Caitlin

I having been doing chores all morning and I needed something easy, relaxing and caffeinated. Thank you RachanaC (A.K.A. Rachel) for providing me with such a tea!!!
It is very gingery but I enjoyed it throughly! I really enjoy ginger in certain things. This tea smells very savory – it reminds me of a soup my mom makes and I think if I added sugar it would taste identical to my grandma’s gingersnaps. So its pretty much a win.

Meh – this was okay. It kind of tasted like watered down orange juice with a bit of spice. Maybe I needed to steep it a bit longer. It wasn’t horrible it was just – okay.

Had this as a little afternoon pick-me-up. This teas is mostly lemon and not very much green tea. Which isn’t bad. I think it has a very pleasant flavor and it really tastes like lemon not like lemon flavoring. I am not sure I would always enjoy this tea (I think i would have to be in the mood), but today it really hit the spot.

So this was in the fridge today when I got hom, apparently this tea came as a free sample with one of the birthday presents my mom got me (I must be getting something tea related = yay!).

Anyway this tea is okay. It is a little…weird. It has a vegetal taste almost like tomato juice. It is certainly not bad or undrinkable. It is just weird. I think it smells pretty decent but my mom didn’t like the way it smelled. Anyway I probably wouldn’t go out of my way to have this tea but if it was there I would definitely drink it again. I just have a soft spot for unsweetened iced tea – even weird ones – haha.

Had this this morning! It smells a lot like banana and not a lot like cheesecake kind of like the lime cheesecake. It tastes almost like chocolate, white chocolate to be precise. I think that might be the cheesecake flavor though. I really like it though. Very delicious!

Mmm – this is very similar to the fruit cocktail tea but also different. The cherry comes through nicely in both flavor and scent. It is a very smooth sweet tea. It almost reminds me of oolong. It’s very yummy.

Took a mini-break from trying my new teas to have some chai. This was good as always. Spicy and black and delicious with just a splash of milk.

Liquid Pecans! This tea tastes like liquid pecans! It is very awesome. I am very hot and cold with pecans. I love pecan pie but I would rarely eat plain pecans, and butter pecan ice cream is not my thing, but they are great in cookies. Any way this tea is definitely a positive pecan experience. If you love pecans you will love this tea.

Frank you really nailed this flavor!

Needless to say I enjoyed this tea. It smelled like pecans, tasted like pecans, but also like tea. Not the least bit bitter or fakey. I originally intended to have this tea with milk, but after trying a sip I decided that this tea was best left plain, maybe another day with additives.

Also on a different note I really want to try mixing this tea with the praline tea I also got in the box. I look forward to experimenting!

Tried this hot and it definitely brought out more fruit notes which I enjoyed. For some reason when it was hot it tasted more like green tea then black. It was more vegetal but who knows maybe that is the guava. I have never had guava to my knowledge. Any way it was a very nice cup of tea!

I made a pot of this yesterday and put it in the fridge to become iced. It is a very good black iced tea but it mostly tastes like an unflavored iced tea. I thought this would taste better as an iced tea than a hot tea (which is why that is how I tried it first), but now I think I will have to try it hot. It smells just like my passion fruit tea from thepuriTea and I loved that tea hot!! So I bet this will be awesome hot too! Regardless it makes a nice bold refreshing black iced.

Tea number four!! I really enjoyed this tea! It smells yummy like dried apples and it tastes refreshing and applely! I have only ever had one other apple tea (spiced apple chai) and this tastes kind of like that apple but times 10.

Number 3 from my clearance box! This one wasn’t that great. It kind of tasted and smelled dusty. It seems that some of the tea leaves got smashed up in transit. The tea was very fine and leaking through my infuser, kind of like roobios. I am gonna try making it in my teapot which has a finer mesh which will hopefully fix the problem. I think I would enjoy it outside that fact. It seemed like a pretty decent black tea so I am gonna hold of on the rating for the time being.

The dry tea smells very very limey and I am not getting much cheesecake but it still smells pleasant. Once the tea is steeped I a, getting much more of the cheesecake flavor! it tastes mostly like lime black tea, but then I paired it with some cookies and the sweetness of the cookies brought out the cheesecake in the tea. I don’t sweeten my teas (I currently don’t have anything to sweeten it with), but if I was someone who sweetened tea this would probably taste good with some sugar or maybe brown sugar. Anyway a solid tea, I always like teas that can be paired with a sweet snack :-)

This is my first tea from my clearance mystery box, I was in the mood for something fruity and green so this seemed like a good pick. If you want to see what other flavors I got, I posted them here: http://steepster.com/discuss/816-final-zoomdweebies-clearance.

I love the way this tea smells!! It smells like some kind of cherry candy, maybe mike & ikes or life savers – mmmmm! I first made it hot but then I decided to put ice in it since it is so hot out. The tea is a pretty light green color and it smells just like the dry leaves. It tastes like it smells too which is awesome! Its tastes like sweet, fruity, and there is a nice punch of green tea in there too. Overall this is delicious.

I just finished up the last bit of the pot of this I made iced the other day.

I love love love this as my morning pick-me-up!

Smokey, woodsy, black and wonderful.

I made a pot of this iced and this is my first cup of it. It’s pretty yummy and refreshing!!! I noticed though when I searched for this tea on steepster that the regular version of this tea seems to have more mandrain pieces in it (judging from the picture). I wonder why that is. Anyway this tea isn’t amazing but it is a solid iced tea.

Had this tea this morning with a splash of milk :-)

I am having this iced with a splash of cranberry juice. It is pretty yummy and refreshing in this heat.

I have been holding out on having another cup of this since my sample is starting to run low, but today I caved. It was just as delicious as every other cup of this I have had. I am really throughly enjoying this tea. I think I will have to get more when my sample runs out!

First off – thanks thepuriTea for the opportunity to try some of your tea!!!

This tea smells heavenly. I have no idea what a passion fruit tastes like but I hope it tastes like this tea smells. This teas smells deliciously tropical and fruity and it makes my stomach growl. This is the type of tea that you just want to eat the dry leaves!

The tea smells just as good once steeped and tastes delightful too! I am usually not a fan of fruit flavored teas because I find them sour but this one is not in the least bit sour. It is sweet and refreshing but not overpowerly so! It also has a nice black tea base that shines through beautifully.

Sadly I only have one serving of this tea left. I may have to invest in some more.

Had this with breakfast this morning :-)

Happiness in a cup :-)