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I had it again today. Steeped a little longer (7 minutes) and I thought the coconut sweetness flavor was more pronounced than before. It was not as mellow as the last time I had it, I thoroughly enjoyed the stronger flavor.

Because increasing the steep time made the tea more like what I am used to with Coconut Pouchong, I will up the rating. Previously 67/100.

This tea was very interesting. I was expecting buttered cinnamon raisin toast, and that is exactly what I got. The smell of the dried leaves is definitely black tea with raisin and a hint of cinnamon. The infused brew smells like actual toast, with cinnamon and raisins. The flavor is also good, you can actually taste buttery toasted tea with raisins and cinnamon.

I first tried the tea hot with no sugar or milk. Unfortunately, this gets a little bitter towards the end of the pot, but I thought maybe I needed sugar to help carry the sweetness.

So I tried it hot with sugar, this helped to null the bitterness I found at the end of the last pot and made the whole thing like sweetened buttery cinnamon raisin toast.

It was very good, highly recommended.

I also tried this tea today. A very good and even blend of black and green tea with a hint of jasmine at the end. The aroma of the dried leaves is very plain, with a hint of fruity sweetness. The aroma of the brewed tea is fruity and sweet again. The blend of teas makes for a smooth and very good brew. The jasmine only comes in at the end of the tea as a slight afterthought.

Very good. Highly recommended.

I tried this, it was delicious, I did not have enough to write a proper review, but I will soon enough :)

Very good. Will write review later today.

The aroma of the unsteeped leaves is very orange. There is a hint of chocolate along with the nut blend (macadamia and almond fragrances), but it is the citrus note that leaves the lasting fragrance.

The aroma is the same for the brewed tea. I tried this hot with no sugar or milk first. It was good, but perhaps a little too overpowering with the citrus. Adding sugar to the hot brew allows for the chocolate and nut undertones to shine through. This makes it taste a little like coffee, but it is not well blended and the flavors come in waves. Finally, adding milk (and sugar) to the hot brew makes for a well blended coffee flavored tea with all components working synergistically. This was pleasant because tiramisu should taste like coffee.

Overall decent, but you would have to like tiramisu in order for it to be really worth it to try.

This tea is very nice. The dried leaves smell familiar, like a candy or soda shop, where you have different arrays of sweetness all blending together. The brewed tea smells like a sweetened jasmine. It tastes like a very even blend of vanilla and jasmine, both flavors are light and very complimentary.

Brewed hot without sugar and with sugar. Without sugar focuses a little more on the jasmine and less of the vanilla. With sugar an added sweetness that helps to blend the vanilla and jasmine together.

Very nice.

I was really excited to try this one because I like honey in tea and I like pears (not in tea, but by themselves).

The dried leaves have a faint aroma of pear with an obvious scent of honey. The aroma, once brewed, is overwhelming. It smells like a lot of honey, then slightly of pear at the end. The taste of it (hot with no sugar or milk) is good; it is not overpowering like the aroma, it is pretty neutral honey tea with pear.

I think the aroma is so powerful because they probably used real honey in there, and when you put a decent amount of honey in anything hot, it is a very strong sweet scent which does not always come through in taste.

Overall, the tea was alright, not Golden Moon’s best.

Update:

So I’m getting to the end of this pot and its getting bitter, not like pears are bitter and honey certainly is not bitter. Hmm. Will not be resteeping.