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This tea smells so fresh and amazing. The flavor is like a sweet, yet sour orange. I’m glad that even though the blend includes hibiscus and rose hips, the orange is allowed to shine. I resteeped it to have a super delicious cold cup this morning, and wow. Definitely near the top of my list of orange teas. I wish I had more!

This is another tea from my accidental Sips By box. I’ve had this one before in a Christmas collection from a few years ago, and I enjoyed it at the time. There are so many sprinkles and white chocolate chips in the bag that there’s almost no actual tea. They make the water super white and cloudy and sweet, but I still needed to add a little extra sugar to bring the flavor out. It’s just like a liquid peppermint candy. This is the sort of tea that some people hate, but I don’t mind one bit. The only think that I dislike is how weird and clumpy it becomes if you put it in the fridge. So definitely drink it all in one sitting! Based on flavor alone, this one is is very nice.

Thanks to AliceG for this one! I’ve been having lots of weak fruit teas lately, so I preemptively overleafed this one, and I totally didn’t need to. It’s actually quite good! The main flavor is a tart apple. I wouldn’t know that this is supposed to be mango if I hadn’t seen the name. It’s more like apple berry. Anyway, the flavor is tart and strong, and quite pleasant warm. I haven’t tried it cold yet, but I’m sure I’d like that too.

I’m not sure why, but this one tastes a bit smoky? I tried one bag with milk and a different one with creamer, and I just wasn’t a fan. It was too harsh. The only flavors are black tea and smokiness. Definitely would not have guessed this to be EG. Maybe with a low temperature and short steep time, this tea could be tamed, but I only had the two bags, so I suppose I’ll never know.

Thanks to AliceG for this one as well! Using my usual amount of leaf, this one ended up pretty weak, so I used more the next time, and it’s still pretty weak. It’s not unpleasant. It’s fruity, though not resembling any specific fruit. It’s not bitter or sour. It’s just mild and generic. I can easily finish what I have, but I don’t think I would purchase from this company.

This tea has dessert-related words in the name, so it was an automatic buy from me. While I’m too lazy to time my steeps, I did make sure to keep it short to avoid bitterness, and that worked. It tastes kind of like a fruit-flavored candy. It did get bitter as it sat on my desk, as most green teas seem to, so I was trying to drink it quickly. This is definitely one of the best fruity green teas I have had, though I would not call it custard tart. If it said berry candy green, then that would be very accurate.

Thanks to AliceG for a sample of this one! I don’t love fruity black teas, but I’m always interested in trying something decaf! The black base here is pretty weak, and the apricot doesn’t really show up very much. Unfortunately, it’s not that great, but I finished my sample. The flavors taste stronger when you drink it cold, but then the black tea ends up a bit astringent, and the apricot is still quite invisible.

This is the freshest smelling lime tea I’ve ever bought. It smells just like lime zest and a little bit of crust as well. It definitely needed some sugar to bring out the flavors. I think this is the first lime tea that I’ve really enjoyed. The rooibos in there probably helps balance out the lime bitterness because this all combines into a tasty lime dessert that lingers in your mouth. I would have liked to see a bit more “pie” in there, but as a lime tea, it’s good.

I never drink a tea the same day it arrives, but I want to vote in the tea election, so I decided to make some exceptions. When I had this hot and plain, it tasted kind of like nothing. When I added sugar and allowed it to cool to room temperature…I have to say this is fantastic. Every sip tastes better than the last. This tea is impossibly creamy and the strawberry is sweet. It’s like having a strawberry milkshake. I cold steeped the blend for a tasty second steep as well. Oh I hope this one wins.

I love mint teas and mint combined with other things, so I had to try this one. The main flavors are mint and cream, and the taste just lingers and lingers. I’m not a huge green tea fan. In fact, when I type “green”, my phone suggests “rooibos” as the next word, so that should tell you something about me. Anyway, I’m pretty sure I brewed this properly, but the green tea was still a bit bitter, though it was a minor flavor compared to the others. The second steep tasted exactly like the first. I may go for a third.

I’m impressed by this one because the flavors aren’t in your face, but they’re just like confidently lingering? It’s difficult to describe, but I think the name and flavor go well together, and even though I don’t love the base, it’s probably the best thing for this tea. I may have to have this one tomorrow too.