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This tea just keeps on giving. I manged to cold brew 8 cups of tea out of 4 grams of leaf. Cups 9 and 10 that still had some flavor, but it was really subtle at that point. It was really delicious cold brewed.

Tried it again using a full tablespoon. Ugh, it was even worst. It was so bitter, and not in a good matcha kind of way. I don’t understand how most of the review are so positive. Never again.

I like this tea best cold brewed. The fruitiness and maltiness of the tea really comes out when cold brewed. It’s nice when hot too, but I just enjoyed it more cold.

Third time’s a charm. I cold brewed this one overnight with the wet leaves after brewing it with hot water. I wasn’t in the mood for re-steeping, but didn’t want the tea to go to waste.

It cold brews beautifully. It came out a lovely light yellowish green tint and had that bitter quality I like in greens.

Second time trying this tea. I upped the leaf and steeped for a shorter amount of time with cooler water. I’m getting a more umami and savory flavor out of the tea. Must tastier than last time. I have a ton of wet leaf left over since my boyfriend wanted a cup, so I’m going to cold brew the rest.

This smells amazing, but the taste leaves little to be desired.

I used 1 teaspoon to 2 oz of water, then added steamed milk to make a latte. This had no flavor whatsoever.

This was a free sample I got from the company and the packet I received actually said to use 1/2 a teaspoon. When I looked on their website later, it calls for 1 Tablespoon.

Maybe I’ll try again using a full tablespoon to see if that makes a difference.

Cheap tea!

I don’t mean that in a bad way. I got a half pound box of this for $1.99 in China Town.

I’ve tried this tea so many ways. Iced, cold brewed, hot, mixed with stuff and in the end, I prefer it hot with mint (like a sort of Moroccan Mint without the sugar) or cold brewed with fresh fruit (straining the fruit and tea leaves out after). The gunpowder green is robust enough to not be overpowered by the mint or fruit.

By itself, the tea is pretty good. A little bit smokey. It’s not the highest quality tea, but for $1.99, I’m not expecting it to be. For the price point, it’s a really good deal.

One negative is it’s very dusty, so even after straining, there is a bit of sediment on the bottom of my cup.

I made this as a London Fog Latte using 6 oz of water and 4 oz of steamed and frothed milk.

I got this tea as a Secret Santa gift as I really like tea and Star Trek.

This is really heavy on the Bergamot. It’s perfect on those days that I want a flavored tea. You can’t really taste the tea base on this one. The dry leaf looks really pretty with orange peels (or is it begamot peel) and little blue cornflower petals dispersed throughout, although I’m not sure the flowers actually contribute anything to the tea.

I’ve heard that tea used for this brand is also sold by Adagio as Earl Grey Bravo. The picture on their website looks the same and it’s a lot cheaper than the Think Geek Brand.

First time trying Dragon Well. I started off with 2 grams of leaves to 4 oz of water. Steeped for 30 seconds using 175 degree water. The wet leaves smelled vaguely sweet and a little spinach-y. The tea itself had a light yellowish green color and also tasted spinach-y. A little bit astringent at the back of my throat. A second steeping, the spinach flavor went down and the astringency went up. Somehow, I don’t think I’m brewing this right.

So far, I’m not digging it. I like my greens to be either more sweet or more bitter and this tea is neither. Since this is my first time trying it, I’ll try out different ratios/steep times.

The wet leaves are beautiful, however. They look like fresh leaves that have just been plucked. You can tell this is a high quality tea.

I have no idea how or why, but this tea both smells and tastes like sugar cookies to me. I didn’t add a speck of sweetener to this. Delicious.