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drank Peace Tea by Algonquin Tea Co
2284 tasting notes

TTB tea! This definitely tasted better yesterday. Refrigerated overnight, it became a little murky. It’s a pretty standard mix of herbs often used in this sort of tea. It’s pleasantly herbaceous, but nothing special.

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90
drank Sacred Blend by Algonquin Tea Co
2955 tasting notes

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90
drank Sacred Blend by Algonquin Tea Co
2955 tasting notes

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90
drank Sacred Blend by Algonquin Tea Co
2955 tasting notes

I tried serving this to my mother and she wouldn’t drink it because it smelled like hay to her. I really enjoy it, though. I drank her cup and mine. I’m loving the light pine, sage, and ginger (Earthy/woody) flavours.

Flavors: Dry Grass, Hay, Herbs, Pine, Sage, Sweet, Sweet, Warm Grass, Wood

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90
drank Sacred Blend by Algonquin Tea Co
2955 tasting notes

Thank you Roswell Strange for the sample! I brewed it up as soon as I opened the mail.

The dry leaf smells of herbs, faintly of pine and rosemary.

Brewed, it is not vegetal/grassy. I can taste sap/pine, a sweet hay, it reminds me a lot bay leaf and chamomile. I actually love it!

Flavors: Pine, Sap, Smooth, Sweet

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 2 min, 45 sec
Roswell Strange

So happy you enjoyed it! I packaged it up at the post office and I got the weirdest look from the lady while doing it.

“Is that, uh, grass?”
“Um, pine needles mostly. . .”
“Right… Well, would you like tracking on that?”

It was hilarious, honestly.

Lexie Aleah

Pine needle teas are a favorite of mine. It’s unfortunate that their not very common.

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85

Sweet, resinous tree sap/pine notes and herbaceous sage! Nearing a sipdown, and sad about that fact but man what an indulgence when I do dip into this tin to steep a cup! Love, love this blend!

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85

Quite possibly the most relaxing tea blend that I own – and still damn tasty to boot! I looked for more of this while I was in Winnipeg (because that’s where I originally bought it) and didn’t find any which was sad, but I found a very similar blend from another company while there and I bought some of that instead.

Still, needed to make myself a cup of this after getting home from the trip because I’d just spent a week straight thinking about it. Had a nice long nap after drinking it.

Flavors: Pine, Raisins, Sage, Sap

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85

I want to thank all the lovely Steepster folk who gave me suggestions to help with the hard time I’ve been having falling asleep! I’ve tried a ton of your suggestions, and honestly the one that’s helped me the most has been downloading f.lux – I think it’s really, really helped me wind down in the evening and has been really awesome with the eye strain I was experiencing! I even went and downloaded it on my new work computer since I’ll be spending such a large portion of my work day typing now…

This was my “before bed” tea yesterday – it’s a favourite of mine, and I’m SO CLOSE to being out of it so I’m going to definitely have to do some digging to see if there’s anywhere in Montreal that I can get my hands on it that’s not too far out of the way. I’m willing to go on a bit of an adventure, but I don’t want to have to spend hours finding it either.

Those sage and pine needle notes though! How can you not love them!?

derk

f.lux is really an amazing program! Glad it’s working for you. I was thinking, have you tried listening to or watching ASMR videos at night?

Roswell Strange

ASMR is weird for me; sometimes I find it really enjoyable and something is creeps me right the fuck out. I think the worst for me is any kind of “mouth sound” related ASMR (speaking and eating, for example). Occasionally I do watch Bob Ross before bed though or soap cutting videos – it kind of helps.

Arby

I love f.lux so much. And I recently bought a bag of this from Amazon and LOVE IT, it was gone from my cabinet for too long. Are we the same people?

Lexie Aleah

Been wanting to try this! I didn’t realize it was sold on Amazon. (:

Lexie Aleah

Just checked and it says currently unavailable on Amazon. Boo!

Arby

I buy through Amazon.ca, I can’t confirm what Amazon.com sells (probably limited amounts because it has to be shipped to the Amazon warehouse).

Lexie Aleah

Ah that’s why then I’m in the US so they probably don’t ship here.

yyz

You can order it online from the Algonquin tea co. Unless it’s an old link shipping for a pouch of loose leaf is really cheap by letter mail. They also have a link to find a store near you. Most of the stores sell only the bagged tea though. https://algonquintea.com/order-tea/.

