Red Velvet Herbal Tea

Thank you VariaTEA for providing me with so much of this one! I enjoyed sipping at it late Tuesday night while watching the newest Supernatural episode! It was sweet and yummy with cream cheese icing and everything.

Also what the frick frack was up with that episode! I watched it with Tre and we were just both in emotional turmoil over all the Garth stuff (he was too cute when he was angry/all wolfy) and then the fucking ending! AUIegdpISFCNBPdisgv! Plus of course Norse Mythology, which I love!

While I was out yesterday afternoon I may have went birthday card shopping and picked VariaTEA up a birthday card. Nothing expensive because I’m broke as balls, but still…

So before I sent this all off to Roswell Strange I decided to give it one more try. I was actually really surprised at how good it was this time. I remembered there being a strange, dusty quality to this blend last time I had it but this is like a completely different tea than what I remember. This smells of raspberry but the taste is predominantly chocolate. Really not bad at all. I might even keep some tea bags for myself because I would drink this again. Although I don’t think I would restock it or keep majority of the bags just because there are so many other cups I would reach for first.

Oh Yes!I LOVE STASH! Lively cherries 、 chocolate,with creamy notes like vanilla ice-cream,what a surprisingly tasty treat! The liquor also reminds me of a yummy chocolate cake with cherries and raspberries ~XD Smooth,with crystal clear and a little tart flavor, warm&gourmet yet refreshing at the same time.Stash is definitely one of my favorite grocery store tea brands.And this tea is as far as I could dream of, with such reasonable prize and endless surprise.So lucky that I finally settle down to Stash (which makes me want to come back again and again ) as to fruit teas LOL(Of course I’m still eager for new brands too :3

One of my favorite treats with milk and sugar. Definitely tastes like chocolate mixed with something a little tangy and red. If I tasted it without knowing, I don’t think I’d call it red velvet, maybe more like a chocolate berry? I really enjoy this though.

Took a bag of this home from my museum shift. I wasn’t expecting much to begin with but it’s really not too bad. Prominent rooibos base but it isn’t actually all too woodsy and medicinal. I’d say it’s my favourite part about this. Red Velvet? Nah, it smells like raspberry caramel but tastes like raspberry cream, and smells quite a bit sweeter than it actually tastes.

Seriously not that bad, but I’d never buy it. I think I should take advantage of the beverage stash the museum provides for volunteers, especially now that it’s colder outside, and try all the teas they have to offer. I mean, why not?

So Red Velvet cupcakes are my favourite so I was incredibly excited to see this at Goodness Me Grocery Store that I had to buy it. Brewed this tea tastes just as good as I had hoped for the smell is fantastic the liquor is a dark red and the taste is everything that I wanted it to be with notes of raspberry, buttermilk, cocoa and sweetness. No milk or sugar needed!

Meh. Fine with milk and sugar, but what isn’t, really? I am trying to drink more of my teas unadulterated and this one is uninspired. I taste mainly hibiscus.

Has an off flavour, does not taste like red velvet (cream cheese) or cake. It is a little better with milk added.

Way too tart for me.

A sample from Roswell Strange. I’m a big red velvet cake fan, so it’s nice to have the opportunity to try a tea inspired by it. I think I’ve only tried one or two before now. I gave this bag 4 minutes in boiling water, no additions. The liquor starts off a beautiful pinky-red while brewing, but ends up more of a brownish colour with a red tint. I do wonder what this would look like with a splash of milk, so I’ll definitely be adding some to my second cup just to see!

The scent of this one is really nice – primarily raspberry, sweet and a little tart. The flavour, though, is more chocolate (in a dry, mildly dusty, cocoa sort of way). There’s also a creamy, almost thick-tasting cream cheese flavour going on, that’s surprisingly flavour accurate in a cool, tangy sort of way. The raspberry from the scent is less prominent in the finished cup, but it is there in the background. I can taste little sparks of hibiscus, but by no means overpowering so it’s not a problem. This is a surprisingly rich, flavourful cup, and I’m enjoying sipping on this while I tidy up a few loose ends at work this afternoon. A definite winner.