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Feinste Krauter (Finest Herb Selection) from Teekanne
Pina Colada Honeybush from 52teas
85
Christmas Morning from Stash Tea Company
87

tastes a bit flat today. Maybe it was the stale water. Or the fact that the teabags are getting old. Or maybe I’m finally learning that this tea is not the be all and end all. I’ll wait and try another before lowering my rating.

Pina Colada Honeybush from 52teas
85

drinking more of my pitcher of iced Pina Colada Honeybush. Just the smell of this is like instant stress relief to me!

Jane's Garden from Harney & Sons

Delicate, with a hint of grass and roses. It does make me picture sitting in a garden in spring and smelling the plants around me. Overall the flavor is too light for me though.

Matcha from Teavana
82

I made matcha chocolate bark for a tea meetup by substituting matcha for cinnamon in this recipe below (I’ve made the normal recipe before and it’s good). I also did not toast the almond slivers, because I forgot. However, I’ve burned them before, and I think untoasted goes better with matcha anyway.

http://www.mccormick.com/Recipes/Desserts/Cinnamon-Chocolate-Bark.aspx

Oi Ocha from Ito En
77
Paris from Harney & Sons
78

from this morning – lovely as always with milk and sugar. I really should drink this every morning. I certainly have enough of it…

Pina Colada Honeybush from 52teas
85

It’s very good iced. The pina colada flavor (more colada than pina, really) makes it sweet enough that no sweetener in necessary. However, I do think a bit of raw sugar, palm sugar, or some other tropical-friendly sweetener may add a bit off depth. I actually found myself wanting to add some pineapple juice to make a “tea punch” of sorts. Alas, I don’t have any.

Matcha from Teavana
82

iced almond milk matcha latte with flaxseed.

(I prefer it as a smoothie w. same ingred + strawberry yogurt, but this will do until I make it to the store.)

Pleine Lune from Mariage Frères

It’s nutty and flowery. Not quite sure what to make of it. I only had a 1tsp sample that came from overseas in a swap. There’s a bit of a bitter edge to it, but I may have oversteeped since the color was somewhat light (chestnut brown) so I went all the way to 5 min. Smelt very sweet, like caramel/vanilla and honey, but only the flowery taste seemed to come through. Added a bit of sugar and almond milk. Wouldn’t go out of my way to have it again.

Cruising Cranberry from Boca Java
76

finally tried it iced – still tastes like all berries and no rooibos to me, but it’s refreshing. I added too much water though, so next time I need to pay more attention to the ratio.

White Chocolate Almond Mate from Blue Raven Tea
69

I brewed a cup of this and then topped it with frothed almond milk using my new Aerolatte Moo milk frother. Add a dash of chocolate cinnamon powder on top, and I have a fancy cafe drink.

The downside is I can’t really taste the mate under all that right now to give an accurate review.

Irish Breakfast from Twinings
60

(decaf) wanted tea w/ breakfast, didn’t want to think about it. Probably should have had full caff, but I save that for my hubby. My box of decaf is a throwback to when I didn’t drink much regular black tea b/c the caffeine seemed to affect me very strongly. I seem to be over that now.

Matcha from Teavana
82

Matcha lemonade! Added a bit less than a tsp to a medium Chick-Fil-A lemonade. Wow! The lemonade by itself was a bit too tart, ad not as sweet as they often make it. The matcha actually sweetened it up and evened it out into something quite nice. Best ice cold.

African Rooibos from Twinings
20

backlogging from last night.

This tea is unremarkable, and muddy in flavor and texture. I added 2 lumps sugar and a splash of milk, which just muddied it more. It was drinkable, but not one I plan to repeat. It actually made me appreciate the Red & White fusion from Stash that I logged the other day much more – that was clean, brisk, and velvety by comparison. The Twinings cup just made me wish I was drinking the Stash again instead!

Chelsea's Chocolate Banana Rooibos from 52teas
66

Since some people (myself included) seem to taste hints of banana in the Malted Chocomate, and since Chelsea’s Chocolate Banana Rooibos is great, but could use a bit more chocolate, I decided to combine the two into a malted choco-banana rooibos mate concoction. Since they have the same steeping parameters, I just used 1 tsp of each with 16 oz boiling water. Meant to stop steeping at 4min but got distracted, so it was somewhere between 5-6 (not 5:30 exact). Anyway, I added a splash of almond milk to cool my big mug down. It’s chocolatey and banana-y and sweet (no sugar added). It looks and feels almost as rich as a mug of hot chocolate, but without the heaviness. Perfect for a rainy evening!

Malted ChocoMaté from 52teas
83

Since some people (myself included) seem to taste hints of banana in the Malted Chocomate, and since Chelsea’s Chocolate Banana Rooibos is great, but could use a bit more chocolate, I decided to combine the two into a malted choco-banana rooibos mate concoction. Since they have the same steeping parameters, I just used 1 tsp of each with 16 oz boiling water. Meant to stop steeping at 4min but got distracted, so it was somewhere between 5-6 (not 5:30 exact). Anyway, I added a splash of almond milk to cool my big mug down. It’s chocolatey and banana-y and sweet (no sugar added). It looks and feels almost as rich as a mug of hot chocolate, but without the heaviness. Perfect for a rainy evening!

White Peach Oolong Tea from Stash Tea Company
40

Generally unremarkable. Light peach flavor. Didn’t pay close attention while drinking.

I am cooling the second half of my cups in hopes that the iced version will “wow” me where the hot did not.

Cruising Cranberry from Boca Java
76

It’s so “juicy” that I can’t even taste the rooibos, but it does make for a very thirst-quenching cup, even when hot.

Fusion Red and White from Stash Tea Company

Smooth and clean, but a bit boring. Added milk, but no sugar as the rooibos is sweet enough. May be good w. milk, honey, cinnamon, and frothed milk (a la redespresso drinks).

Madagascar Vanilla Red from Celestial Seasonings
55

Big mug with milk. Red tea is my new best friend.

Goji Berry Green Tea with Matcha from Stash Tea Company

why are there so many ingredients in this tea??? it tastes like overripe strawberry with a hint of licorice. there’s also a sour raspberry pucker on the finish. I can’t taste the matcha.

Passion from Tazo
30

Made 8oz iced and mixed with 4oz Crystal Light lemonade. Sweetened with agave syrup. Very refreshing and thirst quenching!

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