LuckyMe

+1 for f.lux…and Twilight and Night Mode on Android! Love the soothing candlelight color on my screen at night. I can never go back to the harsh blue light on my phone.

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85

Short note because I’m typing on my phone before heading to bed, and honestly Steepster sucks on the phone. I had a mix of a headache and a sore jaw tonight; to be honest the sore jaw probably caused the headache. So, I doused myself in peppermint oil and brewed up a cup of hot tea to sip on while stretching on the couch. Wasn’t a good long term solution, but for a solid half hour or so I felt totally painless and relaxed. The mint and pine combo is just so good, and peaceful.

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85

Sweet, sappy pine and sage goodness.

If this was sold as a perfume, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, candle or essential oil I’d most likely own all of the aforementioned. It’s phenomenal. Also, knocks me the fuck out. Like, I drank a cup before bed and it was the soundest sleep I’ve had in ages.

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85

Really, really loving this one as a go to tea to steep up for a late night soak in the tub…

The best part about this one for me is the intense, full bodied and surprisingly sweet pine notes that make up the bulk of the cup. There are undertones of both sage and sweet grass with a sappy, and raisin sort of quality too but it’s mostly delicious pine. More tea companies should incorporate pine into their blends; it’s such a unique and relaxing ingredient with a very pleasant flavour. Really thick mouthfeel, too – feels quite lush.

Long steeps are also the way to go with this one to get the most out of the leaf!

Song Pairing: https://youtu.be/FubvitXV_zM

Arby

I really want to try this blend. Do you have enough to send me a sample by any chance?

Roswell Strange

I don’t have a ton of it, but a cup’s worth could totally make it down your way if an address were to appear in my inbox winkwink :)

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85

From vacation haul.

Honestly, this was pretty expensive for the amount of tea in the tin BUT it’s very very unique and now that I’ve tried it I actually don’t mind the price at all for the quality of it. It’s just gonna get used up quickly is all, and that’ll be disappointing…

I grabbed this one because of the unique combination of ingredients. The company, Algonquin Tea Co, was partnered with Cornelia Bean which is where I saw this one. They actually had about six different offerings but a lot of them seemed super wellness and religion based and that’s not really why I drink tea so they didn’t really interest me a ton. There was also one that was supposedly supposed to help with lucid dreaming? I didn’t really want to fuck with that though. So I grabbed this one solely because I thought I’d like the taste.

It smells really good to me; very fresh and outdoorsy with a lot of pine characteristic and sage undertones. I didn’t personally get much from the aroma in terms of the sweet grass in the blend, but most of what I was after was that strong pine aroma anyway and just going off scent this seemed to be a blend that would have a lot of that.

I brewed this one up at work, and I started with my normal four minutes that I do for Western styled teas – BUT I realized quickly that would have produced a really weak/bland tasting brew so I doubled that and steeped for eight minutes. I still think I could have pushed it even longer though, and would have got a more potent flavour without any negative repercussions. So that’s something I’ll keep in mind going forward.

This one brewed up really smooth though! I think it had a pretty equal representation of all three ingredients in the blend too: pine, sage, and sweet grass. That was a little surprising to me ‘cause I didn’t get the sweet grass at all from dry aroma but I got A LOT of pine. Not a complaint though! In fact, I really like the sweet, sappy quality from the sweet grass and the pine combined. And I love sage in general; it’s such a pleasant, soft herbaceous quality that’s really peaceful/relaxing. Overall, it just tasted really natural (kind of obvious that it would based on the ingredients though) and fresh. Reminded me of taking a walk in the forest; and also of those “Douglas Fir” candles that come out around the holidays – but just more stripped down, mellow and realistic. It would be a good tea for quite reflection or just meditation in general, I think.

Very happy with this one.

Flavors: Herbaceous, Pine, Raisins, Sage, Sap, Sweet, Warm Grass

Evol Ving Ness

Good to know, good to know. If I am not mistaken, I have seen this one along my travels here in the city, though for the life of me, I can’t recall where.

Evol Ving Ness

Aha! Our tea festival lineup came out today and this is one of the featured blenders. I wonder whether they will bring this blend with them. I’d like to try it if it is available in small bits, but I am wary about the sage.

Roswell Strange

Embrace the sage! It’s just such a peaceful flavour.

