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A review of Jasmine Pu-erh Tea by Numi
(a bottled iced tea)

This Jasmine tea is excellent and not at all too sweet since I tend to think that bottled tea have too much sugar. I am happy to see that I am wrong.

As depicted in the bottle: Pu-erh is an ancient healing tea know for its healthy properties and rich taste, Pu-erh tea leaves are fermented and have significantly more antioxidants than other teas. Pu-erh is traditionally known to: improve digestion & metabolism, help weight management and naturally boost energy.

I can say I have enjoyed partaking of this tea and I am a tad healthy for having it. Thanks Numi.

Açai Green Tea by The Republic of Tea

This tea brews a lovely red color and smells wonderfully throughout the drink of tea. It is infused with hibiscus and blueberries, which is very prevalent. This tea does make me feel like I am drinking wine; a glass of berry wine.

Overall, tea smells vibrant of the berries mixed with the green tea. It is liquor in taste and very sweet which makes for a vibrant cup of tea. I do not think one needs to add anything else. It smells wonderful, and taste wise it leaves the palette dry and wanting more of the wine like tea found in this Açai blend.

Slim Tea by Hemani

I drink this tea very hot and steeped for five minutes in a cup of boiling water. After steep time, I squeeze some of the limejuice over the tea and stir it in. It does taste slightly better, either that or I am getting used to the taste.

I am glad that this tea is caffeine free since I drink it almost nightly and the refreshing herbs do have a calming effect upon me. On the tea box it states to add sugar if desired, but I have added a squeeze of lime to it.

I note also written on box: Herbal Tea Slim and Smart. So I am wondering what is smart about this tea? I have yet to see inches melting away and now I must look for the “smart” in the teacup.

No laughing matter, I am considering all of these things as I drink this tea.

Ruby Red Chai (Spiced Rooibos) by Trader Joe’s

I decided to try this Spiced Rooibos as a true Chai recipe. I mean to have it with non-dairy product like milk. I had purchased some Rice Dream, a Trader Joe’s brand to practice making different Chai recipes. Today, I used two tea bags, a small cup of the Rice Dream and a ½ of small cup of water. I pour the water in small pan and placed the two tea bags into the pan, waited for it to come to boil, I added the non-dairy Rice Dream and stirred mixing the flavors and soy together. It smelled wonderfully sweet. I smell more of the cinnamon and cardamom; it seems adding the Rice Dream brings out the other flavors more than without it. Since I can now discern the ginger and the cloves—making it somewhat licorice in taste.

I think just one tea bag and a small cup of Rice Dream cooked for 3 minutes or until slightly boiling would have sufficed and adding the water is for more tea or to not have it be too thick.

I cannot drink too much of this since my stomach is so sensitive; but I truly believe that Chais are meant to be drunk hot and with milk or soy or some similar non-dairy drink; it needs some thick cream; for the texturing and to make the tea’s liquor to have a character that is a fuller brew and quality.

Green Tea (Specialty Teas) by Trader Joe’s

I have not had this brand of green tea in over a year. I am so happy to have it again. It is such a simple cup of tea that brews a golden color and smells very vegetal and has a fresh grassy scent. Tea is not bitter but medicinal in quality since this is what I am craving at this time; my morning ritual is to have a simple cup of green tea and nothing else matters. It must be very hot and steeped longer than recommended during 2nd and 3rd steep.

Overall this is my favorite store brand green tea because it seems to please me just rightly so.

Slim Tea by Hemani

I find that adding the slices of lime/lemon to this tea does improve on the taste, in that it is more tolerable for this person’s palette. I can’t say that I am seeing results with regards to shedding the pounds off.

I must face the truth, I eat and sample too much. So it is not the tea’s fault but mine own.

The tea is same color as the box; golden yellow conjuring warmth, not so much a cup of warmth but to one’s healthy benefits with choice in the foods consume perhaps. I drink this tea so that I can say I finished the box, if for nothing else.

