The Republic of Tea

It has a pleasant, and “pretty” taste to it. It could be a great tea to end the day with.

I got the last tin!!! I’ve only had it once so far and this is—gasp—my first loose leaf tea. Yeah, I know. I’m a n00b. Whatever. I steeped it too long, I think. It isn’t bad, but to me it tastes and smells more like imitation rose than what roses actually smell like. I think I detected a hint of a lemony after taste, too. Definitely not bad. It may not be an everyday tea, but it definitely has its place.

I enjoyed the experience this tea provided. Was not significantly better than celestial seasonings True Blueberry tea though.

The minimum recommended steep time for this is 5 minutes. I have been steeping it for 7, but today I tried 10, and it made a world of difference. It was so much more rich this time around, I had to bump up the rating. If you’re on the fence about trying it, or have it at home but aren’t loving it, try a longer steep time.

This tea did taste pretty weak to me, even after five minutes in the tea pot.

Slightly spicy orange and clove decent.

The first time I had this, I let it steep WAAAAAAAAAAAAY to long and it was like sucking on a car air freshener. The second time, I only steeped it about a minute, but the cherry flavor was still a little too much for me.

This was good today but I for some reason tasted the ginger more. And I wanted the peach to be really what I tasted the most. And I taste the black tea to. But, I really love a strong peach taste in teas.

This is a nice black tea with a medium peach taste and a hint of ginger.

Backlogging I got this teabag to try from JoeCool Nicole thank you very much. This I agree is a light black tea with abit of apple and clove think is very good but the apple needs to be stronger.

Good but not great, looks like dried lawn clippings. Not sure why it’s called “Famous Green Cooling Tea”

Apples! And spices! Too bad Republic of Tea doesn’t offer this herbal tisane year round because it is absolutely lovely. A tasty apple and spice.

A surprisingly light and fruity tea. No hint of bitterness to the cup.

A nice white tea with orange.

Nice light green tea with abit of mango.

Yesterday on the 11 had a cup.

This is a teabag. This tea has black decaf tea,mango,and salflowers. I steeped this up. This smells like black tea with some mango. The taste a nice black tea with mango. This is good.

Very enjoyable black tea. Not too sweet or fake.

I really don’t like drinking this tea, but my Mom does, so that’s it’s got as high a rating as it does. It’s mild to the point of non-existence, even when steeeped for ten minutes. My Mom has a far more sensitive pallette than I do. But I do highly recommend this tea for all of you Pagans or Wiccans out there who need herbs and spices for magick spells. Vanilla attracts love, cinnamon attracts wealth an luck and star anise attracts … oh, heck, I forget what what it attracts. Probably ‘ease of communication’ or something like that. You can use the tea as is or ground up even more. Cool tea that you don’t want to drink can be used to water plants.

I received a free sample bag of this in the mail today when RoT sent me their current catalog. LOVE the label for the tea but right off the bat there are 2 strikes or potential strike…Cinnamon AND Vanilla. Now…I am NOT saying I HATE them…but I don’t usually go for them. I love Cinnamon just usually not in tea and I can take or leave vanilla in any setting or for any reason. BUT…I’m up for the challenge. It scent is unique – not what I expected. Pleasant yet surprising. It brews quickly into a reddish brown. More Cinnamon than Vanilla after the steep to the nose. I seriously think the Rooibos helped this blend quite a bit. The more I sip – the more I enjoy. Mind you, I also oversteeped. You can taste the cinnamon a bit more than the Vanilla but they blend well with the Rooibos into something satisfying and not overpowering.