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One of my absolute favourite teas in my cupboard! I got it as a Christmas present from one of my best friends last year, and I’m pretty sure that I will buy it again.
It’s a fruity-floral, melon-y tasting tea, and the rooibos tea base adds a malty, nutty, honey-like quality to it making the tea more medium-bodied. I love this so much! It’s wonderful both iced and hot, and since it’s got a rich flavour, I like it during the colder months as well as the summer months.
It’s such a unique flavour as well, when I first smelt it I was really intrigued by it.
Definitely something I’d recommend to try! :)

I loved this tea more when I first bought it compared to now as I’m finishing the last of it.
For those whole like a very subtle, sweet yet light tea, this may be something you would like to try.
But for me, I would prefer just a little more flavour in this, as after a while the taste became a little too bland for me, especially compared to other teas in my cupboard which I’d prefer. I understand that it’s a green rooibos and that it’s very subtle in flavour by nature and adding too much vanilla to it would make the tea very artificial, so there’s not much that can be done to the tea. It’s a good quality tea for sure, I would just personally pick other teas over this one next time round, but that’s just because of my taste preference for bolder or creamier flavours. As a subtle, light, mellow and sweet tea, it does ticks those boxes for whoever prefers these characteristics.

Got a sample of this from T2 the other day. It’s a nice, light, peach-tea-reminiscent green rooibos. Lovely for spring and summer!

Good quality basic rooibos tea :)

This was so good. The chai is soft and well balance, and although I can’t say that I taste chocolate in here, I’m not mad. I added a bit of milk and some raw sugar and it was even better. Definitely having another cup later on today. Thank you MissB

Finally got my last bit of this out of the back of pantry and into one of my storage containers. Started with a big 2L cold steep of it on the weekend.

This was my least favourite of the three Mother’s Day 2013 teas but a cold steep is bringing it more into my favour. The lavender comes out surprisingly strongly, as well as the lemongrass, and the hibiscus gives it an obnoxious red colour but doesn’t make things too tart. Tart, definitely, but not overpoweringly so.

Drinking the last of this is gonna be just fine.

Got a sample of T2 from this the other day. Oh my goodness… it is… SO… amazing.
I’m not really a fan of mint chocolate in general, but this is something I would buy again and again. The chocolate and mint are so subtle but so perfectly balanced, and mixed with rooibos it’s like a whole new avenue of taste altogether! If you are considering this tea, I highly recommend that you try a sample from T2, as the taste is hard to describe. Best let your tastebuds decide! :) You must be just as surprised as I was at how much I really liked it!

The box recommends honey as a sweetener, but I disagree. Two parts white sugar, 1 part honey (use the amount you’d normally do, just eyeball amounts).

My morning tea of choice! My husband and I spent five weeks overseas, and I really missed this tea, even when I was in London.

If you read the company description, you can probably imagine how good this stuff smells right out of the box. It tastes just as good, too.

It does what it says on the tin – it’s an excellent relaxant, and it even helps me stay asleep. Digestive aid? I haven’t tried it for that purpose, but could definitely see how it would work.

Sipdown!

Decided to go ahead and finish this one off today. This is everything that I wish Harney & Sons apricot was. Its similar in flavor, but this one doesn’t have a weird chemical taste or need sweetener like that Harney one.

This was a surprise stand out for me. I just grabbed a black tea from the box of samples from MissB and went with it. This was what I grabbed and I was pleasantly surprised with it. I couldn’t tell you what exactly I tasted in it, though subtle fruity flavors were there for sure. I drank this with breakfast this morning, so all the flavors sort of mingled and did not give me a good picture of the subtleties of this tea. I just know that I really liked it! Can’t wait to have another cup!

Not a bad tea! Not sure if I would repurchase again though.
When I first smelt it, I fell in love with it instantly.
However, over time, and as I’ve tasted a whole lot of other teas, I feel now that it was more of a sweet novelty rather than a long lasting love.
The smell of the dry leaves is so sweet, almost a little bit artificial smelling. It’s pretty, but to my taste, not as sophisticated in terms of flavour balance.
Then there’s the taste. It hardly tastes anything like what it smells like. The strawberry flavour easily becomes tart if you brew it even a few seconds too long or a few degrees too high. The green tea flavour also doesn’t shine through as much as I’d like to.
Overall, it’s ok. But not something that has wow’d me, as much as it initially did at the start.

