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Less terrible than I thought it would be, the citrus pieces help push aside that perfume taste I dislike so much. Definitely best plain with a bit of lemon!

Embodying everything I hate about earl greys, sickenly floral with a gasp of bergamot. Terrible to drink but fantastic to use in baking! Yeah, I said it. This is my cheap baking tea.

This tea is to delicate for my tastes, I like my earl grey to be a punch in the face.

More “strawberry” than “strawberries and cream” unfortunately, it has as much razzamatazz as the raspberry black tea I just tried. Adding milk does bring out the creaminess a little bit more, but overall I am underwhelmed by this tea.

What a sinister looking blend! Those whole raspberries are creeping me out. Anyway, this looks more exciting than it tastes. I’m not big on the idea of fruity black teas at all but I think this would be better with more vanilla or something to punch up the flavour a bit. It’s just like “Oh hey, I’m a raspberry black tea…” not “WAHEY! I’M A RASPBERRY BLACK TEA!” with jazz hands etc. I would definitely drink this plain because milk just mutes the flavour too much. Yeah.

Does what it says on the packet really! The tea is smooth, sweet and aromatic with a strong lichee flavour. Similar to China Rose, it is best plain though if you want to drink it with milk I’d brew it for longer. Would probably be delightful iced and topped up with a bit of gin…

Stupid name, yummy tea! I distinctly remember trying this a few years ago and it tasted almost as awful as the creme brulee, so they must have changed the blend. A rich and creamy caramel tea with a hint of nut (thanks to the macadamias), that tastes even more decadent with milk. A true dessert tea, perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth!

Revenge of the dried yoghurt pieces! The common ingredient in all my most hated teas, I’m not sure if they are the problem but I’ll go ahead and blame them anyway. All you get from this is “burnt”. And not the caramel kind usually found on creme brulee, more like if a bunch of hoodlums committed arson on a building that had a few ramekins of creme brulee sitting in one of the kitchens. The aroma of the leaves, the aroma of the brewed tea, the taste in your mouth with or without milk: all overwhelmingly burnt.
I’m really disappointed in this because creme brulee is one of my favourite desserts. If only it had a creamy caramel flavour with just a hint of that burnt taste, it’d be perfect!

This is actually being discontinued, I was just curious to try it to see if it was as awful as I remember. Yes. Yes it was. In fact my tasting note I jotted down for this just said “Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy???”. This tasted like burnt coffee, with that ingredient that seems to be in all the teas I hate: dried yoghurt pieces. I thought I could bring out the creamyness by adding milk, but it just made the bitter coffee taste more pronounced. A fine example of when gimmicky flavoured teas go horribly wrong!

Sweet, rosy and smooth. I’m resisting the urge to say something filthy here, so I’ll just mention that its best drunk plain, though if you want to drink it with milk brew it for a few minutes longer.