Tamm

So this is the tea I purchased with my recent $10 Adagio credit! I’ve been watching my husband play GW2 and so I was pretty excited to see how someone had interpreted the characters. This tea is a bit up and down with me.
On the up side: it is super flavorful, smells great, and I really like this particular chai. It can really take a beating and does well at higher temperatures and steeping lengths. I think that there is a distinct orange note as well in this chai.
The downside: It’s mostly just chai. Even though the tea has two other teas in it (plain white and pomegranate) it really doesn’t deliver. The picture used for the tea blend is a bit misleading on Adagio’s site because it shows a lot of pomegranate. I was expecting that to balance out the chai, but it really just isn’t there. If someone had asked me what was in this tea I couldn’t have picked it out.
Overall I think that if you really liked chai tea I’d suggest simply purchasing a 3oz bag of this stuff plain rather than the blend because I don’t think the ratios are quite right on it. It would also cost $4 less! Luckily, I didn’t have to pay for this one. All in all I like it though so it will still receive a mixed rating.
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I think that this should be an example of why I think that the blend ratios should be public. I don’t really understand why the creators care to keep them secret as anyone could make the same blend anyways…I think that knowing exactly how much of what would get me to buy more blends just due to the fact that I know exactly what kind of teas I do and do not enjoy. Why risk getting something with too much of something you don’t like?
This has been a rant. :p

I think that I’ve mentioned this before in a past review, but this needs some kind of cream/vanilla ness to it. I think that somehow it needs to be mixed with vanilla ice cream. It’d be lovely! Mostly because of the strong black tea base and the spiciness. I think this is a great wake up cup and I’m looking forward to having it during the fall season!

mmmm this tea is so lovely. I think that what surprises me the most is the abuse it can go through and not turn bitter. I would think that the large concentration of white tea would make it so that boiling temps would embitter the leaves or leave it astringent. But amazingly I oversteeped this and found no issue at all! I think that the peach is the main flavor, but other fruit notes do shine through and the cream really is what makes the flavor come together. A really great blend!

How have I not written a review of this yet?! I got this awhile ago and I’ve pretty much enjoyed it, but I often put it off for other blends. I was thinking about why it barely misses the mark for me and I realized is that it is a little sharp. This is likely due to the blend being mostly comprised of the Irish Breakfast and chai tea blends. I think that to really have a well balanced cup this should be taken with milk or should have another creamy tea mixed in with it. I think that the jammy side of it is really great and I find myself drinking this the most when I’ve woken up too early and I want to let off some steam. I find this closer to a unflavored black than many of the other blends and flavored teas that I’ve tried. I would suggest this to someone who wanted a tea where the flavoring blended into a more dominant background black tea. A really great blend!

What a tasty tea! I think that this was such a great purchase for a few reasons. First, the presentation is really lovely. I love the tin that these come in and I’ll be able to keep it around even after the tea is gone. Second, the quality is obvious, despite the fact that these are tea bags. Lastly, the flavor is top notch and lasts! I have had this in my cupboard since ~Feb. and it tastes just as wonderful as the first day I purchased it. It has notes of very sweet, light green tea, pineapple, but the most obvious notes to me are apricot. Tropical? Maybe not. Tasty? Absolutely.

I’m on a tea kick lately! I keep finding little treasures lying in my stash. This tea is a really good caramel! I wish that the base was a little bit more stable because I think an extra long steep time could change the flavor a lot. I like how creamy this version of caramel is. I’m glad I got a sample!

After my now daily mish mash matcha I decided that I was still in a tea mood and this was at the front of my cupboard.
After having this one around I’ve actually decided that it’s quite good. It is not overwhelmingly amazing or anything; but it is stable, easy to brew, not finicky or bitter, cookie or bread like, and quite a treat. I love the blend for what it is: a workhorse version of a dessert tea. Being that it is neither too sweet or too overwhelming flavor wise. I would have liked more spice and more chocolate, but that’s my personal preferences!

