Tazo

Drank this when I was out earlier and found it reasonably enjoyable. The drink wasn’t too sweet like how Starbuck’s makes some of their drinks and the rooibos base made a surprsingly creamy-tasting latte.

I was a bit annoyed that they didn’t bother to take the tea bag out of the cup though. I’m not sure if you can overbrew rooibos – but still!

I had one of these today with Passion tea. I’m not a fan of the tea by itself, but blend with the lemonade it’s a delicious, fruity caffine-free treat.

I keep trying to give this tea the benefit of the doubt, but it turns out horribly bitter every time. I have tried fully boiling water, water cooled to about 190, even to 180, varied steeping time, but it still is extremely bitter.

Completely forgettable.

I’ve never been able to get into this tea. I’ve never really understood black/green tea blends, because they have to be brewed so differently. It seems like one of them is always going to be suffering, and I didn’t find anything especially wonderful about this blend’s taste. I’d rather have either a black tea, a green tea, or an oolong- just not all together.

If I’m getting a cup of tea at Starbucks, this is generally what I get. This tea has a fairly strong spicy flavor that works well with milk, and I find it more interesting than the Awake blend, which is basically the only other option for black tea when one is at the ’bucks.

One of Tazo’s best and I’m not overly fond of green tea in general. Highly recommended for the afternoon and when trying to ease cramps. My Mom likes it both hot and iced.

Tea like this makes one realize why one drinks tea in the first place. I have tried chai flavors in coffees and latte’s, but they pale in comparison to the flavor that is delivered by this tea. Tazo knows tea and does tea with a passion and to perfection.

I realized after awhile of sitting on this note that Tazo Chai has black pepper in it. When I let this tea sit for too long I can really taste it. Maybe I steeped it too long or the water was too hot. But, phew, it was strong after awhile.

Bergamot like WOAH! This is the bergamot to end all bergamots and not in a good way. It’s so strong that it tastes quite bitter and oddly enough the sweetener doesn’t seem to alleviate this; instead it just provides an odd counterpoint.

And WTF Starbucks, is it too much effort to take the tea bag out before you give it to me?! It’s not exactly a nice experience to take a gulp of what I thought was foam and instead get a mouthful of mesh teabag. Yuck.

One of the best teas ever. I’ll have to wait to say more another time.

wasn’t that great when i had it but i overbrewed it

I really liked this tea because of the passion fruit and mango flavors in there. However, I couldn’t drink a a lot of it because the hips and hibiscus have it ending up tasting like potpourri after awhile.

very calming and sensuous

This is a great sweet tea when you add a smidge of sugar to bring out the orange’s natural sweetness.

A bit creamy.. slightly sweet… all good

Nice and spicy. My first chai. I enjoyed it

very spicey made my friend cough…. he was a novice tea drinker though i really like the boldness of it

really citrusy and tangy alittle strange kinda

it was low key bitter but definitely good and strong at times

One of my favorite teas. Good for tummies and throats and lungs.

Had a dark yellow liquor. The smell was immediately pear and ginger. The actual tastes ranged from hints of pear to ginger and smacks of black pepper.

The tea is hot and spicy in a green tea fashion. All things considered, they could have made the pear flavor more obvious. Definitely wasn’t my favorite of the Tazo line-up. But a nice tea and not to be overlooked.

Not memorable. But it’s one of the few black teas they server at starbucks.