This tea is pure lavender blossoms. I rated it highly not necessarily because I love the taste so much, but simply because it’s a very good quality pure lavender tea. If you like the taste and smell of lavender, you’ll probably like this. Sometimes I mix it with my other teas such as my white rose tea, just for a bit of an extra kick.
I’m not sure yet whether I like lavender tea on it’s own, or if I prefer lavender just as an ingredient in a herbal mix tea. On it’s own the flavour is quite strong.
But I bought a whole 100g box of it though, so I guess I don’t really have a choice for now :P
It’s a nice simple herbal tea when you’re winding down at the end of the day :)

The first time I tried this tea was in a Dessert Cafe called Lapres Midi in Melbourne, and I had no idea back then that “Orange Pekoe” just referred to a grade of black tea. I thought it tasted like a very subtle golden blossom-y flavoured tea of some sort, which paired perfectly with the rich desserts that we tried. I was so shocked to find out that it was actually just a medium-bodied, full-leaf graded black tea!
I actually really love it, it’s like my daily staple now. I like that it’s not too strong so that it’s a nice, easy tea to have every day, and due to the lightness – it’s fine to have with or without milk. Because the leaves are big, you can steep them directly in the cup and they’ll just sink nicely to the bottom. It’s a beautiful light black tea!

I’m sipping on a big mug full of this tea right now as I’m studying.
I love it! It’s brews into a beautiful golden liquor and smells like a liquidated Chocolate Bounty Bar. Coconut and chocolate is such a delicious and classic combo, and I like that it’s combined on top of a white tea base, as white tea itself (although full of nutrients and antioxidants) has the most subtle flavour of most teas – so it really allows the sweet flavours to shine through.
I did find that the actual taste of the tea wasn’t as strong or sweet as the smell – but I suppose if it did, then it wouldn’t really be a natural drink. I find that the sweetness grows the more I sip on it, and it helps if you’re already not much of a sugar-consumer. The more I’ve gotten used to cutting sugar out, the sweeter I’ve found the taste of things. My friend loves junk food, and thought this tasted a bit bland, and added rice malt syrup to it. But I really liked it’s subtlety, and prefer it on it’s own. So I guess it depends what you like! The ingredients in this tea are just coconut pieces (I ate a few pieces straight from the tea, and had to restrain myself from eating all of them), cocoa husks and white tea.
Very simple, smooth and elegant tea. It’s a nice touch to a classic white :)

I love this tea. It smells so good in every sips I take. The taste of the caramel wasn’t strong but it still tastes good with a scent of vanilla & hazelnut. This would be in my favourite list. Added a little bit of honey, and the it tasted even better.

Choc Chip Chai is my favourite chai at the moment! :)
For any Max Brenner fans out there, this is the chai that they use to make their White Chocolate Chai!
I love to recreate my own version of the White Chocolate Chai by brewing 1/3 cup of concentrated chai tea, and frothing up 2/3 cup of hot milk to add to the brew along with a teaspoon of honey, about 3-5 little squares of white chocolate (depending on how sweet you like it) and a sprinkle of cinnamon. Heavenly Winter goodness!
I also like this Chai on it’s own with milk. Sometimes if I’m bothered I steep the tea directly in a pan of milk over the stove. It takes about 10 minutes for the flavours to really infuse with the milk, but it’s so creamy and delicious if you ever have the time. And then add some rice malt syrup!
To me it’s got a wonderful balance of spice and and a subtle sweetness, although I usually add more than the recommended scoop of tea just to have more of a strong flavour.
But yes, love love love this! :) Especially that it’s not that syrupy/excessively sugary powder chai that used to have so much of before. Perfect cup of comfort :)

This is the first loose leaf plain green tea I ever bought.
Before this all I bought was the cheap bagged green teas from the local grocery store.
The difference on first sip was remarkable for me, but maybe that’s also because it’s new to me.
But now that I’ve tasted such good quality green tea, I don’t think I could ever go back! Sometimes I wonder what I was even drinking before.
As you might assume, being a simple green tea, it’s nothing super fancy, but it’s got a full-bodied green tea matcha taste. It’s a nice staple to keep in your cup board for that everyday cup :)

I LOVE LOVE this tea! It’s been my go-to tea for the last 2 weeks. I love that the tea leaves unfurl into big leaves as they steep, you really don’t need to add much tea to get a full and rich brew. Because the leaves are big, I don’t put them in a strainer, I just add them straight into the cup and as they steep, they sink to the bottom. It’s delicious, it’s sweet and creamy, it’s so easy to brew, and it’s healthy – perfect everyday tea for me. I knocked a few points off just because “flavour” is listed as one of the ingredients, although the T2 assistant said it is vegan and doesn’t add any calories to the tea. It’s my first milky oolong, so I am yet to compare to other revered milky oolongs out there. But for an introduction into oolong tea, it’s beautiful! Also, you can resteep this 2-3 times and it will still taste awesome/leave no bitterness.

I love this tea! It’s a different taste, and I’ve found that people that I share it with either really like it, or really don’t like it, so I’d recommend that you try it/smell it/take a sample first. To me it’s like a slightly sweet green chai. Half the ingredients are typical chai elements and the other half add a subtle and zesty sweetness, which together makes a warm, sweet & spicy brew that’s perfectly reminiscent of Autumn :)