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604 Tasting Notes

Holiday Green from Eastern Shore Tea Company
39

This one didn’t have too much flavor, but I could have swore it was lemongrass. It isn’t listed in the ingredients. Maybe it was a weak orange. I didn’t taste cinnamon either. I like my tea with a ton of flavor. This isn’t it.

Licorice Spice from Stash Tea Company
69

Usually licorice isn’t for me. But this tea surprised me. It immediately reminded me of Yogi’s Aztec Sweet Chili, which I love. Looking at the ingredients, they are pretty much the same, except this one has sarsparilla and the other has pepper. I think the flavor works. It’s a silky licorice flavor, not as strong as a licorice candy, so maybe that is why I like it.

Green Rooibos Tea with Mixed Berry from Suffuse Tea
70

You have to steep this one just right to find even a hint of berry flavor. And the green rooibos isn’t as great as the red. There isn’t that mellow vanilla flavor to it that I love rooibos for.

Good Earth Original from Good Earth Teas
73

There is a LOT of ingredients in this tea. Seems like they just threw everything in here. But the only thing I could really taste is a delicious sugary cinnamon. It was best that I could only taste the cinnamon though, since I think tasting a lot of these flavors together would be really bad.

Black Currant from Ahmad Tea
68

I was surprised at the flavor here. Usually fruity teas don’t seem to have much flavor. There was a nice black currant taste here. Otherwise, a mild black tea base.

Decaf Pumpkin Spice from Stash Tea Company
74

This is the last of my Stash pumpkin. I haven’t drank any in a while, and I figured Halloween was the perfect time to drink the last tea bag. I remember I complained it didn’t have enough pumpkin in it. It still doesn’t, but there is more pumpkin here than I remembered. Not a bad tea. Though if I drink a black tea I usually don’t prefer decaf. But a good fall tea!

Herbal Revive: Cherries and Madagascan Cinnamon from Twinings
25

More bad Twinings tea. I didn’t think hibiscus should have went with these other flavors and it was overpowering them too. I like the idea of a cherry and cinnamon tea but Twinings teas just don’t work for me.

Organic Roobios Tea (with Harvest Berries) from Good Earth Teas
49

Not the typical rooibos flavor. I get more of the berry flavor and the berry flavor reminds me of Celestial Seasonings Berry Zinger. That one isn’t great. I wish they didn’t add peppermint. It doesn’t belong in this tea and takes away from the other flavors. I’m a bit disappointed, as I love Good Earth’s chai…

Yoga Herbal Tea from Fava Tea Co.
38

It doesn’t seem like there would be much here to be a strong tea. And there is an off scent here too. I’m not sure what it is. This tea needs more to it. The slight cinnamon flavor is nice.

Te Med Blåbärssmak from IKEA
34

There was really no flavor here, blueberry or otherwise. It’s usual that I can’t taste any blueberry flavor in teas. And the black base for this was very mild and flavorless too.

Organic Rooibos from Badger Canyon Herb & Tea
81

I always like a good rooibos. This didn’t have a ton of flavor but I may have over steeped it. This has a really deep red color. It also may have slightly absorbed the flavor of another tea, if it’s possible.

Raspberry Royale from Bigelow
48

There wasn’t anything special here. Are there any good raspberry teas? Raspberries are my favorite. I couldn’t really taste the base either. Didn’t taste like a black tea to me. Maybe this was an older teabag.

Three Kingdoms Mao Feng from Teavana
58

A nice light tea that reminded me of oolong, but honestly I’ve avoided green teas and have sipped more oolongs than green. Or anything more than green teas. But I love oolong so it’s a good thing this tastes like it. But maybe oolong tastes like green tea?? This is the only Teavana I’ve tried, but since it is so expensive, I probably won’t be trying much of it! I’d rather try the smaller shops anyway.

Pineapple and Mango Red Rooibos from Suffuse Tea
79

I was expecting more fruit flavor here. Or any. There is a mild scent of fruit. I really love their vanilla infused tea better, but I’m partial to anything vanilla. BUT this does make for an excellant rooibos tea, regardless. Not bad for an Ollie’s find at $1.50 for a box of 24! Six cents a tea bag and it is delicious!

