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Got this tea at the charming Tree House tearoom, and it took me by pleasant surprise. It’s light in flavour with a fresh note of citrus that I want to describe as “chipper”. There is very little bitterness to this tea, either, making it very easy to drink.

From the christmas tea stash

Fair the middlin, is what we call that in this part of Scotland…. It’s just alright, really. There is definitely a hemp flavour in there, but I can taste some other flavours outside of that and chamomile… cinnamon maybe? Looking up the ingredients that must be it indeed. The further I got into the cup, the more the tea grew on me.

Not catching that rum this tea advertises to taste like. However, it is a really nice fruity tea with hints of spices. It has flavours of berry and raisin, maybe some cinnamon? It’s warming and sweet, easy to drink.

From the pile of loose teabags I got for christmas

I have no idea what is in this tea. Not even after drinking it. I don’t know what the flavour is, but regardless it is not good. I think there is a hint of nettle, and maybe lemon balm? It has a herbal medicine kind of taste, which might be it’s main purpose given it’s name (stomach-nice, making a pun with stomach-ache in Dutch)
Nope. nope. I have poured out most of this.

From my new pile of loose teabags.

This one is actually quite nice, unlike the apple version the bitter compliments the melon more than make it taste rank and the result is a very drinkable tea.

My flatmate moved out and left this tea. My other flatmate has claimed the cannister, but I managed to get a cup. I get that this is a common tea for people to enjoy, but having never had it before… the smell of bacon is an odd one for tea, so is the flavour which I can only liken to whisky.
I don’t think it’s for me, to be honest, happy to let my flatmate keep this one.

From my new pile of loose teabags.

I had never had a pure stinging nettle tea before, and I’m not sure about it. It has a weirdly round, filling flavour, like grass but more wooly, with an unexpectedly balmy mouthfeel… I have no idea if that description makes any sense.

I think, perhaps, that black tea and apple should not be paired. The bitter of the black tea makes the apple taste rotten, in my opinion. I did not finish the cup, ever after significantly sweetening it, as I could not get over the flavour of fermentation.

First tea of 2023… yikes. happy new year to everyone reading this!