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drank Wild Strawberry by Adagio Teas
3986 tasting notes

Sipdown! (54 | 252)

Another belated July sipdown, and the last one from my Adagio iced tea order.

I also added some Strawberry & Lemon cold brew sachets from Twinings, mostly because I’m trying to use them up and I don’t love their Cold Infuse teas on their own. Here the lemon adds a nice counterpoint to the strawberry, which reminds me of Welch’s fruit snacks. But this tisane was also perfectly pleasant on its own (if a bit generic), with a candylike strawberry flavor and a lot of tart apple and hibiscus.

I probably won’t reorder this, but we’ll see!

Flavors: Apple, Artificial, Candy, Fruity, Hibiscus, Strawberry, Tart

Preparation
Iced 8 min or more 20 g 34 OZ / 1000 ML

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72
drank Wild Strawberry by Adagio Teas
3986 tasting notes

ashmanra’s Sipdown Challenge – “A cold brew tea”

Picked up several iced tea pouches from Adagio, most of them fruit tisanes. This is the first one I’m trying! The directions said to use one pouch per quart of water, but that seemed like a ridiculously small amount of leaf to me, so I used two. Cold steeped overnight in my 1L Takeya pitcher.

I think two bags was the right call, it’s not overly strong and I feel like it would’ve been watery with just one. The general flavor is sort of strawberry Jell-O mixed with hibiscus and a bit of apple. It’s not amazing or special, but it does make a refreshing cold brew. I’m tempted to add just a touch of sweetener to it, as the sweet-tart balance is just a tad too far to the tart side of things IMO. Maybe I’ll try that with my next glass! Honey seems like it would be suitable…

Flavors: Acidic, Apple, Artificial, Candy, Hibiscus, Red Fruits, Strawberry, Tart

Preparation
Iced 8 min or more 20 g 34 OZ / 1000 ML

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70
drank White Grapefruit by Adagio Teas
216 tasting notes

Here we are, half way through December, and it is still quite pleasant. Not so much a warm weather tea I thought it was going to be initially.

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70
drank White Grapefruit by Adagio Teas
216 tasting notes

Well, ever since I tried that sample, I have been obsessing. I needed to make another order from Adagio anyway, so I ended up picking up 2oz of this.

I increased the steep time this morning and that did improve the mouth feel and increase the flavor a bit. However its still a delicate tea and I can only get about 2-3 resteeps before its no longer worth the effort. By this point, it goes more vegetal as it cools instead of the sweetness of the grapefruit coming out more.

I am curious how this might work iced or cold brew. Will have to try that at some point.

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70
drank White Grapefruit by Adagio Teas
216 tasting notes

Cross post to Steepster

Sample from a previous Adagio order.

The flavor here is very light and delicate in some ways. Not a bad thing as I often get tired of BIG flavors.

Especially when hot, the flavor doesn’t really stand out, but the after taste gives that nice feeling of citrus. A there is a little sweetness, but its very subtle and mostly in the back of the sip. This stands out a bit more as it cools, but its still delicate.

I get the impression that this should have a thicker mouth feel, like its trying but not quite there. I think it might be nice if that was more pronounced. Possible longer steep time might help with that.

It seems to resteep ok, though if you do long initial steep times, this might not be the case.

Surprising given I don’t tend to like White teas, this isn’t bad. Not something I would look for exactly but I could see grabbing this if I was in just the right mood.

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65
drank Sleeping Beauty by Adagio Teas
3986 tasting notes

Last one! This is a honeybush with chamomile and peach, cream, and rose flavors. It smelled very rosy in the tin and so does the steeped mug…

Surprisingly, it mostly tastes like honeybush and chamomile to me. The honeybush is woody and smooth, not peppery like it can sometimes be. Chamomile is noticeable midsip but not overpowering. I do get a bit of the cream flavor, but sadly no peach. A subtle rose note appears in the finish.

It’s certainly interesting, and I’m glad it doesn’t taste like a pile of roses, as I was afraid it would based on the scent. But I do wish more of the peaches & cream notes came through, to make it a bit sweeter and more desserty. As-is, it’s more of a chamomile honeybush with some hints of other flavors.

Flavors: Chamomile, Creamy, Floral, Honey, Pollen, Rose, Smooth, Woody

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 3 min, 0 sec 16 OZ / 473 ML

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drank Snow White by Adagio Teas
3986 tasting notes

Next up from the fairytale collection – Snow White, a green rooibos with cherry and apple. I was nervous when I opened the tin, this one smells strongly of sweet candy cherry, which is not a favorite of mine.

Thankfully, the taste is a bit more balanced. There is still a candy cherry note, but it melds in with the tarter notes of apple and a touch of hibiscus. Overall it’s quite light, with a gentle herbaceous/woody note from the green rooibos base.

Not a favorite for me because of that cherry candy flavor, but definitely drinkable. I might try it iced too, it seems like it would be well-suited for that. I do find it a bit odd that they describe it as an “apple tea”, but really the cherry is the main flavor.

