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95
drank Coconut Custard by Teas Etc
788 tasting notes

Steep Information:
Amount: 3 heap tsp
Additives: none
Water: 22oz filtered, boiling
Tool: Cast Iron Teapot with Mesh basket strainer
Steep Time: a little over 5 minutes
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: Coconut, Nut, Sweet
Steeped Tea Smell: Nutty, Coconut, Sweet
Flavor: rooibos
Body: Medium
Aftertaste: coconut, and then COCONUT CUSTARD
Liquor: Deep dark orange red brown

Thanks to SoccerMom for turning me on to this tea.

First, you smell the tea as it comes up to your nose and you smell coconut custard.

MilitiaJim is flummoxed how something can smell like a texture, but it does.

Then you sip, at first I was sad, it was rooibos. Don’t get me wrong I love rooibos but I wanted coconut custard.

As I swallow the sip I start to taste coconut shell, then coconut.

Then I swallow and there is the coconut pie! Delicious.

Strange the flavor is all in the swallow.

Post-Steep Additives: pinch of German rock sugar
sweeter, yum!

Resteep: 7 min, weak, 10+ min, weak but drinkable

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec
Stephanie

Wow, a 95?? Yay! A tea that has passed the AmazonV test! It’s been awhile since you’ve rated over mediocrity. :) I have this, and will be re-visiting it because of you. :)

AmazonV

LOL! yea i am pretty fussy I was one of those kids who had a peanut butter and fluff sandwich every day because nothing else would do for years :)

gmathis

This sounds wonderful! Suddenly I’m craving my grandma’s homemade custard pie with nutmeg on top.

AmazonV

ooo, ooo! @gmathis I think perhaps i will put a little nutmeg in this with the pinch of sugar!

SoccerMom

YEA!!! I am SOO glad you liked it!! Sometimes just because you like it (meaning me) doesn’t mean the other person you are recommending it to will. Isn’t this like one of the best rooibos blends ever?? I’ve never purchased 8 ounces of any tea or rooibos but I proudly have 8 ounces of this and I am going to make a cup right now!

AmazonV

I am sure it helps that i like coconut, like coconut custard and like rooibos :)

SoccerMom

I don’t like all coconut teas though. I didn’t like the GM Coconut Pouchong. I guess that’s why I am so happy I found this one that I do enjoy.

Shanti

Mmm…this sounds yummy. I saw a frozen coconut cream custard pie at the store today, but I didn’t buy it. I’m not a big fan of coconut (bad experience with coconut rum one night when I was a teenager) but coconut cream custard just sounds like it has to be good.

SoccerMom

Shanti, your coconut rum story sounds very similar to my Riunite Lambrusco experience of the early 90’s. ;)

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60
drank Cherry Blossom by Teas Etc
111 tasting notes

I have to agree with Atacdad’s tasting notes on this one. dry this one smells great like cherries once brewed it tastes of cherries and cream. It’s not bad but it’s not as good as their Coconut Custard Rooibos!

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec

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34
drank Lemon Ginger Snap by Teas Etc
111 tasting notes

My Teas Etc. order came in today Yea! So this was the little sample I chose and I have to say it’s not very flavorful it has a slight lemony taste and mostly green tea flavor. The dry leaf smells wonderful reminiscent of a Luden’s Lemon cough drop.

Preparation
160 °F / 71 °C 3 min, 15 sec

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91
drank Pu'erh Tuo-Cha by Teas Etc
8 tasting notes

after my thrid thermos of this tea, I think it’s safe to say that I like it, although not quite as much as some of the others I’ve tried. It brews up a lovely dark dark brownish blackish color and the bird nest is just too cute for words. (my youngest son has been carrying one around in a little bag for 2 days because he likes how it looks) There are some definite earthy tones to it, a shock for me since I didn’t know tea could taste like a freshly tilled garden smells. I did have to add a few sugar subes to my 16 oz. bottle, but that’s just because I like my drinks to be overly sweet, especially first thing in the morning. Well, my thrid thermos is empty so it’s time to go brew another tea. See ya!

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 5 min, 0 sec

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100
drank Coconut Custard by Teas Etc
111 tasting notes

Okay, last time I tried this tea I was sick so I couldn’t review it properly. I have been asked by Lori what I thought about this tea (I could have sworn I had started a tasting note?) anyway Lori asked me just yesterday what I thought of this tea and I told her let me try it again (Even though I was sick the first time I tried it I thought it was good) so I wake up this morning to a 20% off coupon on Rooibos from Teas Etc.

