2291 Tasting Notes
Beautiful Fresh, floral green oolong, rich toasted coconut, not an oily mess.
Seriously the best coconut oolong I’ve tried.
Flavors: Coconut, Cream, Flowers
Preparation
Oh no, I didn’t need to know this haha.
I’ll put the rest into your (seriously late) package. :D
It’s way way better than the DavidsTea one.
You don’t have to if you don’t have much! I wasn’t hinting haha. But that’s exciting to hear that it’s even better than David’s.
I just looked up how to get to the store. Holy. Seems like I’d have to dedicate half a day to go there, at least since I usually stay downtown.
It’s totally fine. It’s 20-30 minutes from my place, and I wanted to go out there again anyways. :) You take the 160 and it’s a short walk from the bus stop. But it’s super easy to get turned around in that area.
Caramel? Is that something people taste, or the flavour that’s actually in this?
I get sweet sweet berries and coconut. Not much white tea at all. It’s really expensive, but if there’s a sale, snap it up quick! I got 100g for $10 in the 2/$5 packets that they no longer seem to be carrying in stores. What’s up with that, DavidsTea?
I just leave the tea bag in and refill with water whenever my cup hits half full. Yum.
Preparation
I’m not sure on the caramel…is it what the mulberries taste like, or is it added flavour? For me it is a warmth within the notes of the tea….like warm and buttery, But sweet, yes. It is super expensive, so yes, for me it is a treat, as I certainly can’t afford this normally. I have considered adding more white tea to the bags to fluff it up some, but I don’t know if the flavour would change too much because of the ratio change. I got some recently, a small amount, but I had gotten the 2 for $5 when they had this in it. That was sweet.
The flavour is pretty strong and it works well if you add more white tea. I recommend steeping it cooler though. The nice thing about this one is I got 6 mugs out of 1 serving… So even though it’s expensive it re steeps well. (I just keep adding water, and I emptied my kettle. :)
This is SO GOOD. Thank you, MissB!
It’s helping my breathing because of the mint, and the flavour is just divine. Especially with some honey.
This might be the only mint tea I ever want to keep stocked. It’s not the best for my tummy (mint makes me nauseous), but right now it’s amazing.
Flavors: Chocolate, Flowers
Preparation
I am at home with the plague, and decided to have matcha. Why? IDK. Honestly, a nap would be super nice right about now but I’m not sure I’d be able to get to sleep.
As a latte, with sugar. Yes, normal sugar. It’s creamy and mildly flavoured. What does hemp taste like? It’s a little nutty, I guess. It doesn’t taste like much.
I’m almost out of matcha samples. This one is from CrowKettle, and I only have one serving left!
Flavors: Grass, Nuts
Preparation
This seems like such a weird flavour to me.
It’s more like hemp seeds than anything. Nutty, creamy, grassy.
Oh gosh, I can help you with more samples if you’d like… feel better soon!
Nooooooo, I hope you feel better soon!
I really don’t need more tea!! :) The matcha is fun, but I think just having a plain one in my cupboard is enough. I like it but can’t drink it every day.
This plague is terrible, Fjellrev! I really needed to go to work today but couldn’t manage it. :/
It does seem weird. Before I read the bit about the seeds I wondered if it tasted like rope.
Actually… hemp rope almost smells nutty too. And grassy, like hay baking in the sun. :)
… I sincerely hope the ingredients stop alphabetizing at some point. Artificial flavouring should NEVER be the second ingredient in a tea, unless it’s just “Tea, Artificial Flavouring”!
I have one serving of this left. Today it’s really cinnamon-spice flavoured. I didn’t add anything to it, either. Not something I think I’d get again, but it’s one of the better Teavana teas I’ve had in the last while. Except maybe that orange one I had, and Citrus Sage. Mmm.
Right.
Not much tea in here at all. A bit of oil on the surface, probably from the chocolate. It’s fairly creamy feeling, although it’s getting dryer as it cools. Better with coconut creamer, but I am tired and don’t want to make any right now.
(1.5tsp/12oz)
Flavors: Cinnamon, Cloves, Nutmeg, Peppercorn
Preparation
Oh, this is good cold brewed. 3 tbsp overnight in my “two quart” Takeya pitcher (that’s almost 3, really).
Nice and delicate fruit flavours. There’s no hibiscus, so it’s a little thin, and there’s a lot of fruit with sugar on it so it’s a little sweet, but yummers. Strawberry and tropical fruits. :) This is a good one to hydrate with today, for sure.
Oh the dry leaves smell so good! Orange orange orange, ginger, tea.
Like Sil, I want more. More orange, more ginger. It is pretty good, and I’ll save the lease for more steeps tomorrow.
I have no idea how this tasted but at least it was palatable so yay!
It tasted like puerh. :P
So definitely not for me.
Haha. Nope. I think I will try adding orange peel/cinnamon/ginger to a different puerh tho. See how that goes for me.
Second 5 minute steep this morning. Actually pretty nice. More bready than earthy. Still not enough orange or ginger. Drinking it with a huge gob of honey because I am teh sick.
Oh no. I hope you feel better but I am glad to hear that the second steep was better.
Thanks! :) I’m pretending I’m fine for work, but I’m just sitting here on Facebook. Haha. Gotta find the energy to make it through tomorrow, then if I’m not feeling better I’ll take Friday off.
STRAWBERRY! This one is actually really nice.
I was at work with just boiling water, so I only steeped ~45 seconds. No additions, just tea. It’s quite nice. Way more strawberry-y than Bolero by MF.
Super happy with this bagged tea.
Flavors: Berries
Preparation
Such a delight when bagged teas are awesome. They’re so much easier for work I find.
Tea is really tough for me at work because 1) I work in a lab so no food at my desk, 2) the kitchen area is terrible, 3) there is no filtered drinking water in our building yet. :/
So flavoured tea bags are pretty much my only option!
Haha wow, your workplace is conspiring against tea it seems. :P What sort of lab do you work in?
Protein engineering research stuff and things. :)
Ooh that sounds awesome! I’m working on finding a lab job/job in my field now, so I’m always so intrigued when I hear these things.
The pay is terrible, but I actually kinda like what I do. :) Sure beats a previous job with half decent pay, where I had to be talked out of quitting pretty much every lunch hour… :D
Hahaha yes I totally agree. I know I’ll be taking a pay cut, but in the end I’d much rather be doing something I really enjoy.
Thanks to MissB!
This is definitely strawberry, although it is a delicate and floral strawberry. There are other notes too, but IDK what. I just had it for the strawberriness today.
It was good. Not outstanding or amazing, just good.
Flavors: Berries
