Bigelow

Very smooth and solid green tea; a slight difference from Bigelow’s standard green tea, I’d say this one is a bit stronger or something? Good standard bagged green tea to bring to work, in any case.

It’s Christmas. Gotta have some Chai!

I really do enjoy this tea. Whenever I want something sweet, light, and creamy this is my go to. I haven’t had much experience with other chai teas but I always make sure I have this in my cupboard. I always drink it with milk and a tiny bit of sugar.

Just your standard run-of-the-mill green tea in a tea bag, really! It does the trick if you’re wanting some green tea on the go or whatever.

Pretty much just what you’d expect; standard earl grey in a tea bag!

The cranberry in this tea really stuck out! Quite tart, even sour, but fruity and all around a pretty yummy tea.

I was super tired yesterday and this was my work tea. THERE IS JUST SOMETHING SO COZY about constant comment. Makes ya feel good inside.

At work this morning my coworker gave me a super sweet brownie! I got myself a cup of this to compliment it, nomnomnom. The sweet cinnamon-y spices are so delishhh.

I love this tea! We have it at work and I tend to steal a few extra to take home every once in a while, haha. The sweet spices are well balanced, nothing is too powerful. The hint of orange really completes it for me; and according to everyone’s comments it seems to be quite a constant classic (wow that was an awful pun I am sorry).

I GUESS I SHOULDN’T EVEN BOTHER WRITING THIS… because I’m sure this tea is quite delicious, it sounds really great, however my box was really quite old, over a year at least, so the tea had lost a lot of flavor. :‘| Hopefully I’ll get a chance to revisit it in the future!

Had an unexpected panic attack, this was the first thing I turned to after queueing up Doctor Who and getting a brownie. This just happened to be the first tea I grabbed. Same preparation as before, but added some room-temperature water to the cup before pouring in the hot-pot water. It went funny at the end.

Boiled water in hot pot. Wish I could figure out how to keep it from getting so hot. Maybe if I just boiled some and then added non-boiling water to it… Used Nestle bottled water. Smells VERY GOOD. Sort of lost track of how long it was steeped. Burnt my tongue as always.

This is more like a great raspberry drink. The raspberry smacks you right in the face. I like it a lot.

This leaves me with the same feelings as the caffeinated version so I’ll post the same review:
Unsteeped, this tea smells a little off. Bergamot is there of course but it smells of chemicals somehow. Once steeped, the smell improves but the flavor is just average. It’s smooth in the mouth. I like it with a teaspoon of sugar.

Unsteeped, this tea smells a little off. Bergamot is there of course but it smells of chemicals somehow. Once steeped, the smell improves but the flavor is just average. It’s smooth in the mouth. I like it with a teaspoon of sugar.

I like the orange and spice flavors. It is artificial tasting but I don’t mind it.

This tea smells great. That’s pretty much the only nice thing I can say about it. I’ve tried it with cream and sugar, I’ve tried it with just cream, with just sugar, and just plain. No matter what I add or how long I steep it, it comes out bland. Anyone want the rest of my box?

Well, when I sniffed the dry tea bag it smelled exactly like the horse barn at the fair. That turned me off a little. I heated up the water anyway and steeped it for exactly 2 minutes, and added my usual 2 Splenda packets. With the sweetener it just tastes like mild, unobtrusive tea for me, a nice enough for evening tea if you feel lazy and want to use a tea bag. I wouldn’t drink it without the sweetener though.

I haven’t tasted a variety of brands of chai tea, but I love this one. I sometimes drink it instead of coffee in the morning, adding cream and sweetener. I have tried preparing it the traditional way (with the directions on the label), but It seems to come out bland each time.

Without reading the packaging I mistook this tea as the much better Bigelow Vanilla Caramel and didn’t realize it until I took my first sip and almost freaked out thinking my tea had been poisoned or something. It’s drinkable, but barely. It’s essentially more artificial vanilla flavoring than it is tea. Do not recommend.

I am yet to have a “perfect” english breakfast, the concept itself calls for a uniform cuppa in my opinion. And that is exactly how I feel about this or any other English Breakfast blend I’ve tried. It’s good to sip on, it’s not worth thinking over. I tend to drink bagged teas at work where I need a nice beverage to help concentrate without needing to enjoy flavor too much. This tea delivers on all fronts. I’ve tried several of the Bigelow tea by this point and they are all rather stable. Good all around tea.

Darjeeling is something I am not very experienced in. Bagged darjeeling is sort of opposing idea as well, just like oolongs; it’s a premium tea in a generic format. The flavor of this one is generally good. I fail to find good grape/citrus notes but it delivers full force on the pleasant bitterness front. So much in fact that I find it a bit too strong to have on an empty stomach. It packs the punch and in no way can be described as mediocre or generic tea, the Darjeeling heritage is definitely there regardless of whether it’s very refined. For a bagged tea it’s a strong contender.