Spire Tea

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Thank you to TeaEqualsBliss for sending me this tisane.

A nice, warm, spiced blend. It reminds me of a Sin Dawg! (if you want to know what a Sin Dawg is, check this out: http://www.daveskillerbread.com/killer-bread/sin-dawg.html )

I really enjoyed this cuppa … a nice level of spices, the flavor of rooibos is distinguishable but works with the spice notes and gives it a nice, nutty intonation.

Here’s my full-length review: http://sororiteasisters.com/2013/03/12/spiced-rooibos-blend-from-spire-tea/

This is a really tasty green tea. I prefer when coconut flavoring is more on the toasty side. This is definitely a more toasty coconut flavor. It is really smooth and I like it a lot. I will try it iced next time and this also might be a really one for a cold brew.

Hmm, this tea tastes quite a bit like coconut oolong, but without the oolongy flavour. That is to say, it’s very much a kind of toasty coconut, which is really quite good! I wish I could taste the green tea a bit more, so next time I’ll lengthen the infusion a bit – I kept it to 2 minutes to prevent any possible astringency, which I did succeed at. This is definitely one of the better coconut greens I’ve tasted though… highly recommend if that’s something you’re looking for.

I feel like this would be a great blending tea for use when coconut flavour is desired (but when oolong is not)… so perhaps that’s what I’ll use it for! Or maybe I’ll ice it. Hmm, the possibilities…

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Thank you TeaEqualsBliss for sending me a bit of this tea!

It’s a delightful Green tea! Sweet, vegetal – with a taste that falls somewhere between sweet grass and mild steamed veggies – a very invigorating, light, crisp cuppa!

Here is my full-length review: http://sororiteasisters.com/2013/02/06/jeju-summer-harvest-korean-green-tea-from-spire-tea/

Thank you TeaEqualsBliss for sending me some of this tea. Yummy!

This is so totally yum! Completely and utterly yum! Just what I have been craving without really realizing I was craving anything … after I started sipping, I just felt a sense of “ahhh… this is it.”

It has a nice kick of heat to it, but, it isn’t too hot. The chocolate is smooth, rich and creamy and manages to temper the heat from the chili so that it doesn’t become an overly spicy beverage. Oh, sure, it is spicy … but not TOO spicy. I’m not feeling the need to relieve my tongue from the heat, in other words. The sweet seems to counterblast the heat.

Instead, I feel this warming me up from the inside out, and I love that from a tea during this time of year. My husband, who hails from Minnesota, thinks that anything just over freezing is uncomfortably hot, so this house is typically on the chilly side year round. I … on the other hand, am a California girl and while I feel I’ve adapted to the Pacific Northwest in such a way that I’m proud to call it home, I’m still not quite as used to cold as someone who comes from a place buried in snow.

So this tea is warming me up (and the thermostats are turned up now that hubby is safely ensconced at work) on a very chilly day. It is deliciously chocolate-y (needs more chocolate though, LOL) and there is heat from the spice … I’d call it a mild-to-medium type of heat rather than a hot heat.

Very nice!

Thank you to TeaEqualsBliss for sending me a bit of this tea. It is a perfect holiday time tea … it reminds me so of the yummy chocolate oranges that you can find this time of year. So yummy!

It is rich and chocolate-y, with just a touch of orange … not too much, just enough to brighten the cup in a really lovely way. Sweet, rich and creamy. Very nice!

Thank you to TeaEqualsBliss for sending me some of this tea to try. It’s yummy!

This is also my 3200 tasting note! Wow. Do I drink too much tea? nah … perhaps the issue is that I spend so much time writing about it.

This tisane is indeed tasty. The coconut and almond flavors are well pronounced … the cookie is not quite as obvious, but, the sweet, nutty flavor of the rooibos sort of give a bake-y kind of flavor that could translate into “cookie” I suppose. I think a buttery note might take this tisane to another level and really give it that cookie taste.

As it is, though, it’s really tasty. It’s a nice, cozy kind of tea.

Thank you to TeaEqualsBliss for sending me some of this Oolong.

This is remarkably sweet. It has a nice balance between sweet and creamy notes, without tasting overly creamy or fake. It has a nice floral note, Very enjoyable. Subsequent infusions become smoother and softer without really losing flavor.

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Thank you to TeaEqualsBliss for sending me some of this. It is REALLY yummy. The caramel flavor is strong, and it mingles so nicely with the fruity notes of the green honeybush. Sweet, mild and soothing. Very nice, indeed!

This is a delicious and refreshing white tea — sweet, fruity, delicate, and light.

