JacquelineM

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JacquelineM drank Awake- Filterbag by Tazo

Today I bought my coffee beans at the Starbucks on campus, and they offered me a free cup of coffee. I asked if I could have tea instead and they said sure! so I thought it would be a good opportunity to try the whole leaf version for free!

It is an improvement. Still weak but a touch more flavor. Less bitter but still some bitterness. All in all, a very lackluster tea. Bumping the rating up a bit since it is an improvement over the previous version, but I can’t recommend.

2010-03-08 18:17:14 -0500

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Cofftea 2010-03-08 18:44:20 -0500

You’re supposed to get any tall beverage- customized to the hilt even if you want.

JacquelineM 2010-03-08 20:22:58 -0500

In Philly – forget about it!! Half the time they don’t even want to give you the free coffee!! I got this one in NJ at Rutgers University Starbucks and they were super nice.

Cofftea 2010-03-08 20:25:22 -0500

They have to. It’s store policy. If they give you any trouble, call customer service and report them.

theyhaveways 2010-03-08 22:40:11 -0500

I keep a teabag of Awake in my wallet, when time needs for me to be ‘AWAKE’ hahaha.

JacquelineM 2010-03-09 07:11:13 -0500

theyhaveways – sort of like “open in emergency!!!!” tea :)

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I love to cook, bake, read, paint, knit, do needlework, and garden. I need my coffee, but I LOVE my tea. I work at an Art School, and I am currently taking classes in order to become certified to teach.

I enjoy writing tasting notes, but have decided not to numerically rate teas as of 9/14/10. For an explanation, see my looooong tasting note about Mountain Malt from the Simple Leaf.

My favorites:
Chinese black teas
A good “milk and sugar” English style black
Earl Grey (classic, and in all variations!)
Vanilla teas (classic, and in all variations!)
Jasmine, Rose, Violet and other froofy, flowery teas!
An Occasional Oolong
Flavored Rooibos
Herbal Tisanes