Cinoi

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I get very excited by black and green tea mixes, this one was not the best I’ve had, but not bad either. The aroma of the bag is enticing, fragrant cucumber with a note of green, blended with the clean scent of cucumbers and peaches. The flavor of the tea is mostly green, I can taste a hint of black tea, but no cucumber or peach whatsoever.

Had hot with no additives and iced with no additives. I think adding sugar or honey would help to bring out the dulled cucumber and peach notes, but I will have to brew more and see.

2010-01-27 18:16:45 -0500

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S 2010-01-27 23:33:29 -0500

Nice to see another blend fan :)

Cinoi 2010-01-28 07:29:51 -0500

I love tea blends :)

wombatgirl 2010-01-28 10:49:36 -0500

If you get a chance – do try it sweetened. I liked this one a lot when I used about 1/2 a splenda packet (my sweetener of choice most days) in it.

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I am a sarcastic perfectionist, a computer nerd, a game geek, an avid reader, a gadget guru, a wine (and tea) enthusiast, and (in my spare time) a chemist.

As I mentioned, I am a chemist, research and development to be exact, so when evaluating tea, it is much like evaluating my products: I will find the flaws and do my very best to fix them because it is what I love to do. Along those lines, nothing is perfect, but can have perfect qualities, I will highlight those also.

I made a preliminary guide to my rating scale:
0-19 – Did not like anything about the tea, feel it cannot be saved without being reformulated.
20-40 – Did not like the tea, it can be saved with extreme amounts of tweaking (i.e., sugar, milk, honey and or blending with another tea)
41-60 – Neutral about the tea, it can be helped or hurt by additives or blends, varied temperatures and steep times
61-70 – Decent tea, needs a little bit of help to get it in the place I like it, but definitely not out of reach
71-80 – Quality tea, liked it, will try again
81-90 – Really enjoyed the tea, high quality, will continue to drink the tea, not looking for something better
91-100 – Loved the tea, will continue to brew and drink and spread the word about the tea to everyone