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WOW!
i taste ripe, golden orange mangoes sliced and adorning the tea cup my son served me with….
i didn’t think i would get to try this one. i bought it for him (he likes all things mango and i don’t expect this bag of tea to last long, lol).
this blend is happily rooiboos free (!!!), light, fresh, i get an aroma of mangoes on the tree, of rind, but within the taste fruit and texture are the only layers. the mild fibrous tissue, juice spilling over my fingers and getting under my nails, the mild piquant but not spicy aspect of mango…. absolutely brilliant!
the very best tea blenders give spielberg and houdini…. they are illusionists and absolutely persuade me to suspend my disbelief. TGTeas…. you are among them. wow oh wow.
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This is 5/12 Christmas Teas! Maybe I can finish the night at 9? I’m so slow. Also so busy getting stuff ready and dealing with the kiddo. :)
I was hoping this would help to settle my stomach as I have had TOO MANY cookies today. I can’t believe I’m 32 and this is still a thing I do, but they were so good, and there are so many more treats to eat and I just can’t do it. Just…. can’t.
I better go for a big walk tomorrow!
Also, I better have room for turkey in two hours.
Time for a nice mint tea. I assumed absinthe meant mint, and I was right. Mint and a little bit of licorice sweetness providing a little bit of coolness to my mouth. This is great.
ETA Wooo! This was my 1000th tasting note!
ummmm….. absinthe is booze, is it not? the banned hallucinogenic one from france (in its legit form)….. there’s no mint in it, is there? 9so clueless, lol)
okay…. yes mint, (teachable moment for james) but holy hell…. also pure grain alcohol and WORMWOOD?
It’s not entirely banned! We bought some when I lived in Alberta because I wanted to see what the fuss was about! It had some wormwood in it as well, but now a days you can’t get ones with enough wormwood to make you hallucinate. (apparently)
I was only able to drink HALF a shot and even that was a struggle. My friends had 2-3 and it was enough to really mess them up. That’s enough for me!
You can get it in BC, or you could a few years ago, but maybe not with the wormwood.
i have a friend with a friend who has a legit/legal distillery in the EU. it’s not allowed to be exported. not to anywhere in north america at least. you can buy the name and the soft stuff in liquor stores…. the real stuff (again i’m clueless) one shot equates to several hits of acid, apparently.
Yikes. Yeah I think I’d be afraid of that!
yeah. i know a few people that travel to the EU in order to indulge. soooooooooo not my thing. nice enough individuals, but we aren’t close, lol. i hve no prob saying chemicals like that terrify me! and (surprise, surprise) they think i’m allergic to them anyway.
ARE YOU WATCHING THE XMAS INVASION????
=0)))))))))))
I WISH!!!!! We have company and I’m the ONLY WHOVIAN HERE. :O
(Until TK gets old enough that I can get her to watch them with me. I’ll probably watch it at 3 AM once I’m alone!)
so many things i want to say but won’t…….!!!!
Tony set it up to record for me. I’ll watch it tomorrow when he takes a bubble bath (yes, real men take very long bubble baths).
you better believe real men take bubble baths! although to be honest i prefer bath salts…. but that’s just personal preference. =0)
we drink wine and tea while bathing too…. and if we have waterproof phone cases we play video games! =0P
happy 1000!
Ha! Tea Sipper’s the only one on the ball!!
HAPPY 1000! (wow)
My parents got some absinthe with wormwood in it at a BC distillery.. :) Also, Merry Christmas, Happy 1000, and eat all the cookies you want. :D
w00t happy 1000!
i missed this somehow. grats on reaching 1000 lady :)
TERRI! I WANT MOAR! seriously..this is damn tasty! It’s my christmas mor-er-afternoon tea and this is so delicious. Please remind me next year we want lots of this. This might be my favourite pumpkin tea this year.
Edit: this resteeps really nicely since you can brew it and forget it lol This is pretty much all i’ve had since we got up this afternoon.