Flavors: Apple, Artificial, Candy, Cherry, Dry Grass, Herbaceous, Hibiscus, Smooth, Sweet, Tart, Woody

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 3 min, 0 sec 16 OZ / 473 ML
thereadersteacup

Ok but I need to try this one when my buying ban is over. It seems like a cold brew tea I’d bring in my flask for campus.

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72
drank Cinderella by Adagio Teas
3986 tasting notes

So I ordered a bunch of iced tea pouches from Adagio, since I’ve been liking fruity tisanes better lately and it’s so effing hot here LOL. But somewhere along the way, I found these adorable fairytale collection teabag tins, and well… I couldn’t resist. So all three teas in the collection – Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty – came to live with me. I think these were made to appeal to children, so they are all caffeine-free blends.

This one is a pumpkin spice honeybush, which I thought was a cute idea for Cinderella. I will say, it does not taste like pumpkin spice to me, it tastes like a mild sweet cinnamon tea (similar to Hot Cinnamon Spice). I don’t taste the honeybush at all, just that candy-sweet cinnamon flavor with a bit of clove.

I enjoy these sort of “Red Hots” cinnamon teas, so I’ll definitely drink it, but I am a bit disappointed that it’s not really a pumpkin tea, given the theme. Also it’s a bit weak, even though I used two sachets for my 16-ounce mug. Probably won’t reorder it, but will enjoy sipping through it, especially in the fall.

Flavors: Candy, Cinnamon, Clove, Sweet

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 3 min, 0 sec 16 OZ / 473 ML
thereadersteacup

How did I not know that these existed? I need to grab these for my work kiddos.

Cameron B.

They’re kind of hard to find really, you have to look under their “tea bag gifts” section…

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80

I got this as a sample from my bday gift box a friend got me from Adagio. However, it was labeled rooibos caramel which I was super excited to try but on the back was listed the EG ingredients. Super yummy though I am disappointed.

Flavors: Bergamot, Rooibos, Vegetal, Wet Wood

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60
drank Hazelnut by Adagio Teas
236 tasting notes

This is definitely a decent tea. The hazelnut in the black tea base gives it a nutty flavor. Only reason this isn’t on my with list is because if you add chocolate oat milk it tastes like a weaker version of David’s Tea’s Hazelnut Chocolate. However if that one ever gets retired this one will replace it.

Flavors: Hazelnut, Nutty, Savory, Sweet

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76

I used to love this blend but right now… I can only tolerate it iced… that is all lol

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drank Hibiscus Flower by Adagio Teas
1146 tasting notes

Months and months ago, Cameron B. mentioned cold steeping hibiscus in lemonade. I’ve wanted to try it ever since, but only keep whole flower hibiscus around and it always felt wasteful to use that for an experiment like this. So I was pleased to get a sample of this with my Adagio order and finally be able to try hibiscus lemonade! The flower is very crushed up, so I put it in a tea filter bag, put the bag in a glass of lemonade, and stuck the whole thing in the fridge to cold brew. The lemonade started turning pink almost immediately. I let it cold steep for about four hours. Maybe I should have gone longer but I was really hot and needed something refreshing to cool off with! Unfortunately it was hard to tell whether the hibiscus really added anything flavor-wise. The color was a gorgeous, vibrant red, but it tasted sweet and tart in a way that lemonade usually does anyway. I’ll revisit this concept at some point, but this particular experiment seems to have had unremarkable results.

ashmanra

I want to try this now! I happen to have a pitcher of orange blossom salted lemonade in the fridge right now. Might do just a glass to start off and then try it again with a pitcher that doesn’t have as much going on.

Kaylee

Meanwhile I want to know more about orange blossom salted lemonade, that sounds delicious!

ashmanra

I found a recipe on The Spice House website and altered it! We make it both ways. For a half gallon – one cup lemon juice, one cup sugar dissolved in hot water (so just simple syrup really), 1/2 teaspoon salt, and one tablespoon rose water.

Fir the orange blossom version, I do every thing the same but leave out the rose water and substitute 2 tsp. orange blossom water.

We always double the recipe because it goes down fast! The salt adds texture and supposedly this is made with salt in the middle east to better satisfy thirst and to replace minerals lost in sweating.

I did pour some of it in a jar this morning and add a bit of hibiscus petals. It came out such a pretty color! Since it is already quite flavorful I didn’t really taste the hibby. I will definitely be doing this again, Ashman loved the color! He loves all foods pink, whether cupcakes or cookies or lemonade.

Kaylee

Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to trying this out!

ashmanra

Let me know how you like it!

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70

Smells beautiful and the floral flavor is good in this one. Not over powering or bitter.

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86

This blend is pretty nice, I do understand that people prefer their highly caffeinated wake-up blends but I think this cozy sweet, spiced blend is a gentle start to the perfect fall morning. Sweetened with a tiny bit of honey, it tastes like cinnamon bread.

Flavors: Chicory, Cinnamon, Earth, Icing, Malt, Vanilla, Woody

Cameron B.

