Bayswater Tea Co.

Sipdown! Such a yummy wintery tea. Gentle spices (cinnamon, cloves, and some other flavours I can’t necessarily distinguish), a nice base, a touch of orange and nuts, and caramelly goodness. Great unique winter blend.

Tea for my first day of work! Nom nom.

Hmm. I should have at least four tasting notes up about this one… but I don’t. Drank it a few times while being lazy and not logging things, I suppose! Anyhow, I’ve grown to like this one a fair bit – it’s kind of a wintery-spiced tea (shocking, I know), yet without crossing over into the realm of either chai, or those yucky herbally Xmas blends. The walnut isn’t super apparent, but I suppose there’s an additional bit of nuttiness because of it.

To sum up: tasty, wintery tea, but nothing overly special.

Again, an interesting flavour combo from Bayswater! Thanks Cavocorax!

I’m not sure that this will be a favourite of mine, but the flavour is pretty interesting – nutty and a bit citrusy, with a hint of spice that’s not overwhelming. A twist on a spiced tea that I haven’t come across before. I do wish that the tea was perhaps a bit nuttier, but perhaps a longer infusion would help with that.

Sipdown! 986. I hadn’t even remembered that I had some of this left, so it was a lovely surprise when I was tea-organizing the other day to have come across some :D Still a big fan – there’s some flavouring in here that reminds me of Butiki’s Red Queen Cupcake, although of course there’s no strawberry, and the base here is perhaps a bit more forgiving (RQ has gone bitter on me a couple times when I’ve oversteeped). Therefore, I think it’s the espresso-esque flavouring that I’m gauging as similar. Anyhow, this + Divine Temptation are definite rebuys, especially since I never actually mixed the two together! Anyhow, a fond farewell for this amazingly rich, decadent, malty tea.

I’ve been oh so terrible at writing notes lately. That last attempt didn’t work very well.

Anyhow, drinking a bit of this one tonight, and the smell is just insanely delicious. So much burnt-sugaryness. Wonderful. The flavour isn’t quite as spectacular, but then again, unsweetened flavours rarely are (when they’re meant to mimic dessert treats, anyhow!) Almost done my bag of this, and it will unofficially go on my “acquire small amounts in the future” list.

Thanks for giving me some of this tea, Cavocorax!

Both the dry and brewed tea smell ridiculously like coffee. Like, ridiculously. This tastes absolutely nothing like creme brûlée to me, but hazelnut coffee? Very much so! With a 2-minute infusion, it’s pretty smooth – just a suggestion of astringency that blooms slightly as dryness in the throat post-sip. I think this tea would be crazy delicious with milk and sugar, but for now I’ll resist…. I only say this because although flavourful, I think that eliminating the dryness would do wonders for it.

Anyhow, yum! Glad to have sampled this tea, as it’s not a flavour combo I’ve really tasted before (well, in tea at least!) :)

This was my choice for my Timolino this morning. It was pretty tasty. Tasty enough that I finished it in my first class and now I’ll be tealess until 7pm. Bleh for that. I was quite happy with the flavouring in this one. The rhubarb was clearly there and the edge of the tartness was taken off by the strawberry flavour. I always love when the base doesn’t overpower the flavours, and this base seemed perfect.

I haven’t reviewed this after several cups. I guess it’s just not what I was hoping for! Not enough lime, not enough strawberry. It’s sorta basic and plain.

I’m not that upset about it as Bayswater had plenty of other teas which I enjoyed more.

Sipdown from days ago. Thanks for the revisit omgsrsly I still think divine temptation is my weakness but i do love this one as well :)

it’s back…in my cupboard. thank you so much omgsrsly

noms. again, as with divine temptation, i need a little break from this one but it’s nice to have off an on in my cupboard. it’s tasty good yo!

made myself a latte of this one + divine temptation this afternoon. I’m trying to spend my day relaxing and not doing much of anything so that i can be ready for next week. I think i prefer these two teas as lattes…something about the added creaminess that it brings to the table :) thanks again for getting more of this to me omgsrsly. :)

pulled out this one as well to try with my black vanilla sugar, thought it might take the edge off the burnt in this brulee and i’m pleased to say it really worked well. Might like that incarnation better than divine temptation + creme brulee

Final count: 69

Another from the wee small hours of the morning. I am officially exausted. 2 hour nap and now i’m up again because i have a friend obligation that i have to attend of my friends might just disown me. It’s the wedding/party celebration my friends are having here in toronto for those folks that didn’t make their wedding out at cape breton. My other half and i just could make it out there so we have to make sure we’re there for this. He’s already with them as he’s helping with the costco factor but i needed at least a little sleep. No idea how i’m going to get through today, since it’s head down there, hang out…then back home to pack for tomorrow’s trip and get organised with work for the morning…possibly more testing this evening for another deployment…and then i need sleep so that i can be functional with the vendor tomorrow night where we need to socialise. blech.

thankfully this tea is deliciously creamy and tasty, and managed to get me through the last bit of this morning. :)

this was another from earlier in the day. I came home exausted and got distracted by my other half who opted not to cook – YAY PIZZA! and a few episodes of fringe. we’re finally on season 5 and it’s sad… 10 more episodes and it will all be over… no more walter :(