So happy to have this back in my cupboard, along with a new tin of Tiger Assam, & more Caravan.
So, I drank this hours ago, before I left the house to play 3 church services. The first 2 services were at one of those congregations that are televised. There were 3 tv cameras, 2 guys running sound (one for the recording, one for the audience to hear), 2 guys running lights, etc. On stage there was a band with 2 guitars, bass & drums, one of the pastors played keyboard & sang, the other one talked, there was an awesome choir, amazing soloists, etc. The highlight was “Do you hear what I hear”, which included 3 guys playing african drums, the entire band & choir, various soloists, & even a rapper! Something for everybody, right?. I played before & after the service, did my jazzy new agey rendition of ‘O Come o come Emmanuel’ as a solo, accompanied a guy who sang ‘the first noel’, & played some pieces at the end.
Then I drove across town to a scottish Episcopal church, where I played for a meditative celtic service. They wanted soft medieval & scottish tunes, a few carols. All done very quietly. No glitz, no glammer.
I’m not a church goer, myself. Nothing against it. It’s just not part of my spiritual practice. But I’m always available for hire.
Now I’m home. I feel that I didn’t get to drink enough tea today. But I did enjoy this one earlier, rich & delicious with just enough smokiness. It was just what I needed, before heading out into the cold (24F or so).
Harpy HoliDaze, everyone!
happy happy, merry merry terri. xo
To you as well, JJ ;)
So what did you finally decide qualified as a scottish tune?
wow, you’re busy today!
LOL, K, I played “Roslin Castle”, which is a slow air, & did an improv on "mermaid song’ during communion, lol, without including the actual melody of it, just the chord progression, done in a meditative kind of way.
TeaBrat: That was all yesterday! No gigs today.
Merry Christmas everyone!
I’ve had to wait almost a year before drinking this tea bag but I’m so very happy that I waited.
The teabag smells strongly of clove and cinnamon but it’s very sweet and festive, the spearmint is also noticeable. Also rather strong for a tea bag.
The tea tastes rather sweet thanks to the spearmint. The clove and cinnamon are the main characters but they blend nicely together and the spearmint and orange help to sweeten and lighten the whole blend. It is festive but I would also say it was an acquired taste.
Happy Holidays everyone!
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Starting the morning with a lovin’ cup of zhu right. I love this tea.
I have a little time to relax over tea & brekkie with tony, & then I will leap into action. This evening I’ll play 3 church services @ 2 different churches. The first one is at 5 & 7pm. Then I’ll drive across town to do another one at 10:30. I’m grateful that the weather outside is NOT frightful this year. The temps are cool, but not outrageously cold, & no precipitation in the forecast. Harpy HoliDaze!
If I were going to try this and the steepster select black you had yesterday, which would you recommend go first?
I’d go with this one, mainly because it is more accessible. I don’t even know if you can buy the steepster select teas without signing up for the monthly thing. Having only tried the Wuyishan Black 1 time, I can’t really give a comparison, except to say that Zhu Rong is more of a dark chocolate type & Wuyishan was more fruity, but they were both delicious. I love this tea immensely. I try not to compare teas to one another too much because I’m just a girl (ok…a middle aged woman, but a girl at heart) who loves her teas, & I love a lot of teas, not always for the same reasons. I quit ranking teas because who am I to determine a number grade, if you know what I mean?
I just re-read your question…if you are talking about trying them back to back…like one right after the other…I wouldn’t have a clue, lol.
Yes, I have both teas sitting in a bag on the table because I brought them on holiday. I will take your advice anyway because I definitely have more zhu rong than wuyishan. I rank teas for my own preferences so I remember for the next time I drink or am looking to buy tea because my memory is shit. I asked you because I am also a bitter super taster and we have similar thoughts on some black teas although your palate is more discerning than mine. Thank you for your thoughts on fruity vs chocolatey though.
“i’m just a girl….”
