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I think this one sounded more interesting than it actually is – Assam and lapsang mixed with honeybush, roasted dandelion root, mint, and orange peel.

In reality though, it mostly just tastes like a light lapsang with a subtle undercurrent of peppermint. It’s pleasant, but I wish I tasted more of the other ingredients, like the roasty notes of the dandelion root or the sweet orange peel. Ah well, can’t love them all!

Another single serve sample.

I don’t get this one. Why add all these other spices and fruit when you’re going to add candy cinnamon flavoring? Unsurprisingly, it mostly just tastes like fake cinnamon. Oh, and for some reason there’s also almond flavoring? So it ends up tasting like fake cinnamon and marzipan?

Honestly unsure what they were going for here. There’s a lot of mention of tropical fruit, but I don’t taste any of it. Can’t really even tell it’s a green maté base with how strong the flavoring is. I think this is a knockoff of a Teavana tea, but I’ve never had that tea so doesn’t give much context for me ha ha.

Finishing off Apple Cinnamon Coffeecake, so I figured I would do a long overdue side-by-side comparison with Apple Cinnamon French Toast. Because, you know, for science! So here we go.

Apple Cinnamon Coffeecake – To me, this one has a much more buttery cake sort of flavor to it, which makes sense given the inspiration. There’s also a strong nutty flavor, reminiscent of walnuts or pecans (though the earthy base makes it veer more walnut to me). I honestly don’t get much of the apple, and the cinnamon is quite light. It does bring to mind a buttery coffeecake with a cinnamon crumble topping, though definitely with some walnuts mixed in as well. “Cinnamon Walnut Coffeecake” would perhaps be more accurate for me.

Apple Cinnamon French Toast – This tea doesn’t taste buttery to me, it’s more on the sweet side, with a noticeable maple-y flavor. I do find a bit more of the apple here, along with a similarly mellow cinnamon note. It doesn’t specifically remind me of French toast, since it lacks that eggy custardy quality. To me, it’s more of an apple-cinnamon-meets-maple-brown-sugar oatmeal tea. Or perhaps even “Maple Apple Crumble”?

Both are tasty. I personally prefer the Apple Cinnamon French Toast, and I think it’s because I don’t find myself loving more heavily desserty teas these days, and the buttery taste of the Apple Cinnamon Coffeecake puts it in that category for me. Would definitely recommend both for desserty tea lovers though! :)

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Finishing off this tea, so I figured I would do a long overdue side-by-side comparison with Apple Cinnamon French Toast. Because, you know, for science! So here we go.

Apple Cinnamon Coffeecake – To me, this one has a much more buttery cake sort of flavor to it, which makes sense given the inspiration. There’s also a strong nutty flavor, reminiscent of walnuts or pecans (though the earthy base makes it veer more walnut to me). I honestly don’t get much of the apple, and the cinnamon is quite light. It does bring to mind a buttery coffeecake with a cinnamon crumb topping, though definitely with some walnuts mixed in as well. “Cinnamon Walnut Coffeecake” would perhaps be more accurate for me.

Apple Cinnamon French Toast – This tea doesn’t taste buttery to me, it’s more on the sweet side, with a noticeable maple-y flavor. I do find a bit more of the apple here, along with a similarly mellow cinnamon note. It doesn’t specifically remind me of French toast, since it lacks that eggy custardy quality. To me, it’s more of an apple-cinnamon-meets-maple-brown-sugar oatmeal tea. Or perhaps even “Maple Apple Crumble”?

Both are tasty. I personally prefer the Apple Cinnamon French Toast, and I think it’s because I don’t find myself loving more heavily desserty teas these days, and the buttery taste of the Apple Cinnamon Coffeecake puts it in that category for me. Would definitely recommend both for dessert tea lovers though! :)

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This one is quite subtle, but nice. Malty, slightly tannic black tea with mellow notes of clove and allspice. I don’t really taste the orange? Maybe a tiny hint, but it sort of melds into the acidic black base.

Nice enough, but not one I would feel compelled to purchase.

Free single-serve sample from my order.

Honestly, not a ton to say about this one. It mostly tastes like chocolate flavoring, of which I am not a fan. I do get just a little bit of the strawberry, but it’s predominantly a chocolate black tea. Cream? Not really.

This was a bad example, but I would like to try the rest of Adagio’s zodiac teas and I wish they offered some kind of sampler… Maybe I’ll get lucky and get more cards for these teas.

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This does taste like sweet blueberry and maple syrup. But to me, it’s just way too sweet overall, and it lacks dimension. It’s just syrup, syrup, and more syrup. At least, to some extent, it does somewhat taste like real maple syrup, not the pancake kind.

But it’s just too cloying for me, and I can’t make it through it. I think just a touch of hibiscus tartness would be helpful here. But I’m sure plenty of people enjoy it just the way it is, I’m just not one of them.

Okay, now this one is just completely delicious.

Soooo incredibly smooth with a creamy quality to it, and the flavor is so bready and grainy with sweet golden honey notes and hints of tart stonefruit. There’s almost a slight greenness to it in the finish? But not in a grassy way, more light and refreshing than that, perhaps like the flesh of a green apple? The texture is just amazing, it feels full and round in the mouth yet so light and airy, almost like a mouthful of whipped cream.

Anyway, I adore this one. Somewhat light and smooth yet so satisfying, and reminds me of a lightly toasted whole grain baguette drizzled with creamed wildflower or clover honey, perhaps with just the tiniest smidge of apricot preserve. Scum-diddly-umptious!

This one is described as “fruit punch” with strawberry, peach, and apple flavors. It definitely tastes a bit vaguely fruity, and mostly like apple to me. Perhaps just a hint of peach? And a tiny bit of tartness from the hibiscus.

It’s pleasant enough, not too sweet or too tart. But almost painfully generic, so not something I would purchase.

Gotta love how vague Savoy is with some of their tea descriptions – this one gives no indication of what it’s supposed to taste like or any mention of the flavor profile at all.

I would say it tastes a bit cherry-ish? Not in a cloying (to me) cherry lollipop sort of way, it’s a more tart cherry like a Jolly Rancher. I also get a bit of orange maybe, and just a hint of coconut in the background. A nice enough mix. There is some bitterness that I’m not loving near the end of the sip, maybe from the orange peel?

A tasty enough tea, but there are other tart cherry-flavored tisanes that I prefer.