First infusion – 3 g. per 6 oz. water, 75 deg., 90 sec..

Second infusion – 3 g. per 6 oz. water, 75 deg., 3 min.

Third infusion – 3 g. per 6 oz. water, 75 deg., 10 min.

A very nice Chinese green, in both appearance and taste. The flavours move from sweet and fruity, to less sweet and more stringent, to pleasantly astringent at the end.

First infusion – 3 g. per 6 oz. water, 75 deg., 2 min.

Second infusion – 3 g. per 6 oz. water, 75 deg., 3 min.

Third infusion – 3 g. per 6 oz. water, 75 deg., 10 min.

Energy in a cup! This is bright and powerful – in a good way! It’s much like a spring bouquet but slightly vegetal and quite crisp, too! Ahhhhh! Sunshine!

Backlogging from earlier in the week…this was alright…the green honeybush is nice the caramel flavors are mellower tho.

Mildly-sweet and sweetly-mild, though the flavour is pretty much gone after 2 infusions. Nice enough, mind you, but nothing special.

First infusion – 3 g. per 6 oz. water, 75 deg., 90 sec.

Second infusion – 3 g. per 6 oz. water, 75 deg., 3 min.

Third infusion – 3 g. per 6 oz. water, 75 deg., 10 min.

This is very nice! All the ingredients work very well together and nothing is too overpowering. The Coconut, spices, and something vanilla-esque is sweet and cheery! Pretty delicious!

This is a bit sweeter than most Milk Oolongs i have tried lately and I like that difference. It’s a little less milkier – also not a bad thing in this case. The more I sip the more I like the sweetness. It’s really special!

Smells Great!

Coconut – check, Almond – Check, Cookie…not so much…well, it’s subtle, but I was hoping for Bready/cakey/bready! Overall GOOD tho! Nice flavor.

I think I like this cold a little bit better than hot. I can’t really explain why tho…lol…
I just like what I like :)

Well, this smells interesting and scrumptious! Chocolate, Spice, and something like wafers.

This is really tasty! the spices aren’t over the top – they are perfect to my personal specifications! (That sounds uppity, doesn’t it!? teahee!) and the chocolate is grand! The chocolate keeps boppin’ back and forth between a milk chocolate taste and a white chocolate taste…really neat!

YUP! This puts a smile on my face…sending the rest to Anne…

YUM! YUM! YUM!
Now…this really isn’t like the orange chocolate that Buffaloians hold dear but it’s still darned tasty! Many of you have heard me ramble on about Orange Chocolate which is more of a milk chocolate with orange flavors throughout. This, however, is different than that but still very good!

I had a huge slice of dried orange in mine. Woo!!!! The orange flavors increase as the liquid cools at room temp for a bit. The dark chocolate is excellent! And it IS a darker chocolate taste and not a milk chocolate. There are some spices throughout, too, which I ended up enjoy more and more as I continued to sip on it.

This is more than JUST Orange and Dark Chocolate with that addition of the spice I am tasting but this is a treat indeed and very tasty!

This is a lovely and delicious white tea, with sugary sweetness and peachy fruitiness throughout infusions (albeit with varing levels of intensity).

First infusion – 3 g. per 6 oz. water, 70 deg., 3 min.

Second infusion – 3 g. per 6 oz. water, 70 deg., 4 min.

Third infusion – 3 g. per 6 oz. water, 70 deg., 10 min.

This is interesting.
It’s like Lemongrass, citrus, peppercorns, and cinnamon. Didn’t think I would like it but I kind of do! Ballsy combo! All of the ingredients are subtle and I like that. It keeps you guessing! Neat herbal!

This is a delight!
It’s gently roasted yet slightly floral and very pretty…juicy and thirst quenching and bright! I like this! Well done!

This is WONDERFUL!

This has the perfect amount of sweet to the perfect amount of chai spices to work as a great tag-team in this flavor combo! The two conflicting flavor combos sing PAULA ABDUL’S Opposites Attract here!!! The sweet is a nice sweet – NOT overdone and the spices lovely – also NOT overdone. This is sweet, spicy, juicy, fruity, soothing, warming, A TREAT. The notes of cinnamon are like a faint fireball jawbreaker…again NOT over the top but nicely done! I REALLY LIKE THIS mostly because of the ratio of each flavor coming together in unison.

This kind of smells like Hay.

It infuses to a gentle yet bright yellowish color. The taste is a cross between a green and an oolong with natural hay or wheat flavors and slightly floral notes too!

This is pretty good! A neat tea! I really like that it’s a Vietnamese Oolong :)