Vanilla and Cinnamon Black Tea

As I expected, this improves with the addition of a little half-and-half. Sugar cookie sweetness.

My opportunities to visit and procure stuff from Trader Joe’s are few and far between, but tea-wise, their house brands seem to be consistently decent and consistently inexpensive.

May you find a few minutes today to recall the sweet spots (there were some, weren’t there?) of 2011. Be blessed, friends!

You know what makes this tea awesome? The fact that there’s a picture of an over-caffeinated lemur on the package. That in itself is almost worth the purchase. As far as tea goes, this falls along the same vein as Celestial Seasonings. Not the best quality but it has its place. This is especially good if you doctor it up with milk and sugar. I have also used it to make vanilla tea-infused granola multiple times, so it gets extra points for that. It’s finely milled, so you don’t have to put it through the spice grinder.

Oh man, I really LOVE this tea! Obviously I found it at TJs & I didn’t realize until I brewed a pot that it is very similar to Celestial Seasoning’s Nutcracker Sweet, which I adore (at a TJs price – which I adore even more!) I bought a bunch of boxes for Christmas presents. I just recently found the TJs Candy Cane Green Tea on this site & will start my local TJ search! Thankful for Steepster.com :o)

So it’s not the “finest” tea out there. Who cares. It has a lemur on the box, it makes a great base for homemade chai, and it tastes like Cinnabon in my cup. Great with milk. Perfect balance of c+v, want a year-round dupe. Similar to Republic of Tea’s Dream By The Fire.

I love the smell and taste, it didn’t need much to get ideally sweet enough for me and I like the lemur and chameleon on the box.

This tea is simply Christmas in a cup. Amazing.

Love this tea! It is very delicious with a bit of sugar and some milk. It is also a very affordable price. It is sweet smelling (cream and cinnamon).

Doesn’t taste like much, but smells nice.