Organic Queen Bee Balance from Allegro
54

There is supposed to be many ingredients here, but I’m really only tasting a bit of spearmint. I might have oversteeped it. Seems a bit bitter to me… it’s an odd bunch of things anyway.

Red Rooibos with Vanilla Infusion from Suffuse Tea
88

I bought this today at Ollie’s. It was in their ad for this week. Of course, I came to Steepster to see if they were any good before purchasing. It seems the Steepster consensus was yes, Suffuse can make a good tea. I picked up three boxes. I wish I had found some of the other flavors they have though, like pumpkin, apple and eggnog. It seems that Suffuse only makes rooibos teas, but I love rooibos. Anyway, this is delicious and silky smooth. I love any vanilla infused tea and a rooibos already has a vanilla flavor on its own. Smelled really good too. This one works well! They are caffiene free so they might become my go-to teas before bed, especially with winter right around the corner!

Sweet Thai Delight from Yogi Tea
81

The rooibos and coconut taste great together in this one. The coconut isn’t a weird coconut like some teas feature. A perfect amount of sweet flavor here too.. maybe that’s the butterscotch flavor? I’m not tasting the cinnamon that is supposed to be in this though. Very smooth.

Chai Black from Yogi Tea
72

This is lacking flavor. It doesn’t have that full flavor that a chai should have. The spices aren’t there and the black tea is a bit tangy. I don’t even taste the stevia that should be in it (that I would prefer not to be in it anyway). It’s very plain!

Yumberry Blackcurrant from Stash Tea Company
39

I didn’t taste anything yummy about this yumberry. The flavor was a bit weak and there was something weird here that I’m guessing was the licorice powder.. There seemed to be a lot of ingredients here for such a weak tea.

Chai Redbush from Yogi Tea
73

Any chai flavor here kind of gets rid of any rooibos flavor. It’s an odd chai.. it seems like only half the spicy ingredients are here or something. And I also don’t like the stevia leaf in it. It’s not bad, it just could be better.

Chocolate Mint Oolong from Stash Tea Company
79

This did remind me of Thin Mints or York Peppermint Patties. The flavor is more mint than chocolate. But I don’t know what kind of oolong is supposed to be here. I like it though.

Chocolate Strawberry from Eastern Shore Tea Company
49

Again, not much flavor for a chocolate tea. Strawberries too. Really no flavor here for me… I don’t know… it seems like there should be a specific steep temperature and time for each tea, and each tea is different. I try not to pour just boiled water on any tea, because I think it might “burn” the flavor out of a tea.

Hot Cinnamon Sunset from Harney & Sons
98

WHOA holy flavor. I was that shocked, yes. I don’t know where all that sugary sweetness comes from! It is delicious! It reminds me of the Hot Tamales candies that I love. I don’t know what the “three types” of cinnamon are here, but they are magic. There has to be some sort of sugar in this though, it is so sugary and it is consistant throughout the entire cup. The color of the steep is a nice brownish dark orange. As for a black tea, it isn’t too strong, really letting the cinnamon shine.

Gold Blend from Barry's Tea
75

I thought this was supposed to be a gold color but my steep turned darker. This has a nice sweet flavor that stays with you.

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Hi! I love tea and trying new ones – it adds a bit of variety to my day! Books, music, TV & movies are my thing… and tea, of course.

Some of my favorite teas:
zentealife.com
butikiteas.com
fusionteas.com
theteamerchant.net
steepcityteas.com
bluebirdteaco.com
joysteaspoon.com
teavivre.com
dellaterrateas.com
adagio.com
tealux.ca
goldenmoontea.com
tealiciousllc.com
Specialteas

Most of the teas listed in my cupboard are actually sample sizes. I don’t really have 2,000 ounces of tea around here! But I like keeping them in my cupboard list for reference to what I could be sipping. Usually, I write tasting notes once for each tea. I’m still drinking them, just not writing tasting notes each time!

My ratings:
95-100 – Super awesome deliciousness favorites
80-95 – Also pretty delicious
65-80 – Pretty good
40-65 – Okay
1-40 – Probably won’t want to sip it again

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