212 Tasting Notes

68
drank Chamomile Citron by Tea Forte
212 tasting notes

Now this is much closer to sleepy time tea.

Citrus is the takes the lead in this tea. I find to it to be less tart, so no face puckering. Chamomile and peppermint show up to play now. Relaxing and soothing.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 5 min, 0 sec

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drank Monks Blend by Tropical Tea Company
212 tasting notes

Well worth the $1.00 an ounce!

I love the grenadine and vanilla together, just enough vanilla to make it a bit creamy. The tang balances the sweet rather well.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec
Azzrian

This is one of my favorite teas so far to date!

Dylan Oxford

I really want to like it. I’m getting a cold though, and my tastebuds are refusing to work properly.

Missy

I think I’ll try it cold brewed next time and see what happens with it.

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60
drank Spiced Pear Tea by Market Spice
212 tasting notes

This tea smells much like it tastes.

Pear is the dominant flavor here. I like the cinnamon and clove together. I’m not sure what star anise tastes like but I think it may contribute to the sweetness. Although I notice they have stevia in here.

I like it. I wonder if will be good iced as well. Time will tell.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec
Azzrian

Anise has a licorice flavor.

Missy

Thanks for the information!

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I was super excited to see this come in today. I’ve been wanting to try a vanilla chai for a while now.

The vanilla is present but not as strong as I expected. Each of the spices give a shout out for a moment. Then I find a floral taste, almost like incense with all these spices combined. I wonder if the sunflower petals are responsible. If so, I don’t think I want sunflower petals again. A bitter after taste makes me think I may have prepared it wrong.

I’d drink it again but I wonder if it would be better with milk. I typically don’t use milk, as it hates me. We’ve been enemies for many years now, for well, as long as I’ve been around.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec
Azzrian

How cool you two must have so much fun doing this together! Do you do your separate reviews then compare? :)

Dylan Oxford

Hehe, yeah, we do have a lot of fun. We do some comparing while we’re typing these up, but mostly we just talk about the teas, and then read each others reviews. I’m a lucky guy to have her. :-)

TeaBrat

A Steepster romance. :)

Missy

He is the most amazing person! Our romance spills over into every thing we do. It is really fun to be able to share our experiences. Drinking tea is a relaxing hobby we now share. I’m glad I snagged him. :D

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Not a bad tisane. I had to double what the directions say to get good flavor out of it though.

Lemon dominates the strawberry. In fact, I picked up more apple than strawberry. It seems they’ve added pear as well.

I recommend this iced instead of hot. Once it cools down the flavors are more apparent.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 5 min, 0 sec

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drank Tranquil Dream by Teavana
212 tasting notes

I love Sleepy Time tea, so when I saw this in Teavana, I thought I had found the loose leaf sister to my beloved tea. The ingredients appear to be the same but in a slightly different order. I made a big mistake with the above assumption. That will teach me…

The first thing I notice is tart, tart, tart. Then the citrus rears up and smacks me around a bit. I totally missed out on the mint I was expecting. I think my face actually puckered on this one.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 5 min, 0 sec
TeaBrat

they really need to cut back on their hibiscus usage

Missy

That is the tart! Perhaps I’ll stay away from hibiscus in the future. Thanks. :D

KittyLovesTea

Many people have a disliking with hibiscus and when you start looking at flavoured tea’s you realise that it’s a very popular ingredient amongst them. I wonder why this is?

Missy

Well tart wouldn’t be so bad if it wasn’t the prominent flavor. Lemonade is a bit tart and that is part of why I like it. In lemonade I don’t have to muscle past the tart to get to the other flavors though. Some times I think they use ingredients for the color they add to the tea.

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61
drank My Morning Mate by Teavana
212 tasting notes

This is a very pleasant mate blend. Although I’m not exactly sure what mate tastes like, I feel its completely hidden in this tea.

The chocolate and nutty taste balance really well with each other. I catch just a bit of spice here, some thing like allspice or nutmeg. It feels like a nutty cocoa, but smooth and mellow.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 5 min, 0 sec

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51
drank Amandine Rose by Teavana
212 tasting notes

I like the almond cookie taste here but the rose just doesn’t seem like a good mix with it. Perhaps it’s the hint of cinnamon that the rose doesn’t blend well with. I found there is a strange after taste that is quite sweet but unpleasant.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec

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I can see why some people really don’t like rooibos. I think it’s an acquired taste. I used to drink “squaw” tea instead of koolaid as a kid. Now if I tried to offer that to people they’d probably kick me, but it is quite yummy to me.

This is one is pretty standard. It brews up really dark and strong in the rooibos fu. Woodsy earth and tobacco are what show up strongest. It ends with a sweet note like raisins. I think the sweet note pops more if I add a bit of sugar in the raw. I’ve tried it with creamer but it’s really smooth enough on it’s own. I’m going to lower the rating because there are too many flavored rooibos out there I would drink first.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 5 min, 0 sec
Azzrian

On a rooibos kick myself lately. I love it. Well especially the dessert ones :)

Missy

yay for rooibos lovers. :D

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95
drank Moroccan Mint by Market Spice
212 tasting notes

This is the only other green tea in my cupboard, for the time being. I enjoy the sweetness that the spearmint brings to the bite of the peppermint. This particular blend has done really well at keeping the actual tea in the flavor profile as well. High marks for that.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 2 min, 0 sec

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I’ve discovered I really like the spicy, nutty teas. Some fruity teas are pretty good but they are hit and miss for me. Flower teas really aren’t my thing right now. Seems like my preferences are changing so this may be different in the future.

Tea Rating system:

90 – 100: This is a tea I will always have on hand at work, and at home. I will leave it on altars as offerings of perfection.

80 – 89: This, or one of it’s close cousins, will likely be in my cabinet at home. When this tea runs out, I will buy more. I’ll always wonder if there is something better, but be too afraid to look to stray from home to find it.

70 – 79: Definitely good, but not a clear winner. I enjoy it, I’ll finish it, but I probably won’t buy it again until I’ve exhausted all other versions of this product from any reputable retailer. Though, it may enjoy a resurrection for custom blending.

60 – 69: This tea is okay, but definitely not something I’m going to brew again. I’m going to give what I have left away.

30 – 59: I didn’t finish drinking this tea. I actually poured it out, and went for something else. I’ll still give this tea away, but I’ll do it with a warning and a plead for forgiveness.

0 – 29: This tea is riding securely towards an iceberg at the helm of the failboat. I’ve taken this out of my tea tin, and laid it on a napkin as potpurri. I do not consider it fit for human consumption.

Yes, I did copy this from Dylan. It’s okay we share every thing any ways.

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