Archer Farms

Such a pity this is gone. It was a delicious tea.

I’ve been on and off the road the last several days and am out of sorts today – thinking about all of the things I should be doing, all of the things I have been forgetting to do since last week, and not wanting to do any of them because I am feeling rather lazy. Anyhow…yesterday I had an all-day shopping day/all-day sister day and I swear we were in like 57 stores…one of them being Target. Don’t laugh…I have only actually been in Target like 3 times now. We don’t have one close by and when we travel to a nearby city Hubby don’t like that store so we don’t shop there. So…I got this tea at Target. I chose it because I have never had anything from Archer Farms and this sounded interesting.

The aroma is subtle in every way. I can pick up a little chocolate and a little berry but neither is too intense. It brews pretty dark but it took a while to get there.

The taste is different. It wasn’t what I was expecting. It’s not overly ANYTHING, really. First I can taste a little cocoa like flavor – very subtle and then it fades away. Then I can taste a very little EG and it fades away. In follow-up sips I can taste a very slight cocoa-raspberry flavor at the beginning of the sip but then it morphs into the oh-so-subtle EG. None of the flavors are strong and none of them stay around for very long. It is creamy, tho, which is pretty nice. I can taste the black tea over the rooibos that is for sure and I am totally ok with that. The more I drink this the black tea taste pops out more and as it cools the flavors mix with the creaminess a bit better.

I don’t think I would buy this again because of the crazy amount of tea that I do have in my stash but I am glad I did buy it once to try it. The flavors aren’t very intense but the over all taste on the tongue is interesting, yet, different. It’s a bit mellower than I thought it would be but with the creamy aspect of it and the sweeter aftertaste I would consider it a lounge-tea one to laze-out to or while reading a book or something for the early evening, even. It’s not bad at all – overall…but quite different from what I thought it would be.

This has somehow managed to become my go-to work tea. I picked it up on a whim at Target, and it sat untouched on my desk until about two weeks ago. In that time I’ve managed to nearly finish off the box (two sachets left!).

It’s not the best tea. The jasmine is great at first, but if it cools too long, it loses some flavor and becomes a little too citrusy and acidic. But hot, it’s really sweet and delicious. The vanilla smoothes the cup a little without being too present, it’s nice and floral, and it doesn’t taste artificial.

One thing that does bug me is that little tiny thread bits of silk free themselves from the bag when you add water. It may be my obsessive tendencies coming out, but I have to brush the bags off before using them because that weirds me out.

Love this. I found it in the store and thought to myself, this can either taste REALLY BAD or AWESOME and it was and is still awesome.

A complete surprise with citrus notes that exceed expectation for this bergamot infused black tea. It is a shame that Target discontinued selling its Archer Farm Earl Grey Loose Tea. This was a bargain! It is significantly better than the Twining Earl Grey Tea that it currently sells. In the alternative, I prefer the Upton Earl Grey black varieties.

Almost gone, unfortunately, but I’ve now found a replacement that is much better tasting, and for the same price, so I can keep my Blueberry White fix.

Picked this up on a whim at Target this afternoon. (I can never get out of there with just the item I went in for.) I really love this. It wasn’t super flowery like some Jasmine teas (which I don’t mind actually) but it was unusually sweet (in a good way). I pronounce this tea “delightful”. I will definitely buy this again when I run out.

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Makes for a great start to the day

Seriously love this tea!

Hmmm the chocolate berry added to the Earl Grey intrigued me. In trying I like this a lot I can’t say that I can taste the bergamot essence of the Earl, but still a tasty tea. I would also say that it is a unique flavor but tasty.

Not my cup of tea

Doesn’t taste like chocolate to me, but I love the smooth, creamy-like taste. I enjoy it by steeping about 3.5 minutes and adding a splash of milk. I like to pair this with a bit of dark chocolate.

I love, love, love this. Meghann sent it my way, and it’s now taking up residence in my work stash. Where, to be honest, it’s not going to last long.

Backlogging from this morning. After the wedding festivities yesterday, and dancing half the night at the reception, we met some extended family for breakfast at 7:30. Had this while we were getting ready. Definitely helped me wake up!

This tea is making my day better. That’s really saying a lot right now. I love the chocolate combined with the berry and just that hint of bergamot. Nom, nom, nom.

This tea is becoming a favorite. It was awesome with a couple pieces of black currant chocolate for a mid-morning snack. :)

Funny how I’m drinking Golden BREAKFAST at 10:30 pm. I do drink it with breakfast sometimes and it’s always good. I thought it might help tame the outrageous burning of my mouth from my dinner and it did. (Also, if I had a loose leaf mango or peach I would so try the Rex Barrett’s idea above. Alas, I don’t despite the two and a half cupboards full of tea.)

Resteep of yesterday’s bags. Picking up more of the bergamot and the berry this time around. Still has a chocolatey taste, and the rooibos is a bit stronger than the black tea on this steep. It reminds me of something I’ve had before, but I can’t figure it out. I’m so, so happy that Meghann M sent me this to try! It’s delicious.

Thanks, Meghann M, for sending some of this my way!

This smells just like chocolate-covered raspberries. Doesn’t taste just like it, but I still like it. I can taste the bergamot, and the black tea, and the rooibos (and if you don’t like rooibos, this isn’t for you). The chocolate isn’t as strong as the smell, but is still there, and the raspberry flavor is more of an aftertaste than anything else (it may come out more if I steep longer). It’s got a lot of flavors going on, but it’s blended in such a way that nothing really overpowers anything else. One of the better Earl Grey-inspired blends that I’ve had. I normally don’t go to Target, but it looks like I’ll be making a trip there…I’ve never been to the tea section of Target before…I see this ending badly.

2nd steep – the flavors come through well on the 2nd steep. Maybe a little milder – I wouldn’t expect to get a 3rd steep out of this. I tried it with just soymilk and no sugar, and it was very good.

I found myself in the tea section at Target last night, and I thought to myself, “Berry? Chocolate? Earl grey? I love all those things!” It seemed like a lot for a tea to have going on, but it wasn’t too expensive so I decided to give it a shot. It is quite yummy. The strongest flavors are the black tea, chocolate, and berry. I think the bergamot might be hiding itself within the berry flavor a bit.

I tried a sip plain, and it seemed pretty good. I was in the mood for milk and sugar, and adding those seemed to bring out the flavors.

Also, I like that the pyramid bags are plant-based rather than petroleum-based. I’m not sure if it’s compostable, but I’ll give it a try.

I obviously didn’t read the packaging carefully on this impulse buy: it contains red rooibos. My taste buds seem to have changed as I don’t enjoy red rooibos anymore. Unless it is heavily masked. Also the cocoa tastes very fake in this blend. Not tasting much bergamot or berry. Just fake chocolate rooibos :-/

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