Kathryn Ann

As a late christmas present, my sister bought me a tea mug. Not so surprising, but it was quite adorable and I was dying to drink some tea with it, but since my Teavana Tea maker is being intensely washed I couldn’t make any loose teas. :( But rummaging through my moms tea I found this! Not sure how old it is, definitely more than a year or so… but here goes!

A typical oolong taste, but the pomegranate adds such a subtle sweetness to it it’s great. Even without using sugar this time around, I’m enjoying it a lot. Though, I think a little sugar would be perfect with it. I think the tea might have lost some of it’s flavor, since it feels a little bland this time around. I’m sure the flavor would be more potent if it were fresher tea. I remember this tea tasting much better when I drank it a while back.

But it only helps to remind me that I am in dire need of visiting the Harney store. Maybe on my way back to school i’ll stop by and grab some of this tea for later ;)

In the midst of studying for finals, I needed a soothing tea to counter all the junk snack food and coffee i’ve been consuming, and Emerald Bamboo Forest was my choice.

Even though the tea smell before brewing is very potent, and seems like it will be tart, it is actually quite the opposite. The taste is very subtle, but I do love the pink color that it turns into! I don’t taste much of white tea in it, but the fruity flavors are very nice.

I get this nagging feeling i’m not brewing it though, or is it supposed to be a very subtle taste? Maybe I should try longer than 2 minutes next time just to see. Still, a very enjoyable and relaxing tea for any day.

I bought this tea last year (so before the upgrade) and all I can say is that I wish I had bought less than 4oz. Now I’m down to my last ounce, and I just can’t bring myself to drink anymore of it. Now, I don’t mind the smell—i love cherries! The taste of this tea is what bothers me.

No matter how hard I tried to not over-steep, the tea always came out bitter, extremely bitter. Usually I sweeten my tea with rock sugar, but sometimes this tea comes out so bad I have to pull out an equal…or two just to make it somewhat drinkable.

Some days it tastes better than others , but I have never eagerly made this tea. Mainly, I just keep making it to use it up to make room to buy my next tea.

Twinnings are the only teas I drink bagged anymore, and out of them Prince of Wales is by far the best. It’s a nice mellow black tea, with or without milk. A pack of sugar is nice with it, and it has a caffine kick for those long nights of studying, or early in the morning before I go to class. Easy to brew, and delicious!

This is one of my favorite teas ever. I initially got it for a friend, but before giving it to her I definitely made myself a few cups. The flavor is delicious and it’s really easy to steep and get a good flavor without being bitter. I can re-steep without it getting bitter, and (if I’m lucky) a second time. It’s a little bit expensive, but I have yet to buy this tea from a different store.