MaddHatter

I have had this tea numerous times since I purchased it way back in June and each time it has been delicious. Today, I went for something a little different; rather than having this tea “neat” or “plain” or “unadulterated” I added 1oz of hazelnut cream.

It was like a chocolate hazelnut “London Fog” only a touch too sweet; I think next time I will either add only a 1/2oz of hazelnut cream or trying and find something less sweet, regular cream might be just enough sweetness for this chocolate powerhouse of tea.

Mmmmmm, how I missed you!

I could not get to work fast enough to steep this today, and it was delicious down to the last drop!! God I love teas that have citrus in it.

From a Mighty Leaf Tea Assortment pack

I really enjoy the taste of “honeybush” or “red rooibos” or whatever it is called, but I am starting to notice that it gives me a weird itchy patch under my chin… Maybe it is psychosymatic? This one tastes delicious though and I will admit I am tempted to put it on my list of “must purchase” as a loose leaf, we will see how I react to the second bag in this pack – when I get to it.

Was included in the Mighty Leaf Assortment pack.

Why there was 4 in the pack I will never know, this tea is not for me, it smells great and then when it is steeped it reminds me of when I was a kid and used to put grass, puddle water, and old apples into a bucket to make “soup” only to find it a few days later, rotten and stinking…

From a Mighty Leaf Tea Assortment pack

Smells great, and increadibly citrusy. The little tag suggests a steep time of 5 minutes.

The tea took a few minutes to actually do something, but it eventually started to turn the water a rich almost Blood orange colour, still smells citrusy with no chamomile scent (BONUS! ’cause I hate heavy chamomile) Not very not worthy, the flavour is VERY light. Perhaps iced with some lemonade would help this tea.

And…. Today.

Still not overly notable, but I did not have it with cream this time, and I left the teabad in the little teapot it was served in.

I’m not about to race up to Naniamo to buy this one, but it was enjoyable with my sandwich while sitting on the porch at “the Roost” on a cold, wet July morning.

Back log…

Ummm, not overly notable, wondering if the water is not hot enough to steep this in? I had this to-go with cream, and it was okay, I tasted a floral note, but smelled spices more than tasted… until the end when I got an increadibly spicy yet bitter mouthful of spices and debris that escaped the bag.

I will not be deterred, it is worth trying again.

Maybe it is the books I am reading (everyone is drinking tea and wine in them) or the fact that I purchased this for my husband – his insesent whinning about how I have all this tea and I am not sharing made me purchase some of this Earl Grey; man! men can be such babies when they are left out! LOL

When I popped open the tin, I nearly decided to not give this tea a chance, so overwhelming was the scent of lavendar that I was worried this tea would taste soapy. Lavendar is always a scary scent in foods and teas, too much heat makes it soapy and yet too little heat will not always steep the tea correctly.

This tea steeped fast, and turned a dark burnt caramel or chocolate colour.

I noted a lot of malty floral scents, but no lavendar… strange.

It tastes REALLY bitter, which makes me a little sad, because I don’t have any cream and I find sugar and honey ruin the taste. … Maybe if I had some agave, it would help?

We’ll see what happens as it cools some more.

Must get more…

Must buy larger container next time…

I had quite the day, Dr’s with poor “bedside manner” and jerk like atittudes meets this tea… everything almost seems okay now.

Maybe I am starting to understand the more subtle notes of “black teas” but today detected floral scents under the manderine and spice. Soothing to the soul and the fractured sense of self – gotta love Dr’s and their ability to make one feel not only fat, but lazy all at once, and all because of a swollen, black finger… that is what I went in for and I came out with a sense of fat and lazy.

Delicious tea, to the point that I think I might be ready to venture into tasting straight blacks, no added flavours….

Hopefully the lab will garner conclusive results and show the Dr that he should stick to teh concern at hand… my puffy black finger that needs attention, and not my body fat, apparently my puffy black finger is a sign of high cholesterol… WFT?!

But I digress, this tea is delicious… I should buy more, soon.

Mmmm, maybe I am biased but this is still so yummy! And so pretty to watch as it cold steeps in my glass of lemonade and ice! All that gorgeous magenta coloured liquor slip-sliding over ice to pool like bright red silk at the bottom of my glass, waiting to be stirred and consumed… Savoured while I click through the pages of the latest book that I have put on to my Kobo!

Oh did I mention there is a great sunset to watch too?

I think I am starting to become aware of the scent of rooibos and honeybush teas, because when the tin is opened you are hit in the face with a distinct honeybush scent followed closely by red rooibos. As for orange or caramel scent there is nothing there, but I have never been let down by a Safeway product yet; so onward I trudge.

I went for a cold steep today, since it is FLIPPING hot out and I can wait for this while I sip what is left of the passion tea lemonade I made yesterday.

This tea is pretty to watch as it cold steeps, all the loverly amber colourd liquor slip sliding around the icecubes to pool at the bottom of my glass is almost mesmerising (I even forgot about the knife I was holding while making salad for din-din) Once I stirred and added a little simple syrup, I was fully let down by the lack of orange and caramel flavours I was waiting to taste.

But I will not shelf this one indefinantly just yet, as I am thinking a hot steep tonight will bring out the caramel and orange flavours.

Same teabag, steeped with hot water, as soon as the hot water hit the leaves I could smell caramel and orange… My rating just went up!

This was the tea that I chose today, when I purchased my lunch at the Roost.

You can smell the orange, although I did not notice any vanilla it was still tasty, fragrant and floral. … I had this tea at 6am, I should go and get some more so I can better define how delicious it is.

Damit! Contrary to popular beleive tea cups do not bounce, but luckily this one did not shatter! and I was able to rescue the teabag and use it for another successful steep. Though the sticky mess I had to clean up left me insanely miffed! and I mean MIFFED! No one wants to have to move a heavy fridge to clean underneath it on a hot Summers day!

