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A review of Oi Ocha Japan’s #1 Green Tea by Ito En

I am having a cup of this tea after having taken a long walk. I was very thirsty and instead of fixing a hot cup of tea, I opted for a nice cup of this iced tea by Ito En.

Tea’s color is a golden yellow, like a medium light beer color. And upon first sip of this tea I am met with a roasted flavoring, like that of twig tea. So making for a smoky aroma if there were to be any if cooked.

I like the taste of this tea chilled, it is a lively and refreshing taste with mild drying effect. In all, it was a very good cup of chilled/iced tea.

A review of Dieter’s Herbal Drink Tea (Natural Green Leaf Brand) by PC Teas Company

This is another tea that I use from times when needing to clean the body; for purification and for managing weight.

I have very hot boiling water already and I take one tea bag and place it in my mug. I then add the water to it; leaving it to steep for nearly ten minutes. I like it strong and dark when brewed longer.

This is an all natural tea, it is soothing and relaxing and highly recommended for those desiring to maintain their weight or the management of weight.

The tea is natural sweetened since it contains the Stevia and persimmon leaves (yet, stating honey may be added to sweeten the taste). It is very creamy and smoothness in the body, which can be describe as having a full-bodied tea, since the taste does not waiver. It is steady taste from first sip to the last sip.

Overall this is a very good tea for the maintenance of weight.

A review of 100% Natural Green Tea by Market Basket

My cup is already pre-heated since I have just rinsed it with boiling water. Using one tea bag from this box of tea, I place the bag into my cup and fill it with the already boiled water and steeping it only for less than two minutes.

This green tea brews always a golden color and smells astringent and has a clean fresh taste to it. It is funny to mention freshness when having a cup of tea at end of day prior to retiring when freshness is not needed necessarily; but a cleansing of sort; purification over night to ridding the body of wasteful excess.

A review of Bilo Chun (Pure Spring Green) Tea by In Nature

I am spending another day with Bilo Chun Tea. I am finding it to be what I need at this time, or do I mean this moment in time. This pure high grade, loose green tea has taken hold of my soul.

I wake up wanting for nothing but a cup of this tea. I take fresh cold water and let it boil slightly and placing 1 1\2 teaspoon of leaves into my cup, I then pour the water. The freshness of the leaves as they are unfolding is very heady; a green leafy smell…that wetness that comes when outside after a heavy rainfall.

It is a slow day for me; nothing can get me out of the rut that I am in, so this medicinal cup of Spring Green Tea is my remedy and comfort when times are hardest on me. As it has been and worsening.
As I sip my tea, I read the box’s label…Green Teas may assist: slimming, Detoxify, Cancer prevention, Prevent osteoporosis, and Heart condition, Anti-oxidant, Anti-bacterial, and Anti-Stress.

A small prayer is to be said: I am thankful for green teas; specifically this Bilo Chun…a bestowing of thankfulness!

A review of The London Cuppa by The London Cuppa

I am very happy to still have a few tea bags of this tea remaining. I have yet to visit British Delights to obtain more.

I always turn to this tea when doing chores around the house. I should call this my house chores cup of tea.

I boil water very hot, piping hot in fact and having placed one tea bag in my mug, I pour the hot water into the cup. I leave it to steep for five minutes, longer yet since I am cleaning. After some time passes, I take my tea to sip as I go around doing things. It is hot and a dark amber in color. The tea is very malty and smooth, making for a round-bodied cup of tea.

This tea is great for standing on own or with milk and sugar but always have it piping hot. I am grateful, thank you!

A review of Bilo Chun (Pure Spring Green) Tea by In Nature

I find myself craving this spring green tea today. I am happy to have still some of this tea left. Bilo Chun is from the high mountains of Jiansu and it has a fresh, and forest alpine taste to it.

I know with this tea to not over boil it as it will kill the leaves and flatten the taste. So my pot of water is at temperature of 85 degrees, not boiling at all but warm enough to burn finger slightly. I took one teaspoon of the leaves and place this in my cup; I then pour the water into my cup and let the leaves settle at the bottom of my cup. I like watching as the tea leaves unfold. It is a nice effect; they are mildly greenish in color and making the tea seeming green in color as well. When I remove the tea leaves, tea is a golden color and smells very fresh and dewy like wet grass; or that dewiness after a morning of rain with the trees all very wet and smelling of forest/woods and the outdoor.

In all; I like watching how the tea leaves blossom when they come in contact with the water. I like the freshness that this tea presents with each cup: a clean and refreshing quality; not bitter at all.