“I’m just a girl in the world…”
yum. cold tea. not. I made this morning after getting woken up early for issues…that are still not resolved, which has caused me to get no work done today outside of this issue. It also means i don’t have a whole lot of time for tea. I brewed this one up right away and got to drink most of it warm..but now it’s cold and sad. I also have no water in my house until they do whatever they’re doing with the water mains today so i’m trying to stretch out the water that i put in the kettle and the brita and a couple uh pots so that i could have tea today lol.
Still like this one, so it appears my tastebuds are only on strike when it comes to 49. :(
Oh, I hope you problems will be resolved very soon…not cool on x-mas eve!
Bummer about the water! Hang in there!
oh i was prepared…. i have containers with water..just no time to boil water for tea with stupid issues
Oh no. :( Hope things settle down, and your water returns.
Day 10 of 52 teas 12 days of Christmas.
First of all, I am really surprised there are not more reviews on this one.
This one is quite well done. It smells similar to other 52 teas chai blends. But after brewing it smells like a delicious gingerbread cookie. No jokes here. The chai spices mix with the popcorn flavours and you get a delicious cake like drink. There is a slightly salty, seaweedy green tea base, but it is also sweet, not overpowering, and works really well with the chai spices. I would describe this as a very “light” genmaicha. I think anyone interested in trying genmaicha should try this one. It’s definitely a winner.
On a side note, I hope that there is lemon merengue chai in the last of these 12 days of Christmas. Fingers crossed.
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It’s nice enough I suppose, but I still don’t like Laoshan Black. Enter: honey. Honey makes (almost) every tea palatable.
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oh i am having a day…… wish that statement were true of people. it would make me feel better to coat them with any manner of things….
LOL. I can see you going around dumping chocolate on people and “tarring” them with marshmallows or cookie crumbles.
That should be “tarring” them with chocolate, “feathering” with marshmallows or cookie crumbles.
Hm. Me likey this idea, Miss OMGsrsly and JustJames.
I’ll set it aside for you, MissB!
lol
Oh geez. Reading comprehension fail. MissB likes the IDEA, not necessarily the tea. I’ll still set it aside if you’re interested!
i need to play with this tea more. for the most part it just seems to taste like LB + ZR
I know I’m in the minority, but LB = bleh. This mostly tastes like LB.
if we used caramel sauce we could double the effect and offer waxing as well…. that would make me feel a tad more chipper. it’s not a good day. i’m feeling…. un-nice. caramel waxing might fit the bill.
That would definitely be some interesting salon.
it would make me happy…. well today at least. i usually like xmas. i’m ready to put on my headphones. start sculpting and come up for air on the 28th at this point…..
Sounds like a good plan. :)
Oh, I meant the whole shebang. The idea, the tea, the all of the awesomeness coming out of these comments and tealog. ;)
Haha. It is pretty awesome, isn’t it. Everyone is sod offering and creative and it’s awesome. :)
sod offering = so different. Sigh.
=0) random entertaining trivia: did you know that Sod’s Law is an old term for Murphy’s Law? maybe that’s why it’s glitching in that direction….
LOL!
Buying a Breville tea maker was the best thing I ever did. Then I got lazy, and stopped using it to steep my teas. Instead, I now make one cup at a time using a teabag, and use the Breville to boil the water to the perfect temperature. I think I need to go back to Breville-making tea, and just accepting I’ll have to brew up 4 cups at a time. Wow. First world problems.
What all this means is that I grossly oversteeped this tea as well – by 20 minutes. It got a bit bitter when I finally got to it, however sweetening it helped dramatically. It does taste like a sweet cupcake. Red velvet? Perhaps, more raspberry cake, but I’m okay with that.
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I just brew 2 cups at a time….and use giant mugs. :)
LMAO. read this review out loud.
