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I am tempted to go out and get some green curry right now to eat with a resteeping of this tea because I bet it would be AMAZING.

I can so clearly taste the coconut milk in here and it is so good. This is the first time I’ve ever had a pouchong but I can taste how good of a tea it is too. Floral, buttery goodness with the most delicious coconut flavor, I do not want to stop drinking this ever (except that there are 5 other Golden Moon teas to try so maybe later).

This is the best tasting coconut tea I’ve ever had, and I really like coconut in tea. I am definitely buying more of this in the future, because this little tin is going to be lucky if it makes it another month around me.

I still am amazed at how this smells like white chocolate and yet contains no chocolate. The cardamom in here is just so good. I love it and the vanilla. I know I said before I thought the vanilla gives it that white chocolate taste but I think it’s also a bit of the cardamom somehow.

I really do love this tea. It’s nice and light from the white tea base but it’s full of such good flavors.

It’s a bummer that the only loose leaf option is to buy a pound or just the sample :(

This is the last tea from the 12 teas of Christmas that I hadn’t tried.

I didn’t think I was going to like this, because I cannot stand that popcorn flavored jelly bean. But it is so very different because the butter here is not disgusting.

It is a savory tea, that’s for sure. It’s a lot like pancake breakfast, but I think even more buttery. The popcorn taste isn’t nasty at all. It’s like a salty aftertaste, with more of a savory taste from the grain. I like it.

We’ll see if it’s enough of a like to spring for some more.

I am not a fan of Assam, which is probably weird because I like malty flavored cold drinks but I guess for me, hot doesn’t do it?

It just tastes like a vanilla aftertaste that typical vanilla flavored things taste like. Where is the in-your-face vanilla others mention? Come to me!

Even though it’s not as vanilla as I hoped, it still tastes a bit like melted ice cream..or maybe that’s just the aftereffects of tasting some Thai tea ice cream at 10am and ice cream is still on my brain…hm…ice cream for lunch.

No notes yet.

OH CANA-DRAMA!

So apparently my favorite hockey team is run by drama queens who took a player out MID-GAME AND SENT HIM OFF because they traded him. So to enjoy all the ridiculous rumors right now, like he’s going to 3 different teams, I figured this was a fitting tea as they are the Canadiens.

This is still super tasty, and somewhat of a soothing thing to drink so you do not blow up at people on the internets because you are too busy being like “it’s like drinking maple syrup!” to be mad. Now if only I could give it to people through the internet so they calm down…

I saw this in Whole Foods before I saw anything about it…since I saw people say good things and I love cake, I kind of purposely just went back to get it…

O. M. G.

Adding the beetroot to color the tea more red is freakin’ genius, and just like in traditional red velvet you can’t taste it! It is delicious and chocolatey, sometimes I get a big taste of blackberry but that’s no problem.

I swear there’s even this slight tang to it like cream cheese frosting.

Entirely worth the ten bucks for the canister. And I have cake flavored vodka, can anyone say boozy tea latte when I actually buy milk sometime?

I think I prefer oolong by itself…gasp. Or apparently with peach. I don’t know what my thing is with peach, so I figured maybe I’d like orange and got this.

It’s still tasty, but I am just not getting all the things I love about oolong. It’s like they’re hidden behind the orange. It’s a bit more like orange spice than just orange though. Hopefully when it cools a bit more I can taste a bit more oolong! I feel like there’s just maybe a tiny bit of a floral flavor but I require more more more.

When I was taking the infuser out of the teapot, I was hit with the smell…it took me back to when I got a mint chocolate chip Lipsmackers lip balm…wow. That is exactly what this tea smells like.

And it’s kind of not a good thing, because the chocolate scent in that lip balm was so clearly artificial. It smells like chocolate but it’s just not enough like chocolate, you know? That’s how this tea tastes, at least when it cools. Straight out of the pot though it’s not bad.

I do love the cooling of the mint, and every so often I feel a little pinch of the pepper.

I’m not gonna give up on it just because it cools into what tastes like liquid lip balm. It’s too cute for that.

Ok so awhile back I said I got a panda gaiwan on eBay. Here it is with 2 of the cute little cups that came with it! http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxnvzmGPU81qz5e5oo1_500.jpg

Since I somehow had yet to drink this tea I decided to play with the gaiwan finally..man I am glad burning my fingers doesn’t phase me.

I put three steepings of it in my mug and I am melting away in deliciousness. Butter, cream, subtly sweet, you know what, I think frosting should taste like milk oolong.

I can’t say anymore, I’m too busy drinking.

hopefully today is the last day I take iced tea with me until like, March. This is soooo good though, it tastes like candy.

I cold brewed it so it really just tastes like lemonade. I don’t get much of the white tea, which is what always led me to think white tea has no flavor. (Except I know that is not true now!) But so tart and good, when I get home I am making more.

When this tea was released, I was totally on a cranberry kick. Thankfully I am still riding the waves of it now that my first month of my subscription has arrived and I tore into this one first!

I kind of got distracted making dinner while drinking it. First I thought I may have steeped it too short because I got distracted by a bell pepper. I thought I was just going to do the prepwork and hold off on eating for another hour but my stomach disagreed, so an hour later the tea was not very warm.

And that’s okay, because at first I was not tasting cranberry. And now, I do. It really sneaks up on you, and it’s more prevalent now that it’s cooled. Yep, definitely still loving its sweet, tarty flavor.

I had to drink some sort of cranberry cocktail drink this weekend when thirsty at my boyfriend’s, and I would take this over that stuff hands down. It doesn’t have that nasty sugary flavor of those juices, making it way better. I like it.

And I believe this is my 100th tasting note, hooray!

