Adagio Teas

AJRimmer Advent Tea #5
This is a nice spicy chai. I expected a little more of a baked apple flavor here, maybe with a bit of sweetness, but sadly there’s not much apple to be found. Nex time, I’m going to try this out with some sugar or honey and see if that enhances the flavor!

I extremely oversteeped this tea, but it happily turned out fine! I’m drinking it cold, and it doesn’t taste like too much. I taste the tea and maybe a light floral flavor. It’s all pretty mild though.

Surprised to see the low ratings for this tea. I‘m enjoying this one way more than I expected. I’ve tried other green Earl Greys which left me wanting to wash out my mouth with soap. This tea has a bright, invigorating flavor with notes of orange, mint, and cardamom. The green tea base lets the pure bergamot flavoring shine through. My favorite way to steep it is by adding a little bit to spent green tea leaves.

Purchased this as part of the Adagio Earl Grey sampler set. I’m far from an Earl Grey aficionado but this was easily the best Earl Grey I’ve ever had. A serious step up from my last one which came from Trader Joe’s.

The tea smelled amazing out of the bag. An intense burst of bergamot and malt. I prepared this as an Earl Grey latte, steeping it for 5 minutes using water just under a boil. Then added a little sweetener and frothed oat milk. I was worried that the citrus would be overpowering due to how potent it smelled but the flavor was surprisingly light and on point. Just a hint of orange zest and sweet perfume that accented the black tea base perfectly.

I taste mostly apple, accompanied by a few spices. I feel like I taste clove the most strongly. It’s not an amazing chai, but it’s solid, and the apple gives it a bit of an interesting twist. The apple is pretty authentic and fruity, but it could have used more spice.

Tea:
Adagio Teas Loose Leaf
‘cha cha’
Day 9 of the Twelve Teas of Christmas
Herbal Tisane (Tea is technically only from the camellia sinensis plant)

Steep:
entire sample
212°F
5min
metal mesh strainer

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: mint, hint lemongrass
Steeped Tea Smell: lemongrass and hint mint
Flavor: floral, chamomile, mint, hints lemon
Body: Full
Aftertaste: mint tingle
Liquor: translucent light yellow orange

Comments: lovely cup of tea

Resteep:
weak (10 minutes)

Rating: 3/4 leaves

Leaf system:
1=Bleh! not again if it were free
2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options
3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out
4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing

Purchase Link https://www.adagio.com/herbal/cha_cha.html

YouTube Review https://youtu.be/bYdtHTbIInw

TikTok Review https://www.tiktok.com/@circuitswan/video/7090396106034548010?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1&lang=en

Blog Post https://amazonv.blogspot.com/2022/04/adagio-teas-loose-leaf-herbal-tisane_25.html

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Will I ever stop trying Adagio’s pumpkin teas even though I know I don’t like the pumpkin flavoring they use? No, apparently not. Not as long as they keep appearing free in TTBs like this one. I’ve rarely seen a tea with this low of a Steepster rating, so apparently I’m not alone in my feelings. The flavoring is weirdly fruity, and I don’t taste any spices. The black tea doesn’t make much of an impression either, so this is just sort of a weird, fruity tea.

Steep:
entire sample
212°F
16min
Adagio IngenuiTEA 16 oz

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: sweet fruit punch
Steeped Tea Smell: sweet fruity berries
Flavor: lemon, tart, juicy berry
Body: Medium
Aftertaste: tart
Liquor: dark red

Rating: 2/4 leaves

Leaf system:
1=Bleh! not again if it were free
2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options
3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out
4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing

YouTube Review https://youtu.be/__WMXuxx77Y

TikTok Review https://www.tiktok.com/@circuitswan/video/7089659371961109806?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1

Blog Post https://amazonv.blogspot.com/2022/04/adagio-teas-loose-leaf-herbal-tisane.html

Twitter Thread: https://twitter.com/CircuitSwan/status/1517727914162196480

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Disclaimer:
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Sample from a TTB. This tastes mostly like clove and a rather boring, slightly harsh black tea. It lacks nuance and really isn’t that tasty, even with milk. We dipped gingerbread cookies in it, like I used to do with tea when I was a kid, and that made it more fun. I don’t plan on drinking this again.