I have giant mugs (the two cup kind, yay!) I just find when I use the Breville for two cups, the tea only sometimes comes out right. I read somewhere (can’t remember where) that it needs 1L to brew properly.. and I can see it when it steeps, especially if it’s ‘big’ tea and takes up a lot of space. Not all of it will get wet after steeping. I imagine I should try again though, because I’m oversteeping practically everything I make these days.
Yikes. Well… only you would catch me on this one, JustJames. :P I’ll leave it for a laugh and giggle.
I do ~800 ml at a time and it seems to come out fine. I had not heard the 1L thing so I will have to investigate but I’ve never had a problem with dry tea at that amount.
meh. 1 minute steep is stupid. i will rant more about that i’m sure. Drinkable but as not a fan of yabao…esp silverbuds yabao, i wasn’t hoping for much. it’s ok but i’ll have to play a bit more.
sil, you’re awesome. xoxo
Maybe I’ll try this. How long would you suggest? 3 mins?
i’ve done up to 8…. it’s never gone bitter. it’s a bud not a blend, exceptionally forgiving. awesome, awesome as a latte IMO. keep meaning to add nutmeg.
I’ll try 185F (85C)/3 mins, I know it’s resteepable.
3 minutes…at least…don’t underleaf either. All the blends this month needed at least 3 minutes no matter what the directions say…Verdant can get mad at me (which they won’t) but this is gospel. 3 minutes…
I used almost 1 tbsp for 1 cup water, it’s pretty standard for me.
2nd bubble bath tea. This is so good. I can’t remember if I bought more on Black Friday weekend, but I hope I did cuz this one’s a sipdown.
I’m so glad my schedule has become so empty, cuz I have tons of things to do. First up will be moving the dining room table into the kitchen. Next my office moves from the 2nd floor to the the dining room, putting it right next to my studio. Then my former office becomes my grandson’s bedroom.
And my entire tea collection gets re-organized & documented.
Oh…& my sunroom…all of my plants need to be repotted & divided as needed, with the babies being potted as New Year gifts to my students, along with a few tea samplers too.
And my bedroom…well, I probably won’t ever get to that…
Might as well get out of the tub…I’m out of tea :(
=0)
I am just jealous that you either have a tea station next to the tub or that you have someone who will fix you tea and bring it to you in a bubble bath!
oh you are so lucky to have a sunroom. My poor plants are just everywhere, except kids room, my son have allergies. I even have them on a floor. Do you have a random collection or you spec on some?
Nicole, I made 2 cups of tea before I got in the tub. Nobody waiting on me.
Boychik, Most are random, however, I have a group of dwarf trees: olive, kumquat, meyer lemon, & key lime. Everyone has fruit on them except the olive. I also have a potted sweet potato that produces from time to time :)
Wow that’s nice. No trees for me :(. No space and bad lighting . I’m into succulents, 75% of my plants are in 3" pots. Some bonsai I’m training. I wish I had a plant room. Btw are you on gardenweb?
Gardenweb? I’ve never heard of it, but now I guess I’d better check it out! Thanks!
Oh you will like it a lot but I’m not there too often now. I find Steepster people are much friendlier. It’s fun until people start fighting about soil mixes and they are serious and snobish. But pics are amazing. Some collections are to die for. I was obsessed for couple of years. I still read sometimes but do not participate in a forum
I’ll have to check it out. I’m not much for arguing with people, or worrying about their opinions, but I love pictures of gardens. I also grow veggies in my backyard :)
I should probably backlog (not bacon, Autocorrect!) the other teas I had today but for the last few hours the power has been off more than on.
It went off just as I decided I needed more tea. Yep. So I started cold new wrong a resteep of Nutmeg Cream because I just love it.
The power jumped back on an hour ago so I jumped on it immediately to make tea
That only lasted half an hour, but I’ve got this to sip on so I quite happy.
Oh this is why having an ereader with a light built in it is AMAZING. I always keep it on the lowest setting and in a pitch black room I can read perfectly. For hours. Maybe a few says straight? I don’t have to charge it very often. I started reading Alice in Wonderland to my daughter but she for bored if tha and is now watching Blues Clues on my tablet. Technology us pretty great. (She loves books, but they need pictures. I can accept that!)