Senna Herbal Tea by Hemani

I always brew my teas longer than is recommended once having had it for a while. So it is customary that when having this tea I left to steep for five minutes. I find enjoying this tea is best just before bedtime. I like how the herb relaxes me and the aroma is soothing; not mint at all. It just makes me think somber thoughts.

It brews a golden liquor that glows throughout the cup and unlike the Slim Tea that I have alternately with this one the taste of this Senna is a much more somber tea and remains true to the cup’s last sipping.

I have purchased this tea a few times now and hope to continue to do so; if not in the Hemani store than possibly online although the shipping handling charges I can do without.

Ruby Red Chai (Spiced Rooibos) by Trader Joe’s

The tea’s color is a vibrant red and smells so wonderful that just the aroma alone is enough to awaken the spirit. I followed the instructions and decided to have this tea plain with nothing added at this time. I feel it is worth smelling the ginger, nutmeg, cardamom and cinnamon; they all mingle so very well. The clove, I always compare to the nutmeg and allspice and this may be that I have not used allspice on its own. So this is a foreign spice to me.

I like that this tea makes me feel warm and alive right away from the simmering cup to the tasting and drinking of the tea. I think this tea will be something I will arrive and come to when needing comfort and strength from the harsh environment out there; not nature but men.

I forgot to mention that the teas are individually wrapped in a clear plastic bag so you can see the teabag and string; this is done to preserve the fragrances until being used. I am guessing this since it is not explained as to why. I have had Trader Joe’s teas and they are usually individual loose teabags in rows within the box; with no other covering.

As stated on the package: This tea is chock full of antioxidants and warms the body, soothes the mind and heals the soul. I can attest to this from having had several cups of this tea today.

I had not been in a Trader Joe’s store for a long time so this was worth it. Thank you!

Slim Tea by Hemani

I have been drinking this tea each evening prior to retiring and so far no results to brag about. I can say this diet is failing; no pounds or inches coming off, rather it is compounding.

I diet because I do all of the cooking at home and sample the food while baking, so it adds to the waistline if one is not careful that is all I mean. Dieting for me is about maintaining and not gaining.

I am adding lemon/lime slices to this tea tonight hoping to stifle the taste, well to improve it to tolerable.

Regular Green Tea by Forrelli

Whenever I am feeling cheap and not wanting for more than a plain cup of tea, I have been turning to this green tea. I put two bags in a cup and pour boiling hot water into the cup and left to steep for five minutes. I took out some honey and lemon to fancy this up a bit.

I realize it would have been best to put the honey at the bottom of cup and to squeeze some of the limejuice prior to pouring the boiling water as well. Anyhow, I added these items to the steeped tea and stirred until it seems to have mixed evenly with the tea.

I must say for wanting a simply made cup of tea, this is quite nice. The lemon/lime makes me think of chamomile and the honey adds smoothness and enriches the tea. This is so lovely indeed and I am thankful for having tried it.

Genmai-cha Green Tea with Roasted Brown Rice by Yamamotoyama

I brewed this tea for 3 minutes as instructed and I am delighted with the soothing aroma rising up to meet my nostrils. The steaming cup of roasted rice of the Genmai-cha is absolutely wonderful.

I have this tea whenever I am find myself craving for a cups of oats since this always makes me think of oats and I am not sure why that is. I like this brand and this tea very much.

This is very inexpensive tea, as I wanted something other than the store brand Green tea that I usually purchase. Anyhow, this is not as nice but suffice nicely for a cup of hot water with slight astringency; taste more medicinal as green tea ought to be.

I am saying I expect green teas and some others to taste more like medicinal for curing my ales and aches, as I have quite a bit.

I placed one teabag in a cup and pour hot water and let steep for about 5 minutes.

This is another inexpensive tea made by the Forrelli brand. Steeped for 5 minutes color is lightly brownish and not as medicinal in taste as their Green tea; I find I like it best brewed with two tea bags instead of one in order to enjoy the peach flavoring all the more.

It is good for what its worth.

