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This tastes like creamy banana and coconut. It has a distinctive black tea backdrop. I really like it, but I think I will brew it a little longer next time to get a little more flavor.

I brewed this hot using 200°F water and then chilled it overnight. Unfortunately I forgot to set my timer. When I realized this I panicked a little and removed the tea bag to prevent it from becoming bitter. Well, I have no idea how long it brewed for, but I should have let it brew longer because I think the flavors are just a little weak and there is no bitterness.

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This is a refreshing iced tea. It has a predominantly lemon flavor with something tartly melon mixed in and the aftertaste of a nice sencha. There are no off or artificial flavors. It is not bitter or astringent at all. It is actually pretty sweet tasting, but does not have a very lingering aftertaste. This is good.

I brewed it for 3 minutes using 185 °F water and then chilled overnight in the refrigerator.

I brewed this the same way that I found worked for me when I first tried this. I used 200°F water and brewed for 2 minutes 30 seconds. This time I then chilled the pitcher overnight in the refrigerator.

I really like this tea. The tea really has a smooth, malty, chocolaty essence to it. I think the cherry taste has subsided just a touch over time, but I can still taste it. There is no bitterness or astringency. Just don’t let it steep too long. The aftertaste is clean and reminiscent of chocolate cherry. I’m really enjoying the chocolaty notes in this. It makes a great iced tea.

All I had was a single sample pouch. It was just enough to make a single pitcher. I boiled my water and steeped the tea for just about 3 minutes. Then I placed the pitcher in the refrigerator overnight to chill. I’m drinking it plain without milk or sweetener.

This is a really good chai. The flavors are so well blended and smooth. There is no bitterness or astringency. It’s not terribly bold, but maybe that’s a matter of leaf to water ratio or age. I can see from the other reviews that it was blended some time ago (2 years?). Perhaps it has had time to mellow.

This is a very yummy chai, certainly one of the best ones I’ve had. It’s difficult to pick out individual flavors because it is so well blended. I think I can detect the cinnamon from the sensation of consuming something freshly baked. I think I can detect the ginger (and maybe cinnamon) from the slight tingling warmth at the back of my throat. I can detect the cloves from its savoriness. All in all, it is very well rounded and I think it would take well to milk and honey. This is one that I’d like to try warm with milk.

Brewed 2 quarts using 185°F water for 3 minutes. Put the pitcher in the refrigerator to chill overnight.

Delicious fruity tea. I definitely taste the pomegranate and blackberry, but the pomegranate is more prominent to me. It is naturally sweet and has a lovely sweet, white tea aftertaste. This actually reminds me of the Forest Berries Silver Needle VIT.

I brewed this with boiling water for 10 minutes and then put the pitcher in the refrigerator to cool overnight. I am enjoying a thermos of it today.

I honestly didn’t know what to think of it the first time I had it. I’m still not sure if I love it or think it’s just really odd. I mean it tastes like hot pepper, chocolate mate. I’m on the fence about mate to begin with and hot pepper in my drink seems odd to me, but I can’t stop drinking it. It is super smooth and has a kick, but doesn’t get too spicy hot. In fact I think I might like the cayenne pepper.

I brewed this using 195°F water for 2 minutes and then put the tea in the refrigerator to cool overnight. I am drinking a chilled thermos of this at work today.

I had high hopes for this tea. The description is marvelous and the tea is really beautiful with all the little sprinkles and festive balls. The taste is yummy and very marshmallow. The aftertaste, however, is not. It builds to something not very pleasant, maybe akin to the aftertaste of some artificial sweeteners. I’m not really sure how to describe it.

I played around with the brewing parameters. If I use more leaf and longer steep time, then the sugary marshmallow flavor becomes fantastic, but the aftertaste scales as well. So, I found that 2 minutes provides a light marshmallow flavor and light aftertaste and is the most enjoyable way to consume this tea.

I brew this with boiling water for 5 minutes and wait until it’s cooled just enough to drink.

I really like this tea. I discovered it last year and was disappointed when my Trader Joe’s sold out mid December and I had to wait a whole year to get more. It tastes just like someone melted a candy cane in hot water. It is tingly peppermint and creamy vanilla. There is no artificial taste. It is also sugar sweet. I keep expecting to see calories on the label, but it says 0 calories. Usually I don’t like sweet tea, but I really like this one. This is really perfect for the holidays and the best of the grocery store holiday teas.

This is a fruity infusion that tastes mostly of hibiscus. It is bright, tart, and refreshing. I have trouble picking out particular blackberry flavor (mostly generally fruitiness) and maybe the vanilla is present as just touch of creaminess. I like hibiscus, but there is a slight off-taste that I don’t like.

I brewed this tea using 195°F water for 3 minutes and then put it in the refrigerator overnight to chill. Today I am enjoying it cold.

This is good. You can tell that the base is white tea. There is a slight hazelnut quality that I associate with white tea. And, despite my having had this tea for awhile now, it still tastes fresh to me. The grape flavor is great. Definitely concord, not candied or artificial tasting. Very clean, fruity, and sweet. There is a brief and pleasant aftertaste of grape. This is a very good tea.

I received a single sample bag of this. Steeped 2.5 minutes with water just under boiling. I was able to get 2 really good steeps.

This is a really nicely flavored black tea. The pumpkin spice flavoring is soft and creamy. The tea is subdued and in the background. This is probably the best pumpkin tea I’ve had.

