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Thank you Bonnie for this sample.
This is my first Mariage Freres tea that I have tried.
I see that this tea has been well reviewed here.
I made a hot batch, and enjoyed it.
The flavor was nice, not much caffeine for me.
I’ll have to read all the reviews here another time.
Did alot of paperwork cleaning out a closet today, uncluttering.
I’ll see if there is enough to make a pot for tomorrow as well.

It smells like tea.
It’s from Japan.
I watched some youtube videos on Japanese Tea Ceremonies and decided to try this.
I like it.
No milk, honey, lemon needed.

12/6/2012 – I have a couple of bags left, I don’t think I would buy this one again, but the name oothu oothu oothu name sounded strange and exotic, just the way I love my women.

Thanks to BrooklynSheep for this sample.
Processed on 9/19/2011 for Emily -——
Ceylon Tea
TURKISH STYLE Blend
Tea package has a K kosher star on it.
www.uptontea.com

The sample has crunchy leaves in it.
I put some in a mesh ball
Added water.
I enjoyed it! No sugar, honey, milk added.
Nice breakfast tea.
Reminded me of English Breakfast tea, Lipon or an Orange Pekoe.
This tea has flavor. Yum!

9/27/12 – I finished the package.

Thanks BrooklynSheep for this sample.

I was at the August Steepster meetup.
I met BrooklynSheep
She had a lot of interesting stories and brought some sample teas.
She was a wizard of tea.
Her daddy worked at Lipton but was forced to drink sweet-touch-nee brand as a young girl.
Years later, she escaped and eventually made her way to London, and there is a tea store there that you can sent tea via postcards.
Brooklynsheep knows how to read those crazy tea labels, what batch, year, and quality tea.
I learned that she was sensitive to caffeine and liked decaf teas.
So BS told me that East Frisian by Harney & Sons was one of her favorites.
I read the package, Harney and Sons are Master Tea Blenders.
BrooklynSheep has a blog and been drinking and reviewing teas for awhile now.
She’s also into food, but that’s for another review
I have ample sample to try out.

Harney’s address is
5723 Route 22
Millerton NY 12546 – perhaps Road trip one day?

Back to the Tea – Tastes like orange pekoe.
This tea is nice and strong.
Very plain strong tea.
I liked it.
No fancy schmancy tea here – its Orange Pekoe.

It was nice meeting you BrooklynSheep!

Thank you Bonnie for this sample.
This is my first Teavivre tea.
I love the sample packaging.
I put the sample into my mesh ball.
This tea is green, and I tasted it without water.
Tastes like Japanese seaweed paper! yum.
I was impressed with this tea
Tastes great – lots of flavor.
I wish I can read the package – its in Chinese
The taste is smooth, yum!

Wet leaves take like spinach!

This is a loose leaf tea
The tin is 2 1/2 oz from the Roland Food corp. $2.50
NY NY10018
Product of Hong Kong
Natural Cherry Flavor
It smells like a Ludens cherry cough drop.
Cute tin.
Tea was not strong.

9/18/12 – I brewed some at work, 1/2 cup. It came out stronger this time. I’m going to bring it back to home so I can brew it cold. My mom like cherry liquor so lets see if this can complement the liquor she has.

9/20/12 Made small pitcher overnight, tastes like cherry coke without fizz.

I went Starbucking this morning at (Park and 48th)
I got my tall hot water and added a dash of milk and sugar.
This tea tasted like coconut.
I like that Stash teas are foil sealed with staple, and bag.
I’m drink half of it hot and half on the rocks.
I think this is my only oolong that I have in my collection.
So I’ll tell you more about this Starbucks location:
(Park and 48th)
This a high volume starbucks that is a bit slower due to outside construction. There is a worker who yells the order from the queue to the drink makers.
There a long communial table here.
The peeps here are mostly suits, and fewer tourists than other Starbucks.
There way a guy with a laptop today showing another guy some stock market charts and explaining some stock charts.
There was a woman seated next to me. She had a large diamond ring, and didn’t throw her Starbucks sleeve in the trash.
There were two women in their 20’s. One had some large iced drink the other had a short drink. They were talking about traveling. One woman talked with her nose.
This Starbucks location is currently under construction.

12/6/2012 – I’ve been drinking this tea, guests who stop over the house have been drinking this. I’ve upped the rating, and it’s actually pretty good. I will have to investigate more Stash teas.

