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I was given an Adagio Teas Ingenuitea iced tea maker a while ago and both me and my husband are off work today and felt like brewing up a batch of iced tea. A few months ago I placed an order with 52 tea’s and was excited to try this tea as I had never had banana flavoured tea before (and still haven’t). With my need for iced tea and my husbands love for banana’s it was easy to decide to brew this tea and use my Adagio Teas Ingenuitea gadget for the first time.

As I opened the little packet to expose the large prepared teabag I took in a strong smell of banana’s, it smelt almost milkshake like. The last time I had beer flavoured anything it was for my husbands birthday (5th November) last month when I bought some banana beer as a novelty. Funnily enough I can member saying that smelled like banana milkshake too, which means it also smells like the loose tea for this.

Brewed and left to chill for a few hours while my ice in the freezer becomes solid, it’s been difficult to leave the mixture in the fridge without sneaking a taste. I remain a good girl though and have left it well alone..until now. Serving time. :D

The iced tea is brown in colour, monkey coloured some may say, and it still maintains the amazing banana smell. It’s a sweet yet creamy banana smell, very candy like.

The flavour is more subtle, while I can taste banana I can also taste a rather malty yet cocoa nibbish. The balance is about right for me, it’s not too sweet nor too earthy and the banana lingers in the after taste quite nicely. Such a nice novelty :)

I would buy this again as it’s perfect for the occasional hot spells we get here in the UK (if we’re lucky) but at the same time I’m quite happy with a few others I have in for loose tea at the moment. Great job 52 Teas, yummy work. :)

LiberTEAS

Banana beer sounds like something I’d buy just to try … I’d end up taking a sip or two and then passing the rest to my hubby… I’m not a beer drinker at all. But, I’d want to try banana beer. There’s also a VooDoo Donuts beer that I want to try … it’s bacon maple doughnut flavored ale. I’ll have to try that one sometime in the coming year.

KittyLovesTea

The banana beer was nicer than you would think but I’m a fan of beer in general anyway so I suppose it may be too beer like for some people. The Voodoo Donuts beer sounds strangely intriguing. If it was vegetarian then I would try it just to say that I had. :)

LiberTEAS

I have tried a chocolate beer, and I just didn’t like it. I wanted more chocolate, and this one was called “double chocolate stout” but their idea of double chocolate is clearly not the same as my idea of double chocolate. I just tasted an odd tasting beer.

KittyLovesTea

Chocolate beer is something I have tried, it tasted like a strange artificial chocolate (almost milkshake like) concoction. Honey beer is nice and sweet,

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LiberTEAS

Banana beer sounds like something I’d buy just to try … I’d end up taking a sip or two and then passing the rest to my hubby… I’m not a beer drinker at all. But, I’d want to try banana beer. There’s also a VooDoo Donuts beer that I want to try … it’s bacon maple doughnut flavored ale. I’ll have to try that one sometime in the coming year.

KittyLovesTea

The banana beer was nicer than you would think but I’m a fan of beer in general anyway so I suppose it may be too beer like for some people. The Voodoo Donuts beer sounds strangely intriguing. If it was vegetarian then I would try it just to say that I had. :)

LiberTEAS

I have tried a chocolate beer, and I just didn’t like it. I wanted more chocolate, and this one was called “double chocolate stout” but their idea of double chocolate is clearly not the same as my idea of double chocolate. I just tasted an odd tasting beer.

KittyLovesTea

Chocolate beer is something I have tried, it tasted like a strange artificial chocolate (almost milkshake like) concoction. Honey beer is nice and sweet,

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I’m 34 years old from Leicester, England named Kayleigh.

I started off many years ago drinking herbal and fruit teas which over time peaked my interest in trying new types. Eventually I began to import and sample many different teas and cultures which I still do today. My life goal is to try as many teas and ways of having tea as possible.

Tea wise my cravings change constantly from pu erh one month to jasmine green to the next and so on.

I also enjoy watching Japanese Anime and horror films.

I am always up for tea swaps so if you see anything in my virtual cupboard then please contact me.

A short list to help swapping with me easier though honestly I am not fussy and am willing to try anything. Plus the notes below are usually, sometimes I love a tea that has an ingredient I tend to dislike and other times I hate a tea that I thought I would love.

Likes: Any fruit but especially melon and orange, vanilla, all tea types (black, green, white etc), nuts (any), flowers, ginger, chai.

Dislikes: Licorice, aniseed, clove, eucalyptus, lavender.

My rating system
I have my own way of rating teas that makes each one personal. I have different categories, I rate each tea depending on what it is made of. For example: I rate green teas in a different way to black teas or herbal teas. So black, white, green, Pu Erh, Rooibos, Oolong, blends and tisanes all have their own rating system. That way I can compare them with other teas of the same or similar type before for an adequate rating. And when I do give top marks which is very rare I am actually saying that I would love to drink that tea all day, every day if possible. It’s a tea that I would never turn down or not be in the mood for. So while I agree that no tea is 100% perfect (as nothing is) I am saying that it’s as close as it comes to it. After all, in my book the perfect teas (or close to perfect anyway) are ones that I could drink all the time. That is why you will find a high quality black or Oolong will not have as high a score as a cheap flavoured blend, they are simply not being compared in the same category.

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