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12 Tasting Notes

Cozy Chamomile from Bigelow
68

Being sick these past two weeks, the Bigelow Cozy Chamomile in K-cup form (rather than tea bags) has been great for keeping my stomach and lungs settled down. I have other chamomiles that I like, but I’ll get back to those once I finish the box of Cozy Chamomile K-cups that my hubby picked up for me.

Pear Luna from Teavana
Peach Green Tea from City Roast Coffee
14

Although I like the peach flavor of this green tea, I found this tea to have too much of a grassy taste.

Darjeeling from Fortnum & Mason
79

I’ve found this to be a solid darjeeling tea, even as a bagged tea. I turn to this tea when I’m looking for a pick-me-up during a rough day.

Black Currant from Teavana
90

Nice black currant flavor, didn’t really need to add any sweetner to it.

Perfectly Pear White Tea from Celestial Seasonings
52

As much as I would love a pear tea, I’ve found the vanilla in this tea to be overpowering, masking much of the pear tea. I tasted only a slight hint of pear. I will continue my quest for a pear tea with a stronger pear taste.

Honey Vanilla Chamomile from Celestial Seasonings
95

A great balance of the flavors – not too sweet, not too vanilla-y… I love the sweet vanilla aroma. Whether it’s a stressful day or I’m just trying to recover from asthma issues, I’ve found this tea to be soothing and a perfect way to settle down

Green Tea from Bigelow
40

Rating this as an average between the bags (bleh) and the K-cups for my Keurig machine (tolerable).

The bagged version of this didn’t taste like anything special to me – just a typical light flavored green tea. We had this in our kitchen, but most of us tea drinkers have decided it isn’t for us.

The K-cup version seemed to have a stronger “green” taste to it, which was acceptable enough for me to drink but I don’t plan on ordering another set of Bigelow Green Tea K-cups again.

Irish Breakfast from Twinings
90

My first Irish Breakfast tasting was a Twinings Irish Breakfast tea, and it was delicious. All I needed to add was a touch of sugar or honey, and that was fine enough for me. I find this to be a great way to bounce back from a rough morning.

Christmas Tea from Twinings
77

My cousin gave us a sample of this for Christmas one year, as part of a “let’s get together for tea” gift, and it’s been a winter favorite of mine. I like it as a drink to warm up with after a morning of shoveling snow or being out in the cold. Nice mix of spices, not overly spicy but not weak either. Definitely not a strong black tea, more of a mellow black tea.

Irish Breakfast from Teavana
68

My first loose leaf Irish Breakfast tea, it was delicious. But it didn’t have as strong of a flavor compared to some of the bagged Irish Breakfast teas I’ve had.

Chai Tea Mix from Walnut Creek Cheese
95

I tend to stop at a local coffee shop for a chai tea latte in the morning, but ever since picking up a couple bags of this at the Walnut Creek Cheese store in Walnut Creek, Ohio last October, I haven’t been stopping at the coffee shop. For a powdered chai tea latte mix, it’s actually got a great mix of the spices you’d typically taste in a chai tea latte.

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