52teas

This is a beautiful tea. You can’t smell the marshmallow, and at first you barely taste it… The mint is the strong flavor here, a creamy flavor, like the melt-away mint candy. Then, there’s a lovely marshmallow secondary note that is just incredible. I’ll be sad to run out of this tea!

I’m not sure how to feel about this tea… The smell is heavenly, like sweet maple cake. The taste is another story. The black tea is too strong for the delicate flavors, and the sweet flavor isn’t helped at all by the bitter notes. I wanted to love this, and I’m just not sure I can.

SIPDOWN! (217) oh yeah… another 52 tea wrapped up for the year :) Not much else to say about this one that i haven’t already said. It’s tasty but no need for a repeat purchase for me :)

man..have i been drinking tea today! Didn’t get a chance to log a bunch of my teas so a few incoming at the moment to catch up. This is part of my 52 sipdown challenge i’ve given myself and one more cup and i should be able to wrap this one up. Not a re-order but it’s been decent enough to drink down.

Cold brew of this today to rehydrate and have something cool to drink. It’s not bad, but not great…not a repurchase but much more drinkable than cranberry vit from frank heh

I have to stay up to test things for work. I’m sleepy…so i’m drinking honeybush blends just in case i get to go to bed earlier than i thought. though they’re behind schedule. bah! Not a huge fan of this one but it’ll do in a pinch and i need to get through these 52 teas! haha

Still not a fan of this one after having tried it cold. I may give it one more chance and then drop it into my sap box for someone who would really enjoy it.

first tea of the morning – cold brewed this yesterday to try as a cold tea first since most of the reviews have said the flavours really come out as it cools.

I’m not sure how i feel about this one over all. It smells like that banana medicine you used to get as a kid. The first sips of this are…intresting. there’s a lot going on that i can’t place. it’s a fruity, banana-y mess of flavours. i’ll have to try this hot to see if i like it better that way. cold is just kind of…weird?

Wow, just one tasting note? Really? Hmm. Anyways, my foray into plain tulsi begins now, thanks to massive anxiety and LiberTEAS (who provided the sample, she is not responsible for the anxiety, haha, we can blame my Masters project for that…)

Sooooo. Brewed, it smells… oddly familiar. I wonder if this is because it was in a blend I had from Verdant… although my initial thought was that it reminded me of guayusa or perhaps green mate. Kind of vegetal-y, but not in a pleasant green tea sort of way. More like… green leaves. Mixed with some mint, and some spicy. Yes, generic… “spicy”. Hrm. Hrrrrrrrrrmmmmm.

Oh, interesting – there’s a clovey note in here… in addition to the slight mint, and odd vegetal. Yes, definitely clove. Wondering if this picked up additional flavour from something else in my big box of teas…. though I have to say that it’s really not a bad addition here, if it is an addition.

So, more sipping and it’s really making me think of Good Morning Sunshine (Butiki), which leads me to think that tulsi is similar to guayusa. Of course, there’s no clovey flavour in there. But… you know. It still tastes similar.

I suppose I could add this up farther, but I’m thinking it now… I thought tulsi would taste more like regular basil. Clearly not.

Anyways, an interesting cup of tea. Probably not something I’d pick out often, but not too bad either. Here’s hoping it will calm me down at least a little…

An absolutely fabulous blend. It has a bright, lemony aroma. The taste has a nice hint of lemon. Very soothing and relaxing to have in the evening. I love this tea!

This is my favourite 52 Tea. I have a weakness for it and have been hoarding my little pouch FOREVER.

:( This just isn’t hitting the spot for me tonight. Bleh. Hopefully my cup of Zen’s Phoenix Pearls waiting for me in my timolino make up for it.

Quick note while we game this afternoon.
This re-blend is tasty! It seems more buttery than I remember, but still good.

I think this is my favorite tea from 52Teas! I love it because it supports my love of Harry Potter, and I love it for being a tasty tea! (albeit, a slightly odd i.e. magical one)

Still strange and wonderful. Not for everyday drinking lest it lose its magic.

WoohoO! Drinking Butterbeer in my LotR mug, while reading the Thirteenth book of the Wheel of Time and wearing my Han Shot First shirt.

I wish I had TARDIS jewelry so I could mix my fandoms up more.

It’s here! And I’ve already set some aside for ozli as I’m sure she’ll want some too.