The teas lasting impression is that of a sweet mild palate, very soothing and mildly enough for daily consumption.

A review of Boston Harbor Tea by Davison Newman & CO LTD of London

This Boston Harbour Tea is a blend of superior teas from Darjeeling, India and Ceylon.
Using freshly boiled water, and placing one tea bag in my cup, I pour the water into my cup and left to steep for five minutes.

I decided to add sugar to my tea while it is steeping, I place one teaspoon into my cup and stir it and leaving it to steep.

I have enjoyed having this tea with milk and now wanted to enjoy it with just the added sugar. This tea is very strong and malty; a sweet malt tea with no astringency. Overall, it is a full bodied cup of tea; a good cup to wake up to.

A review of Indar Tea by Indar – Compagnie Coloniale

This tea is a special blend of Ceylon, Assam, and Darjeeling.

I brew this tea for a good five minutes and waited for the water to fully boil. Once steeped, I place on heaping teaspoon of sugar and a splash of evaporated milk to my cup. Stirring and letting it all settle, I take my first sip. It seems to taste just fine.

I like the creaminess that the milk brings to the cup and its smoothness and texture is appreciated all the more. I like that I can give in to enjoying a cup of tea with sugar and milk since I don’t normally have it this way.

As nice as the tea is with the added milk and sugar, I feel it takes away from truly appreciating this blend and to recognizing the notes and the citrus of the bergamot oil. This could just be a weakness on my part; in not being able to discern the blends individually when coated with milk and sugar, perhaps.

A review of Flavoured Apple Tea by Princess Noori

I enjoy returning to this tea since it is such a very lively cup of tea. It just seems to hit all of the right notes.

It is a clean tea and when brewed its color is very bright golden color. And the tea’s aroma is that of crisp apples. One can feel and taste the crunchiness as when biting into an apple.

Overall, this tea is very lively and clean. The lasting taste is that of apple flavoured tea. Exquisite flavor and aroma!

A review of Pure Assam Tea by Madura of Australia

I am using freshly boiled water as recommended for this finely leaf grade. I pour the water into my cup with one tea bag and let is steep for 4 minutes as recommended.
I must say that each tea bag is individually sealed and at times one can hear the granules stir within the package. When removing the sealed bag, I notice that the strings are similar in style to another tea company that I had tried recently. And I did not have trouble with the string. No matter.

Tea’s color is lovely amber or I should say more the color of mahogany. I decide to have this tea with granulated sugar (one teaspoon) added to my cup and stirred until dissolved.

This tea was to have been already a sweeten malt flavor so the added sugar makes it more creamy and smooth even.

It is a good cup of Assam tea, one that I will have again and again.

A review of Green Tea with Peppermint by Akbar

This is another tea that I had acquired during my visit at Bazaar Gourmet Royal Delicacies in Brookline, MA.

Since this is green tea; I let the water boil for about five minutes; until boiling. I take my cup and place one tea bag into my cup and fill it with the water. I then let it steep for a few minutes.

I like how the peppermint is very pronounce, it is strongly scented of peppermint since I can still smell it on my fingers. And this smells permeates in the air as well.

The tea’s color is a golden brown and with tasting this tea, it is the peppermint that one is greeted with at first. It is a lively clean that is both refreshing to the palette and a delight to the nostril.

This tea makes me think of that after dinner mint or first thing in the morning for wanting fresh breath and off gum chewing.

I guess what I am saying is: if one is wanting for a refreshing cup of tea with effect for gum chewing than this is the tea for you. As it has that fresh breadth quality to it because of the rich peppermint flavor.

A review of Orange Pekoe and Pekoe Cut Black Tea by Family Pantry

Using 1 tea bag and placing it in my cup I pour into the cup freshly boiled cold water and I leave this to brew for few minutes.

This tea’s color is dark amber and smells wonderful and citrusy like. Upon tasting the tea it is a nice a nice welcoming way to starting the day. It is somewhat malty in taste, there is smoothness to it as well and when swallowed there is a slight dryness to the back of throat.

Overall this is a good cup of tea for its value. It is recommended with lemon and sugar but I find that drinking it plain is just as nice since it has no off taste.

A review of 100% Natural Green Tea by Market Basket

Using one tea bag in my cup, I pour boiling water into the cup and left to steep for two minutes.
Tea’s color is lightly golden
Tea’s aroma smell of grass, wet leaves.
When tasted, I find it to be astringent with grassy notes in the taste of the tea. It is a clean tasting tea, not bitter at all, but there is that astringency to it.

