Dan

This is my second try today with this tea and I had much better results thanks to Cofftea.
My first steep was for 15 seconds and then decanted the tea. Then I steeped for 20 seconds and the results I had were much better. The tea still had a grassy hay smell. It almost taste the same way, at least it didn’t taste like muddy water like it did the first time. This tea was slightly sweet on the edges of my tongue. This is not my favorite type of tea, but I just have to try everything. So I need to up my ratings since my first steep didn’t do this tea justice.
2nd steep;
The tea seems to get a little sweeter. It still has the hay notes, but its a little smoother and is easier to drink and enjoy. I steeped for 45 seconds with 195 deg. water.

This was my first experience with Pu’erh and I can’t really say that I liked it very much. The tea smelled much like grassy hay when I smelled it dry. The instruction said boiling water from 3-5 minutes, so I tried 4. The tea had an earthy smell and taste, much like muddy water. The tea was amber in hue and has no bitter taste at all. I don’t give up easily and I have an ounce of tea so I will keep trying other temps and steep times. If anyone has any ideas, please leave me a comment.

Now this is a very nice tea. It has a copper red hue and smells very earthy. It has a sweet finish and is smooth with no bitterness at all. This tea actually has a caramel character which I have never tasted before. This is not a brisk robust breakfast tea. This is a tea to sit and linger over. Overall, one of the best teas I have ever drank. I followed directions on the packet for my first cup, but I intend to experiment a little with regards to temp and steep time in the future.

In a big hurry this morning so I broke out the teabags. I was up watching the US vs Canada olympic Hockey game so only got about 6 hrs of sleep. This is a nice tea with a lot of flavor. I keep it in the cupboard.

This is my breakfast tea this morning. 100% Keemun, easy to drink and very smooth and no bitterness. Nice cup of tea.

This is a very nice change of pace tea for me. It tastes of a green/black tea infusion with guava and strawberry added. Its very smooth and flavorful and easy to drink. I like this tea better this time than I did the first time. It leaves a lingering guava taste on the tongue.

This is just a fantastic EG. You can smell the bergamot when you open the tin. Drinking it is a pleasure, its smooth and very tasty with no harshness or bitterness at all. Its just another Damn Fine Tea that I wish I could buy on its own.

I liked this tea so much I made some more up. I’ve been drinking it all morning. It tastes like a cross between Caravan and Russian Country. Its smooth and tasty and still has a bite to it.

This is really not a bad chai tea for a teabag. Its spicy and I can taste the cardamon and cinnamon in it. Its a little peppery and smells good. This is another of my wife’s teas in the cupboard and I need to go and buy some loose leaf chai.

The cocoa and hazelnut in this tea is fantastic. It may take me a while to drink it all since I bought a whole tin of it. My wife likes it also so no worries.

I do believe that this is the only tea that stash makes in a tea bag that I like. You can taste and smell the coconut. You can tell there is fruit in it but I can’t tell which one, they say mango. The oolong does taste like oolong. Its an ok tea but nothing to write home about. Its also the only tea my wife drinks with any regularity which is why its in my cupboard.

I’m finishing up this blend. It taste as good today as it did yesterday. Nice smoky tea.

So, I’m sitting here bored and thought I would do a little blending on my own. I used Lapsang Souchong, Keemun, and Formosa Oolong. All of these teas are from Harney and Sons. I surprised myself, this is a real smooth blend similar to Caravan and Russian Country. The tea had no bitterness and was really tasty. I love the smokiness in this blend of tea. Its so easy, I just used equal amounts of each tea. I’m not going to rate this tea as it is something I put together, but I love it.

This is a delicious tea. Its like dropping chocolate covered hazelnuts into your tea. A great tea for a cold snowy day. Its very warming and I added 1/4 tsp splenda which brings out the cocoa in this tea even more. A very comforting tea and I like it very much.

This is such a great breakfast tea. Very brisk and robust with no bitterness or astringency at all.

Whoever thought that they could put guava in tea. I can smell and taste the guava. The tea is beautiful as you can see the marigolds and cornflowers in the tea. I can taste a little of the strawberry and not the coconut. I’ll keep trying. Its an exotic blend of green and black teas. The tea is very light and easy to drink w/o milk or sugar. Its a very nice change of pace.

I had this tea first thing this morning. This is such a very delicious tea. The berry and vanilla notes really make this tea fantastic.

I still keep going back to this tea. Its so nice and smoky and very tasty. Since all my Caravan is gone, this tea is the only one so far that comes close.

Second time today with this tea. I changed the steep time to 3 min and the water temp to 200. This was a much better cup of tea. The taste was nutty and yummy. After this cup I need to up my rating. I’m still trying to figure out why the tin said boiling water for a 5 min steep. That is way too much for this tea..

This is a very nice basic oolong. This tea has beautiful leaves. It has a slightly nutty taste. I brewed it like it said on the tin (boiling water for 5 min). I am going to try less time and cooler water next time. If anyone has any recommendations, please let me know with a comment.

I smell cocoa. I’m brewing this tea and it actually smells like cocoa. If I put my nose a little closer to the cup, I also get hazelnut. My first taste was of cocoa, hazelnuts and black tea. I’m drinking it w/o milk or sugar. Right now I’m thinking how happy I am for buying a whole tin of this instead of a sample. This tea just tastes wonderful. The reviews on this tea convinced me to try it. I’m very glad that I did.

This is one of the teas I found on my tea hunting expedition yesterday. I found this at Big Lots for $2 which relates to .04 a cup. This is an ok breakfast blend. It brews up amber in the cup and has a slight sweetness on the tip of the tongue. I’m drinking it w/o milk or sugar. It is all Ceylon tea and has an astringent quality to the tea. It is packed 50 to a tin w/o strings. I like their black organic blend much better.
I just had a second cup of this tea steeping only 4 min. and the tea tasted less astringent and made a much better cup for breakfast.

This tea really surprised me. It brews up very amber in color and is very brisk and robust. The tea is not as strong as PG Tips and I was able to drink it w/o milk or sugar. It has a very clean taste for a Kenyan tea, no bitterness at all. The tea comes in hemp tea bags w/o strings and isn’t even flo-thru. I found this tea at a Christmas Tree Shop in Maine and it was very inexpensive. The date on the tea was 2012, so I bought it. A very nice breakfast tea.

This tea just smells great when you open the tin. I can smell vanilla and berries. When brewing this tea I get the smell of a bowl of berries with vanilla on them. It tastes just as it smells, wonderful. This is not a strong tea. Its very mild with all kinds of flavors. I thought I tasted plum on my first taste, then it settled down to berries as it cooled. I like this tea. Without all the tasting notes on Steepster I may have missed this tea. THANKS!