I have not had this tea for a long while. I wanted something of substance to tide me over until dinner and I find this tea is rightly so. I like to steep this tea for a good 3 minutes and the water to have been boiling. So that when it is done steeping, the cup is piping hot and steamy to help bring forth the tea’s aroma.

There is nuttiness in the taste and smelling of the tea, and that mix with the roasted brown rice make me think of oats. I remember when young and wanting to feel a warm cup of porridge would be the remedy. This is similar in some small way.

I enjoy the nutty flavor and the steam rising from the cup as it rubs my nostrils most nicely.

I place one teabag into a cup and pour on the fresh boiling water and left to steep for 5 minutes. The tea brewed to a dark amber in color and its roasted smell fills the air nicely; it has a malt flavor taste and tea is full bodied. I don’t feel the need for sugar. It is suggested that lemon may be added to it. I like this tea just plain and nicely hot.

I fall back on premium store brand tea for economic reason and to have a nice cup of tea with no fuss in the making and the taste quite agreeable.

You can stock expensive teas as well as having some store brand name that you have come to like for its simple ness and goodness in the cup.

The tea that I tend to fall back on when needing a simple cup of tea with no explanation or much examination is this store brand green tea. I simply take one tea bag, place in a cup and pour fresh boiling water and steep for less than 2 minutes. I remove the tea bag and sip my tea slowly since it is very hot.

It is good tea serving the need for a cup of hot tea and nothing more. I am not thinking of the health benefits of tea, nor of its calming effects. I am thirsty and I want a cup of hot tea and this does just fine.

I wanted to have some herbal tea this morning and was most pleased when I opened my Teaman canister to find, still a few tea bags remaining. I simply thought I had finished it.

I placed one tea bag in my mug and poured hot water over the bag and left to steep for close to five minutes. I like how the fragrances filled the air around me; this herbs mixture of blueberry and blackberry which livens the room with its fruity scents. It is a floral melody taking place around and near me; so delighted to be able to have this tea once more.

Tea’s color is red and tasting like liquor since it is very sweet and flowery smelling. This herbal tea makes for a good cup…a dosage filled with energy and zestfulness in living.

This Hobee’s Cinnamon Orange is my afternoon tea of late; I either fix myself a cup mid-day when I feel a need for a snack or I have it after dinner as dessert.

It is such a camouflage type tea, if one can use this term. I mean the tea has so many aspects and layers. Brewed with very hot water and steeped for four minutes makes for a rich liquor-like tea. It is heavy and not unlike maple syrup, instead with cinnamon and cloves and bits of oranges and the scent is heavenly. You just cannot go wrong with preparing this tea and enjoying it. It is simply divine tea.

For dessert you can sprinkle some of the grounds over your Vanilla Bean ice-cream; or mix it within a dish of maple walnut ice-cream. Either way it is acts like sprinkles over ice-cream.

As an After Dinner Tea drink recipe:

After Dinner Tea, makes for an excellent way of capping a meal. Irish Cream liqueur can be delicious even more when offered and paired together with this Cinnamon Orange tea. This formula serves four.

Ingredients call for coffee but substitutes where it asks for coffee with the Cinnamon Orange tea grinds.
50 gm / 2oz ground Cinnamon Orange tea grinds
475ml / 16fl oz boiling water
120ml/4fl oz Irish Cream
5 ml/ 1 tea-spoon natural vanilla essence (extract)
30ml -2 table-spoon soft dark brown sugar
150 ml/ ¼ pint double heavy cream (optional)

Instruction:
Place the ground tea inside of a small pot, pour the boiling water over the tea and leave until the tea grinds settle nicely at the pot’s bottom and the color is very rich and full looking. Strain the tea into a clean pot or a pitcher. Add the Irish Cream and vanilla essence in order to the tea, and stir nicely for a good mixture. Include the sugar and continue to stir until it mixes completely.

Put this mixture into small tea mugs or high heat-resistance glasses. If you wish to add the cream to this; simply hold the spoon above the surface area of each tea. Put the cream very gradually down the back again of the spoon in order that it forms a swimming pool on top. Then serve them.

