Blue Raven Tea

I brewed a cup of this and then topped it with frothed almond milk using my new Aerolatte Moo milk frother. Add a dash of chocolate cinnamon powder on top, and I have a fancy cafe drink.

The downside is I can’t really taste the mate under all that right now to give an accurate review.

Bought and brewed this for hubby who’s a coffee/mate/irish breakfast fan.

I’m not big on mate but I had a few sips and will take a shot at reviewing.

Taste is “roasty” like coffee (not woody like some mates). Tastes like chocolate and almond in coffee. Exactly what I expected based on the description. Hubby likes it. I would have to add sugar to counteract the slight (but appropriate) bitterness.

Overall a good blend for flavored mate drinkers/cafe mocha fans.

De-hearted, with a splash of milk. A good soothing evening tisane.

I cut open a bag of Tetley Rooibos Vanilla Pear and dumped in in the IngenuiTea, added 1tsp of Blue Raven’s “I Heart Almonds” (minus the pink sugar hearts) and steeped in 16oz water. The pear, almond, and vanilla flavors blend together perfectly. This is a very nice decaf evening tea. I’m having it with headless gingerbread man (cookie swap reject)!

removed sugarhearts before steeping, as per my norm

I guess I should call this “I unheart almonds,” because that’s what I did — removed the sugarhearts from my teaspoon (about 9) and steeped for 8 min to get a strong cup of rooibos with a gentle hint of almond. The natural sweetness of the rooibos, plus whatever residual sugar was left, is just sweet enough for me. Added a generous glug of 2% milk (a bit too generous, really) but it is now an enjoyable drink for me, whereas before it was FAR too sweet.

I like the almond flavoring, but the sugar overpowers it. I think next time I’m going to pick most if not all of the sugar hearts out of my teaspoon before I brew it…

It tastes like exactly what it is – rooibos with almond flavoring and sugar (in the form of candy hearts). I haven’t had rooibos in a while and I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with the stuff. Can’t really decide how I feel about this one personally…

On a more objective note, it brews a dark red-orange like all good rooibos should, and the almond & sugar are strongly present, followed by the more earthy sweetness of the rooibos. Adding any more sugar to this after brewing would be a very bad idea, I think, as it is already about as sweet as a southern sweet tea.

I do think this blend would make a nice romantic gift for valentine’s day or otherwise, since it is red and has little pink sugar hearts in it. I also think the sweetness of this blend would make it a good dessert tea, esp. for evenings since rooibos is caffeine free (as long as you don’t get a sugar rush!).

a nice change of pace. The citrus/mint combo is refreshing, and it’s just the right bland of sweet but a bit “dry”

brewed in my IngenuiTEA – nice blend of mint & lime. The green tea barely noticeable though. There is actual lime peel, mint leaf and rock sugar in the blend, which is nice. This would probably be good iced, or maybe even spiked? A warm mojito seems kinda weird. Will try it iced next.