Cold Brew Sipdown (225)

Strange VariaTEA TTB: Tea 21

Pulled this teabag that Roswell Strange shared in the SVTTB and drank it almost a week ago. Thank you!! The tea was fine. At some points I got light mango flavour. It tricked me into thinking I may like it but as I kept drinking the chamomile built up and really ruined it for me. At times I got even a nutty sort of note that reminded me of Forever Nuts and literally nothing should have given that vibe.

Reminded me of another tea I think it reminded me of Jumpy Monkey. It had a really nice roasted and nutty taste. If I ever order from Adagio I’d probably add some of this to my cart. I was able to get two good steeps out of the sample packet of this tea I had.

John and I had this tea with just oatly yesterday. I steeped the tea for 4 mins for mine and 5 mins for Johns and the flavors were actually pretty different.

Preparation: Western with oatmilk
Tasting Note: My tea (4 mins) banana notes more prominent. It was creamier and lighter. John’s tea (5 min- I tasted a couple sips) cinnamon and richer bread notes more prominent. Banana flavor wasn’t as noticeable at this time. I would say this is one of the better adagio honeybush blends.

Preparation: Western
Tasting Note: The flavoring with the Rooibos, does a good job of creating a silky nutty, toasty feel. The apple keeps the blend sweeter and isn’t too tart. It has cocoa nibs that give it a little bit of chocolatey-ness but nothing too bitter. Added bonus, the flavors don’t feel muddled or bitter.

I have had this tea before and honestly, I am surprised that it is still good. I think I got this sample in 2021 around this time. Opened it a month ago and it still is pretty nice.

The first try out of the bag on this one was really bad. It was sour and muddled and honestly kind of gross. It was a brand new sample so I can’t really determine if the ingredients were bad or it was just a bad blend. I honestly want to toss it out after that first experience.

Lovely Jasmine aroma and taste. Light but flavorful. mmmmm

Unlike Adagio’s black tea, its green tea seems to have plenty of flavor. I really can’t tell what flavor this is supposed to be. The top flavor is maybe almost fruity, but I really enjoy it. The green tea itself is also pretty nice, and there’s a little complexity here. This has surprisingly ended up being my favorite from the tinsel teas. The vanilla is nice in here.

Preparation: Western
Tasting Notes:
Smells light blueberry flavoring and vanilla out of the bag. There is a slight sweetness and cream from the blueberry flavors and honeybush had a slight toastiness. All notes were pretty faint though. I say good enough but not good enough to purchase again. Hopefully, I can find a better blueberry herbal somewhere else.

Sipdown 10/35

Had a single packet of this from a random sampler Adagio sent me. It’s a pretty decent chai- most predominant notes are cinnamon and pepper. I forgot about it and ended up steeping it for 10+ minutes, but luckily it didn’t get bitter.

It smells like a Pina Colada, which is wonderful.

It tastes like hibiscus, with more hibiscus, and then some pina colada aftertaste. Less wonderful, alas. I’m glad I only got a sampler of this one, I will not be picking it up again.

Got this during St Pattys day with a purchase. I added a full fat oatmilk to it immediately since it had a cream flavoring added to it. It was good! The maltiness and the chocolate notes were strong enough to stay present through the oatmilk. I don’t have a like for like comparison, but it was desserty and comforting. I didn’t add any more sweetness to it other than what sugars are in full fat oatly. It was a balanced tea and nice chocolate flavors.

The chocolate/nutty flavors are pretty subtle in this blend, I taste rooibos more than anything else and not a huge rooibos fan. Just ok, WNRP