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Finished the 2 liters of this pretty much all by myself. The flavor was pretty bland after being in the fridge overnight. You can’t seem to win either way, room temperature it’s way too perfume-y and cold it is bland.

I drank this up by mixing each cup with 50 percent flavored carbonated peach water. This made it drinkable.

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Made this as the instruction say to like an iced tea.
I’m drinking a cup of this while it’s still slightly above room temperature instead of cold.(refrigerated) so I won’t rate this cup. This tastes just like the Spice and Tea Exchange Blueberry black tea. It’s similar to some earl grey but much more perfume-y. I’d imagine this could get quite soapy tasting if over steeped. The perfume aftertaste lingers for a long time.
Even though I’ve never had an herbal blueberry tea I think I would much prefer the fresh taste to the perfume-y one from this blend. I will have to ask my family to help drink the 2 liters I have of this in the fridge. Although I imagine they won’t enjoy this tea either.

Flavors: Perfume

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec 65 g 68 OZ / 2011 ML

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drank Sleep Well by For Tea's Sake
15575 tasting notes

Sipdown (610)!

Goodbye and good riddance to this miserable, unpleasant tasting mashup of awful “nighttime” oriented floral flavours. I hate chamomile; so this sipdown feels like a HUGE achievement for me! And while lavender may be slowly growing on me, it’s not at a pace that makes me want to hoard this even a little bit. Only saving grace is the lemon notes in the mix.

I just don’t get why anyone would want to subject themselves to chamomile though. It’s so unpleasant tasting…

Mastress Alita

That’s how I feel about chamomile, too. The only time I don’t really mind it much in a blend is when it is hardly adding much (or no) flavor.

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drank Sleep Well by For Tea's Sake
15575 tasting notes

So, my new bed is REALLY stiff/firm so I’ve been having some issues falling asleep since moving to Montreal – I do think that I’m slowly adjusting to the bed but in the mean time I’ve pulled out all the stops and whipped out the chamomile teas. You know I’m desperate for a good sleep when the chamomile comes out – it’s so vile tasting.

Made this one with a little bit of lemon infused honey also, because I needed to mask the taste somehow. It helped, for sure; much less of that gross taste. I’m not totally sure if it helped me sleep though; it was still hours after finishing this cup before I actually fell asleep…

I think a big part of it, too, is that I’m used to falling asleep to music. I set my laptop up on my desk and just let it play my giant Youtube playlist of music until I pass out. Eventually the laptop’s battery dies, and when it dies the music stops. Sure, I have to charge my laptop every morning but it really, really helps me sleep. I’ve not been doing that though because I don’t want to play music super late into the evening and potentially upset my new roomates – that seems like a very poor foundation to our new living arrangement…

Idk; thoughts from others definitely welcome – I just want a good night’s sleep!

Teatotaler

I totally empathize with you,Roswell. Having fibromyalgia I have sleeping difficulties as well. Stress Ease from Traditional Medicinals is very relaxing – The main ingredient is skullcap. Sure makes me calm and drowsy! I have a couple of friends who swear by it as well. It has a very pleasant cinnamon flavor too. Hope this helps! :)

Mastress Alita

I have been having trouble sleeping lately, too. I don’t like drinking tea too close to bedtime since my main issue is I’ll wake to pee somewhere during my sleep cycle and then I can’t fall back asleep for the rest of the night, so I’ve been taking Valerian supplements, since valerian root in tea always does the trick for me. I don’t like the taste the chamomile either, but even when I do drink it, it doesn’t knock me out the way valerian does.

derk

If you’re on your laptop late into the night, consider installing f.lux. It’s a program that changes the color of your screen based on time of day. At night, my screen is basically orange instead of white/blue, mimicking the coloration of the pages of an old book. Turn the brightness of the screen down to the last setting and I’m out within 10 minutes.

A white noise generator might work since you’re used to falling asleep with background noises. It would probably be inoffensive to your roommates.

Mastress Alita

I use f.lux even during the day. During the daylight hours it still remains slightly pink because that is easier on my migraine head (but at night, it does remove even more blue light and becomes progressively more pink-hued). I only wish I could install outside software on my work computer; I have to wear pink sunglasses all the time at the library to get the same effect.

Roswell Strange

Thanks for all the ideas everyone! I’ll look into f.lux tomorrow and see if that’s something that would be helpful to me. I’ve tried Skullcap before, but it didn’t seem to do anything for me. Valerian Root works the same way, for me, as chamomile does – I just don’t currently own any Valerian blends that don’t also have chamomile in them (can’t escape that awful taste). I’ve tried a white noise generator before; however it just gives me headaches. Not sure why music is ok, but white noise is like someone attacking my head with a cheese grater.

Mastress Alita

In lieu of music, would something like the sound of rain set at a low volume be quite inoffensive? I love the sound of rainymood.com and find it quite relaxing.

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drank Sleep Well by For Tea's Sake
15575 tasting notes

Hot cuppa in the evening, as sort of a bedtime tea.

