Yogi Tea

Raspberry isn’t my favorite flavor, but I love how energized I feel after drinking this tea. It is perfect in the AM for some clean energy. I typically drink black tea in the AM.

I finally reorganized my tea cabinet, and I found a bunch of these! I love this tea so much. I love most spice type teas. I can never tasted the peach flavor, is it even there? I don’t actually believe that a tea could detox the body, bit I always feel warm after drinking this tea. It’s cold out so I figured I could use a cup of Peach Detox. I’m happy with my choice tonight!

Varieteas Box (October) – 7/30

So, I went up to bed before my partner yesterday and forgot to prepare him a cup of tea to bring up when he was ready. I’m really trying to encourage him to drink more tea instead of beer in the evening and I’m forever buzzing around the kitchen telling him he can pick whichever tea he wants!

Well, last night he did! The look of horror on my face when I realised he’d chosen something from my Varieteas box must have been a picture! Cue lots of grumbling about how I only have one each of those samples and want to drink them myself and review them on Steepster. “But you said I could pick any!!” – “Yes… but not THOSE!” Oh dear! Needless to say, I made the poor boy share his mug of Choco with me.

And thank goodness I did! While my partner wasn’t all that impressed with it, I really enjoyed it. I wasn’t sure I was going to, because as soon as I lifted the mug to my lips, I was hit by a seriously weird savoury aroma. It was almost like Bovril! Though I love Bovril, especially in winter, so it didn’t put me off… just intrigued me. Taste wise, there was nothing savoury like about this tea. It was pure, rich chocolate. In fact, if my partner had not left the teabag in the mug when he brought it up, I would have been certain he’d made a mug of hot chocolate. There was a nice warmth from the spices and a creaminess from the vanilla. This was yummy!

I’m glad I made him share it with me. I’d definitely drink this again! And I think that was probably the last time my dear other half will ever help himself to a cup of tea from my cupboard, haha!

I could taste and smell mostly carob, sarsaparilla, and cinnamon and faint cardamom and hazelnut flavor but it was really thin and just weird. After the first sip, I wasn’t sure I’d continue but I finished the mug over the course of an hour. Way too sweet from the stevia. Blergh. Relaxing from the kava extract? Unsure. Verdict: gross.

Dude, this is gross.

The aroma is a penetrating medicinal smell with a layer of caramel flavor-scent mixed in. It’s doing the opposite of easing my stomach even though I’m not drinking this for the claimed effect. Sickeningly sweet from the licorice? Can taste some fennel underneath and some peppermint cooling but mostly I feel very warm from the black pepper and ginger. Somebody out there might like this but not me.

This one is more my style than the Soothing Caramel Bedtime, enough to drink a few cups in a row. Fuller mouthfeel with sweet cinnamon-rooibos-vanilla and faint cocoa and cardamom. Smells the same as it tastes. If I leave the bag to steep forever, it can develop a nice apple note. Lacks the punch I’m looking for, though.

Haven’t had Yogi teas in a while. I remember most of them being rather restrained and lacking life even when fresh. This one was no exception. It was mostly just a thin, sweet rooibos-caramel-vanilla-nutmeg flavor. Enjoyable enough I guess but definitely not something I’d seek out.

Smells and tastes like fennel or licorice (it has Fennel Seed in it). I really and truly dislike licorice. Seems like this is a cheap ingredient as Yogi Teas uses it a lot. Not buying again.

OMG I couldn’t get enough the smell and flavors are addicting, I would highly reccomend this as a night time tea it made me stress free and sleepy!

This tea had a more unexpected flavor than what I was anticipating. The licorice comes through rather strong for a very bold flavor of tea. I was expecting to taste more of the lavender but I could mostly only taste the spices. All in all it’s not my favorite tea from the Yogi line but it’s not bad.

It really does work to calm me down when I have mild anxiety

I keep trying to trick myself into liking this Tea and it’s not working. It tastes like cinnamon toilet water sweetened with stevia. Weird description but… that’s what it tastes like. Not that I have ever had toilet water.

It’s an OK tea. It has a fruity flavor that’s not necessarily blueberry but it is pretty fruity. Not much green tea flavor. And the stevia flavor is pretty strong. Can make you have to go to the bathroom.

Compared to past experiences with Yogi, I was actually quite unimpressed with this one. I tried to cold brew it in a pitcher for about 10-12 hours. Normally when I brew tea this way even the most pungent and bitter leaves have a somewhat smooth flavor. This one for some reason had a distasteful after taste of licorice and way more spice than necessary. I didn’t even taste the apple. It was just spicy licorice. Definitely won’t be buying this tea again, though I might try and re-brew this as a hot tea later on and see if the flavor profile changes. As for now, not a fan.

This is my go to remedy for whenever I’m sick or when my throat is bothering me. I just got back from Dragon Con and between all the sing-a-longs and parties my throat is shot, but this tea has soothed my throat so well and really eases the discomfort. I also really enjoy the taste. It is a very strong, spicy tea but I like that about this tea. It gives it a unique flavor that reminds me of home-cooked meals at my friends house who’s family moved to Georgia from India.

This isn’t a terrible tea. However the blueberry overpowers the green tea flavor and slightly throws it off balance. It’s hard to find a good steep time as steeping green tea too long makes it bitter, but if you don’t steep this tea long enough you can’t taste the green tea part of it. I plan to drink all of it in my spare time, but I don’t plan to re-buy or restock this tea.

Full bodied flavor. Personally I enjoyed making it as a cold brew. Leaving it to steep in a pitcher of cold water for 10-14 hours makes the vanilla taste even sweeter. It very much reminds me of what cinnamon sugar popcorn tastes like. It’s super refreshing iced.
I personally add a small squirt of liquid stevia sweetener for a 2 Liter pitcher. I put about 3 tea bags in as well for the 2 Liter sized pitcher.

Depending on how one prepares this tea it can be sweet or a bit bitter depends on how you like it. But it’s great for relaxing and before bed.