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Another tea from AQ2T. I didn’t have high hopes for this one as it feels like pear is a hard flavour to master out there in tea world. However, i like trying new things, and if this tea worked, it would like be a favourite as yes to vanilla, pear and cardamom. :) The dry smell of this one is very much pear and vanilla. Even though Lauren’s pictures are accurate on her storefront, i wass still a little surprised to see the giant chunks of cardamom butter. heh they are big!
Brewed, this is a subtle tea. I’m hoping that as it cools more of the pear flavour will come out, as hot, it’s more black tea with hints of flavour than anything. I get almost memories of vanilla and pear, versus truly drinking a pear/vanilla/cardamom tea. Thankfully the base tea is delicious so no complaints there, just not the tea i was looking for. I may try a cooler brew next time with a longer steep today was 200 @ 3 mins.
So sad that no one owns this tea on steepster, nor has it been reviewed. Thanks to the post office these took a long time to get here, through NO fault of Lauren’s. She’s awesome, so there. :) We decided in February to get back on track with being healthy and are working our way through a “reset” on the food front as well as weekly exercise goals. My toher half is doing something like 200km in a week of cycling and I’m trying to do a workout every day and yoga every other day in addition to work on flexibility.
What does all this have to do with the tea? Well I am currently not 100% and after a week of this reset (with a week to go) i just want all the bready, sweet delicious things i can’t have. So i made this tea today hoping it would help with the cravings.
First off, it smells AMAAAAZING. Chestnut, creamy, caramel..so insanely decadent. Brewed, it’s a great blend. You can still taste the base tea, but in addition it’s this creamy, caramel tea. The chestnut is a little weak, but it comes through at the end to sort of tie it all together. I would seriously consider picking up more of this even with the crappy dollar. noms.
I went ahead and ordered a full 2 ounces of this one and I’m glad I did! I shared a pot with my sister over a game of Dominion last night and it made for the perfect indulgent evening treat: light as a cloud caffeine-free vanilla sweetness with none of the dreaded woody rooibos aftertaste. It’s even better with a splash of milk!
Flavors: Marshmallow, Sweet, Vanilla
Preparation
I’m not a fan of coffee, but all the raving tasting notes convinced me to order a sample of this one with my recent AQTT order. I can see why others enjoy this one so much: the base is a high-quality silky-smooth roasted oolong and the flavoring is subtle and well-balanced (mostly cherry with hints of dark chocolate and coffee coming through at the end of the sip). But personally, I would love it a lot more without the lingering bitterness of the chicory.
Flavors: Cherry, Coffee, Dark Chocolate, Roasted, Smooth
Preparation
This is nice! Smooth, roasty oolong, a very fresh sweet-tart apple flavor and the lightest hint of sweet caramel. I wish the caramel were a bit stronger, but it’s still a lovely tea!
Flavors: Apple, Caramel, Roasted, Smooth
Preparation
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This was mostly a sweet, woody rooibos. This reminds me of DAVIDs Oh Canada a little bit and consequently, I may have preferred it cold brewed. Nonetheless, it was nothing to write home about so this isn’t a sad goodbye. It’s always nice to try something new though :)
Thank goodness. Whenever I have a not-so-great experience, there is always a moment where I worry whether it’s just because of how I made the tea so it is comforting to know when it’s not just me.
31Jan: I waffled on adding this to my order for a while. I love cherries, but I hate coffee. Unless it’s the only hot thing to drink somewhere and then I add so much stuff that it isn’t coffee anymore. It was getting high praise on Steepster and I’d thought I’d try it.
Dry- smell reminds me of chocolate covered cherries (Good)
Adding water – smell coffee, cherry coffee – this might not be good.
1st steep smooth, cherry finish, not a lot of coffee flavor.
2nd steep 5 min 8oz – more cherry and coffee in this steep. Still very smooth no harsh coffee flavor.
I really like the cherry flavor and the smoothness. I just wish I could divorce the coffee. I don’t think I’ll get this again because of the coffee.
Flavors: Cherry, Coffee
Preparation
Smoky is right but not too overbearing, It’s an interesting contrast to the sweet potato floating in the cup. I’m a little sad I am not getting more marshmallow since I had a few in the filter. Actually, I was expecting more of everything – more smoke, more sweet potato, etc. It’s a nice balanced cup but nothing to write home about.
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We installed a new water softener over the weekend, which is really affecting the taste of our water and, in turn, my tea. This makes me sad, because I have all these amazing teas to sample and I feel like I’m missing out on their full potential because the water is making them taste flat. Hopefully we can figure out a way to correct this. But in the meantime, this tea: The dry leaf is lovely! Curly, twisty leaves with lots of golden tips and little decorative silver sprinkles and tiny gingerbread men mixed in. The scent is rich and bready with a definite ginger spice note. I tasted notes of bread and malt from the base, along with a sweet ginger spice, but the flavor came across a bit flat and bland. I’m almost certain that’s the fault of the water and not the tea though, so keeping my rating fairly high based on the quality of the tea and the delicious scent. I used up my whole sample on a 16oz mug, so hopefully I can re-purchase this tea to try it again in the future!
Flavors: Bread, Ginger, Malt, Spicy, Sweet
Preparation
This is interesting…not sure if its interesting enough to warrent getting a full ounce or two…but like a few others teas i’ve tried so far from this company, I might want to keep some samples around. Huh…this is the 1st time I’ve done a tea review on my kindle and it won’t let me move the
rating bar. Oh well, will see if I can move it later on my computer.
I am a terrible night owl. On my days off I cannot help but stay up till 3 or 4 sometimes 5 in the morning and then sleep until 12-2 in the afternoon. I got up at 11:00 today and already feel that fuzzy feeling that tells me I didn’t get enough sleep.
At any rate when I woke up I knew I wanted to start the day with this tea.
I taste a faint hint of carroty cake in the tea…not terribly distinct…a bit disappointing because I adore carrot cake almost as much as my Dad does. (Preferably with real cream cheese frosting…not that sickingly sweet crap that some places put on the cake, then I end up having to scrape it off.
But, despite that…I am not at all apposed to getting more of this, because I do taste some other flavor that just makes me want to have more.
Jury is out on whether or not I’d recommend this tea however:)
I found the title and description of this tea interesting, so in it went, even though I am not a fan of sweet and spicy.
While I’m not opposed to having a few samples of this hanging around for days where an odder tea is needed, I don’t think I would want a full ounce of this…it would surely go stale before I could drink all of it.
Flavors: Strawberry
Preparation
I’ve been trying to expand my collection of herbal teas recently, so I ordered several rooibos blends from A Quarter to Tea this week. This particular tea is nice, but it didn’t blow me away. It has a soft, creamy vanilla flavor with a hint of coconut. (I’m not really picking up on any maple.) The rooibos base isn’t harsh or medicinal, but I wish the flavoring could be a bit stronger.
Flavors: Coconut, Creamy, Vanilla