It’s tart, but it tastes more like it’s yogurt tart instead of rhubarb tart. It’s kind of weird, coming from a tea. (Probably like DavidsTea lime gelato, I’ll have to try a cold brew of it.)

I thought this smelled awesome but I’m not so sure about it. Something just smells weird about it now and I’m like second guessing taking a sip. Maybe there’s a reason you don’t see rhubarb yogurt in the grocery store?

On the plus side, I don’t think it’s got that rooibos-y taste. It’s creamy and tart, but the rhubarb seems more like a vague mixture of fruits. I’m having a hard time figuring it out.

If anyone wants some of this, I’d gladly share. I don’t think I can make it through 100g of it alone.

No notes yet.

Tasting note thing does not like my laptop lately…it’s probably my terrible internet. Yesterday I was chatting w/some hockey friends (actually it was more like insulting another team in a chatroom for hours) and I was like I really want tea but I don’t know which one to make.
Little did they know when I cant decide it’s not because I can’t pick “green or black” or something…and when I said how many teas I have one of them told me I am their hero lol, so some of you with 100+ on here are legendary status then.

Tonight I decided to go with something new (though I did that last night too). My mom got me this for Christmas , I probably asked her to get it and I don’t even remember.

I like to leave honeybush steeping forever so the flavors get really strong. That’s like one of my favorite things about herbals, especially if they have something I love…so you can probably tell I love raspberry. This is like drinking raspberry juice. This could be strange hot, but it doesn’t seem weird at all to me.

I am really not a banana person, but the banana tastes like an afternote to me. This is really fruity, but not cloyingly so. I think that’s the honeybush part making its appearance. I think it really pulls this together, I can’t imagine this flavor with anything else but honeybush.

I bet it’s really good iced. I will give that a try sometime to take with me to school. I feel like the only motivator for my terribly boring semester is going to be taking tea with me in my tumbler. (Intro to landforms, can I introduce you to a cliff?)

Cold brewed this overnight…I’m waiting for my first boring class of the day to begin…microeconomics, can you feel the excitement?

This tastes better than ginger ale. I normally don’t even like ginger flavored drinks but I’m enjoying this. Not enough to buy a package though, but I’m definitely going to finish this up soon!

Now this is a chocolate tea. As soon as I smelled this tea, I knew I was getting some, especially since it was only $6.80 for 100g.

It smells very much like chocolate, and just a bit fruity. It actually tastes like chocolate, and the raspberry isn’t artificial or overpowering. It tastes just like raspberry chocolate…just a bit of juicy raspberry followed by smooth chocolate. This was a good choice.

I almost feel like I’m drinking hot chocolate instead of tea!

Hmm…is it because I burned my tongue trying to drink this from my new tea tumbler? I don’t think this tastes as terrible as the other tasting notes make it sound. I bought it because it was like $10 for 7 ounces of it and the tin when I went to get the 1/2 price tumbler…oh man, I wish you all could come to the original Teavana store. It’s in this super fancy mall that is never crowded. NOBODY ever bothers you if you point out that you’ve found what you were looking for..ahhh. (Also nothing is as awesome there as seeing subtotal: $24.66 and savings: $42.01 hahaha)

Anyway. Peach and oolong together is one of my favorite combinations. This has strawberry and papaya too so it’s a bit sweeter, but I still definitely taste oolong. I like it. Of course, maybe I damaged the taste buds that pick up fruity, sweet flavors more. I like it.

Went to Whole Foods this morning for the ingredients to make dinner, and needed some tea. I saw this in the blah selection of teabags to choose from and decided to try it since I’ve never had a green Darjeeling.

Not bad for bagged tea, although I’m sure having full on green Darjeeling would be much better. It worked for my morning fix though And now I just want to go back to sleep now that everything is in the slow cooker.

I made this way too weak on Sunday and was sad because I bought a bag before I even got my 12 teas of Christmas set. Today though, I did it right. Awwww yeah.

I love genmaicha and I love marshmallow treats. It tastes exactly like that. Sweet, nutty, and delicious. I’m glad I got a bag because I am definitely going to want more. I think the rest of my sample will be used before I even get back to my apartment tomorrow afternoon!

It also has me wondering what if I made green tea marshmallows and then use them to make rice krispie treats…

I opened the page to add a note last night and I didn’t even do it. Welp.

As soon as I smelled this, I knew I would like it. Caramel and chocolate? Aw yeah. Cashews aren’t my favorite nut but it fits in just right in the tea.

So good. I thought I definitely oversteeped it because loading the washing machine took longer than I thought (nothing like someone putting stuff in there but not running it…what), but it was good. I taste the base tea, and everything works together for a good tasty tea. I don’t want to sweeten it but I feel like just a touch of sugar would really make it even better.

Finally getting back around to the 12 teas of Christmas! I put everything into little ziplock bags so I can pick and choose now, so this had to be first!

I get a lot of cinnamon, but I’m pretty sure that’s the honeybush. It comes out more to me than the coconut, but that’s still there. And the best part is the slightly tangy, super creamy taste. I may have to pick up a bag of this sometime soon.

I’d never had honeybush until I tried 52teas, and I don’t think I’d trust anyone else with it, amazing.

No notes yet.

Since I forgot to give this a try before Christmas, a week after will do. I am finally slightly back to normal, although I have to go to my parents yet again for a couple days. I just want to stay home for longer than 24 hours aghhhh.

This really tastes like white chocolate, despite there not being any in here. I think the vanilla is probably to blame, but it’s not a bad thing. I love the slight spiciness from the cardamom. Since I’ve been eating a ton of Vosges chocolate, I now want a cardamom white chocolate bar. That must exist.

I think next time I will get more than just a sample of this. I wasn’t sure I would like it but I wanted to give something different a try. I’m glad I did.