Overall, tea’s lasting taste is its vegetal quality which is clean and refreshing.

A review of Earl Grey by Akbar

Using freshly broiled water, I take one tea bag and put this in my cup and pour the boiling water into the cup and left to steep for five minutes.

This tea always brews very dark amber in color with slight rosy undertone to it. Tea is smooth, with a very sweet malt flavor but not an Assam tea but a Ceylon tea packed in Sri Lanka.

Tea’s body is mild to full; I say this, because to me the smoothness and creamy texture that is to be found in this cup of tea gives it a fleeting impression. There is no off-taste, and the tea is very bright and lively in the cup; a dark rosy coloring and it has a slight drying effect when swallowed.

Overall this tea has good liquor qualities, in that there is substance to it. It is a wonderful Earl Grey!

A review of Diet Green Tea with Ginseng by Arizona Tea

I tend to not like the wording “diet” on products, even thought I am always dieting. I purchased this tea at the market last week because they were on sale and surely I miss the heading in big prints on the bottle sporting the words “Diet” Green Tea with Ginseng.

I purchased two bottles and brought them home and placing them in the refrigerator. And when I did finally realize/acknowledge the wording “Diet” I squealed in horror since I know there would be bitterness and after taste to it.

I had this tea and as expected that there would be an after taste to it. I fixed myself a tall glass filled with crushed ice and pour the tea in it and started sipping it. Tea has a pleasant fill to it but when swallowing there is that bitterness or something astringent like left to linger at the back of my throat.

The ginseng is very pleasant in the tea adding to flavoring and body of tea. And I believe that this tea would be wonderful if not diet.

A review Premium Blend of Orange Pekoe & Pekoe Cut Black Tea by Market Basket

I have this tea from time to time as afternoon tea and not always in the morning. It is an observation and I am not sure why I prefer it mid-day. Perhaps I am thinking I need something stronger than green tea perhaps.

I always rinse my cup with warm water; I take one tea bag and place it in my cup and add boiling water into my cup and placing the covering on the cup and let the tea steep for five minutes.

I cut up several bits of the lime that I keep around to have with my tea. Adding this after it has steeped, I squeeze some of the lime juice into my cup of tea and stir it slowly while noticing the tea’s color a darken golden color…reddish orange glow. It is amber in the coloring and I smell the citrusy effect of the pekoe plant.

The tea’s characteristic is that of a sweet malt with a full body, having no astringency. I like how the lime mingles in the cup by which livening the cup all the more.

On days when not wanting anything fancy and to simply fix a cup of tea, these premium blends comes in handy and worth keeping in my cupboard or kitchen counter. I drink tea all day long and when not able to afford the fanciful fine teas, it is good knowing I can enjoy the simpleness that is to be found in a cup of tea like this one.

I am thankful for roof on my head and the ability to boil water and fix myself a cup of tea. At times, desperate times taken for granted this basic need…for fixing a cup of tea when one does not have a place or a place of one’s own.

A review 100% Natural Green Tea by Market Basket

I preheat my cup by rinsing it with boiling water. Using one tea bag that I have placed in my cup and then I add the boiling water into the cup and covering it, leaving it to steep for two minutes.

With Green tea I am learning to steep it shorter for more of the freshness of the tea.

Tea’s color is a golden brown and smells of grassiness and upon tasting it that is what I am met with that astringency that I have come to expect from this cup of green tea.

I return always to the boiling/steeping of green tea plainly and to drink it throughout the day when I have been sampling many teas and need a break.

This tea does have a mouth drying effect and it is very vegetal in the taste; grassiness to be specific. No complaint here since this is what my palette is calling for.

More Reviews of Green Tea & Blackcurrant by London Fruit & Herb Company

This tea has been fun to play with and I am now using it solely as iced tea. Using four tea bags and one large pot, I add freshly drawn water after having placed the tea bags in the pot of water. I leave the tea to boil for five to eight minutes.

As it is cooking, one cannot help but notice the color of this tea as it boils. It is a darkly purplish/blue in color (like those large luscious grapes) and smelling wonderful.

Tea is left to cool for an hour or so, when cool I transfer it into my jug. It is served in a tall glass with crushed ice with sugar and lime as options. I like it with just the crushed iced. I am also thinking to make ice cubes out of this tea.
As said, it is a fun tea (fragrant, tea’s liquor and nose of a fine bouquet) is what makes it fun, so enjoy it fully!