I added some lemon flavoured honey to try and inject some sweetness and flavour into this tea but it didn’t do a lot to help the overall profile of the tea – basically still just a very, very intense chamomile flavour which just isn’t for me. Nope. No can do. I wish it tasted better/like something other than chamomile but even this lovely honey can’t completely redeem this one for me. I mean, I expected to not like it but…

I was hopeful that I’d be pleasantly surprised.

Mastress Alita

Lemon juice and honey is usually my go-to for intense chamomile flavor in tea as well. I didn’t even know that lemon-infused honey was a thing. Hmm. Now I want some…

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drank Cozy Cabin by For Tea's Sake
15575 tasting notes

Cold Brew Sipdown (826)!

This smells really good, though kind of like Applejacks cereal? Y’know, an almost artificial sweet apple aroma with a subtle sweet, warming cinnamon. If it tasted like that I would have been REALLY happy – but instead it’s more like woody rooibos with the sweetness of apple (without the flavour) and just a tinnyyyy tiny hint of cinnamon.

I’ll finish it though because it’s caffeine free (it’s too late for caffeine now), and cold and refreshing. I’ve been DYING of heat every afternoon going into the evening for the last few days and I just didn’t get why and then today mother nature decided to visit a week early and it suddenly clicked. So, the more refreshing things to help balance out the swing of hormones the better…

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drank Cozy Cabin by For Tea's Sake
15575 tasting notes

A share from VariaTEA!

I seem to recall enjoying this one in the past – and this most recent cup wasn’t bad but it was awfully heavy on the really woody and mineral tasting rooibos notes with a very minimal amount of cinnamon flavour present. Maybe I under leafed? I did eyeball this one instead of measuring – so I feel like I should probably chalk it up to user error.

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drank Cozy Cabin by For Tea's Sake
15575 tasting notes

Sipdown (529)!

Actually a little sad about this sipdown. It was mellow, smooth gently spiced apple goodness. Really nice red apple notes too! But For Tea’s Sake will probably bring it back around Christmas this year so I can always try to reign in my cupboard a little bit and then repurchase then when I have things under better control…

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drank Cozy Cabin by For Tea's Sake
15575 tasting notes

From last week.

Really thick, viscous and almost syrupy mouthfeel with deep woody notes, some cinnamon, and almost candied red apple notes. Very well balanced and interesting profile overall; it made me deeply like cinnamon sugar crepes or French Toast. Something about the sweetness of the spice overall and thickness of the mouthfeel…

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drank Cozy Cabin by For Tea's Sake
15575 tasting notes

Sipping on this one now.

It’s ok, but pretty simplistic in the flavour profile. I mean, it’s essentially just an apple cinnamon rooibos and that’s not exactly a ‘new’ or ‘edgy’ flavour combo/pairing. I just think it tastes like a more toned down version of DAVIDsTEA’s Cinnamon Rooibos Chai blend with a punchier apple element.

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I don’t really drink breakfast blends and as I sip on this now, it is not really an exception.I just don’t love my teas to be brisk. This one is and it has a citrus quality to it but that dissolves into a bit of astringency. Just not for me.

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drank Spirit of the Season by For Tea's Sake
15006 tasting notes

4 min brew, slightly cooler water = a better taste to this one but it’s nothing i want to keep around. farewell tea sample!

Final Count: 43

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drank Spirit of the Season by For Tea's Sake
15006 tasting notes

pepper licorice is what i get from this one. Not the right chai balance for me either, but it’s not terrible. I suspect this might work as a latte…but it won’t be anytihng i’ll be sad about when it’s gone.

VariaTEA

Turns out the tin I thought was this is a tin of something else…cuz I already gave you the tin of this lol

Sil

haha

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Sipdown (371)

Well, it seems Roswell Strange is about to get a whole lot more of this one because I am not a fan. It is far too much star anise for my liking. It’s like spiced licorice which may be nice for some but certainly not to my tastes. Luckily, it is going somewhere it will be appreciated.

Sil

i should try this one haha.

VariaTEA

There may be a tin in the Sil bag for you.

Sil NO! you already gave me a tin!
Sil

i meant i should pull it out and drink it tonight

Evol Ving Ness

hahahaha, you guys!

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drank Sleep Well by For Tea's Sake
6444 tasting notes

This is not for me. I don’t love really anything in this – chamomile, chrysanthemum, lavender, etc. so I definitely am not the target audience for this and yet I can appreciate there is a nice balance of flavors here.

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Cold Brew!

It feels more recent than I think it actually is but a while back I had Goji Power, from Hotcups, as a cold brew and I didn’t really love it even though the aroma of the dry leaf/infused tea was quite nice. I bring it up because sipping on this tonight makes me feel like I’m drinking what I wanted that tea to be – fruity and tart with distinct hibiscus notes and some cinnamon but also a whole lot of deliciously black licorice tasting star anise. It would probably translate better hot, but it’s still pretty good!

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Cold Brew!

I haven’t quite figured out how to work the air conditioning in my new place yet and it runs pretty hot (even with the heating turned off), so I’m relying heavily on cold brewed teas for some rehydration and body heat regulation…

This was good, albeit a little strange. Deeply anise/fennel flavoured, but with a hint of tarty berry to offset some of that black licorice type sweetness.