What a timely coupon this rooibos is good!! While I don’t think … hmmm no I’ve never actually had coconut custard I have had many a coconut meringue pie and I would have to say this reminds me of coconut pie in that the rooibos plays back up and I would compare it to a crispy crust and the coconut flavoring is the coconut creme center NOM.

It’s good if you like coconut i’d recommend it and I know some of ya’ll are going to get a little mad but I like it better than GM’s Coconut Pouchong. Sorry but it’s just how I feel. :)

Gotta go and place my order at Tea’s Etc now!

Update: Okay so it’s no secret I love to have Teavana’s My Morning Mate almost every morning so today I added a little of Tea’s Etc Coconut Custard Rooibos and it only added to the smooth flavor of the mate I love to mix rooibos and mates!

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 0 sec
AmazonV

share the coupon shaaaaare
oh man, my poor cupboard, but coconut and rooibos!

SoccerMom

Upon closer inspection I think it is an exclusive coupon. I will find out when I place my order (just to be sure) Don’t worry though I’m going to order enough to share with you AmazonV! (you know I got your back) LOL

~lauren.

Ooh, ooh, pick me, pick me! I have a tea’s etc coupon: AMZAP – 20% off anything, the only thing is I just got it (I ordered tea’s etc off Amazon) and they sent me this as a courtesy but it ends 3/31/2010 (TODAY).

AmazonV

sneaky store, and WOOT!

SoccerMom

Okay so I looked in my tea cupboard and thought I really need a cup of coconut custard and while reaching for it I saw my totally sad 52Teas Chocomate (which I’m not crazy about) starring at me and so I decided to mix the two (I’m hoping for the tea equivalent of an Almond Joy but will settle for Mounds) well taste wise it’s not to bad maybe a little Mounds tasting! Certainly better than plain chocomate.

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100
drank Bohea by Teas Etc
30 tasting notes

I do adore this tea – smoky, smooth and sweet. It’s my rainy-day tea, and that describes today perfectly.

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec

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65
drank Chamomile Lavender by Teas Etc
314 tasting notes

This is tasting better and better to me nowadays. Maybe I’m getting used to the herbally/potpourri flavor. It’s definitely more enjoyable if I use less leaf (herbs?). I mainly drink this “medicinally” (in the evenings as a sleep aid or in the daytime if I feel anxious) and I often make the mistake of thinking “more is better”! But too much leaf just tastes overwhelmingly potpourri-ish and icky. So, just a little less than 1 level teaspoon per 12 oz. is perfect.

You really don’t need much. It’s pretty potent!

Preparation
Boiling 8 min or more

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65
drank Chamomile Lavender by Teas Etc
314 tasting notes

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65
drank Chamomile Lavender by Teas Etc
314 tasting notes

Have a bit of insomnia so I’m trying out this tea.

It’s what you’d expect from chamomile and lavender. The chamomile is apple-y and the lavender is herbally pungent—I’m reminded very strongly of rosemary chicken!

The two flavors are very distinct and very potent. I feel like I’m drinking a fresh bowl of potpourri! Like a lavender sachet. But I mean this in a good way—it’s not a stale, icky, dusty bowl of potpourri. It’s potpourri that’s been freshly picked and a bit sundried.

I may have brewed this too strong—2 heaping teaspoons in 12oz. with boiling water. My mug is practically filled with the tea/herbs.

(would you like some water with your herbs?)

I think I’m babbling now—must’ve kicked in!

Preparation
Boiling 8 min or more
__Morgana__

Rosemary chicken is yum! Interesting association with lavendar.

Stephanie

Yeah, I know. Must be the herbal-ness of it. Lavender can remind me of rosemary, a lot of times

I ♥ NewYorkCiTEA

Now I’m thinking about rosemary chicken. Now I want rosemary chicken. Just a little piece, cold, picked from the container in the refrigerator. Except there is no rosemary chicken in the refrigerator. =(

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80
drank Ginseng Oolong by Teas Etc
314 tasting notes

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80
drank Ginseng Oolong by Teas Etc
314 tasting notes

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80
drank Ginseng Oolong by Teas Etc
314 tasting notes

Some quick impressions (typed up between stolen moments at work):

Scent: Faintly like fresh hay and green leaves. Some sweetness.
Taste: Sweet and refreshing!! Very root-like with some fresh green earth. This has been steeping for awhile in my travel mug, so the taste is a bit toasty too.