Another box of this?!
Yup!
I guess it could be a lot worse. I actually love all the yogi teas that I’ve tried as far as bagged ones go. I had my first day of classes today and boy was that stressful! It was also boiling lava hot so I just was not in a good mood. This will hopefully tide over the start of the migraine I’m feeling crawling up on me.
As always, very robust, earthy, cinnamon flavored with a hint of sweetness. This is my ultimate anyman’s store bagged tea.

Just having a nice cuppa this one! I have to admit: this is my favorite jasmine tea. :O Hard to say that! I have the same aversion to jasmine that most people on here have for hibiscus; except I like hibiscus…
Anywho. This sample was so wonderful and gives so many cups! I highly recommend this as a flavorful, floral, and smooth cuppa.

I am finally at this one again. Although I must admit that my fear of this one has not been relinquished. I have been cursed to have to mix this with a brand of matcha I purchased at my local Japanese shop. The second matcha is blessed to have a tiny bit of some kind of sweetener which actually makes this one very enjoyable. I use a 1/2 mix of the two and it turns out beautiful and creamy. I think that much of the creaminess is imparted from this part of the blend. It is a very deep, astringent matcha and I wouldn’t suggest it to beginner matcha drinkers.

mmm This one is going quickly! I only have 1/2 a jar left of this one. I have noticed that the bases on this one are much more finicky than some of Adagio’s other black teas. Lower temps and steep times help greatly. This one is a really great dessert tea! I think that this would be even better if the chocolate could have knocked the chocolate notes up a bit.

Very tasty!
This time around I didn’t brew it as long and it ended up being less milky and more sweet and grassy. I love seeing how different this one can be depending on the steeping time/temp. I would recommend this to all lovers of milk oolong and oolong in general! This has to be one of the best I’ve had.

So the past few days I have been trying to deplete my stock of this one as to make way to more preferred blend!
This tea has lots of coconut and floral notes. I think that the coconut is more noticeable at higher temperatures where as the floral is more noticed at a lower temp. For me anything less than boiling at 4min. is just not my cuppa. The floral for this is not clearly jasmine or rose, but a muddled jumbled mess. I would only suggest this blend to people who really enjoy the floral notes of the one item in the blend. Also, after being brewed it leaves an oily mess! This is one of the most oily teas I’ve ever had and it is a really big turn off.

I was lucky enough to be able to pick this as a free sample with my last haul! My last flavored black tea, candy apple, was very under flavored. I could hardly tell what it was other than black tea; so to open this and be hit with a great amount of sugary, creamy caramel was a pleasant surprise!
This has a much more dominant flavor than the other caramel black that I’ve tried (Kusmi). Surprisingly, I enjoyed the base for the Kusmi tea more than this one. The base for some of the flavored blacks at Adagio are a bit more finicky than others. I enjoy stronger tea, but this at anything more than 3-3 1/2 min. is just bitter. This is a great tea for the price and I’d love to have more of it in my cupboard.

This tea is so great. I think every time I get a whiff of the dry leaf I am instantly transported to a confection shop. It has notes of strawberry, chocolate, mint, and some very light floral notes.
This tea is a perfect blend of the above flavors because none of them are too overpowered by the fact that it is such a melange! I think that the value for this one is also very high because 3oz/$10 is perfectly reasonable for the blend. It stands up to 1-3 resteeps and has a really great flavor. If you want to try an Adagio blend this one comes highly recommended.

Sipdown! I really have loved this tea. I have had it both as the sample (dry) and the blend (dry) without sugar; which is the major difference between the two. Although they both taste good, I don’t find that the sugar is a must in the tea so I don’t mind spending less to get the sugar-free option.
This tea reminds me of cinnamon gum and it is a great early morning cuppa. I think that this one is much less balanced than other chai, but that’s just fine! I really love how zippy and bright the flavors are in this one and it is my #1 recommendation from this company.

It’s been so long since I last logged this! It was part of my very first Adagio order and somehow it’s still in my cupboard.
This tea is actually a really great staple tea. It tastes really great when you add milk, honey, or just plain. It has a inherently creamy and it really reminds me of cake today. A nicely iced, thick and wonderfully sweet cake! I think that I had forgotten about this tea because it’s not very flashy. It hid at the back of my cupboard minding its time, but I think that it should be more in the forefront. A great deal for your money and a really great tea for anytime of day.