Anyway, I’m happy Sil let me scoop some of this from her. I really like it. I couldn’t find an orange chocolate tea that really gelled for me – often the flavours weren’t strong enough – but this is pure win.
yay autocorrect! doesn’t everyone like bacon?
Yep, yep they do!
Damn. I wish I could edit posts On Steepster on phone. All the typos are going to make me crazy. >:(
Hope the power is back on (for good) in the morning and I can do it on computer.
Bacon maple shortbreads? :) I didn’t get an ereader with a light. I use a red-tinted lamp if I’m reading late at night, because I’m a weirdo.
So I bought this to blend with another tea. But I thought I better try it by itself before its all gone and blended away. This one smells sweet, not too smokey. There is a light sweetness to the tea, also a little but of malt. Hardley any smoke, but there is some there. The liquor is thick but the flavour is very light and basic. I feel like there is some vegetal flavour to this like it is almost a black tea but not quite. Just the slightest metallic tinge in the aftertaste. No astringency or bitterness. I love keemun. I am kind of sad I blended it all away, but I know where I can get more :)
So on a sidenote, I have found my favorite tea blend. It is this tea, mixed half and half with lapsang (also from Cuppa T, although it really doesn’t matter where the tea is from) mixed with two fresh slices of ginger, and a slice of naval orange. Brewed for 1 minute at just less than boiling. The orange and ginger stay in the cup. It is delicious. It is like Sunday breakfast, when you stuff your face with bacon, pancakes, milk and orange juice. And then lay on the couch the rest of the day. So good.
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Sipdown! (161) and on to the shopping list is goes. I’m supposed to be drinking down things this week but all i want to do today is look at placing orders. I blame terri – she has me looking at TTC and YS today…and then of course i’m also busy looking at MF, DF and theodor. Not to mention needing to place an order to restock this one…though i may try to hold out for a bit until i’ve got a few more teas to pick up form teavivre.
Have you made an theodor order yet or just looking at it?
I haven’t placed it yet…just cart building so that i can haha
I placed my teavivre order, including an actual tin of this, since I love it so much.
I’ll probably do YS this week, if you want me to include anything, let me know!
How’s that for enabling?
And yes, put me down for pleine lune, LOL
& whatever you think I want to share…
You lot are a bad influence on me—just added this to my shopping list as well!
keychange..it’s delicious! esp with a splash of maple syrup
Holy. Moley.
This tea is GINGERBREAD.
Delicious without sugar or milk, even. The base is nice and strong, and a good backbone for the flavours, but it’s not bitter or too astringent.
Then I added some milk and a small bit of sugar, and OMG, it’s even better.
GINGERBREAD.
The flavouring is super duper strong, and I can definitely tell it’s flavoured, but somehow I just don’t care.
GINGERBREAD.
I’m drinking it out of a fancy tea cup, too. And setting up my new metallic red ereader, that I got by pre-spending Christmas money. Yep.
I think that this tea needs to air out for a week or two for optimum breadiness.
Thank you SO MUCH, MissB, for functioning as a tea mule. It was lovely to meet you today (we need to go have tea!), and I really appreciate the work you put in to organize all this!
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I’m so excited for my order to arrive from MissB too. Eeee!
That is AWESOME because I have some waiting for me at my mom’s.
Second steep is good too. I got 2 cloves in my tsp so it’s a little clovey, but if you keep an eye on that you can mitigate the overpowering effects. :)
this sounds EXCELLENT. reading this made me happier.
Did you get some too? Or did you want some? Or has MissB already packaged some up for you? Also… when are you meeting up next week because I want to come over and see everyone?!
