CaraTobe

So today was a really lovely day in gay Paris! Sunny, warm, perfect spring day. Shame that I had such a massive hangover due to too much free champagne at my boyfriend’s boss’s birthday party.

That’s why this morning I made a big ol’ jug of iced rooibos with this tea! And I tell you what… amazing. It really helped cure the headache. It’s going to become a spring/summer essential, I can feel it.

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I got this in my Christmas package from the States and actually, I’ve had it quite a few times but haven’t logged it yet.

Although I do feel like it’s matcha for a lazy person (I do include myself in this category only because I drink it when I wake up in the AM) it’s actually not too bad. It’s not overly bitter and the flavour is actually quite nice! The Republic of Tea blended the matcha with some other whole leaf green and actually, that’s a pretty good idea.

Erm, basically what I’m trying to say is that this is a relatively decent (and easy) green tea to make in the morning. Now I need to go finish this cuppa so I can get to work!

Been drinking a lot of this lately… but with an additive of sugar! Definitely helps smooth the oomph of the mint to a tolerable, and quite enjoyable, level.

Upping the rating because well, I really enjoy this tea now! Never thought I’d say that about Tazo… always had weird feelings about them.

Another gift from mum! Thanks mum!

MMM I LOVE THIS! This is exactly what I’ve been looking for! Sweet and smooth, the vanilla is perfect. It’s got the right amount of rusticy rooibos flavor to even out the sweetness to the right level. This is what I want before bed. I will have lovely dreams tonight!

I also brewed this in my fancy new Teavana single serving tea strainer thingy. What a great invention! I am a happy camper.

Got this (along with a few other) tea in a box my mum sent over for Christmas!

Holy crap is this tea minty. Almost numbs the tongue! I wish I would have had this a few days ago when I had a nasty flu. This would have cleared everything right up in a jiffy. It’s nice, though. Refreshing… so I guess that’s why it’s named Refresh. Would be nice mixed with a little bit of green tea and some honey!

I received a Yorkshire Tea tin from the 1970s for Christmas from my boyfriend’s dad filled with loose leaf Yorkshire tea and cute tea stuff.

I put the rest of my box of bagged Yorkshire in with the bag of loose leaf Yorkshire… and now I’m finding myself wanting to drink Yorkshire not only because I love the tea, but because I want to open the cute tin as well!

This is exactly what I needed this morning. In fact, this is pretty much exactly what I need every morning.

I got a 2oz sample of this in the mail when I ordered some Christmas prezzies from the Kusmi website a few weeks ago. Now that it’s REALLY starting to be that time of the year (with the boyfriend’s family arriving in a few days) I decided to go ahead and give it a try.

Dry, it smells so lovely and fruity with that kick of Christmas-time spices. It’s also really beautiful, with bits of almond and what I’m assuming is orange peel.

Although once it’s steeped… it’s nice but it doesn’t pop out as a really amazing tea. It’s subtle… not nearly as spicy as it smells. You can definitely taste the fruit. It’s relatively smooth and sweet, which I find to be a given if it’s coming from Kusmi.

Um, I mean the tea is enjoyable, just not what I was expecting/am looking for.

What a wonderful thing to drink while cleaning and listening to Jens Lekman! The bottomless pot.

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A friend of mine is VERY into coffee (http://lesvieuxtrottoirs.com/) and recently brought some of this very interesting “tea” back from London. Since I’m more of a tea lady, I asked if I could try some and he gave me some to bring home and try.

This is backlogging, and will have a cup later to give you more up-to-date thoughts.

So anyway, this “tea” is made from the dried fruit of the coffee cherry. For more information see the tea description. It’s highly caffeinated (surprise surprise) and it’s really quite interesting.

Dried, it does smell like a mixture between cherry and licorice. Very bold smells. It reminds me of a rain forest, though I’ve never actually been to a rain forest so I’m not quite sure what that means. It smells like what I would expect really lovely soil would smell.

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Ahhh. I love this tea so much. There is nothing better than a fine cuppa Yorkshire tea. A friend of a friend came to stay for the night from Sheffield and brought me another box of this and some crumpets… so guess what I had for breakfast? :] hehe

I take mine with milk, no sugar. Always steep for about 2 minutes as I find any longer is a bit too bitter.

Drank this with the boyfriend while he was making a lovely little tea rack for me! Will try to post pictures eventually :)

YAAAY! So I decided to splurge and buy myself a tin while ordering my boyfriend’s mum’s Christmas present online. (shhh ;) and I got this in the mail today! SO EXCITED to try it and SO glad I decided to buy it online and not go to the Champs Elysee!

So not only do I get to try a new tea… it’s snowing in Paris and all the snow is resting on my now-dead flowers on my balcony and oh man, it’s so beautiful and I am so happy. Now let’s get this kettle boiling…

… mmm! So nice! Exactly what I needed. It’s very sweet and the caramel almost gives off a honey like taste. Even texture really! I’m not going to write too much about this because I’m getting over a pretty wicked cold and can’t taste or smell as one is supposed to. But if it tastes this nice under these conditions… can’t wait to try it when I’m feeling up to par!

So big ups to Kusmi. This tea is wonderful!

Found two bags of this while organizing my tea rack! What a pleasant surprise! :)

It smells SO strong! Other users had mentioned the smell of Fruit Loops and I totally agree. Holy crap. Almost smells too strong.

The taste is very lemony, not too much chamomile so I’m a little bit disappointed. It’s quite subtle, despite the fact that the smell knocks you off your feet. I kind of wish that the strong smell would mean a bit stronger of a flavor.

This tea would be great if I had a stuffy nose.

The tea smells a lot more smokey and woodsy than Yorkshire or Devonshire. It tastes a bit lighter when drank with milk. Not too bad… but not my favorite. Still brews a nice cuppa and is good for waking up.

Definitely was won over by their marketing though. The little tea dude is so cute and the tin is fantastic!

Decided to make a soy chai tea latte with this!

I took a mystery spice/chai tea and a bag of the Sweet Chai and put them in a pot with about two mugs worth of water, heated it up, added half a cinnamon stick. I let it simmer for about 8 minutes before adding a fair share of soy milk.
I then added about a teaspoon of organic acacia honey from the market and stirred it all up!

It was really nice. Warm, sweet, spicy, flavorful. Exactly what I wanted.

Decided to try this with some milk and a tiny bit of honey this time around.

It’s much smoother. The milk really evens out the tea. The honey does help get rid of that slight bitterness from before but might make it a little too sweet for me. It almost even overwhelms the tea. Bummer.

Next time will just add milk.

Ahh. le sigh. Nothing like a good ol’ English cuppa to start the day!

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