That being said I am really, really impressed that I am able to get three steeps out of these powerhouse bags, especially when I start with a cold steep first!

Tazo and Starbucks, you maybe over priced but this resteepablility of this tea certianly makes up for it! Time to make more lemonade! :o)

First off, this is not the tea to drink when you have even a hint of the flu! I had this last weekend while I was sick and took one wiff of the anaise and thought I was going to die! Licorice NOT tasty and does NOT smell delicious when one is ill.

Also why are all the teas with Anaise or licorice of some sort so… so… UNappealing?! BLECK!

I am sitting here, waiting for sleep… and this is the only herbal with any real pull tonight. I blame my wakefulness on my day off, and the nap I had this afternoon…

The bright contrast of green and red rooibos in my cup is pretty to look at, and the horrendous wind outside continuously moves the scent of this tea my way, while it steeps. Though I do not enjoy steeping this tea with my tuffy basket, it is all I have right now and I will just have to live with the little twigs that escape into the liquid.

Not very spicy today, there is a hint of creamy caramel to this tea and I am hit with the realisation that I dumped the last of the dreaded creme brulee rooibos into this tin in my hast to get rid of it… Uh-oh, I sense this may have been a HUGE faux pas! We shall soon find out….

This versatile tea is amazing! I was worried, as most people are, that the cost would out weigh the benifits of a full leaf tea in a bag, but I successfully steeped this bag three times!

First steep: Done cold.
Fill cup with ice, add half cup lemonade and fill with water, add teabag and let it sit.
This tea started steeping almost immediatly! and was sippable straight away.

Second steep: Done cold
Same as above, but took longer to steep, and not as intense of a flavour.

Third steep: Done with hot water
Left the bag in until the water cooled, still flavourful! Can’t wait to add ice and lemonade tomorrow morning!

This is a full leaf tea I will be keeping on the tea shelf over the summer, each summer!! It tastes like liquid cherry pie and has less of a hibiscus taste that is so prevalant in the syrup they use when you ask for this tea iced at Starbucks! Mmmmmm!

Note: The steep time is for the last and final steep.

Starbucks serves this with lemonade… Mmmmm, though theirs is mostly syrup based; it does bring back memories of sour cherry pie and evenings sipping lemonade in the backyard with my friends.

Oooo. My. GAWD!! This oolong will be a part of my permenant collection! Peaches, apricots, creamy oolong!

I can’t brag enough about this tea!! And since I’ve been having a lot of tummy trouble this weekend, this one and Happy Kombucha have been my staples with toast and peanut butter! I am not so upset that I can’t eat full meals yet, so long as I can sniff and sip this delightful nectar; and the best part is that I can keep the kettle by the bed and send the hubby to refill it and my cup when I am ready for fresh leaves and more water!

Definantly buying more of this stuff soon, and when I do it will be a “fill up this tin please!” purchase, rather than a “Ummm, just 50g’s for now please”..

Currently undecided about this one, it might end up going the way of “blazin’ strawberries” a tea that is good, but not great.

I only used 1tsp as I find DAVIDsTEA’s to be super strong otherwise, although being an herbal tea this may be one that I should just leave the teaball in the water the entire time.

I can smell a berry of some sort, but I have never had juniper berries so I am not sure if this is what they smell like, it’s almost a blueberry scent. I can smell the apples and I am sure if I left the leaves in, I would start to taste them.

It is a light tea for sure, and the mint is the most prevalent taste of all.

I think I will cold steep another cup over night and see what I think tomorrow over ice.

Mmmmm, that is all I can say… Mmmmm!

Want some? so peachy, so apricoty, so Mmmmmm!

Mmmmmm… Go get your own!!

I think I might like this one better than coco chai rooibos, but I will not buy any until I use up the coco chai… I have NO ROOM left on myshelf! lol

My friend and I purchased this (iced) to sip while we tried to decide how to spend my $20 gift card I had received from a student… so many decisions… ahhhhh!!

I noticed how all the different elements were complimentary, and that this tea was actually very pleasent iced! I can’t comment more about it because I bought it early this morning, and with the crazy day I have had running around helping co-workers get their sites ready for Summer Camp as well as my site, my impression of this tea is somewhat muddled.

But I will say it will be purchased!

Ummm, not as tasty when left to sit in the fridge over night… bleck! I was not impressed, infact I am really disappointed, this tea falls flat if not consumed right away!

Hmmmm, there was a trend to my End of the School Year Thank-you presents, a box of this tea, some extra Starbucks cards and a few DAVIDsTEA cards… Since the giftcards have to wait I raced home and ripped this tin open to steep.

I instantly love the way these little pouches smell and am releived that the Chamomile is not prominent… but we shall see after steeping. I am sure this one will taste devine iced and I will do just that tomorrow.

Hmmm, It has a heavy milky taste and that is it, I am a little put off… the licorice kicks me pretty hard as an after taste and that is about it… Not my favourite at first steep, maybe iced with a hit of agave syrup would save this tea taste wise?

We shall see, we shall see…

- sigh – This should have been called “Licorice Rooibos”! There is no vanilla! and it has cooled for a while now!

Second steep, I could smell more honey or that “sweet rooibos smell” but it was still heavily licorice… lets see if there is a successful third steeping…

Still a medicinal scent to the leaves that is almost a turn off, but once steeped…. SO GOOD! I am packing cream with me today because when I go back to my site to get it ready for Summer I will be brewing a HUGE pot of this for me!!! hahaha It will keep me from going crazy while I re-paper bulitin boards and clean tables and all that other fun stuff involved in getting my site Summer Camp ready.