It does taste root beer-ish, and there are some odd flavours lurking underneath. I guess that’s the licorice etc. But it works! And there’s something sweet – vanilla, maybe?

Yep, while I wouldn’t want this all the time, I’d sneak out of Hogwarts for this. :)

Steep Information:
Amount: 3 tsp
Water: 750ml at 175°F
Tool: Breville One-Touch Tea Maker BTM800XL
Steep Time: 2 minutes
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: chemical, citrus
Steeped Tea Smell:vegetal, citrus
Flavor: calm spice, lemon, vegetal
Body: Light
Aftertaste: astringent, lemon
Liquor: translucent yellow-green

maybe more leaf? maybe more time?
mild, warm, citrus…it’s nice but not great

Rating: 2/4 leaves

Blog: http://amazonv.teatra.de/2013/01/18/52teas-loose-leaf-green-tea-lemon-cardamom-chun-mee/

Steep Information:
Amount: 4 tsp
Water: 1000ml at 175°F
Tool: Breville One-Touch Tea Maker BTM800XL
Steep Time: 3 minutes
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: chemical
Steeped Tea Smell:strawberry, kiwi, hint of lime
Flavor: vegetal, kiwi, hint of sweet
Body: Light
Aftertaste: sweet, hint of lime
Liquor: Translucent yellow-brown

Needs tequila, and salt.
Lime is a hint, major players are the kiwi swelled by the strawberry.

Rating: 2/4 leaves

Blog: http://amazonv.teatra.de/2013/01/18/52teas-loose-leaf-white-tea-kiwi-strawberry-margarita/

Steep Information:
Amount: 3 tsp
Water: 750ml at 195°F
Tool: Breville One-Touch Tea Maker BTM800XL
Steep Time: 4 minutes
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: chemical, sweet, floral
Steeped Tea Smell: cake, lemon poundcake, floral
Flavor: sugar shortbread cookie
Body: Medium
Aftertaste: astringent
Liquor: Dark red brown

Weak for black, but not bad, not buttery?

Post-Steep Additives:
milk, sugar (1 tsp)

Rating: 2/4 leaves

Blog: http://amazonv.teatra.de/2013/01/18/52teas-loose-leaf-black-tea-gooey-butter-cake/

Steep Information:
Amount: 3 tsp
Water: 500ml at 212°F
Tool: Breville One-Touch Tea Maker BTM800XL
Steep Time: 7 minutes
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: no smell?
Steeped Tea Smell: coco, roasted
Flavor: roasted
Body: LMedium
Aftertaste: roasted
Liquor: translucent dark brown

Meh
not a mate fan
but this was drinkable
hints of coco in small, and after taste but just hints

Rating: 2/4 leaves

Blog: http://amazonv.teatra.de/2013/01/18/52teas-loose-leaf-mate-tisane-malted-chocomate/

1 tablespoon of dry leaf for 375 ml of water.

Grassy/stem flavour from the green tea. Slightly seaweed-y Light lemon flavour- not overpowering. Mild sweetness. Smokey note. Very nice flavour combination

Rating: 82

I used 1.5 tablespoons for 375 ml of water.

The dry leaf smell reminds me of lemon meringue pie. The brewed tea has a lemon mixed with smoky aroma which I’m guessing comes from the lemon and green tea. There is a sweetness to the aroma which, I think, is coming from the marshmallow root.

On the sip I’m getting a bitter-celery-metallic flavour at the front which turns into a more lemony flavour.

As the tea cools, I’m getting a more smoky-lemon flavour and the bitterness is faded. I’m also detecting an enjoyable green tea aftertaste in the aftertaste of the tea.

Rating: 57

I will try to keep my infusion time closer to 2 minutes in the future.

Steep Information:
Amount: 5 tsp
Water: 1200ml at 175°F
Tool: Breville One-Touch Tea Maker BTM800XL
Steep Time: 3 minutes
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: cherry, almond
Steeped Tea Smell: almonds, hints of sweet, vegetal
Flavor: vegetal, hint of cherry and almond
Body: Medium
Aftertaste: vegetal
Liquor: cloudy yellow-green

Post-Steep Additives:
white sugar
more cherry, sweet

Like a cherry almond salad, I like it

Rating: 3/4 leaves

Blog: http://amazonv.teatra.de/2013/01/18/52teas-loose-leaf-green-tea-cherry-almond-gunpowder/