Shanie O Maniac

Air Conditioning… in Canada… in FEBRUARY??? I’m so confused. Wouldn’t you want the heat to be on? (Sorry if I missed something, I just don’t understand why you would need the AC right now!)

Roswell Strange

Lol! It’s a fair question; apparently I must run hot though because I’m always turning the air conditioning on both at home and at work. My ideal room temperature is about 18-20C, but the new apartment seems to sit at about 23.5C and our lab varies anywhere between 20C to 24C…

VariaTEA

I put air conditioning on but also in the winter, I tend to just open a window…and use multiple fans to sleep.

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Cold Brew!

I made five spice tea eggs w/ fresh tangelo and clementine juice not too long ago for a potluck at work, and the tea eggs themselves tasted amazing – however I bring it up because something about this cold brew tasted eerily like my five spice tea eggs, including the almost sulphurous egg part of the taste. It’s one thing when you eggs taste like eggs, it’s a whole other revolting nightmare when you Chai flavoured cold brew tastes like eggs.

Barf!!!

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From earlier in the week, because I figured maybe the thing that I needed in order to get into the Christmas Spirit was a tea literally called “Spirit of the Season”. I don’t think this was the solution though: it tasted very boring to me, and though I usually enjoy this tea I wasn’t finding the mix of fruit notes and spices all that harmonious.

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Sipdown (461)!

I’m really sick today; bad cold and super stuffy nose that’s throwing my sense of taste painfully out of wack. I chose this one as my late night cup of tea today because it’s caffeine free and has enough body flavour/spice that despite being sick I can still taste it. It also tastes really good, and very smooth with the spices and sweet apple/hibiscus notes having a very soothing/comforting quality to them. I’m actually, much to my surprise, really sad to be done with this one because it was a hell of a good Chai that deeply appealed to me as someone who likes sweeter, fruitier chais that aren’t overly ginger heavy – all of which are applicable to this one.

I’ll be keeping an eye out for this one at Chapter’s next winter for sure to see if they bring it back again for the holidays, and if so I’m sure I’ll likely grab a tin of it!

VariaTEA

My friend bought me a tin of this that I’ll probably never finish. Let me share with you :)

Also I’m sorry to hear you aren’t feeling great. I hope you feel better soon!1

Roswell Strange

Well, if you insist ;)

But also, if you still want to ditch your tin of The Black Lodge one of the coworkers who liked it said she’d happily take more if you’re not feeling it. God bless her gentle soul; too good, too pure for this world.

VariaTEA

Bahahaha excellent. I shall start compiling a box of goods to send your way. Also feel free to see if there is anything in my cupboard you haven’t tried before (I doubt it) and let me know so I can share samples.

Roswell Strange

Want me to send anything your way?

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Drank a mug of this one yesterday.

I don’t often appreciate Chai blends but this one was actually pretty solid. More medium bodied than the typical full bodied chai, I really appreciated the overall sweetness and fruit undertones (apple) present in this on top of the softer spice elements. Prominent spice notes were cinnamon and ginger but both complimented the apple. Even the very small amount of hibiscus, which I think was probably mostly meant to lend colour to the blend so it looked softly red and welcoming/festive, didn’t clash with everything else.

This will be an easier chai sample for me to finish off, for sure.

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drank Yule Fuel by For Tea's Sake
1403 tasting notes

Thanks, VariaTEA!

And it’s a belatedly posted sipdown!

#long time ago internet hiatus sipdown

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drank Yule Fuel by For Tea's Sake
1403 tasting notes

Steeped up, this morning, this smells delicious with full on vanilla, hints of caramel and something tart like cranberry. Maybe a bit of almond too. My first sip or two or three continues those flavours with a bit of astringency at the end of the sip.. Spice is very much in the background here for me today. My spoon of leaf must have contained a whole different combination of flavours than it did previously. Nice.

On my second steep, a bit of clove is coming up with the astringency.

I wouldn’t run out and buy a tin, but I would certainly consider splitting one. This is a gentle black to drink without any additions.

Just finished the last sip and can say that enjoyed this tea up to the last drop. Nice when that happens.

Thank you for the sample, VariaTEA.

And it’s a sip down!

Flavors: Almond, Caramel, Cranberry, Vanilla

Fjellrev

Ooh, sounded like a promising flavour profile.

Evol Ving Ness

Unique to me though. Others got more of a spice thing in their cups.

Fjellrev

Ah, interesting.

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drank Yule Fuel by For Tea's Sake
1403 tasting notes

I was a bit alarmed when a whole clove bud leapt out of the dry leaf, but I needn’t have been. The spice mix is pleasant enough: mostly clove and ginger plus something vaguely eggnoggy. More chai-like than eggnog really, but still more on the gentle side of chai.

Imagine that it would make a dynamite latte with sweetener, but currently, I am drinking everything black and unsweetened.

Thank you, VariaTEA, for including this among your samples. I am enjoying it.

Flavors: Cloves, Ginger

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 3 min, 30 sec 1 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML

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