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34 Tasting Notes

BLUEBERRY FLAVORED 100% PURE WHITE TEA from Bentleys Finest Tea
74

If you aren’t crazy about green teas but want the healthy spectrum it offers, try this. The white tea reminds me of a mild oolong, nice. The blueberry in these tea bags is bigger in the nose than the taste. But the taste is there. Good light tea, I recommend this.

Ginger-Peach Black Tea from Bentley's
75

Good for a tea bag. Peach comes through but doesn’t over power the tea. Ginger is faint.

Ginger, Peach & Apricot from The Boston Tea Company
80

Yummy like fruit candy. Very nice with both peach and apricot giving a strong showing. The ginger is faint. Uses Chinese black tea and the taste is appropriate, very smooth.
Gonna try blending this half & half with other straight black tea. The fruit flavors are so hearty I suspect a blend will hold up well.

Zen from Tazo
60

From a person who doesn’t really care much for green tea, this Zen is pretty alright. I prefer flavored green teas and drink em’ for the health benefit. But I probably drink 6 cups of black tea to each green one.

Organic Black from Hedley's
70

This is a decent cup of black tea, nothing bad to say about this stuff. Just a good drinker from a bag. I was surprised because I really disliked the Twinings Orange Pekoe Ceylon tea and English Breakfast by Original Ceylon Tea Co.

Red Zinger from Celestial Seasonings
70

One of the first herbal teas I ever drank. Still one of the better ones too. Crisp, lively flavor.

Pappy's Sassafrass tea concentrate from H & K products
80

Yummy memories of childhood in this cup. When I was a lil’ kid in the hills n’ hollows of western Pennsylvania we’d dig sassafras roots in the spring after the new leaves appeared. Wash em’ up and cut into shorts. Boil awhile and hot cups of yummy tea. Didn’t know about the safrole back then, but didn’t drink enough to really matter. Pappy’s is good stuff, hot with truvia. Enjoying some right now.

Organic Assam GBOP from Harney & Sons
88

Not as heavy flavored as I expected. Thick mouth feel with a tobacco note and sweetness. Pleasant, easy drink. Good nose over the brewed cup.

Queen Catherine from Harney & Sons
96

This tea just arrived and I’m drinking a big mug as I type. Very nice, in fact as it cooled a bit I find myself taking big gulps! Velvet smooth with a noticeable pleasant aftertaste. Worth the wait for the online order.

Earl Grey (loose leaf) from Twinings
68
Ceylon Orange Pekoe from Twinings
25

I didn’t like this tea, astringent and thin for a black.

The Original Ceylon Tea Co. 1001 nights from The Original Ceylon Tea Co.
72
Bentley's Red Rooibos Cranberry Blood Orange from Bentley's
80

The orange flavor predominates over the cranberry. Yet the rooibos stands out over both added flavors. Nice, enjoyable cup to unwind with.

Queen Catherine from Harney & Sons
96

I have ordered this and will update after tasting. Wanted to share some info about the museum that accepted this tea blend as mentioned above.

National Tea Museum, Hangzhou, is located in the Zhejiang Province and opened in 1991. It is a very large museum, showcasing some of the aspects of history of tea in China, in fact, it has an area of around 5.4 acres, but the construction area is around 0.9 acres. This museum is a first, that is this museum is about the only museum in China with tea as its theme. The most interesting part of this museum is that, there are no external walls, but the enclosed vegetation gives the impression that tea and vegetation here is interdependent. Be sure to observe closely the one hundred distinctive characters (Chinese) which are related to tea.

National Tea Museum, Hangzhou, has four parts, that is four distinctive group of buildings that are pure treasures as far as the history of tea drinking is concerned. Explore Hall of Tea History, Kaleidoscope Hall, Hall of Tea Properties, Tea Friendship Hall, Tea Sets Hall and Tea Customs Hall. Each hall has its own history to narrate, you will be mesmerized to find the different impacts of tea on the lives of the Chinese people. Be prepared to be surprised! The Kaleidoscope Hall features more than three hundred kinds of tea including the six basic tea types of China. The admission to the museum is free and you can easily arrange for cabs to take you there.

http://www.asiarooms.com/en/travel-guide/china/hangzhou/hangzhou-museums/national-tea-museum-hangzhou.html

Peppermint from Twinings
78

Brews a dark green liquor with nice aroma. Flavor with half a pack of Truvia and you have a very pleasant sip n’ cup of fine flavored tisane. Yum This came as a single free teabag with my online order. Never woulda’ bought this before and surprized by how much I like it.

Irish Breakfast Tea from Twinings
65

I don’t drink my black teas with milk. So I’m probably not giving this one it’s best shot. I found it harsh but drinkable with ample sweetener.

Pure Green Tea from Twinings
50

Ho-hum. Grassy and quite thin. A positive is no asparagus flavor, lol. Don’t care at all for vegetal tasting tea. OK I guess. Having a hard time finding enthusiasm for green teas so far. Gonna try some Harney & Sons green in the future to see if I like that better.

Rooibos from Numi Organic Tea
80

Very good straight rooibos. No wood taste just smooth earthy vanilla note.

Sleepytime from Celestial Seasonings
20

Boring and bland. Rather have a rooibos before bed.

Lipton Black Tea from Lipton
15

This is the reason why I long thought that I didn’t like hot tea. OK sweetened and ice cold on ice cubes. But hot? Blech…

The Original Ceylon Tea Co. 1001 nights from The Original Ceylon Tea Co.
72

Very interesting tea, complex flavors and smells yet light with nothing overpowering the rest. If anything the strawberry stand out the most, just behind the oolong kind of tea flavors. Good.

English Breakfast from Original Ceylon Tea Co
1

Yucko! I love English Breakfast teas but this is something else altogether. Made my mouth pucker quickly and just tasted weird.

Green Tea With Peach from Bigelow
72

Smooth easy drinker with a sweetener added. Recommend it.

Green Tea with Pomegranate from Bigelow
72

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Lover of fine coffees, micro-beers and now exploring teas. I have two french presses, one for coffee the other for tea.

Have worked at a steel pipe & tube factory, a foundry, as a public school teacher, as a hospital chaplain, as a church pastor, as a mental health counselor/caseworker and now as a basic industrial mechanic for a large weld shop. Don’t know what I want to be ‘if’ I ever grow up. LOL

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