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Tangerine Spice from Kally Tea

Steepster Score 8 Ratings Rate This Tea

75/100

Tangerine Spice

White Tea by Kally Tea

We’ve taken our high quality Bai Mu Dan white tea and blended it with cinnamon, orange and spice. We’ve come up with a flavor that will surprise you as well as invigorate your senses. Kally Tea is proud to present you with this highly gratifying taste sensation.

Ingredients: Bai Mu Dan White Tea, Cinnamon Chips, Orange Peel and Cinnamon Orange Spice Flavor.

10 Tasting Notes

LiberTEAS
89

Really good.

I’m not sure if the flavoring here is an orange flavoring or a tangerine… and possibly I’m just being too picky. I happen to prefer tangerine to orange, because the tangerine is lighter and sweeter than the orange, but in the context of tea flavoring, the two are similar enough to one another that it is difficult to discern one from another. Then again, I’ve never really done a side-by-side to compare the two.

Back to the tea at hand though, I’m really liking this. The cinnamon is gentle, almost a sweeter cinnamon as opposed to a hot cinnamon, although it does offer some warmth to the cup. It isn’t overly spicy. The delicate quality sets the tone for the overall cup, and the spices are also a bit more subtle as is the citrus. It’s a nicely balanced cup, one that I find to be very enjoyable as the weather appears to FINALLY be taking us toward autumn! I’m so ready for it!!!

TeaEqualsBliss
91

Liberteas Thanks for this one, too, girl!

This smells lovely! A combo of Orange/Tangerine/Various Spices and it’s almost like a festive adult beverage of sorts.

The taste is great, too! The White Tea base is amazing with the citrus and spice flavors. They all play well with each other. Warming and Comforting.

I really like this! A LOT!

Indigobloom
65

Meh. Something about the combination of flavouring and spices is familiar, though I can’t recall from where.
At two minutes and about 180c the cup is pretty light. Tangerine comes through, and the delicate white base along with a dusting of cinnamon. Dusty. Yes it tastes dusty. Almost malty, and I’m not sure what to make of it with a white base!
By the time I got to the cup it had mostly cooled though, and I generally prefer my whites as hot as they can be made. I’ll give it another chance.
Perhaps the second steep will reveal something else!

Kittenna
90
Kittenna 2 tasting notes

Ok…. this smells like something SO familiar, but I can’t place it. But I love it! Argh, hopefully it will come to me…. (Perhaps it’s some citrusy drink?)

Anyhow… this is delicious. Not a flavour I’ve encountered prior in tea, but man, this is freaking delicious! And with a nice white tea finish at the end. Ack, I need more!

ETA: So! I triumphantly return to Steepster to inform you all that this tea, this tangerine spice tea, tastes bang on like some sort of sour cherry concoction that I have previously tasted. Perhaps sour cherry pie filling that my mom made. To be honest, I haven’t quite sorted that part out yet, but it’s crazy that it tastes like that! A re-steep in half the water was also enjoyable (and the leaves retained aroma after this, but I threw them out anyways, bad bad bad.)

Yummers. As expected, this works great in a travel mug. Too bad my sense of taste is currently marred by the leftover fish I just ate for lunch (seasoned with onion powder, chili powder, etc. etc.), which is lingering rather badly, haha.

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Sil
81
Sil

mmm this is a tasty cup of tea. After Indigo’s review I wasn’t sure what to expect but this is much tastier than her description of this lol I don’t know that i would call this tangerine, but there’s orange! The spice is muted and i’m ok with that because I wasn’t looking for an orange chai tea. :) While there is cinnamon, it’s not overpowering. I just kind of blends in with the tea nicely.

Cavocorax
76
Cavocorax 2 tasting notes

Thanks to Sil for the sample!

This is pretty nice and delicate. I can definitely taste (and recognize!) the bai mu dan base, and the tangerine/spices just accent it. It’s a nice tea when you want something flavoured while still being fully aware you are drinking tea. :)

Sipdown!!! I better work on getting my numbers down a bit further! I wonder if I can dedicate Sat and/or Sun to sipdowns, or if I have enough teas that are 1 cup away? :|

This was an enjoyable one. :D

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Raritea
52

1.5 tablespoons for 375ml of water

The tangerine citrus flavour seems artificial and perfume-y. The spice flavour is quite mild. The citrus and the spice do not seem to compliment each other very well. The white tea flavour is present.

Thanks to Indigbloom and Sil for passing some of this on to me!

whatshesaid
50

Tried this tea this morning, but realized I couldn’t taste anything except weak white tea (not exciting enough for me) … Maybe I didn’t steep it long enough or I underleafed, but I am trying to limit my caffeine intake and this one just wasn’t worth it for me. I wanted to make it count so I made some Caramel Matchaccino instead ;)

Thanks for the sample though, Sil!!!