Heh. The Simpson & Vail stuff – all of it – smells delicious. My kitchen smells like I’ve been baking and making candy all day! I have a huge box here for JustJames, and blanking out if there’s any Gingerbread in there for him… if there isn’t, I’ll put some in.
yeah only downside to S&V teas – they are SUER strong smelling and will contaminate your other teas in swaps…just be careful of that hahaha
Tin foil, Sil. Not just for hats anymore. ;)
..or windows heh
Yeah just fair warning. I know with our order from ages aago it made my whole house smell…had to lock them down in tins and containers heh
I’ve already transferred one into a tin, and am emptying another tin today for the other. :) I only got two, and I’m so pleased with them!
Is tin foil the trick? I had to remove the Apple Cinnamon Coffeecake from my cupboard for fear it would “infect” my other teas.
If you can’t get hold of odour proof bags, or use tins, then yes. Tin foil works really well. Try to get the thicker stuff or it rips super easily.
yes tinfoil is great! it’s how i wrap my matcha swaps now…inside a bag then bag into tin foil :)
Ooh, thanks for the warning, OMG. I love cloves anyway but it sounds like this one is balanced with other stuff too. Don’t want pickled beets in your tea. :p
My mom commented that the parcel was quite strongly scented, especially the root beer. Tinfoil it is!
Root beer is probably the most strongly scented one, that I can tell. The (beautiful!) paper bags don’t do a good job of keeping the smell contained, however after having my stuff here next to me for a day or two now, I’ve noticed the smells have dissipated. I will however have to pack these all up well in tins and whatnot. Already thinking of ordering more, especially the candy cane, which is just available for a limited time.
This is one of my guilty pleasure teas.
Like, I know objectively it’s not much better than mediocre. But it was part of my first order to Adagio ever, and it’s had a place in my cupboard ever since.
The blueberry taste is subtle, and the white tea very lightly straw-like and flowery. Overall, it’s crisp and refreshing and definitely best iced.
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So I think this was one of the ones I bought from Sil! She went out on a fancy tea shopping trip when she found out they were available locally, and lazy me just said I’d buy some off you. :P
So I’m enjoying this. It’s a nice brisk black tea, malty and not too sweet. To be honest, it’s nice, but not as knock-my-socks-off as I had hoped for, especially when compared to Bolder Breakfast, or Laoshan Black.
But that’s ok. I can’t afford to buy a tin of this and every tea out there. :) I’ll enjoy this while I can.
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I think you’d like American breakfast.
Maybe? I’ll have to see if I have it. :P
you don’t…i don’t have any but i WILL be buying some in the future.
This one intrigued me so i asked Garret to send a sample my way in my last order. I try not to buy oolongs until i’ve sampled them because i’m so picky about the ones i like or don’t. While this one is certainly interesting – it’s still not quite up my alley. It’s a roasted oolong and has cinnamon and sweet notes to it but i can’t quite get behind it. That being said though, it’s a taste preference thing rather than this being a bad tea. :) I’d recommend others give this a shot :)
(also this is really tasty as the “water” to instant oatmeal lol)
Noooooo, SIPDOWN. (114)
You guys know what this means? I have ZERO Butiki teas in my cupboard. Zilch. Nada. Nothing…
But… the upshot is my Butiki order will be in TO-MOR-ROW!
ETA: Or… maybe not. It was supposed to be here today, according to Canada Post, but it’s in Brampton with a delivery date of tomorrow. And now it says: "Canada Post processing error; item re-routed. Possible delay " AAARGh. So, I’m out of Butiki for longer than I’d hoped.
ETAA Oh wait. :P I forgot I had my Butiki teas from Amoda. /sheepishgrin
NOPE! a ‘little’ clove my…. backside! i get no orange, no vanilla- not even any tea…. all i get is clove!!!.
a lovely thought MissB, maybe my sample was just out of balance. that said i am not finishing this cup. )=0(
man, this seriously made me laugh out loud.
i like clove too! but HOLY COW!
I think you mean ‘holy clove’ there, batman. :)
holy SMOKIN’ cloves, batgirl! lol.