I finally found a way for me to drink this! I had to mix it so 1/2 Swiss Vervaine Melange 1/2 peppermint. This way it turns into a mainly minty cup with small touches of other herbaceous flavors. This tea really relaxes me so I’m glad that I’ve finally found a way to consume it. I heard also the other day that this will be a tea that’s getting the ax this year. So if you like it better get to it!

Ugh. So today started out really lovely, mail packages, Sherlock books, and lots of work done! But halfway through the day I got bombarded with political stuff and later had a migraine. It was pretty awful and ruined my whole night. I had pizza, but it got eaten so quickly I barely got to enjoy it.
I’m having this because I’m trying to calm myself down and needed something herbal! This tea is very nice. I love the fruity pebble cereal smell and flavor. This tea totally hits the flavor profile that earl grey smells like! lol I am still not overly fond of earl grey. This tea is such a great late night cuppa because you get a full flavored tea without having to have caffeine. The green tea version of this is also pretty great, but has more lemon while this version is more rounded out with tropical tastiness.

This tea tends to linger in the back of my cupboard. I’m starting to think that this is mostly due to the fact that you have to brew it a) at such a weird temp. and b) it must be brewed in a bag or else it goes everywhere. It’s difficult to get excited about a tea that can be such a mess and I’m a picky individual when it comes to leaves in my tea.
This tea tastes mostly of the mocha nut mate and that was actually a pretty damn tasty tea so I do enjoy this one. I only wish that there was more cinnamon! I have used the kusmi cinnamon in the mix in the past and this really helps perk up the blend and the two flavors together are very tasty. I would only recommend this tea if you loved the mocha nut mate and didn’t already have some in your cupboard.

This tea is just about to be out! I have just one sachet left. I must admit that this is one of the best teabags I’ve ever had! Followed closely by Lupicia brand sachets.
This tea is so aromatic, flavorful, and an excellent buy. I love that this tea is easily accessible for me being as every other nice tea is so difficult to find! For me the most dominant flavor is apricot. Although many people mentioned pineapple I don’t notice it much. It does still taste good and I would recommend it!

This tea has been sitting around my house for awhile now. I went through a phase where just smelling this made me just a bit sick to my stomach. I have no idea why! It has actually toned down in both smell and flavor and now I can actually drink it.
I’m surprised that this is even labeled as a white tea because it is difficult to find in there. The main flavor is spiced orange cookie. The spice is less defined now than in earlier cups that I had of this. The upside is the fact that if you are into citrus and spice this is perfect. For me thought here is just something in this blend that I don’t enjoy. It is very heavily scented and that may just be part of my issue with it. I also don’t like most floral tea for the same reason. I think that I’ll have to keep drinking this to see if the rating will rise back up to where I had it before. This would not be a repurchase for me.

I got this tea as a surprise sample in one of my recent Adagio orders. I have to say that it’s been such a long time since I sat down and enjoyed a plain mint tea. It was the only tea I used to drink and I may have overused it a bit. But here it is, old friend. I really love the Adagio one because it is only peppermint. I don’t care for mint blends. They’re find if they are on their own, but together/mixed it creates a cacophony that I don’t enjoy.
This tea is especially sweet smelling and so strong! I love how minty fresh it is. It is a pleasant surprise when I’ve not really purchased loose leaf mints. It clears the head really quickly and tastes wonderful. This is my oldest herbal friend and I hope that I will always keep it stocked.

Wow, I’ve been moving through this sample so quickly! This rooibos is really sweet, lemony (without being astringent or tart), and overall a great way to enjoy a caffeine free cuppa! I would really suggest this one for summer drinking as the fruit notes are just perfect for me. I find that the sweetness overall comes more from the lemon itself instead of dried fruit pieces (I’m looking at you Teavana!!!) and I’m actually really happy with this one. I think that I’d be happy buying this in the larger amount!