New Tasting Notes

I really enjoyed this. I tried it in a local tea room before buying, and found that I liked the chocolate note being very subtle as opposed to IN YOUR FACE sweet. The spices seem gentler than other chai blends I have in my cupboard. It is light, spicy, and sweet. Very enjoyable.

This tea was alright. It is very sweet but the flavor of it almost seems flat. I think it might be the caramel note that has left me feeling neutral about this.

The children are finally asleep.

Adagio Teas included this as a free sample and I’ve tried hard to like it. It seems almost disloyal to Libras everywhere to dislike it this much. But it is truly not for me. It tastes artificial and cloying to me. It reminds me of when I was 13 and ate my lip gloss because it smelled like strawberries. The lip gloss also had this strange, artificial, somewhat bitter taste.

My preferred method of beating back a cold or that run-down feeling. Kawakawa is a traditional medicinal/magical plant, used by Maori to cure almost anything. Unfortunately it doesn’t taste that great on its own, so its a perfect match with the lemongrass and ginger – which mask the bitter flavour without removing the benefits. I find this has just the right amount of zing, and is extra delicious with a spoonful of honey!

Don’t overdue the steeping.

Oops! I over steeped MAJORLY. I forgot about it actually. BUT…it’s still good just more wood/bark-type tasting. The Peach aroma is awesome and as it steeps you can smell the wood-ness come out the longer you steep. This is the last of my stash – time to make room for my new shipment from Adagio that should be here tomorrow! YAY!

One word: rich. Rich rooibos and rich vanilla make me feel the same. Easy, too: the only way to mess up this cup is to understeep, which (for people like me who forget that their tea is steeping) is a definite plus.

I like this tea with or without sugar as a sweet tea when I have that sweet tooth. I think its a nice change.

Oh man, I’ve severely depleted a 1 oz bag of this stuff in a matter of a couple days. It is really mild with a bright, lemony aroma that doesn’t make me feel like I’m drinking household cleaner.

More delicately spiced than other chai, this assam is definitely “golden” in the cup. This tea is great with or without milk.

I really like taking this tea to work in my portable French press. I’ve found that even if I get distracted and let the leaves sit in there for too long or let the tea get cool, it never gets bitter or overwhelming.

Surprised to say, I love this. Makes my whole office smell like blueberry muffins. I do not like blueberries or fruit tea, but somehow rooibos has saved another concoction. On second steep I taste more of the hibiscus, so I’d avoid that unless it’s your cup o’ tea.

Rooibos, in general, is tricky for me to brew. I always make it too strong and I’m never sure if I did it right. This time I managed to brew a nice mild tea. Someone told me this tastes a little like (a good) tobacco, and I’d agree. Also a nice sweet note.

Made a pot of this for my boyfriend and I this morning and it’s as good as ever. This is rapidly becoming my favorite tea and the non-tea-drinking boyfriend-creature likes it too. :D

heute etwas weniger tee, dafür 4 minuten ziehen lassen: noch besser, noch kraftvoller, noch runder

I’m still hung up on the smell of this one! Ek! Not pleasant…but the tea is a good one to sip and relax. My advice – plug your nose while steeping and enjoy the cuppa…still a goodie!

195F water, steeped for 3 minutes

Today I got the opportunity to discover that this eases a certain degree of migraine pain nearly as well as pai mu tan. whimper

Got distracted helping a student and way oversteeped this. Nothing makes me more sad than bitter tea.