Evol Ving Ness

Not so much the flavour, but the herb has negative effects on my various health issues. And THAT is a huge concern. Depends on the proportion of sage versus other ingredients in the blend though.

Roswell Strange

Ah, that’s completely understandable!

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I had a mug of this last night. It had gotten cold by the time I had any, so I wonder if that has anything to do with it not inducing dreams. Ah, to be fair I know I dreamt, I just can’t remember them. That said, even though I’m quite sore/tired from physio workouts, I feel like I really slept last night. It’s a deepseated feeling that I have difficulty describing… I just know I want more sleep like that heh.
The tea itself was quite pleasant to sip. Vegetal with an herbal twist. If it wasn’t dreamy tea I’d consider having some midday at times. (wasted opportunity, I enjoy dreaming!)

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One little sample cup!! maybe two sips. Hours before I went to bed.
And I dreamt a funny dream. I was dating Patrick Jane, but we had to keep it secret because I resided in reality and he lived inside a tv show. Oh and I could only meet up with him during a “new” episode, not in reruns. Now that I’m awake it makes no sense.
Oh and to get into his little hideaway cabin room we slid down a giant snow covered hill that launched us in the air (like a ski jump), across a little valley and down onto another hill where he showed me the secret entrance, before giving me a tour. Freaked me out, as he’d given no warning so there was a moment of wondering what broken legs might feel like. And then I wanted to go again. I’m not surprised my brain fixated on PJ. I’ve kinda had a crush on the character for ages, even moreso after I realized he was a tea nut :P
When I do recall my dreams, there is generally an element of stress built in, so I can’t blame that part on the tea. but it doesn’t happen very often. So it could be a coincidence. Still, I’m gonna reserve having an entire cup before bed until the weekend where I’m not working the next day.
The taste was nice and pleasant. Grassy and a bit sweet. Refreshing. I’m sure it would be different brewed at home.
I need a nap now…

Fjellrev

Ha! I love ridiculous dreams like that. It makes you wonder how our minds can come up with some of the crazy things that they do.

Indigobloom

Seriously! I’m impressed with my insanity haha. Though I have been thinking about PJ a lot lately. I sent out the press release for the Tea Festival, and Simon Baker’s publicist was one of those I “spammed” in hopes that we might get a tweet or something.

Fjellrev

It’s just so funny how our minds will take things/people we’ve been thinking about throughout the day and turn it into a totally twisted circus.

Indigobloom

Yup. Entertaining for sure! I hope I have a fun day on Friday, before I try a full mug of this tea :P

Dustin

Yeah, that doesn’t make much sense. It would be more practical to visit him during commercial breaks instead of new vs. old episodes if you were trying to keep it on the DL.

Indigobloom

@Dustin nope it really doesn’t make sense. I’m ok with that, as I rarely ever do :P

Indigobloom

Also, commercial breaks… that is clever!! I’ll try and think about that next time I have this tea before bed heh

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drank Awakening Tea by Algonquin Tea Co
4843 tasting notes

Backlog:

OK, so in Postal Tea’s 9th edition box, they featured three tisanes from Algonquin. I was really quite disappointed as tisanes aren’t my favorite thing. I like me some camellia sinensis, and while I do drink herbals now and then and when it does get later in the day (late night) I do switch it up to something without caffeine (or with very low caffeine) because I don’t want to be up too much longer.

But, I still didn’t want to receive a box with three different herbal tisanes. And while I almost feel bad about saying this, the most memorable thing about the three teas that I tried from algonquin was the beautiful artwork that I found on their website (the packages from the Postal Teas box didn’t feature the artwork, although we did get a small brochure with some of the artwork in it.)

My thoughts on this tea: the mint was nice. Refreshing. I didn’t like the earthiness of the ginseng. I’m glad that the bitterness from the nettle was only slight. It didn’t taste bad … but if I want something stimulating, I’d be happier with a cup of camellia sinensis.

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Backlog:

My 4800 tasting note!

Of the three teas that I received in the Postal Tea Box (9th edition), this was my favorite. I was a little dismayed that all three teas in this edition were herbals. Bah! What’s up with that?

This one though – this actually tasted a little bit like tea. It had a slight root-beer-ish taste to it too. Like a thinned black tea with herbaceous notes and a hint of root beer. Kind of weird, but weird in a interesting and tasty way.

