Cinoi

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.

No notes yet.

Drinking this now, absolutely delicious. Prepared hot with no additives.

The dried blend smell nutty and sweet. Note: I would not call them leaves, because there are large pieces of candied fruit and pieces of nuts. Steeped for full three minutes and the aroma filled the kitchen: a sweet and nutty aroma with a touch of cinnamon.

The flavor is fantastic, I can taste cardamom, cinnamon, hazelnuts and almonds, coconut and pineapple on top of a smooth oolong (with a touch of rooibos) blend of tea. With so much going on, it might seem TOO complex, but it actually blends very nicely, needs no additives or variations.

The dry leaves smell extremely sweet. The brewed tea (hot, no additives) also smells sweet. The flavor is not as sweet as it smells, there is a sweetness up front which blends very well with the oolong flavor. I think this oolong is enhanced by the sweetness as I am more easily picking up the dates and orange blossom flavors.

Very good, another success for Golden Moon .

Second Infusion: Resteeped the sample packet, added 1/2 teaspoon of Rock Sugar, steeped longer (7 minutes). Might have over steeped it here or it might just be because it is the second infusion, but lost much of the undertone flavors from previous brews. The orange blossom is mostly gone, I have completely lost the chestnut and date flavors and even less of a hint of cedar at the end. However, this is still a very good oolong, just now it is very plain.

No complaints, just saying is all.

The leaves are long and definitely silver tipped, very pretty presentation. The fragrance of the leaves is really very simple: oolong tea. I brewed this hot, with no sugar for only three minutes (the package said five, but I felt it might be too much). The flavor is very clean: oolong tea, with a hint of orange and chestnut and date, then a slight cedar aftertaste. I wish that the cedar and date flavors were a little stronger, but I might achieve that with a longer brew. I drank most of the tea hot, but forgot about the end of my cup and wound up enjoying it, very much so I might add, cold.

Very good, will try steeping for longer or maybe adding some sugar to try and boost the flavors a little.

Backlogging: I will not lie, I do not know what a starfruit tastes like. I have a feeling it’s bitter and goes will with citrus. Needless to say, this tea did not help me find out what a starfruit tastes like: the tea was mostly chamomile with a slight citrus afternote. I was really hoping for orange with mystery starfruit and chamomile, but instead got mostly chamomile.

Very decent brew. Had the full sample pouch brewed hot with a pinch of German Rock Sugar for 5 minutes. The aroma is definitely tea, so I added milk because this is usually how I have breakfast blends. The flavor is good, a little malty with a touch of fruit flavoring.

Overall, good, I enjoyed it very much.

Brewed hot, no sugar, 6 minutes, added milk. This was good again. The leaves are still very fragrant and smell strongly of raisins. The brewed tea has a diluted raisin scent. The flavor is raisin, with cinnamon and the milk helps to subdue the buttery taste and make it more of a creamy tea.

Overall, decent.

Loving this tea right now. It smells smoky and woodsy like a campfire or fireplace on a cold winter night. The tea flavor is different though: there is a sweetness unfront, which melds into a piney-woodsy flavor. This is definitely a love it or leave it tea.

This was drank hot with no additives. I hope that my sample lasts for a few more infusions :)

Today, I drank this blend cold. I made the blend last night: (2 teaspoons Rooibos Chai with 2 teaspoons Matevana with 1/2 teaspoon of German Rock Sugar) in my glass cylindrical tea carafe. I filled it half way with hot water, allowed it to steep for five minutes. This brew is dark, almost black right now, maybe I let it steep too long? Anyway, filled the rest with cold water and put in the fridge overnight.

This morning I poured about half of it out into my travel mug. It was still dark, but it was very good. So I kinda like this Chai cold, odd.

The flavor is complex: you have a tea flavor, but then a hint of almonds and cocoa, followed by the chai spices. The is what is most complex; it is contrasted by the temperature of the tea. This does not make the taste more intense, but it makes it a sensation, you have the blend of flavors and mouth feel combining to make a total experience.

I love this blend. The Rooibos is mostly lost, but the slight spice from the chai along with the chocolate notes from the Matevana make for a delightful cup of tea.

This is best hot, sweetened or not it is fantastic. I am making a cold brew for lunch for tomorrow, we’ll see how that turns out.

