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Second teabag from the assortment bought at Carstensens Tehandel.
Very rich and warming aroma. I can mostly smell cherries, coconut and a bit of jasmine plus good quality base tea (especially green).
Only slight sweetness in taste, and the base teas are not overwhelmed by the additives.
I appreciate this tea, but I think that one teabag is enough. This is not my proverbial cup of tea, I prefer other flavours.

The first of the assortment of teabags bought at Carstensens Tehandel.
Strong, malty aroma with traces of honey.
Nice, distinct taste, slightly astringent, slightly bitter, very malty.
I wish I had more teabags of this tea or, even better, a bag of loose leaves.

Very faint aroma, almost nonexistent, only very subtle traces of earth and malt.
So is the taste. Tea brewed from one teabag is watery and bland. I suppose that if brewed from two teabags or from loose leaf, it may turn out rather good, but it shouldn’t supposed to be like that.

My third and last leaf tea ordered at Carstensens.
I know Chinese teas, Indian teas, Kenyan teas, Japanese teas, but I’ve never had the chance to drink a Georgian tea before. Yes, they had used to be available sometimes in the communist Poland, but I had been too young back then, so I didn’t hesitate after I came across it at Carstensens.
The aroma is not very strong, round, mellow, slightly earthy.
As well as the taste. It is a very mellow drinking experience, with only low tannins, which surprises me a little, because somehow I expected something a bit harsher, a bit more feisty. I don’t know why, I just did.
But that doesn’t mean that it’s a bad tea, far from it. Next time I’ll try to brew it stronger, to bring out more of it, but I’m surely going to drink it with pleasure.

Another loose leaf tea from Carstensens.

Very nice aroma, dominated by the black base tea, very earthy, rich and malty, but the cream flavouring is also evident, although not overpowering (fortunately).

And the taste is also very rich and balanced. Solid base tea with no astringency mixing with subtle cream notes that ust add complexity, not overshadow what is the most important here – the tea itself.

I got interested in this tea after reading a review written by Angrboda. Several days and one delivered-fast-as-lightning-order later here I am with a mug of freshly steeped nuttiness.

Actually the sticker on the package doesn’t mention walnuts, only black tea, almonds and aromas.
The smell is very strong, equally divided into almonds and walnuts which must come from the flavouring. I don’t care, because the tea smells natural, not artificial.

The base black tea is of really good quality, rich and malty (but not too strong). It’s not overpowered by the aromas, which reside in the background. There is a low residual sweetness and I think it comes from the flavouring, but it only compliments the general profile.

I really like this tea which doesn’t cross the thin line between the good, seemingly natural flavouring and the bad, artificial one.

Strong forest fruit notes in aroma, natural and warming.
The base black tea is very subtle and unfortunately bland. I like the fruit notes in taste, but they are overwhelmed by the bland tea. Not recommended.

Very strong aroma of cinnamon, black pepper, cardamom and gloves right after getting the eta bag out of the wrapper.
Also very strong after steeping, very spicy, but with no trace of matcha (obviously, since it’s only 2% of the package). The whole aroma profile reminds me of roasted apples with spices. Very warming, very winter-y.
The taste is also fruity, but not with apple, rather with the orange peels. Plus obviously all the spice extravaganza along with the spicy bite from black pepper.

To sum up: very tasty warming tea made with fresh, aromatic ingredients. I wish it had ore proper tea, but it’s still great.

With my first brewing I wanted to drink it neat. Next time I’ll try to brew it in the proper chai way.

Edit: I brewed it in the proper chai way, sweet and with milk (rice milk; iI’m not vegan, but recently I somehow don’t like dairy in my teas and coffees).
And it’s delicious! Smoth, sweet, full-bodied, rich, with solid peppery spiciness and the rest of the spices. A perfect winter warmer.

Malt, honey and strawberry jam in aroma.
The taste is malty and fruity, with no sweetness. Nice brew where the fruity flavours don’t overshadow the base tea.

Balanced aroma with base malty black tea, raspberry and passionfruit.
Very watery, bland taste, barely giving the impression of drinking black tea and with only slight traces of fruit.
Well, it’s Lipton, I didn’t expect much, but certainly more than this.