Prepared this by steeping for 2 minutes with 180°F water, then putting in the refrigerator overnight. I also had a small cup hot before chilling.

This is very flavorful and aromatic. It’s delicious. I’m not sure I would think pear if I didn’t know that’s what was intended, but I am getting a sort of dried pear flavor when I think about it. It’s very good, fruity, sweet, and has a nice clean aftertaste. No bitterness or astringency. The green tea base is really good too, which really makes the aftertaste pleasant.

Brewed this with 200°F water for 3 minutes and then put the pitcher in the refrigerator overnight. I did not add any additives. Enjoying a thermos of it iced today.

The flavor is good, more chocolate to me than caramel. I also notice a sort of alcohol like quality to it. It tastes a little like a good truffle actually. For me, though, the aftertaste undermines it. It’s got that strange aftertaste that I detect in many flavored teas, and it just lingers. I just don’t like the aftertaste.

I am having this iced again. It is even better than I remember it before. Much more chocolatey. And, the astringency that I noted before is barely there and really complements the taste. Tastes like milky, creamy chocolate cookies. I really like this one.

I cold brewed this for 15 hours or so. I go back and forth on whether I prefer these cold brewed or hot brewed then iced. Tastes like bubblegum and black tea. The black tea base is tart and fruity. The bubblegum flavor is less domineering than some of the others in the SBT line, so the black tea is more pronounced. Very interesting and good.

Steeped 5 minutes with near boiling water and drank it warm.

I picked this up on a whim thinking that I wouldn’t really like it, but something about it was just intriguing. Well, I really like it. Basil and mint are wonderful in tea. The main flavor is basil on an earthy, smooth base with a touch of sweet mint. The tea has no bitterness or astringency. The aftertaste is very short and is mostly minty. This does seem more highly caffeinated than an average cup of tea to me. Delicious.

I brew this for 3 minutes at 185°F and then put in the refrigerator to chill overnight. I drink it iced. I’ve been able to get two steeps like this without diminishing flavor.

To me this tastes like an orange caramel green tea. The green tea base is nice and smooth without any bitterness and a nice green tea aftertaste. The flavoring is light. There is a candy orange flavor with caramel side taste. There is no artificial aftertaste, which I like. It’s a good tea.

I steeped this with near boiling water for 30 seconds.

This has an odd taste to me, nothing like tea. Maybe it’s the stevia, but I don’t like it and am having trouble finishing even one cup. Definitely not my cup of tea.

Brewed this with nearly boiling water and left teabag in while drinking it hot. I am always looking to try herbal blends. Some of my favorite ‘teas’ are herbal blends. This one looked interesting. Lipton is really hit or miss for drinkability in my book. Their pyramid tea bags like this one tend to be better.

The aroma is pretty good. I smell mint and melon and it puts me in the mood to like the drink. The taste is really more like chamomile and mint equally balanced with a hint of melon. There is a bit of an off taste in the after taste though and I’m not a huge fan of chamomile. But, this is entirely drinkable and a still good option at work when not looking for caffeine.

After reading other tasting notes I decided to cold brew this tea. Really couldn’t be easier. I filled up my pitcher to the 2 quart mark, put in the teabag and left it in the refrigerator overnight. I removed the bag after about 12 hours. I will try a resteep.

With the first taste I thought it wasn’t quite as good as hot steeping then icing the whole leaf version from last year. But today (it’s been in the refrigerator an additional day after removing the teabag) it’s perfect. Just delicious. So limey and creamy. No bitterness or astringency. Good tea flavor underneath. This is fantastic. It will definitely go on my reorder list.

OK. So, this is the tea that convinced me that there was such a thing as a great flavored black tea that wasn’t the ever popular Earl Gray. It’s also the tea that convinced me that I did actually like black tea very much, but I first had to learn brewing parameters that I liked. You see this was the first tea I had ever purchased from 52Teas (a couple years ago now ?) and when I first brewed it (boiling water, maybe 10 min?), I thought it was bitter and couldn’t reconcile the awful taste to the great reviews I was reading about 52Teas. Before this I thought that to make tea you just pour boiling water over the tea and let it steep the entire time you’re drinking it, but I kept reading about people taking their tea bags out after so many minutes and not letting their water hit boiling. So, I started experimenting with water temperature and steep time. And, when I got it right, the flavor just popped and there was no bitterness. It was the first time I realized that temperature and time really did matter for black tea. And, Blueberry Zabaglione became my favorite black tea. Still is one of my favorites. The creamy blueberry flavor is just really good and absolutely terrific iced. And, the flavors do not have the artificial aftertaste present in so many flavored teas. I’m so glad to see it reblended if only temporarily. So, I’m finally finishing the last of my first bag, which I had been hording :) It ages quite well by the way. Tastes just as delicious as I remember.

OK. First let me say that I love the packaging. The foil pouches are the perfect size, have great labels, can be stuffed into any drawer for storage, and are air impervious. The tea bag inside is so very convenient. Love it.

I brewed this package the way I brew nearly all iced tea (yes, I just ignored the instructions). I poured 3 quarts (it’s the size of my saucepan) of near boiling water over the bag, steeped for 3 minutes, and put the pitcher in the refrigerator. I then read the instructions and saw it recommended 2 quarts. Oops. Have to say I don’t think the taste suffered too much for the extra dilution. It is yummy. Great lime flavor. Great iced tea. It’s not quite as good as one of my favorites, Lime Jello Salad Green, though. I would definitely buy again. I can’t wait to try the other iced tea series flavors.