Note: This can almost always be found as one of the samples at Teavana, so you could try it and see what I mean.

Good tea: very fragrant leaves, aromatic brew, great tasting tea. The oolong is rich in flavor with a hint of almond as the final note. Drank hot with no additives. This is my first Adagio flavored oolong, but I must admit, I am intrigued and interested in getting more.

Yogi tea LOVES LOVES LOVES their ginger. All I smell in the unsteeped tea bag is ginger. After brewed (5 minutes, hot water, no sugar) all I still smell is ginger. The taste is, you guessed it, predominantly ginger, but there is also a spicy burn, brought on mostly by cayenne and cardamom. With each sip, you smell the ginger, then taste ginger with sweetness, finally before it is gone, you are left with burning brought on by cayenne pepper.

I like it, it’s definitely different, spicy and strange, but I like it. Would definitely be better if it was blended with either a black tea, or a creamy flavored (like vanilla or coconut) tea.

The first Adagio order anyone makes comes with a free tin of your Zodiac sign blend tea. This tea has no description or preparation directions. For this reason, I waited to be a little more experienced in averaging times based on visual of the tea. The leaves are very fragrant, long and pale green, this is a green and white tea blend. There is something very sweet in here, from previous teas, I believe it is the white peony that I am smelling.

When brewed, I am smelling the tea, very aromatic, sweet and floral. The tea has a slight peachy flavor which is muted with the plain subtlety from the White peony. There is a slight vegetal aftertaste, which is the green tea peaking through.

Overall, pretty good. I will definitely buy this when it runs out.

I have been drinking all sorts of Adagio this weekend as one of my good friends got a huge set of samples. This was included in the sample pack. I had it before in one of the Twilight blended teas (Jacob’s Tears). I can now pick out the White Peony in that blend. I thought that was nice. Anyway, about this tea.

The leaves smell slightly floral and very sweet. The tea itself has a clean taste, you definitely smell and taste this tea at the same time while you are drinking it. I would have enjoyed the tea more if it was more floral or sweeter. Overall, was decent.

This was good, I was very glad to get the chance to try this Zodiac blend. The dried leaves look like a black tea and smell like vanilla and hazelnut. This is going to be a very fragrant black tea. I brewed for 4 minutes, hot with no sugar. The brewed tea aroma smells like a breakfast black, almost a faint flavored-coffee scent with the vanilla. The taste is breakfast blend tea with a hint of vanilla. It was very good. Tried with a little bit of sugar, it made it slightly sweeter.

Ahh, my personal favorite for a cold and rainy day. I have drank this so much now, I have perfected the art of this tea. Place two heaping teaspoons of the tea into infuser basket, add just below boiling water, cover and allow to steep for three minutes. Add a pinch of sugar to help bring the macadamia/almond/coconut blends to the surface. Remove infuser, poor and enjoy!

Since I have been drinking a lot of this, I will up the rating which I now notice is low. This is currently one of my favorite teas. Previous rating: 82.

Traveled to Whole Foods yesterday and wanted to go through their tea selection. Bought some dried and bagged teas, but also got this bottle. Very delicious. The tea is a refreshing oolong tea, unsweetened so you get the natural taste of the tea.

Absolutely delicious. Will brew another cup later to write a proper review!

Tried this again. Attempted to make the dirty chai boiled in a pot. Wound up kinda making it, but it turned out really well.

Took two cups of hot water. Brought to a boil with 1 tbsp of German Rock Sugar. Once sugar dissolved added two heaping tea spoons of the Chocolate Chai tea. Boiled for three minutes, simmered for two (total 5 minutes brew time). Strained into mug and enjoyed.

The aroma is spicy. The taste is chocolate upfront followed by chai spice as the ending taste. Very delicious. Might be fantastic with milk, will try and add notes.

Today was an incredibly busy day. I was hoping that after a super busy week, I would get to unwind a little at work with some Green Tea Tropical. I was wrong.

So to make up for it, I brewed up a pot when I got home today. It is very good and relaxing. The dried leaves smell sweet and fruity. The brewed tea is a green that is evenly blended with the sweet fruit flavors, neither over-powers the other making for a delightfully fresh cup of green tea.

Brewed hot, no sugar.

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.