Rex Barrett

Bought this over the weekend and really loved it. Here’s why… It doesn’t have that “medicine-y” or astringent taste some other chai mixes seem to have. It’s sweet, it’s cinnamon, it’s rich and most importantly, I can actually TASTE the black tea in it. I guess that’s typically my beef with chai, you can taste the STUFF, but not the tea. This is a great TEA that is flavored perfectly.

One of the best chai teas around.

I steeped the heck out of this one today and… MMMmmmmmm! So nice. I’m going to pick up more today, I think I NEED it. :)

Finished out my two ounce bag today. Got a lot of floaties through the filter. Still not my favorite tea, but enjoyable when I feel like sipping lightly fruity perfumed water. haha

Tasting this again today and REALLY DIGGING IT with a teaspoon of sugar added in an 11 ounce steep. Wow, the spice meshes well with the sweetness.

No notes yet.

Okay, the smell of this one SOLD me at Teavana. Those sneaky salesmen are pretty intense in OKC. Geez… Anywho…

I brewed this bad boy up and found that I’m just not a huge fan almond in tea. There is a dough taste, an almond cookie (duh) taste that is just too watered down to really be enjoyable. Side note, I took this with sugar only, no milk

This tea will taste fantastic with cream and more sugar, I used 1/2 a teaspoon for eight ounces. This review is, however, only covering water and light sugar.

So, in my opinion… This tea needs to be richer, a deeper black tea would have suited the other components quite a bit.

Nice clean taste, not soapy but floral and fresh. The citrus smell is stronger than the citrus taste though. The blossoms add floral notes in the finish.

This is a tea to smell and drink at the same time. It gives a great throat coat on these cold icky days.

I love the hibiscus in this tea, gives the blood orange rinds a great tangy taste. I’ve noticed that it picks up the “flavors” your water might have very easily. Make sure to use filtered HOT water on this one.

This is probably the best cup of tea I’ve ever had. I enjoy the fermented taste of the lychee and the nice richness and body of the black tea. It is strong, so caution on the steeping with this one. This has a PERMANENT place on my shelf.

This is a very exciting tea with A LOT going on with it. Strong lemon flavor with a raspberry undertone. Gives a nice even caffeine kick. Pair this with the Himalayan Black from Teavana for some extra goodness.

Wonderful fresh peach taste. Not at all like a black tea with peach you might find in a restaurant. It is a mild tea with enjoyable fruit taste. This is fantastic mixed with an earthy black tea. It is easy to over-sweeten this tea, be careful with the sugar.

I really like this tea and am SAD I can’t find it at Target anymore. I love the nutty quality this tea offers. It is THE perfect morning tea for me, especially mixed with a nice mango or peach tea.

This is a difficult tea to rate for me. I like the flavor a lot but I find myself over-steeping to get just a bit more body out of it. Obviously, that turns a bit too bitter. I just don’t know that the cost to enjoyment ratio is there for me.

Sure, it’s a beautiful white, but a bit too light for my taste buds.

Strong lemon flavor and when steeped over five minutes a nice spicy ginger flavor emerges. Not a daily drinker, but for the occasional sore throat and stuffy nose, this seems to clear it up nicely.