Thank you Bonnie for this sample.
This is my 2nd Earl Grey Tea I have tried.
I boiled water.
I took the big sample and put it in the pot.
I let it cool.
I tasted the “Cream” It’s the taste in the beginning…
I got a little bored with it, so I added some organic Blue Agave sweetener.
The tea leaves plumped up and expanded.
I have a big pot that I will sample all day today.
Thank you, Bonnie

8/21/12 – I put whatever was left into the fridge, this tasted really good cold!

Thank you Bonnie for this sample.
This tea came in a mesh tea bag, string, and tag that said Harney and Sons.
It’s the weekend, and I paired this tea with my breakfast – breakfast was a leftover salad bar from the night before.
I was excited to try this, so many positive reviews on steepster!
I asked my mom if she wanted to try, she said yes.
So I boiled the water.
Two cups, one tea bag.
The tea tasted smooth. It smelled good like flowers? maybe chocolate?
This teabag had mystery ingredients – guess the flavor!
This was not a strong tea, and I am thankful that Bonnie sent it to me.

There is a Harney and Sons in NYC that I will have to check out eventually.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/harney-and-sons-soho-new-york

Thank you Bonnie for this sample.

I made a hot pot of this tea.
I drank it for breakfast, paired it with cheerios and milk.
The taste was excellent, no milk or sugar needed!
My mom had a cup and said it was “delicious”
This is my second Puerh tea that I have tried.
The cinnamon stood out. What’s not to love about this tea?
Not bad! Thanks Bonnie

I am going to chill the rest of this tea.
Also I will check out http://www.lupiciausa.com/ soon.

Thanks to Nicole Martin for a sample
This tea comes in a cute brown baggy bag.
Quality Whole Leaf Tea from China
Packaging is 100% reusable, recyclable, biogradable.
www.LittleRedCupTea.com

This is my first Bai Mu Dan that I have reviewed. The tea leaves are dry and crunchy. I boiled some hot water. The flavor was very light.
The taste was light. A light tea taste, sort of when you drink a bit of Pepsi with lots of ice and all the cubes melt. You taste the Pepsi but it is diluted.
This tea reminds me of a tea called Lagg’s, a weak tea that darkens the water, but fails to come up big on flavor or caffeine.

I will blend this with Yerba Mate for now.

9/18/2012 – Tried this tea again. Crunchy leaves. Small cute twigs. Web site www.LittleRedCupTea.com has lots of information and brewing instructions. Here’s my take..
1. Used the best water you can (I’m using NYC tap)
2. The flavor is very faint, floral.
3. Used 1/2 the amount of water.
4. This is a late afternoon or night tea for me.

12/6/2012 It sits on my tea shelf, I haven’t touched it in awhile. I love the graphic brown bag. I’ll keep it around for awhile longer.

I drank some this morning.
I paired this with Andy Capp’s Hot fries, a banana, and a Ess-A-Bagel.

From the Runa Box: Amazon Kichwa people "They come together during these morning hours to share dreams, music and myths in a tradition that is essential to what makes them “Runa” – fully living human beings.

So, I did my part.
I went to see the Micki Minaj concert at Rockefeller Plaza before work.
I saw screaming teenage girls.
I heard the song Beez in the Trap.
Then it was time to go to work.

Sharing, is caring, especially loud music.
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8/15/12 – I’m drinking this at work. I love the caffeine buzz. However, I’m added: 1 Pack of sugar, Maca Powder and Yerba Mate to make this have a super kick.

I opened the 40 count box this morning. The smell was awesome.
The tea has no string, labels, or individual foil.
Straight up green tea. Will make some more comments later.

Thanks to BrooklynSheep for this sample.
This came in a silver baggie.
Processed on 10/19/2011 for Emily R——-
CO2 Decaffeinated Ceylon OP
The tea had a Kosher star
English Breakfast 1 tsp/3-4min/212 degress
Imported and Picked by Upton Tea imports
I had a very small sample.
I placed what I had in a half cup of water.
I didn’t get anything special, still tasted like hot H20.
For now I’ll check out more teas from www.uptontea.com

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Thanks to Nicole Martin for this sample

Organic Guayasa – WIN – Love Guayusa Guay*USA* USA USA GOLD METALS!
orange peel
cassia
honeybush
natural peach and carmel flavor.

The bag smells great!
I made some hot tea.
Didn’t need any Milk, Sugar, Honey.

