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Received some of this is a swap with shakirah1984, thanks again!
At first sniff I get something nutty or toffee like, but if I breathe a bit deeper… ah yes chocolate-chip cookie dough. Yum.
Taste wise, it’s not quite where I’d like it. I think it’s the nuts throwing me off again. There is some nice caramel in there, and a bit of cocoa. It’s good, just not sure I’d go out and buy a bunch. Glad I got to try a little sample first!
Tea: 2 tsp
Water: 14ish oz
Additives: none
Brewing method: Ingenuitea
Had this at work yesterday. Just stuck two teabags in my water bottle and stuck it in the fridge for a bit. Tasty, love the cinnamon!
Needed a pick me up this morning so mate it is. Grabbed a sample size of this during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale.
It’s not bad, but I’m not sure I’d purchase again. It’s got that lovely yerba mate taste (that I enjoy at least, I know not everyone does) that’s a bit herbaceous. The fruity bits add a nice sweetness, and the rose hips make it a little tangy. Getting to the bottom of my cup I am getting some slight bitterness.
I did brew this two ways, once at 150 degrees and once at 190. I think the 150 works for the mate, but the fruit flavors don’t come out as much. I think the 190 may be a bit much for the mate and may be giving it that slight bitterness.
Tea: Around 1.5-2 tsp
Water: 8 oz
Additives: none
Brewing method: Ingenuitea
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It’s so greeeeen. First matcha ever, but alas I have to head off to work so an in depth review shall have to wait!
Thank you Red Leaf Tea for the contest!
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Yum. Totally would never have tried this flavors if this bag didn’t have Stiles’ face on it! Artichoke? Gross! Surprisingly this tea tastes quite lovely! The hibiscus isn’t too overpowering and adds a nice sweet tartness to the blend. It’s not overly grassy either, very smooth and not bitter. Artichoke and rhubarb, who knew.
Tea: 1.5 tsp
Water: 8 oz.
Additives: touch of honey
Brewing method: Ingenuitea
My blend! I’ll update the description when my self ban from Adagio ends. Did you know you can do that? In order to undo the ban you have to post a public message to Facebook, the default one Adagio provides reads, “I recognize that Adagio Teas has control over my life, but have accepted I cannot live without them.” What a great company. I just wish they added new teas more often, though there are still so many I haven’t tried (custom blends are a practically infinite source of new flavors though).
Anyway, this is my first blend created when I was missing Blacksburg. I haven’t been down there since I graduated. Notes of orange, cranberry and malt. I quite like it! It also is really pretty when brewed, a lovely deep orange. Smooth with a touch of astringency from the assam melody.
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Mmm this smells fantastic! The scent is true to it’s name and is straight white chocolate, delicious. It tastes great too, definitely getting some lovely cocoa notes. It really does taste like white chocolate, it’s not super sweet or cloying. Just a lovely nice light sweetness. Very smooth, tasty, really good! This goes on my sTEAp Shoppe shopping list. :)
Tea: 1.5 tsp
Water: 8 oz
Additives: none
Brewing method: Ingenuitea
Mmmm toasty. One of my favorite flavored mates I’ve had (granted, it’s only a few). I don’t know, something about this just hits the spot. It’s warm and nutty and just makes me feel good. Glad I finally ordered more of this, definitely need the energy boost today.
Yum! Had this at work so I’m not going to do a full review right now but definitely super tasty and really hit the spot. :)
Both dry and brewed the smells of the coconut, malt, and barely are at the forefront. Not sure how much chocolate flavor I’m getting from the scent at least. This kind of combine and remind of a licorice type scent, but that could just be my weird nose.
I went for a lower water temp than was suggested, mostly because that’s how I’ve done mate before, I also steeped it for a bit less. Taste wise, it’s interesting. Not sure how much mate I’m picking up, seems to be more spice type flavors. It’s sweet, but I’m having such trouble putting a descriptive phrase to the flavor because it reminds me of something, but it’s right there and I can’t figure out what it is. There is a light cocoa note, but I wouldn’t have named this Chocolate Mate, it doesn’t quite have enough chocolate in it for that. Just looked up that it had rooibos in it, didn’t realize. I think that’s the more dominant flavor, the sweet kind of woody caramel note.
Tea: 1 tsp
Water: 8 oz
Additives: none
Brewing method: My lovely forest teapot
So, I poured out my little sample bag into my Ingenuitea, and kinda went “Oh these are really tiny”. I poured my water, set the timer, and walked away. Came back three minutes later and went “WHOA!” because I the entire thing was full of beautiful tea leaves. Also it smells fantastic.
The taste is great, nice vanilla flavor but it’s totally not artificial with the lovely oolong flavor underneath. Nom nom.
Tea: my sampler baggie, I think about 5g
Water: filtered, around 12/14 oz
Additives:None
Brewing method: Ingenuitea
I needed this after working over 10 hours yesterday when it was a crazy crazy madhouse at the clinic. So tasty and relaxing. I got a huuuuuge 250g bag to split with my FMIL (future mother-in-law) who loves this tea as well (honestly I was not expecting so big of a bag, like holy moly). So I got home at like 9:30 and yay a DT box waiting for me. :)
Yum. I think I went a little light with the leaf, so I will try again and do a full review that time. Very good though, I really love white tea.
Another “okay” orange tea from Adagio. Again not a huge burst of that orange citrus taste I’m looking for. Not bad at all, just okay. Bought this for a blend anyways and it works a lot better there.
Tea: 2 tsp
Water: 16 oz, filtered
Additives: None
Brewing method: Ingenuitea
Nice malty black, but as others have said it just doesn’t have the oomph that like it my morning black tea. However, this is great blended with other stuff, which is what I did! Should be posting a review of my Adagio blend soon. :)
Sweet and smooth, brews nice and dark. Tasty, but lacking any “bite”. Slight astringency but not much, just a bit of that drying sensation on the back of your tongue. Notes of raisin and of course maltiness.
Tea: 2 tsp
Water: 16oz, filtered
Additives: None
Mmmm, tasty (The fiancé didn’t think so, “like drinking alfalfa”. Well, he’s not really an un-flavored tea drinker, or anything in the remotely green category.) I’m trying to get through some samples today since it’s my day off, plus Zen Tea is sending out more so I can’t get behind!
This is really nice, one of my favorite unflavored oolongs I’ve had so far. Definitely like the darker ones. The dry leaf on this smells fantastic, oolong with a bit of raisin. Lovely golden color when brewed. It’s got a nice, light fruit note to it. Really good! I stink at describing oolongs, but I know when I like one!
Tea: 2 tsp
Water: 16 oz, filtered
Additives: None
Infusions: 1st @ 1:30, 2 @ …
I haven’t had honeybush in a while, I got this to try out in one of my Adagio blends but I think the orange is too light for what I was looking for. This is tasty but I’m not sure I’d purchase again, the orange there enough. I’ll try some longer steeping and see how that goes.
Tea: 2 tsp
Water: Filtered, a little under 16oz
Additives: None
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Had this at work yesterday, I’ve transported a small collection of bagged tea there to both get rid of it and enjoy tea at work. This is probably end up with me buying more bagged tea but eh.
Anywho, if you like cinnamon tea this is loaded with it. I love cinnamon in tea but this was almost a bit much (I may have also over-brewed a tad). I could feel the cinnamon swish around in my mouth. It was good but man it had a kick. :)
