

Keeps me away from coffee. Drink it everyday with toast and jam. Yum

Every morning in Spring and Summer I drink this tea with just a little milk. It’s lighter than the Scottish Breakfast I drink through Autumn and Winter.

This has good stonefruit, but was a little more subtle than I expected. Good for the price.

Several years ago, I got an amazing Christmas present from my mom. It was a big orange box with a gold string tied around it, and inside I found a tea press, a silver tea spoon, a bag of German rock sugar, and four large tins of loose leaf tea. This was my introduction to tea, and it launched an obsession.
I brewed up all four teas for myself and two friends and we did a taste test. We all agreed that the mate vana was the best of the four. It smelled like cocoa and almond slices and went well with milk and sugar. It didn’t become bitter or astringent with longer steeping times. In short, it was the perfect introduction to tea.
I have to love mate vana. It was my gateway tea.

Loose tea with a drop of milk. An inexpensive yet enjoyable pick-me-up tea.

This Shizuoka guricha has a natural sweetness and dark green appearance. It is very different from traditional guricha and more closely resembles a fukamushi. The flavor holds up well. I’m on my 4th steep.

still loving this tea. I’ve had a container of this for quite a while- no loss of flavor or color. yum.

Steeped a little longer than called for to see if it was any stronger. Still not overly strong but still a nice cup.

Very good white tea!

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Not my normal afternoon tea as I’m an orthodox tea junkie really, but I had some knocking around and wanted to remind myself what it was like and check the quality of the sample etc.
Definitely needs milk owing to the CTC, but long lasting aromatics floating around in the flavour too from the orthodox blended in, so it tastes of more than just strong tea. Sweet, malty finish, and solid dependable flavour

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Nice and hardy! Perfect for waking up or that extra boost in the afternoon.