More reviews of Flavoured Apple Tea by Princess Noori

There is simpleness in the making of this tea. It is so lovely and lively.
I took several tea bags of this tea and placed in a pan filled with cold water and left to boil for a good five minutes. I then let the tea cool for nearly an hour, removing the bags while it cooled.

The Flavoured apple scent is heady to say the least. I then take a tall glass and fill it with crushed ice and pour some of the tea into my cup and I add a sliver of lime just to spice it up a bit. Not that is needed.

The tea’s color is a dark, golden liquor with the heaviness of the apple flavor and with the scent of the lime this makes it more fruity.

This tea is already a full body with a good and strong character. It has no off taste. The creaminess of the Ceylon mixed with the apple makes for a smooth cup of tea. A lively bouquet is the final tasting note.

3rd Review Indar by Heath & Heather and Indar

I am enjoying another full cup of Indar tea; made very sweet and cooked longer while gently stirring in the raw sugar. The malty smell of the sugar mixed with the smoothness of the Ceylon teas and fruity Darjeeling makes the tea and color very vibrant.

As I pour the tea from the small pan into my cup, the color is a rich dark amber and very robust in smell and when tasting it finally it is so very sweet. I had read somewhere how Moroccans like their teas very strong and hot and sweet. Or I could be incorrect, I like that I am able to brew it longer for a more pleasant and stronger taste. Infused longer with several tea bags in a small pan with added water and the adding of raw sugar as tea is coming to boil makes for a tea like liquor. Very sweet and dark is my final description for this cup of tea.

I like it. It is yummy!

A Review of Earl Grey by Akbar

I am using freshly boiled water with one tea bag added in my cup and I leave this to steep for several minutes.

I remove the tea bag after the set time and stir it gently. Tea is dark in coloring and I can smell hints of the bergamot citrus.
This Ceylon tea is as smooth as it is creamy with a fine citrus aroma. The Earl Grey is just rightly so. It is not at all over powering as I had experienced with some other teas.

Overall taste for this simple cup of tea is its smoothness in character withstanding first to last sipping. It has exactness to the cup.

2nd Review of Samovar OP-A Blend (Ceylon Tea) by Upton Tea Imports

As I continue to sample teas by adding milk and sugar to them. I wanted to try this as well with this Samovar OP-A Blend.

I cooked the remainder of the leaves in my small tea pan and left to boil/cook for a good five minutes. And yes the lovely reddish brown is bubbling over and smells wonderfully raw of leaves…wet leaves

I scoop out the leaves and let the tea sit for few minutes while I prepare my teacup. I poured some of the evaporated/condensed milk into my teacup and add one teaspoon of sugar and mixed the contents. I then poured some of the tea into my cup and gently stirring it so the mixture is even with cream and sugar.

I take my fist sip and tea is very warm and creamy; sweet like liquor so I add a bit more of the tea from the pan and stir this also. Now I can enjoy the tea as I am meant to.

What I have done is to take this classic Samovar OP-A Blend and cook it; then adding condensed milk with raw cane sugar to the cup of tea making for a golden creamy texture of a Ceylon cup of tea. It is hot and sweet and the golden glow in the cup makes it all the more worthwhile.

I am happy that I am able to enjoy another great tea bought from Upton Tea Imports. Thank you for making such fine teas.

No notes yet.

A review of Samovar OP-A Blend (Ceylon Tea) by Upton Tea Imports

This blended tea was created for using a Samovar. But this tea can be made using traditional teapots. A good thing to know since I am archaic in the tea wares that I own; mainly a small pan use solely for the boiling of tea water…etc.

I cut open the tea packet and scooped out 1½ teaspoons of leaves and place this in my warm and freshly washed teacup. I wait for the water to come to full boil and then I poured the fresh water into my cup and left it to steep for five minutes with cover atop.

I noticed how the leaves are finely curled; crinkly like and very dark. When I remove the cover after five minutes or so, the leaves are much fuller and very black in color. The tea’s color is a reddish brown infusion and lighter in character than an Assam. This tea is very bright in color, as Ceylon teas tend to be, and known and for their liveliness and can be blended with most green/black teas.

I take several sip of this tea and notice that it is smooth when swallowing and is cleanly for not having after taste like bitterness to it.

Overall taste for this tea is cleanly and smooth with a very bright coloring when infused. This is a good tea made by the folks at Upton Tea Imports.

I wish they could honor my mailed order requests.