Happy Lucky's Tea House

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73

Another white tea that’s not too bad. I’d say it’s more of a yellow tea than a white, and tastes like sweet, floral hay. Nice cuppa for an afternoon pick me up and would make a good iced tea.

Flavors: Floral, Grassy, Hay, Sweet

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75

I’m not a fan of white tea in general, but I like this one. Dunno if I can actually taste the pear or ginger, but its a general berry flavor with a floral aftertaste on the first steep only. I might try this as a cold brew.

Flavors: Berry, Floral, Sweet

ashmanra

Michelle – A friend (Sandy here on Steepster) has just moved to Colorado and plans to go to Happy Lucky Tea House sometime. I know Bonnie used to go a lot. Have you ever been in person or do you just order from them?

Michelle

I have been in person, they are good people, but tell her to go when it’s not so crowded for better service. It’s one of my favorite tea houses :)

ashmanra

Thank you! I will recommend that!

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72

More lime than hibiscus, but its smooth and has a nice caffeine kick. Nice to try, and have on hand for a sleepiness emergency.

Flavors: Lime

Courtney

Ooh I’ve been hoping for a lime guayusa to pop up. I always loved the blackberry lime from Butiki, so I shall check this one out!

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68

This tea has so much potential and yet it just does not deliver. I do taste the maple and the cinnamon and the nutmeg, but no berries and no apple. I think I like the spice profile on the peach cobbler better and that got my vote today. Its kinda cool tasting two teas per day and voting with others to see which tea advances.

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74

Part of the matcha madness this month. The dry leaf smells amazing and much like a pie. The first steep tasted very cobbler-like, cinnamon and nutmeg and vanilla. Not so much peach. The second steep is just a muted version of the first. A nice cuppa, not sure I’d purchase.

Flavors: Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Sweet, Vanilla

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74

I had too little water for the first steep, and too much for the second, but both were very cinnamony. I like the big red cinnamon flavor, but that’s just a single note here. An enjoyable cup, but I’m not sure I need this in my cupboard.

Flavors: Cinnamon

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59

As I was driving south last week I stopped at a favorite tea house about 10 minutes from the interstate for a refill on their cinnamon/vanilla breakfast blend. A 20% off of chai convinced me to try this one and I must say it’s a bit clove heavy. I might need to break out some ginger to sip down the rest of this. It’s supposed to be toasty and puddling like, but all I’m really getting is clove.

Flavors: Cardamom, Clove

Shae

Clove-heavy chai blends are my favorite! I had one a while back that I loved but I can’t find it anymore. I’ll try to remember this one next time I’m looking for some new chai options.

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89

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Preparation
0 OZ / 0 ML

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90

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Preparation
5 min, 0 sec

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Advent Tea: Day 4 from Michelle
I’ve tried this one twice now by the time I’m actually posting my review. (The first cup was drunk on Day 4 and the second was prepared yesterday.) The dry leaf of this one smells like cinnamon and vanilla. The steeped tea tastes pretty similar as well. The vanilla flavor is very nice and there is a slightly brisk quality to it. It’s not overly brisk or drying for breakfast tea though which I appreciate. Accents of cinnamon hit your tongue. Drinking this gave me all of the cozy holiday baking feels. Thanks, Michelle!

Flavors: Cinnamon, Pastries, Vanilla

Preparation
Boiling 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML
Michelle

This does have that baking vibe to it, just really smooth too!

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100

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Flavors: Chocolate, Cocoa

Preparation
Boiling 8 min or more 2 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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85

I got both this one and China golden snail in my last order and I like this one better. It brews up chocolatey, velvet and rich. Not sure how a black, unflavored tea can be so full of dark chocolate flavor, but I should stop wondering and just drink it. I do tend to get busy and distracted when drinking tea occasionally, I should make more of an effort to savor each sip. Not every cup is a similar sip, but this one should be contemplated and thoroughly enjoyed.

Flavors: Dark Chocolate

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95

Needed to choose a tea to go. Chai is easy and good for just about any time so this one came with me. It has the perfect amount of spices and the blend makes an amazing cuppa. When paired with a curry bun some of the flavors pop even more. Also love that it has that perfect amount of spiciness.

Michelle

I don’t gravitate to chai teas, but I’m glad I tried it. And I’m glad you liked it :)

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85

This is like a light version of a rumchata. Smooth mouthfeel, plenty of spice without being overwhelming. The vanilla is what really gives it the flavor it needs to be different though. Without the vanilla it would be more like a ‘chai’. Going to try this with milk too.

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74

It was a morning. I oversteeped this tea. But I wasn’t willing to give up completely so I’m sitting here now with a second cuppa. This is a very astringent tea; perfect for milk/sugar. Ah. Speaking of which I’m going to add some. The earthy tones are nice but the depth of the astringency is just a bit too much for me. For those Rate My Tea’ers’, the color is a slight bit darker than milk chocolate. The oat milk helps a bit though I think regular milk would be better. If I wouldn’t destroy my tummy I’d do it. Very malty. Comes out even more with the milk.

