Sickly sweet, this tea just tastes like cheap cinnamon candy. This was the sample that Teavana tosses into every order. The amount of rock sugar they use is appalling. The big hunks can’t dissolve, and turn this mix into undrinkable sludge. I couldn’t tell if there was oolong in my sample, there was so much going on.
Teavana, you might as well just hand out samples of your rock sugar, and not waste what could be okay-ish tea.
Into the trash you go, demon!
Flavors: Cinnamon, Sweet
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not many teas require an exorcism! ;)
I felt the same way about this one. Who knows, it might even have been decent, but with all that sugar we’ll never know.
I like sweet tea and even I thought this was too sweet as well!
I really like the combo sans sugar, though I prefer their old blend of the white ayurvedic chai and samurai chai mate more. They all have a mostly cinnamon stick single-note quality to them, but the Maharaja chai most of all. At that point, why blend it at all with another chai?
All of this, of course, is contingent on very little or no sweetener. It is weird with all that sugar. I actually will use the packet, meant for 16oz (I hope not 8!), and make 32oz. It is still super sweet, but flavorful. You aren’t likely to taste any oolong here though – I am just a cinnamon junkie. :)
I cast you out, unclean spirit!
But seriously, I wanted to give this sample a chance. I brewed almost 4 cups out of that sample. 1 oz of tea for only 32oz? That’s nuts. I drink tea like I read my books. No matter how bad it is, I have to finish the cup. This was one of the rare times I actually had to spit out the tea and toss it. No. Just no.
not many teas require an exorcism! ;)
I felt the same way about this one. Who knows, it might even have been decent, but with all that sugar we’ll never know.
I like sweet tea and even I thought this was too sweet as well!
I really like the combo sans sugar, though I prefer their old blend of the white ayurvedic chai and samurai chai mate more. They all have a mostly cinnamon stick single-note quality to them, but the Maharaja chai most of all. At that point, why blend it at all with another chai?
All of this, of course, is contingent on very little or no sweetener. It is weird with all that sugar. I actually will use the packet, meant for 16oz (I hope not 8!), and make 32oz. It is still super sweet, but flavorful. You aren’t likely to taste any oolong here though – I am just a cinnamon junkie. :)
I cast you out, unclean spirit!
But seriously, I wanted to give this sample a chance. I brewed almost 4 cups out of that sample. 1 oz of tea for only 32oz? That’s nuts. I drink tea like I read my books. No matter how bad it is, I have to finish the cup. This was one of the rare times I actually had to spit out the tea and toss it. No. Just no.