I really like this tea—I like its sweet earthy green-ness. And it looks strangely cool also—like little dusty green pebbles of tea. They stay predominantly pebble-y while brewing too, with just a couple here and there gaining the courage to unfurl.

~lauren.

OH! I just love your way with words – the tea leaf personification is so lovely and musical and poetic… “just a couple here and there gaining the courage to unfurl.”

Stephanie

Thanks Lauren!! :)

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80
drank Ginseng Oolong by Teas Etc
314 tasting notes

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80
drank Assam Reserve by Teas Etc
314 tasting notes

Even from my limited experience, this seems like a very good assam. I only have one tea of the same type to compare it too and that is A&D’s Thomas Sampson.

This seems lighter bodied than TS. But the scent is very similar—malty and Guinness-like…a bit biscuity. The color is a deep, very reddish amber. The taste is all malt, slightly sweet and bready—but very astringent and drying in the mouth.

I like it, it’s very good to have with a heavy meal—but I’m not sure I would choose this over A&D’s assam, for some reason. Although, wouldn’t it be funny if they both came from the same estate?

Preparation
Boiling 5 min, 30 sec

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82
drank Bai Mu Dan by Teas Etc
5 tasting notes

This is a lovely tea. The buttery aspect is very much there; there’s a rich, sweet scent that rises from the hot tea and the taste is reminiscent of artichoke hearts dipped in butter, and faintly sweet creamery butter at that. I agree with the reviewer that says there’s something reminiscent of a salty feel hovering around the periphery without anything actually being salty about the taste itself, which is an aspect I particularly like. On the second infusion of this tea I can detect a ghost-like sweetness which is present as the faintest of aftertastes. Drinking this is really a lovely and pleasurable experience.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 3 min, 0 sec

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89
drank Green Dragon by Teas Etc
6 tasting notes

Warming up after a wet day sailing with warm, well rounded Green Dragon Oolong from Teas Etc. One of my favorites.

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87

Weird… I just uploaded this to my website today!! Synchronistic thought processes scare me!

This is so nice and smooth! I usually turn away from drinking many black teas because I usually find the flavor combination of floral and spicy to be a bit too much for my palate.

The cool thing about this tea, which might give me the desire to try other blacks, is that it has another flavor profile that helps to smooth out the over all taste. I really starting to notice this great nutty flavor coming from the tea as it began to cool down.The nuttiness brings both the floral and the spicy completely into check rounds out all of the pointer edges of this tea. I think i like this one best iced.

While it remains hot this is still pleasant and I can drink it comfortably with no milk or sugar. The spice and floral flavors do play nice together even if they can be strong. They are never “put down that cup” strong, but as a fan of oolongs and greens some times I feel black tea flavors are just a bit strong in general. So the fact I didn’t feel the need to put anything in this tea says something.

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 3 min, 30 sec

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57
drank Honeydew by Teas Etc
314 tasting notes

This is….interesting. It’s not so much “honeydew” as it is asparagus! :O It’s a very “vegetal” tasting tea. And, in the beginning, the vegetable flavor is very potent. But as the liquid cools, notes of white flowers and (finally!) melon emerge. The scent, upon cool down, reminds me of melon chewing gum! In some Korean restaurants around here, they give you sticks of melon-flavored gum with the check after the meal. And the scent is exactly like that!

So, honestly, I kind of like this…but not really. It was good to try as a sample though!

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 4 min, 0 sec
Ricky

Asparagus!?!? Oh nooooo!

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91
drank Golden Monkey by Teas Etc
596 tasting notes

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91
drank Golden Monkey by Teas Etc
596 tasting notes

This is Teas Etc’s newest batch of Golden Monkey, not the tea that came in second place in the World Tea Championship. To be honest, I like this new batch better. It is spicier and more intense. The floral notes seem to mesh better with spice than with the more intense cocoa notes of the last batch. Extraordinary. Yum.

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91
drank Golden Monkey by Teas Etc
596 tasting notes

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91
drank Golden Monkey by Teas Etc
596 tasting notes

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91
drank Golden Monkey by Teas Etc
596 tasting notes

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85
drank Pu'erh Tuo-Cha by Teas Etc
314 tasting notes

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