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82

Sky samurai and I must be on the same wavelength because just as I went to add this tea to the database, I find it’s already there! I have under leafed this a few times, so today I put 1.5 tsp for 8 oz of water and got more flavor from these tightly rolled tea nuggets. I like that it’s forgiving, you can let it steep longer without getting bitter. It’s not very complex, chocolate yeasty malt is the best descriptor, no undertones or lingering aftertaste. A straightforward tea that is a step down from Happy Lucky’s Golden Monkey, one of my favorites.

Flavors: Chocolate, Malt, Yeasty

gmathis

After reading this, I had to go check out Happy Lucky’s website. Looks like fun!

ashmanra

Was Happy Lucky where Bonnie used to go in Colorado?

Michelle

Ashmanra – yes that’s the one, I stop if I’m driving through, though this last order was all on line. I wonder if Bonnie still hangs out there. Such happy positive people there at the tea house. They have a YouTube channel too, fun stuff.

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90

Often I forget to use the malty descriptor. Malts were and still are, one of those American past times I can’t stand. Granted I am also allergic to cow’s milk… But that is the main descriptor for this tea. Malty to the core. The longer you let it steep the heavier the malt becomes. The aroma is ripe with earthy tones. Wet leaves, compost, musty. The wet leaves are a beautiful dark chocolate color.

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85

I’ve been traveling and when I got back to my tea cupboard, this is the tea I’ve picked first. A delightfully balanced blend where you can taste the black tea on the first steep, but the cinnamon and vanilla are the stars here. This will go for three steeps with the vanilla becoming prominent on the third steep. A nice warming, wintertime tea that I’ll need to replace in my cupboard.

Flavors: Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Vanilla

gmathis

Good three-steepers are hard to find!

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85

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Flavors: Orange

Preparation
4 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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Flavors: Cardamom

Preparation
4 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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90

I do like a nice chocolatey golden monkey tea, and this is an excellent example. I probably used more leaf than I needed, but I tend to brew strong cups of tea in the morning, and I was very happy with the flavor it produced. Is this a cup of tea or a chocolate malt milkshake? Well, the temperature would be different, but the taste is about the same. As this cup starts out as a malty piece of chocolate, it blends into slight bitter dark chocolate as an aftertaste. I’m not sure I have ever had an example of Golden Monkey that I liked so much. This is one to savor until it’s gone and purchase again when I’m passing through Fort Collins.

Flavors: Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, Malt

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40

The recommended time to steep this tea was boiling for 5 minutes but I decided to try 3 minutes and work my way up from there. At 3 mins it was spicy and, imo, not a nice blend of tea. The chocolate verges on bitter so I’m glad I stopped the steep at 3 minutes.

I’ve been mixing this tea with Happy Lucky’s Vanilla Black Tea and then adding a bit of cream. Doing that makes this tea bearable, but it is not a blend I would opt for again.

The only time I would recommend this tea is if someone was looking for a spicy chocolate tea to mix into another tea. The spicy part of this tea is on point but it’s the only part of the tea I enjoyed and that part left me needing a heartburn pill.

Another issue I had with the tea was that it was so fine I had to empty my tea cup after I spooned the tea into my strainer/infuser, before I added the water, otherwise I would have had a bunch of tea remnants floating in my cup. A little is fine, but this was much more than I expected (somewhere between 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon). I’m not sure if this is typical for the tea or if I had just got the bottom of a batch when I purchased it.

Flavors: Chocolate, Cinnamon, Spicy

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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55

The smell of the tea is lovely and the flavor of vanilla and the tea came through in a nice and balanced way which I found surprising. I find black tea tends to steal the show against other flavors.

Though I didn’t find the tea displeasing to the palate, it wasn’t something I would pick for myself again. Black tea is a very yes/no tea for me and this one is barely checking the “yes” box even with a bit of sugar and milk.

The next cup I brew I will steep for 2 and 1/2 minutes as 3 minutes still had me picking up on a bit of bitter aftertaste.

EDIT: 2 and 1/2 minutes at boiling and a splash of milk added gave me the best cup of tea from this offering, but did not enhance my rating.

Flavors: Bitter, Tea, Vanilla

Preparation
Boiling 2 min, 30 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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45

I had a bit of a backlog of Happy Lucky’s Teas so tonight I decided to give this one a try as I’ve never had it before. I followed the brewing instructions on the bag and didn’t find it to be strong enough so I steeped the tea for 4 minutes overall. At 4 minutes I hit right on the edge of the tea taking on a bitter aftertaste. I’d stop at 3 and 1/2 minutes on any future brews.

I’m not sure how I feel about this tea. It’s not undrinkable but it’s definitely not something I would buy again. Not, at least as a stand alone hot tea choice and if it would just serve as the base I’d rather another choice. All I can taste is the tea leaves and I get no hint of rose, not even as a subtle undertone.

In the tea’s description they mention it being good as an iced tea so I think I will that a try as I’m not a fan of it hot. I’ll come back to edit my review once I’ve done that. For now my review and rating is unfinished.

EDIT:

So I’ve made the tea as a cold brew and I remain unimpressed. There is almost zero flavor. It is so subtle that I wish I had mixed it with another stronger tea as a base but I wanted to experience the tea as it is. I added sweetener to draw any flavor out of it and am still uninspired thus my final rating remains unchanged at 45.

Flavors: Tea

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 8 OZ / 236 ML

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