But even though it did sort of taste like black tea, I’d be lying if I said I’d just as soon drink this than drink black tea. I’d rather have the nice, rich flavor of black tea, thank you.

The teas in this, the 9th edition from Postal Teas, just didn’t do it for me. I decided to give them another chance and see what the 10th box had in store … and I’m glad to say that I’m much happier with the 10th box. (Well, you’ll just have to wait to see what those teas are!)

Veronica

That’s a lot of cups of tea!

LiberTEAS

I kind of like the stuff!

Mikumofu

5000 can’t be too far away now!

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Cooking TTB #16

Turkey. Or soup. That’s what this reminded me of. I guessed rosemary before reading pine and sage as the ingredients. I can’t say this was for me at all, but I’m glad to have tried something with pine in it finally.

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90
drank Sacred Blend by Algonquin Tea Co
894 tasting notes

I think I need to lay off the caffeine in the evening a bit, and this is such an awesome evening tea. Always sage, pine and soothing.

TeaBrat

sounds nice :)

OMGsrsly

Ooh, this one is on my list! I have Cold & Flu and it’s delicious.

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90
drank Sacred Blend by Algonquin Tea Co
894 tasting notes

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90
drank Sacred Blend by Algonquin Tea Co
894 tasting notes

Oh I could just drink this forever. So lovely and relaxing.

Flavors: Pine, Sage

OMGsrsly

Where do you get them from? Their website or a local supplier? I have one of the blends and I love it.

Anlina

From Cornelia Bean. I haven’t tried ordering from the Algonquin Tea Co website yet.

OMGsrsly

Ahh. Yeah, I got mine in a group order from Cornelia Bean but they only sent 15g. The orderer followed up but afaik never got a response. :/

yyz

Ordering from the Algonquin tea co was easy and if you are only buying 1 or two teas in bags vs Tims they send it for very cheaply. Planet Organic carries the tea in teabags here as well.

OMGsrsly

Thanks, yyz! :) I’ll probably buy a couple bags. Our Planet Organic closed, but there are a couple First Nations shops in Vancouver that also apparently carry the teas.

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90
drank Sacred Blend by Algonquin Tea Co
894 tasting notes

This is beautiful. There’s clear notes of pine, sage and sweet grass, which perfectly compliment each other. This is a really nice, relaxing blend for the evening.

Flavors: Pine, Sage

Preparation
1 tsp 10 OZ / 295 ML
yyz

I’m getting this shortly. I’m looking toward to it.

Sil

realllly…..hmm sounds lovely!

Anlina

I’ve always seen these teas in stores, but in tea bags, so I’ve passed. But now Cornelia Bean carries their loose teas, which is really nice.

yyz

Nice, you can buy it inline too if you buy the 1 ounce bag vs the tin of loose leaf shipping was only 1.88 to me in Ontario at least.

OMGsrsly

I have some of the Cold & Flu Relief one, and it’s really tasty. Only downside is they shipped 15g instead of 50.

yyz

I’ll have to way it then. Right now everything is being sold in packets of 28g.

Sil

you’re buying this at cornelia bean? or algonquin…

OMGsrsly

I got it from Cornelia Bean. I’ve seen the original packets from Algonquin locally, but I don’t remember where. They’re definitely 28g.

Sil

thanks… on the wishlist to try at some point…. now that it’s october and i get to start drinking tea again. stupid work.

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Seriously such an amazing sick tea. Even though I totally should have steeped it in a baggie because holy smokes, this is murky.

Oh well.

Still tasty, especially with some honey added. Sorry to see you go, tea, but I do know where I can get you locally… so that’s OK. :)

Sil

interesting

OMGsrsly

It’s just a medicinal herbal tea. Doesn’t have licorice in it, but hyssop tastes licorice-y and the berry leaves make it taste kinda like berries. IDK. I like these kinds of things.

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I have a bad bad feeling that I am coming down with The Sick. :( :( :(

So I’m going to drink all the healthy herbal teas I have this evening, in the hopes of giving my body micronutrients it needs, and also hydrating like whoa. I don’t have sick days right now, so if I have to take time off it means my paycheques get a little sad.

I do like this tea. Sweet hay and almost a berry flavour. Yes, it’s medicinal. Yes, it’s a truly herbal tea. Yes, I always add a little honey to it. But I like it. And there’s a local shop that carries it, so I’m totally going to get more.

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