Thai Tea Blend

I can taste almond more than coconut and rooibos more than black tea in this blend. It’s smooth and pleasant. I want to thank MandyB for sending me this one! It’s been a while since I have had anything from Teavana!

This is WONDERFUL (thanks Lori!)—-you can taste each individual flavor distinctly…got the almonds, got the vanilla, got, the rooibos, got the other goodies. Very, very sweet, without needing additional sugar. Spending a lazy Mother’s Day sipping, rocking and listening to Pushing Daisies soundtrack (gift from teenage son) and getting the leaky toilet fixed (gift from husband).

Tried this blend today courtesy of Meghann M (Thanks Meghann). When I opened the package vanilla tones hit me and the woodsy smell of rooibos. I pour a teaspoon and see small bits of coconut and there too I identified the rooibos that I thought I had smelled. As I said before I like most black teas and this one does have black tea in the list of ingredients but I don’t taste the black tea (at all) I mostly taste rooibos and vanilla while it’s not a bad combination I would like to be able to pick up on the black tea a little more (but that’s just me). As I have said in some of my previous post me a rooibos can go either way it’s kinda a hit or miss sorta thing (same goes for chai’s) and this one is okay. I’ve been in search of a good chai and while this one is not quite it I can see why others would find it appealing. I would like to try it with milk and MAYBE sugar too but unfortunately I am out of milk right now (Thanks to my teenager who is a bottomless pit). I will try this next time I have milk and post the results. Thanks again Meghann!

This has been sitting on my shelf for a while so I thought I’d make a pitcher to keep in the fridge for finals. Still working on the perfect tea to milk ratio. I’m still new to adding milk to drinks.

I brewed this up last night for the fridge, and I’ve been sipping on it all day… sometimes with a drizzle of milk to make it more like Thai Iced Tea, and while it’s awesome like that, I think I’m enjoying it just as much without the milk.

It’s yummy.

This was nice enough plain, sweet, with the rooibos and coconut coming through most strongly. With a bit of cream though, it’s delicious; very rich, smooth, sweet. It would be good with a bit of sugar, but it’s plenty sweet without. I’d put it in the chai category, personally, despite the lack of actually spices, something about the vanilla/rooibos/almond; in fact, I should try preparing it chai-latte style next time.

I blended this with a Vanilla Red tea, and it became quite a nice full-bodied tea to wake me up, but with a fair subtlety. This blend is more suitable in the morning, though.

I still love this tea, and I’m glad it’s been tucked away since they discontinued it. It still tastes just as good as before.

I can’t figure out if I like it better hot or cold. I think it’s sweet enough on its own, and the flavor is so good that I don’t want to ruin it with milk, so I don’t make any sort of fake Thai iced tea.

I can taste everything in here: vanilla, almond, coconut. It doesn’t come off like a cookie like other teas I have of this same flavor, which is nice. Like I said, it’s just sweet enough.

My mom bought some of the more expensive “Thai tea” they introduced after killing this one off but she left it in the bag from the store so I guess I won’t be trying it anytime soon to see if it even tastes the same. I think it smelled spicier than this one so booooo Teavana, this one was good.

At first taste, I thought it was pretty decent (this was with nothing added and it was hot). I will try it again with sugar and report.

Update: I tried it again with a little rock sugar, it’s still pretty good. It’s not like the tea you get in a Thai restaurant, it is tea with common flavors from Thailand. The only complaint is that there is a fair amount of the tea that gets through the strainer/basket/ball, this is annoying in my opinion, but does not take away from the tea. Worth a taste.

Update II: So I have been drinking a lot of different teas to try and expand my horizons, but I keep coming back to this one. At the end of just about every day, I wind up having this one again, and I have to say, that I really have grown very fond of it. I’m not sure if the first batch I got was stale or if Teavana revamped the formula, but the sample I got last week is so fragrant and delicious that I find myself brewing it daily. I have changed my formula a little: hot water, few crystals of rock sugar, and brew for five minutes and fantastic! I am upping the rating.

A friend gave us this tea to try and I’m so glad she did. I am really disappointed to learn it was discontinued. I have looked many places trying to find a replacement, but have failed so far.
I think the black and rooibos teas balance each other out especially when combined with the coconut, almonds and vanilla. Sweet, smooth and mellow. I really enjoy this tea.

Very good. Seems to be lacking just a bit of depth.

Can’t go wrong with coconut milk and far too much sugar.

Teavana’s Thai blend has a huge flavor, a compelling aroma and a wonderful texture. The coconut taste is what I expected, and it’s robust. The vanilla and almond add a savory sweetness. The combination of red and black produces a velvety cup and it’s a full bodied cup. I give this one a perfect score because it has a wild, exotic flavor. I went through it very, very fast. The second time I bought 8 ounces and served it at a party and non-tea drinkers said wow. I especially enjoy “anytime” tea blends and this one is nice at breakfast, lunch, afternoon, dinner, and after-dinner. It’s not too sweet on its own to be a dessert tea. But if you add sweetener it can be one. I drink this blend “neat” every time but it’s probably great with milk or cream.

This tea is awful. Don’t waste your money! It has very little taste and just as little aroma. I have tried steeping it with milk and other fresh spices, nothing can fix it.

I don’t really taste any vanilla or coconut in my tea. Kinda tastes like a mild herbal tea to me. Not bad, but realy not much flavor.

When I’m in the mood for thick, creamy, sweet tea, I have been reaching for this blend by Teavana. It satisfies my need for dessert, and today I have had four cups so far (and my tea “cup” is actually an 8 oz. mug!). It’s just so perfumey and yummy!

Maybe I’m not in the mood for this tea, or maybe I was just expecting too much from it, but it’s not impressing me all that much.

This blend smells of caramel and coconut and has a orange brown liquor. The flavor is black tea with a hint of coconut and a slight woodsy taste (from the rooibos?). I don’t taste the almond, but I’m not to the bottom of my cup yet.

This tea doesn’t need sugar or milk, but I may try with both on my 2nd cup. Its a nice smooth tea, and affordable as an everyday tea, but I prefer the Earl Grey Creme to this cup at the moment.

Very smooth tea!

Brewed this once so far, and I wasn’t impressed, as it turned out rather flat. It did improve as it cooled. Next time I will use more tea, I think, and maybe add a bit of sugar.

I like this – it’s a very smooth and filling blend that I appreciate in the afternoon to keep the munchies away. I drink it straight up, and quite enjoy the nutty caramel-like flavor.