I want to begin this tasting note by apologizing to the entire tea drinking world. Apparently I am the only person ANYWHERE who doesn’t care for this tea! I have never liked red hots, the candy one sees ubiquitously around Valentine’s Day, and that is all I taste when I drink this. I respect all of you who love it, I just can’t bring myself to do so. And get this….I have somehow ended up with three tins of it! One was bought as a gift for a friend whom I haven’t seen to deliver it (I already know it is her favorite so I am not giving away something I don’t like just to be rid of it!), one I bought for myself to try, the other came in the tea chest and I wanted the chest and the other three teas but not this one! I do like to make tea and grind my own cinnamon in it, but that is MUCH milder. A friend says that the organic cinnamon tea from A Southern Season is milder than this one and, in her opinion, therefore better than this one. We’ll see. I may give it a try.
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Great that your mom likes it! I like to see tea go to a good home where it can be appreciated. Everyone is different, which is great! I have mixed it half and half with a plain black tea and found it drinkable that way. I just have to cut that cinnamon flavor back a bit. Maybe now that I am starting to like a lot of teas without sweetener I will try it again and love it. Who knows?
I like some spice, but too much cinnamon can ruin a good tea.
I didn’t like it either, but I gave it to my mom and she loves it. :)
Great that your mom likes it! I like to see tea go to a good home where it can be appreciated. Everyone is different, which is great! I have mixed it half and half with a plain black tea and found it drinkable that way. I just have to cut that cinnamon flavor back a bit. Maybe now that I am starting to like a lot of teas without sweetener I will try it again and love it. Who knows?