I drank a few sips, and my brain automatically chilled.
I felt relaxed, and alert.
I love Guayusa!

Thank you Nicole Martin

10/11/12 – I dissected one of the bags today, there’s also what appears to be cinnamon sticks crushed up in there as well that’s not listed on the bag.

I love this! Drink it Monday – Friday at work.
Mixes well with boring or bland black teas.
The donkey on the package is really cute.
No sugar, honey or milk needed, but can be added.
Great for the afternoon pick me up.

Can get it locally in Ossining or Port Chester NY.

8/13/12 – I started adding Maca Powder to Yerba.

Yerba Mate + Guayusa + Maca Powder + Panela = Macho Superdrink?

Thank you Nicole Martin for this sample.

I love Mate.
I’m not into Rooibos. The smell turns me off when its hot.
This tea had coconut fruit in it.
The tea was packaged in a nice pouch, looked and smelled good.

I brewed it hot, but couldn’t stand the smell of it, so drinking it over ice.
The Rooibos and coconut were overpowering with a caffeine buzz.
I am going to drink half and spill the rest out.
Sadly, this sample is going into my desk drawer and will be traded via mail or meetup.

After drinking the tea, I checked out the website http://www.tiestatea.com

Tastes like lemons.
I drank it at 8am.
I felt like I was drinking a Corona beer with a plate of lemons.
I don’t drink beers at 8am, and this tea gave me a few butterflies in my stomach.
I was hoping to enjoy this tea – Since Twinnings Mint tea is awesome.
I’ll brew some cold to see if it improves.

8/16/12 I drank this again, added a pinch of sugar and milk and pow! It tasted great for breakfast! I’m upping the rating for this one.

Thank you Bonnie for this tea.

I will keep it short.
I made the sample of this tea by boiling water and putting the teapot in the fridge to cool overnight.
I drank it cold, no sugar, milk, one hour before bedtime.
I realize that I don’t like chamomile. It gets me drowsy, sleepy, and dopey.
I did see some marigold petals and the tea expanded overnight to some soggy dense pile.

I’m falling asleep watching the Olympics and writing this review.

ZZZZ.ZZZZ.Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Goodnight.

I don’t think I’ll want to try this one again. I will however check out more Verdant Teas because they are so highly reviewed here.

Thanks to Bonnie for this sample

Well, I see that the Pancake Breakfast Black Tea has already been well reviewed.

When I got the sample, It smelled great! I would go and sniff it because it smelled so good.
This morning I was ready to give the sample Bonnie provided to me a try.
I brewed a small pot of water.
I passed on drinking it straight up and put 1 Sugar in the Raw, 1 packet of Honey and a pinch of milk into my cup.

It tasted like a doughnut from Dunkin’ Donuts or Honey Nut Cheerios.
Overweight people, drink this, and not pancakes or Donuts.
You will be a skinny bitch quicker.

8/6 – I’m making a pot of this cold and enjoying it.

Thank You Bonnie for this sample

This is my third Lapsang Souchong I have tried (previous were bagged from Choice Teas and Twinnings)

I made a small pot from the sample Bonnie sent.
It’s the weekend – and weekends are for loose teas.
I boiled some water, and put the sample in the pot.
The pot makes about 2-3 cups of tea.

I didn’t hesitate to add a splash of milk and two sugar packets, from previous Lapsang Souchong experience.
For breakfast, I’m eating a smoked sausage to complement this tea.

I enjoy Lapsang Souchong’s in the morning, as a first tea.
This tea was strong, had flavor, and was smooth.

I’m going for Lap Band Lapsang surgery to fix my slouching problem I have today. :)

I googled “happy luckys tea house”
and got:
http://www.happyluckys.com/
http://www.yelp.com/biz/happy-luckys-teahouse-and-treasures-fort-collins

Thank you Bonnie for this Sample

I woke up early.
I needed a good kickstart to the weekend.
I needed caffeine.
I have tried Guayusa previously and enjoy the buzz.

I got laundry done.
I cleaned up my rooms (I was sick this week, so the place was a mess)
I did a pile of paperwork!
I spent time with my son.
I had a crash, and took a light nap.

Guayusa is great. It reminds me of Adderall for ADHD.
Will keep you focused.
Great name, Good Morning Sunshine.
Must get some more.

I used a tea baggie and added water.
No milk, cream, sugar, honey needed.

Thanks again, Bonnie