Ooh now I want cinnamon toast, LOL!

thereadersteacup

That sounds so good right now!

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50

Nothing special about this tea. No flavor particularly stands out

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87
drank Reindeer Fuel by Adagio Teas
292 tasting notes

Will definitely need more of this in December. Gave some to a friend. It is one that can bear over five minute brews and Reindeer Fuels is sure super charged for me with some extra sugar to enhance the flavor.

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87
drank Reindeer Fuel by Adagio Teas
292 tasting notes

Had another cup of this. Since my first initial brew brought some to a friends’ house – she adores mint – and we watched the first episode of Yellowjackets while sipping on this. She uses coffee cups and a keurig to brew tea ***shudders*** but I don’t say anything. She did have a fresh mint sprig from her garden to add in, which was interesting and of course made it stronger mint. She also added in much more sugar than even I use, so we basically had Candy Reindeer fuel lol

So today, long work day, stress – tea break. Dug this out and did a trial of a splash of milk to the 2 cup brown pot. My thoughts were a tea hot chocolate type with the milk since the chocolate is present. It worked, and didn’t. The mint gets lost a lot with a little milk, as did the chocolate. However, it thickened it and make it silkier to fit the taste. So I think next time I try with a little milk that I will increase brew time and strength to try and combat that.

Ate some ham and havarti cheese with crackers while sipping for my work tea. Used a tea cup, not a coffee cup. What a nice break it was!

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87
drank Reindeer Fuel by Adagio Teas
292 tasting notes

People weren’t wrong, this was actually a delicious mint seasonal tea. I don’t care for most of Adagio’s teas I’ve tried, so that’s a second surprise. Glad I took a chance and ordered a larger bag of this one for the price deal. The chocolate is creamy and blends nicely. Can be my first keeper for the shelf from Adagio – but of course it seems to be seasonally available, but that should be fine as long as I remember to re-order.

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drank Citron Green by Adagio Teas
1146 tasting notes

I dunno, my impression of this blend seems pretty different from other folks’. Possibly my smell/taste isn’t fully back yet, or the smoke in the air was already stronger than I realized when I had this yesterday. A loose leaf sample of this came with my recent Adagio order. I brewed it up yesterday afternoon and was thoroughly underwhelmed. It primarily tasted like orange oil on a vegetal green tea base. Not a fake orange taste per se, but an extremely overdone one that tipped over into feeling like I was drinking the rind (in a bad way). Not really something I feel the need to keep around. Sipdown!

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90
drank Christmas by Adagio Teas
157 tasting notes

I’m amazed this doesn’t have a higher rating on here. Then again, if a tea is marketed as any kind of “fall-winter-holiday-xmas” type, there’s a great chance I’m going to adore it. This one was no exception – I thoroughly enjoy the blend of cinnamon, cardamom, clove, and whatever other spices are included. It might be 90 degrees here today but this tea brings me back to cool winds and fall scarves.

Flavors: Cardamom, Cinnamon, Clove, Spices

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drank Mindful Mint Chai by Adagio Teas
1146 tasting notes

Sipdown of this one. I was pretty excited about getting this sample with my order, but it turned out not to be as great as I’d hoped. It’s just not particularly well-balanced. The spearmint and clove are way too strong, overpowering everything else. I also think this would have been better with peppermint instead of spearmint, but that’s a second-order complaint. I ended up cutting it with straight hojicha to get a more balanced cup. That worked pretty well – the roastiness of the hojicha (a flavor missing in the blend itself because of the imbalance) combined well with the mint and clove.

Dustin

Nice save! LOL!

Cameron B.

I didn’t love this one either, too much spearmint and no hojicha. :(

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drank Mindful Mint Chai by Adagio Teas
1146 tasting notes

True to tea fiend form, I can’t help still placing new orders even when my sense of smell is busted. I specifically targeted Adagio for a recent order to put some middling teas in my cabinet so I won’t feel wasteful drinking them. I timed my order so I’d get a free sample of this blend, which looked so promising! I love hojicha, plus mint is an aroma that I can currently pick up. The smell of the dry leaf must be pretty strong – I picked up chewing-gum-like spearmint with an undertone of clove and a hint of cardamom. Unfortunately, the brew just doesn’t seem very balanced. It tastes, to me at the moment at least, like there’s too much spearmint and not enough hojicha. Which tracks, because there’s not a lot of hojicha visible in the blend either. The taste of the spearmint reminds me of gum too, but I’m willing to chalk that up to my currently being more sensitive to the sensations teas produce than I usually am.

Flavors: Cardamom, Clove, Spearmint

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35
drank Rooibos Caramel by Adagio Teas
236 tasting notes

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60
drank Jump Start by Adagio Teas
2285 tasting notes

Sample from a TTB. This just tasted like sort of bitter lightly flavored black tea. I think the mate combined with the black tea to make it taste more bitter than it really is. This was okay with milk and sugar, but I didn’t really like it.

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