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I currently have a cold and I probably should drink this before I get sick as a preventative measure, but I never do. Though drinking this nonstop over the last 3 days has made me feel significantly less shit. Just add Coldral and chicken soup to be on your way to wellness.

This tisane is chock full of all those crazy immunity boosting and healing and magic herbs like fennel, rose hips, aniseed, elderberries and peppermint. Thankfully it doesn’t taste like drinking a herb garden though, as the aniseed overpowers all. I hate aniseed so I drink this like its some awful tasting medicine, but I drink it because it works! Whenever I’m feeling a bit run down, a pot of this never fails to perk me up. And if I skip that, chugging it down in the midst of a flu certainly makes a difference. Herbalicious.

ETA: Adding a teaspoon of ginger root to this drastically reduces the aniseed flavour, making for an almost pleasant cup!

Brewed for 5 minutes. Formosa Oolong completely embodies my dislike for oolongs – it was smooth but very reminiscent of trees or some form of vegetation that I can’t quite put my finger on. The taste wasn’t overly offensive but the mouthfeel was awful, really syrupy and made my tongue feel funny.

Taste definitely lingered with this one. I found it quite similar to Buddah’s hand.

A very laid back oolong, I didn’t find this one too offensive. Was comparable to Iron Goddess of Mercy.

Brewed for 3 mins as directed on the packet, but I found 2 minutes was much better. I’m not a fan of Darjeelings really, and found this creepily smooth and very light.

Brewed for 3 minutes, but again I found brewing for 2 minutes was more satisfactory. I found this incredibly delicate and soft and creepily smooth, as I always find darjeelings (especially the first flush variety)

The green rooibos base takes away some of that syrupy sweetness that most fruity teas have (and I dislike). The peach flavour is nice and mild, but I definitely think it has more bang when its iced – brewed double strength, topped up with soda water and peach schnapps… mmmm…

I thought I’d give this another go, seeing as I have made several people hopelessley addicted to it by saying “You have to try this insane tea! It tastes exactly like warm cream! I hate it!”. It does taste less cream-like without milk, and actually isn’t as confronting as I remember it being the first time I tried it.
If you are a fan of vanilla black tea (which I am not) I highly recommend you give this a go, as it just has that extra bit of sweetness that takes it from being a plain vanilla tea over to a real scrumptious treat!

Brewed for 3 minutes (4 is definitely too long). I found this comparable to my beloved Malty Breakfast Blend, only a little less maltylicious.

A clean and refreshing [break from espresso]. Faint rose delight candy aromas above a steadfast mild black. Sweet without sugar, floral without cloying. Not complex, but nice.

Still my favourite cinnamon black tea, probably moreso after tasting it with the equivilants from other companies.
The quality of the leaves are so much better than the other blends I tasted, making it a good black tea with cinnamon instead of a cinnamon drink that happens to have tea in it. The resulting infusion is a lot darker and richer, with a more-spicy-than-sweet cinnamon flavour. Milk really enhances this tea, making it the perfect addition to lying in bed listening to Frank Sinatra on a rainy Saturday afternoon.

Love you long time t leaf T Cinnamon flavoured black tea, let’s never break up xoxo

Good lord this tea is brilliant. Currently I am forced to drink it black as my work doesn’t have kitchen facilities, but it is still delicious enough that I am not tempted to pop over the road to purchase a tiny carton of milk. I do prefer it with milk though, as it makes it a delightfully creamy treat. For passionate lovers of cinnamon, and people who enjoy chai but find it lacking in cinnamon.

I have a blend I call Fruit Punch- it consists of mostly hibiscus, with a little bit of Adagio’s Blood Orange, and a pinch of rose petals. The hibiscus has a very deep, tangy flavor. The orange sweetens it up a little, and the rose adds a nice floral touch. I love my “Fruit Punch” iced, but tonight I’m savoring it hot.

My preferred method of beating back a cold or that run-down feeling. Kawakawa is a traditional medicinal/magical plant, used by Maori to cure almost anything. Unfortunately it doesn’t taste that great on its own, so its a perfect match with the lemongrass and ginger – which mask the bitter flavour without removing the benefits. I find this has just the right amount of zing, and is extra delicious with a spoonful of honey!

Love it!

These look far too pretty to drink! I was a little wary of trying this, but was pleasantly surprised to find the taste less perfumey than the aroma, and slightly sweet. The smell by the way, is DIVINE. I sat inhaling this cup for at least 5 minutes before drinking any. The perfect treat for morning tea, you could also pop a couple in your bath or bottle the rose water to use in baking.

The taste of this is actually accurately described on the packet! Strong yet delicate, and slightly lemony. I really enjoyed this one, definitely drink sans milk.

This tea is the most glorious tea I have ever tasted! Wonderfully floral without being sickly sweet and incredibly interesting (unlike Darjeelings). I promise you will fall in love with this tea immediately and begin planning an intimate wedding with 400 of your closest friends and family.

This tea made me go “Ooooo!” in a weird high-pitched voice when I took my first sip. Suprisingly savoury with a malty tinge, I found it reminiscent of the Genmaicha green teas. So if you are a fan of Genmaicha & want to venture into black teas, give this a go!

Brewed for 4 minutes (3 minutes is much nicer). I am usually pro milk in black tea, but I actually enjoyed this straight. My tasting notes for this say “Very smooth” and then next to it I drew a heart.

One of my new favourites, I had to rate it higher! Interestingly the smokey aspect of the tea is largely in the smell of both the leaves and resulting brew. While a tea like Lapsang Souchong is quite confronting/disgusting because it tastes exactly like the smell, the Yunnan does not.
The aroma of this tea is an incredible comforting malted-wood-smoke, while the taste is a smooth malt with just an aftertaste of woody-smoke. I drink this with a gererous splash of milk and it is delicious.
The perfect tea to brew up all day for when its dreary outside and you’re cosied up inside with Frank Sinatra and ‘The Story Of Tea’…

ETA: Can also be reinfused a number of times, I got around 3 decent cups out of one lot of leaves :D

Still an incredibly yummy tea! Its very very smooth and goes down nicely. The touch of ashyness goes perfectly with the malty, almost Assam-like, taste. Drink this plain, milk will mute the taste almost completely! If you like this you should give Russian Caravan a try – it has the same hint of smokyness only the flavour is more bacon-smoke than ashy-smoke. Mmmm bacon…

Chinese black tea frightens me because it either tastes like mouldy dirt, cigarette ashes, death, or all of the above. But I actually enjoyed this one! I found it mildly malty, with just the tiniest edge of ashiness. I could quite happliy drink an entire pot, go the Yunnan!