Awesome! :D
i could also go the route of gollum: ‘it BUUUUUURNS us preciousssss!’.
Ha!
Smokin’ cloves. Smokin’ cloves?! Methinks Upton slipped in some crushed up Djarums into the mix.
OKAY, not going to lie, had to look up ‘djarums’, lol. could very well be. i would concur.
It’s ok, unless you are/were a goth or hipster, or associate with them, or are so clove-obsessed that you need to get that clove fix to your bloodstream more quickly than ingesting, no one really does know about them.
the most i know about cloves is that they are used naturopathically to deaden nerves in the dermal layer (as well as the tongue apparently) in tiger balm. =0) and that it burns like a very rude word if you recklessly scrub your eyes after you apply it.
Oh yeah, I’ve chewed on whole cloves in the past to soothe a sore throat. Do they ever numb EVERYTHING.
yeah, apparently clove oil is good when you have a toothache…
Fjellrev, djarums! that takes me back. warm fuzzies thinking of my reckless early 20s.
I think that’s why David’s Sugar and Spice kind of weirded me out. As much as I love clove, it reminded me so much of the experimental whole clove lozenge days.
ifjuly, seriously! Especially Djarum blacks. Like smoking four cigarettes at a time. Whew, are they strong.
ifjuly and Fjellrev…. so outside my experience, lol!!!
your dialogue makes me wonder: who would make a djarum tigerbalm cross tea and call it ‘orange spice’?
Oh wow, Djarum…I haven’t heard that word since my goth days in high school, err, a while ago.
Was reading Cavocorax note and all the comments about this one. Based on her comments I had to try it. Went rummaging through my huge pile of BF teas that I haven’t put away yet, and pulled it out.
Hazelnut/chocolate/coffee – I’m not getting tea, not much if any coconut. It’s just a little thin mouth feel, but WOW is it good!!!
You have to like coffee to like this, this is hazelnut coffee. Awesome.
This will likely find a permanent place in my cupboard.
Edit OMG – I dumped the last half of the cup over ice – cooled it off. WOW Iced coffee. This is FANTASTIC cold. It’s like hazelnut Kahlua in iced coffee.
yay!
Ok good – I’m happy I didn’t exaggerate how good it was too much!
Between you and Cavocorax, I am definitely glad this made it into the approved pile to take to Florida
…try it cold. :))
Luckily the Herbal Infusions sampler size is quite large so I will probably be able to try it both hot and cold at least a couple of times.
Mmmmmm, hazelnut chocolate coffee? Where do I sign up?
Wow – sounds really different and good.
Hazelnut coffee is my absolute favorite! You both are making my mouth water! Stop it!
Hazelnut latte with soy is my fave…for coffee.
Haha that was my little secret- pouring it over ice! I was perfecting this blend at the tail end of the summer, and ended up making an iced latte. Almost lost my mind. The other thing I created with this one is a ridiculously addictive slushie. Steep the tea nice and strong, combine in a blender with some coconut milk (Silk is a great brand), a splash of honey or another liquid sweetener, and lots of ice. Pulse. Scoop out into a tall glass and enjoy. SOOOO GOOD!
interesting fact: I worked for years in corporate finance surrounded by coffee freaks. I love the smell of coffee, but can’t stomach it. So this was my solution to bringing a fancy mocha style tea into my life :)
-Dan
I make iced coffee like that – totally works, and this tea would as well. I’ve done it with chai too. :))
Sounds delish
They really are magic-makers. I think everything I’d enjoyed so far, I’ve really loved.
there is only a single regret affiliated with my EU tea addiction (seeing as i have now officially branched out from france) is that i am also roped into SHIPPING charges. sigh.
Was shipping yuck? I found mine reasonable when I grabbed my first order.
no, it was totally fine actually! under 10$ =0)
and just so you know, there appears to be no shipping charge with zen tea at the moment?
I’ve yet to ever pay shipping with Zen. :) They’re wonderful!