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I get a mostly rummy, marshmallowy flavor on top of the roasted flavor of the hojicha.

Anne very kindly gave me a sample of this in a small order I recently placed. Definitely cola! Very mild cherry and almond.

Early grey isn’t generally my favorite, but I usually love the 52Teas earl grey blends. This is no exception. The slight creamy, custardy flavor of the creme brûlée combined with the bergamot is delicious.

Super tasty! The marshmallow is really subtle, and the strawberry has a nice balance of tangy and sweet. Very easy to drink.

Ugh, I had too much leaf for one mug and not enough for two, so I made a giant mug instead and this ended up being an unexpected sipdown. On the up side, I did get two steeps out of it. I’m a huge fan of 52teas’ marshmallow flavor. It doesn’t disappoint here, either. The combo of creamy marshmallow + sweetness + roasty hojicha makes this a really cozy fall blend. I fell asleep drinking my second mug and it tasted great as an iced tea in the morning, too.

This is the exact type of tea that I love. It’s so soft and marshmallowy. I distinctly taste the banana and the berry. It all combines so beautifully. The banana is a fresh green type of banana. The berry is fresh too. The green tea is super smooth. I vote for more fluff teas! It’s so refreshing cold.

I taste a lot of coconut here combined with the green tea. It’s not my favorite sort of flavor profile, but it’s decently well done. I would have preferred it with black tea or with something fruitier. As it is, it’s a little plain for my preferences.

This is reminiscent of eggnog, though a little subtle. Maybe I should have brewed it in oat milk for the creaminess. Ah well, it is quite good and refreshing as a cold brew. Thanks, 52teas! It’s a good time of year to drink it, feels festive.

Originally made this plain/unsweetened and it really needed some creaminess or a touch of sweetness. Ended up adding some honey and frothed oat milk….but it was too much oat milk and drowned out the flavor. So, complete user error in making this tea.

This didn’t taste like a lot warm. Cold with milk and sugar, it was somewhat cookie-like. Sugar cookies have never been my thing, but this definitely gets points for similarity! I do wish there were more spices or flavors going on, but that’s just the nature of sugar cookies. They’re sugar flavored.

I pulled this out some time at the beginning of summer and am now close to finishing it off when it is more seasonally appropriate. I wouldn’t say “pumpkin” is really where my mind goes when I drink it, but despite that, I really enjoy it! It reminds me of the “Honey Apple Cider Green Tea” from 52Teas that I had earlier this year. It has this strong apple note that comes off with a very fresh feeling on the green rooibos base, and the allspice is very nice. The aftertaste does sort of give me something squash-adjacent if I really focus on it. It’s nice hot and plain, but Anne’s suggestion of a little honey is nice, too.

I taste a cooked banana flavor that’s complemented well by the honeybush. Though I’m not sure I taste toffee specifically, there’s something pleasantly desserty in there! Good with milk and sugar. My recent cups of this haven’t been as tasty. I mostly notice the slightly peppery honeybush, which isn’t bad at all, but I miss the other flavors.

This tastes strongly of coconut. It’s pretty refreshing cold! I may also get a bit of acidity from the pineapple, in a good way. There’s not too much distinct fruitiness though. It’s best steeped 3 minutes or a little shorter. To me, the recommended time leads to some bitterness. I tried my final cup of this with some milk, which seemed to complement the flavor profile well. It’s not my favorite sort of flavor profile, but it was nice!

Sipdown 62 – 2024

Another unfortunate victim of age. This has also lost a lot of its flavor, but a touch of cinnamon and clove still remains. A good reminder to enjoy tea fresh and not try to hoard it.

After taking photos of this tea last night, I decided that I’d cold-brew some of the tea to try it out. Up until now, I’ve only tried it hot brewed (I chilled some of the hot brew to taste it cold too so that I’d have an idea of how this was as an iced tea). After trying this now as a cold-brew, I think I may have to retract my original tasting note that’s found on my website, because this is even better cold-brewed than hot brewed. The vanilla & black tea blend is smoother, the cantaloupe sweeter & the raspberries brighter. It’s just a totally different experience cold-brewed.

Don’t get me wrong, I still love this as a hot brew, but if you’re going to ask me now how I’d recommend serving this one, it’s cold-brew all the way! So very good!

With milk and sugar, this is pretty tasty! The mint isn’t as crisp as sometimes, but I can definitely tell that it’s a candy cane type of mint specifically. It’s really fun, though 52teas has better mint teas. And the chocolate is mild, but nice. The resteep was really pleasant. I really came to enjoy this one, especially the rich quality of the black tea.

I find the base to be the strongest flavor here. It’s a little plantlike for me, but not bad. On top of that, I taste a hint of desserty flavor, but it’s not very distinct. This certainly doesn’t taste bad, but the flavoring could have been a lot stronger.

This reminds me of the teas and scones blend from years ago that I loved! The grape/raisin notes are so deep and interesting. This is especially great cold with sugar and milk. Ha I wish I’d tried this sooner so I could have ordered more!

I cold-brewed this overnight. We’ve been experiencing some uncomfortably warm weather this past week, so I wanted to keep a jar of cold-brewed tea in the fridge at all times & this is one that I grabbed for that purpose. This is so refreshing as a cold-brewed tea!

The coconut is sweet & smooth & melds beautifully with the green tea base. the lime adds a bright burst of flavor while the spearmint offers a soft, crisp coolness that works so well with an iced cold tea. This is one of those teas that I made kind of on the fly when I didn’t have all the ingredients I needed for the blend I had originally envisioned, but, after tasting it, I was wondering what took me so long to come up with it. It’s just so good!

I’ve been on a tea-buying hiatus for most of the year but recently have started picking up a few bags here and there. I couldn’t resist 52Teas’ recent sale, especially since I paused my subscription earlier this year!

I am loving how simple and satisfying this one is. The wild Assamica leaves are so luxuriously large and lush, and they brew up smoooooth. No bitterness here, just a full-bodied, almost bready base for the light yet distinct blueberry notes. I keep thinking I’m catching a hint of cinnamon on the back end of the sip, but maybe it’s my imagination!

I am so enjoying drinking this hot on a cool late-summer morning while doing some schoolwork. Bliss.

This ends up a little bitter for me, even when steeped properly. I never noticed melon, only the mint. I tried a cold resteep, but that was even more bitter unfortunately.

The base tastes a little floral, and I taste some red fruit flavor in the blend too. It’s pretty light, but not bad! It makes a refreshing cold cup of tea, though I wish I could taste the rhubarb distinctly!

This was similar to other 52teas honeybush blends. The spice combination was very familiar. Tasty, just one I’ve had many times. It was desserty with a nice honeybush background and mild spices.

I actually prefer this one without milk. I taste a faint twang of cranberry, maybe a tiny bit of creme, and a relatively unobtrusive black base. Cold, it’s all pretty smooth, though fruity black teas aren’t a favorite of mine. It’s definitely refreshing!