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I had another go at this tea with a slightly shorter steep. Still no pumpkin flavour, sadly.

Basically it tastes like black tea flavoured with cloves and a few other spices hanging out in the background – which isn’t really bad persay (although the cloves are a touch on the acrid side) it’s just that I keep looking for pumpkin and being disapointed by not finding it. It’d make more sense if this tea were called something like “Autumn Spice” rather than give us false expectations.

I think this might be a good tea to have with milk so I’ll try it that way next time.

I had this over at my parents’ house for a big family X-mas party. My mother broke out a pot of this tea for dessert. To me it tastes as bland as ever (is there actually any bergamot in this?!) but it went fine with the sweet desserts, which were the focus anyway, so the quality didn’t matter so much, if that makes any sense.

I remember having a conversation with someone on Steepster to the effect that honeybush tea can help with coughs and other respiratory problems. I hope it’s true, because my cold just won’t bloody GO AWAY!

It does seem to soothe my irritated throat at least. Mmmm honey. :)

It’s been awhile since I drank this tea and I realized that I missed it, like one of those worn old sweaters – not fit to wear in public but still comfy as hell. I freely admit that this tea isn’t anything special, but it gives me a good energy boost without the jitters and it tastes quite pleasant, particularly with milk.

I steeped it a touch longer than normal and I am noticing a bit of astringency starting to come out. Interestingly I’d not tasting any sweetness as this tea cools like I do with other, better quality oolong teas. shrugs

I bought this tea ages ago at a craft fair and this is actually the last of it, although I can replicate it easily enough so I’ll probably make up some in the future

What’s it ‘for’? Making me less likely to add ‘axe murderer’ to my list of ideal occupations when I’m having my period.

Yes, any men reading this: Run for your miserable lives. >:)

This is the last of the tea in my little sample tin. It’s maybe not my favorite plain black tea but I still enjoyed its unique taste and found it a very pleasing drink for waking me up in the morning or shaking the tiredness out of me during the day.

I’ll likely re-order at some point in the future; maybe not a full tin, but I’ve been eyeing Adagio’s black tea sampler which this is part of.

I added milk and a bit of honey, a poor-man’s chai I guess you’d call it. It’s a nice, soothing drink to have on a cold day. I do wish it were a bit spicier, this chai is pretty mild no matter how long I steep it, it seems.

I’m getting down to the bottom of my sample packet sad face so it’s mostly the little crumbly, broken bits now. I’m really hoping a get a strainer with a finer mesh for X-mas, I’m sick of picking leaves out of my teeth!

Because of all the broken bits I reduced the steeping time a bit too, but the tea seems to have taken it pretty well – it still goes down smooth as silk. Interestingly I’m noticing a very faint hint of smoke scent/flavour right as I first sip. It’s nothing near Lapsang or even Russian Caravan strength, although I’ve heard that all chinese black teas are bit smokey so it could be one of ‘the eight’. ;)

I like that the jasmine is subtle enough that I don’t think that I’m drinking perfume when I take a sip. The green tea base isn’t so hot though as it IS a bit on the astringent side, like I though before and it has a sort of grassy flavour to it.