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In my humble opinion, Anne of 52teas is a superstar blender of chai mixes. All her black tea chais have been fab. I’ve said enough about this one already. The bag is now empty and I am on my last cup of this deliciousness. I may have another wee bit of this stashed away somewhere, but this bag is done.

Sipdown.

Haven’t quite made up my mind beyond good.

Thanks, VariaTEA.

Love this one. Can’t really say what is going on here beyond chocolate and coconut. Vanilla maybe? Marshmallow maybe? Whatever. This one in my humble opinion is a star.

Thanks, VariaTEA.

At first sip, I adored this tea. Then, I started getting a bit bored as I made my way through the cup. Smokey and maple—what’s not to love? But the base didn’t seem to hold my attention. I have enough leaf to give it another whirl to see if I really do adore it and desperately need more or whether I can live without it.

Thanks for the sample, VariaTEA.

I tried this one for the first time last night. Delicious! But the dry leaf is so so heavy. It is one of those that likely I have to think and rethink several times when it comes to reordering because of the weight of it. The weight + the cost = insufficient cups of tea for the price. But we’ll see, we’ll see.

Brilliant sun scattering the pouring rain here as I sit in a cafe soaking up their wifi and catching up on posting my scribbled tea notes from the past few days.

This is one punchy kick in the pants tea. The label tells me that it is a premium robust black blend of Indian (Assam and Nilgiri) and a Chinese black. It reminds me of a Damn Fine Teas concoction. Drinking this black and unsweetened, it is just on the verge of wanting an addition, but it is really really good on its own. Rich malty stone fruit. This is one that I’d like to keep around.

Cold steep cassis and berry deliciousness. Funny how cold steep brings out a different kind of depth of flavour, not that I can describe what the difference is here though.

Wrote this the other day, so delayed weather. :)

And drinking tea. Second cup of this. I had a bit of banana chip in the dry leaf though in the steeped tea, it’s not coming through all that much. Instead, I am getting oatmeal cookie with that cinnamon hint. Nice base. Possibly the slightest bit of cream. I am drinking this black and unsweetened today. And missing my Banana Pudding. :)

Sample sipdown.

There seemed to be a proliferance of turmeric teas at our last tea festival in town. This is one of the ones I picked up from this new, for me, tea blender.

I’ve been experimenting with steeping methods and the winner for me is throwing a couple of spoons into a cooking pot, adding boiling water, covering with the lid, and letting it steep for 8 to 10 minutes, adding a spoon of honey and a glug of milk or half and half, and pouring the finished chai through a sieve into a cup or carry thing.

Nice ginger and turmeric bite. Healthy zip from the black pepper. Ginger and cardamom shine too. Vanilla softens things up a bit. Really nice blend. I’ve been quite pleased with teas from this maker: fresh, creative, inspired. I look forward to more from them.