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Definitely wish the base tea was more flavourful here. This is also not an eggnog tea for those who dislike coconut – my second cup was very coconutty. Fine with me, but not what one might expect!

Got my 52teas package!! I love teamail so much. Unfortunately, the timing wasn’t spectacular – my husband and I got our booster shots and both of us were hit really hard with reactions (fever, chills, etc.) so I was first totally occupied with the kids, and then trying to recover – so I’ve barely made a dent in trying them so far. And now, I think I have a cold. At least, that’s what the symptoms might indicate, and the general public no longer has access to covid testing here… so we’ll never know.

This tea was one of the first I tried – I love apricot in teas and it sounded so delicious! The aroma of the dry tea was pretty tasty, but the actual tea didn’t quite live up to the smell – the caramelly flavour was pretty light, as was the apricot. However, it was pretty tasty regardless, as I seem to like the rich and flavourful base teas. It’s possible that I oversteeped and the base teas took over a bit, so I might have to play with this or pay a bit more attention.

Drank this at the same time as Banana Gingerbread Waffles; cannot remember which was which, but I wasn’t a big fan of either. Will try again later.

Drank this at the same time as Almond Cinnamon Brioche, and honestly am not sure which was which. Clearly the unique ingredients weren’t the stars that they should have been; I also wasn’t a huge fan of either. I’ll give it another try later.

A very unique spicing combination here, although there was some familiarity to it – I can’t pinpoint what it’s reminding me of, though. Also drank it a few too many days ago to be able to describe it, but it’s a nice combination, a bit fruity, and not too heavily spiced. I look forward to future cups.

Another October 2021 sub box tea. I was excited for this one, and although I liked it, it didn’t quite meet my hopes. It was definitely strawberry, but I wish it was a little jammier; however, the “toast” note came through really well, presumably from the popped/roasted rice. It was also nice that it wasn’t overwhelming (it is a bit in some of the other blends using the same ingredient).

Tea from the October 2021 sub box (but I’m not sure if everyone got this tea?)

I ended up rather enjoying it – a really nicely spiced blend, dark chocolate/pumpkin spice. I don’t always like the cinnamon Deb uses but it seemed to work well here.

Despite being a black tea, I got strong vibes of the original 52teas Peach Chai white tea – just a similar peachy flavour and spicing (cardamom-heavy) – and with the base of this one being fairly nondescript, it didn’t impact the flavour much. End result is a nice, unique, light chai that tastes pretty good without additions. Enjoyed this one!

Nice chocolate orange flavour, but I find that I crave a richer, more flavourful base tea. Probably because I just want every chocolate orange tea to be Butiki’s Two Friends, on a delicious premium taiwanese assam base. Because of that, though, this isn’t quite satisfying for me. I might try it as a latte, where the flavour of the tea itself is less important.

I really, really wanted to like this one, but it seems that the bergamot Deb uses does not work for me. It tastes wrong, and I don’t know why, but I dislike it. I initially thought it was the lavender that was rubbing me the wrong way, but after multiple other lavender blends, some of which I have thoroughly enjoyed, it’s clear that it’s the bergamot. Does anyone else have this same issue? It tastes to me like a different flavouring that is sometimes used as perfume, which I thoroughly hate. (Sidenote, I believe this flavour is also present in DavidsTea’s Serenity Now, and is one of the reasons that I prefer that tea when it’s well-aged – but there are also many other flavours in there so it’s not dominant.)