I have played around quite a bit with this recipe to get it right; the tea must be thickly made so it can mix well with the Irish Cream and I find adding a spoonful of Vanilla ice-cream into the cup makes for a good float with some Irishness in the cream depicted. Enjoy!

The contrasting notes are divine…Cinnamon, clove, orange spice, nutmeg, vanilla and the Irish cream mixes nicely when steaming hot. As I make and play around with this drinking recipe I think of bubble tea (tapioca) without the clumps at the bottom or good old fashion eggnog except thicker and much nicer.

I am attesting to the fact that so much can be had and made of this Cinnamon-Orange tea since it is that good.

http://www.Gojee.com

is a wonderful sight for recipes on food and beverages.

I subjected myself to another cup of this tea last evening with the hope that perhaps the more I try it I could learn to like the taste and see some good results weight wise. I am sorry to say the taste and smell is still too pungent for me to enjoy.

I drink the tea while pinching my nostrils; as this helps to lessen the flavors on my palette. And I have yet to see results with regards to ‘slimming down’; I only tried this a few times. It is too soon to tell.

Unfortunately I have not been able to frequent this shop since my last few purchases as the store was not open when last I was in that area. I think I may have offended these international folks; so serious are they with their teas and products.

I don’t know anything, I just know this tea’s taste is difficult for me to appreciate and I am sorry.

I wanted to have some herbal tea this morning and was most pleased when I opened my Teaman canister to find, still a few tea bags remaining. I simply thought I had finished it.

I placed one tea bag in my mug and poured hot water over the bag and left to steep for close to five minutes. I like how the fragrances filled the air around me; as the herb’s mixture of blueberry and blackberry livens the room with its fruity scents. It is a floral melody taking place around and near me; so delighted to be able to have this tea once more.

Tea’s color is red and tasting like liquor since it is very sweet and flowery smelling. This herbal tea makes for a good cup…a dosage filled with energy and zestfulness in living.

This tea has become my nightly ritual for its smoothness and laxative qualities. I brew this tea for the full five minutes and drink this as my last cup of tea for the day. This is not a tea that I sip slowly; it is a drinking tea. So I drink up. I find I prefer the taste of this herbal to the Slim Tea, also by Hemani.

I am trying a new Naturally Caffeine free Herbal Tea. I don’t normally discuss my teas that are diet in nature in my reviews, but since I have been stretching finances with the need for buying more teas and to continue to submit reviews I find that I might have to reveal more.

I put one tea bag in a cup of boiling water & left to steep for the full five minutes. Tea is very strong in scent, kind of like a licorice combined with anise; as this description for the herbals may not be correct, just note tea is pungently strong and I must say taste wise I don’t like the after taste of the herbs.

I might try this tea again with a shorter infusion since it is so very strong. Overall, this herbal tea is not to my liking at this time.

I continue to enjoy another cup of this fine tea that is highly flavored with bergamot. Noticing more and more the citrus flavoring, as I am, happily reminded of when one has had an orange and the texture lingers in your hands and nostrils as the smell is carried in the air. It is a lemon-like (citrus) scent but only in the oil; strong and bitter but not in taste as the bergamot does make this tea smoother and milder in taste.

The aroma, the color and teas’ strength all are evenly distributed in the cup.

Infuse: for 3-5 minutes

Tea’s brew is dark amber in color when steeped for the full 5 minutes.

I continue to play and enjoy these new teas that I have obtained this year. I say this because I find that they are similar and I try to discern what stands out in one cup as opposed to another tea of similar nature/derivatives.

The bergamot oil makes this tea more wholesome throughout since it is evenly distributed in aroma, flavor and the strength of the tea. Steeping it longer or less is pretty much the same cup of tea. I note the smoothness in the roasted flavor of the tea with no after taste. It is not as full bodied as The Kopili Assam tea and not as bold either.

This English tea is smooth and rich; silk-like in quality and taste, making for a well-balanced cup of tea.