T2

An absolutely incredible tea. It smells and tastes like woodsmoke and forests, but unlike some smoky teas it isn’t at all bitter. Opening the tin is quite literally like walking towards a bonfire. Delicious on cold mornings – it really warms you up! Steep for just over 3 minutes with just-boiled water.

A beautiful, medium/light fruity Earl Grey with hints of peach and citrus. The sunflower blossoms and rose petals complement the mallow flowers perfectly, producing an incredibly delicate and delicious tea. It’s my current favourite.

Yum! Very light and smooth. It certainly is neat watching the balls unfurl and colour the water, especially in a double walled glass tea cup. Unfortunately it’s too expensive for me (I got a sample), though the number of times I was able to re-steep this made me consider puchasing.

I haven’t had much green tea, but this was flavorful and smoky, while still being quite smooth. I found if I steeped it at 80 celsius, though, I had to steep much longer than I expected to get a colour and taste out of it.

Maybe it’s because I can’t smell but I didn’t taste anything different from in this tea, especially not anything resembling creme brulee. I ended up adding frothed milk and sugar which it took very well to, but it’s not a very special dessert tea. I also found it had a strange aftertaste I had to wash out.

Drinkable, but disappointing. I’ll brew it again longer and shorter (apparently its optimal steep window is narrow), along with some plain black tea to compare it to, and write another note. Thankfully I just got a free sample packet, which the lady was very happy to provide!

The more I drink this one, the more I really really enjoy it. I may actually reorder it!

I had this one as a go-to-work cup this morning, and since I felt like crap I let myself sweeten it with a full teaspoon of sugar for a change. Dang but did that bring out the raspberry flavour. I loved every sip of this cup this time and was sad when the well became dry. Bumping the rating a bit because of it :D

I got this one from a friend in Australia, and definitely am a fan. Dry it smells like raspberry heaven, with a hint of black tea. Brewed, the tea takes over, both in scent and flavour, but the raspberry doesn’t give up the fight. There is definitely a natural raspberry flavour here, one that is noticeable with every sip. The tea base is one that is lovely and full of tannins (my mouth is always dry after sipping this one), and together they make a delightful cup for those who like their flavoured teas to still taste like tea. I’m looking forward to trying this one iced in the summer, maybe with some raspberry ice cubes!

This has to be my all time favourite tea, it completes my morning <3

I really love milky, sweet teas, and I think that this tea is THE favourite because it takes milk and honey really well. Indeed, it tastes ‘incomplete’ without them.
It’s best piping hot, although if I don’t finish my pot in the morning I have been known to bung it in the fridge for the afternoon.
It always cheers me up, a large mug of creme brulee, a good book and my nutbag cat are the best thing for a rainy afternoon like today. GAH, is summer a foreign concept, New Zealand?

This is just a plain jasmine flower infusion. No tea of any kind just the jasmine flowers.

It is beautiful. Enough said.

This one is ok, i put a little sugar in it and it tasted honeylike, not bad.

This tea is so fresh and has a very grassy quality to it, but it is absolutely delightful. It is a truly unique tea and it lends well to being rebrewed multiple times. If you are looking for something very refreshing and completely different to any other tea out there, this one is for you.

I now understand why pandas love bamboo.

This is the first flavoured puerh I have tried. The sweet orange flavour is definitely subtle but it takes a bit of the smokey harshness off the puerh. Its probably a very good tea for puerh beginners who arent used to really smokey teas.

Peachy notes, galore. Perfect afternoon brew for me.

Love the balance between depth and refreshing quality.

To me it is disappointing that the tea is called Buddha’s Tears. This is only because this tea is extraordinary and there should be nothing to be sad about. As a Zen Buddhist I often indulge in an extravagant selection of teas. Now most of these teas aren’t listed because they do not have a brand name so I can not rate them, though as I will return to China in the early hours of March, I will be sure to let you know about the teas I have.

I’d herad good things about this tea from friends, so I decided to try it.
It smelt and looked abseloutely wonderful, but the taste wasn’t so great. I found it to be a little sickly, even though I didn’t add any sweeteners… I’ve made one pot of it, and probably won’t be making another. ):

This tea is so delicious, especially in summer!
It’s been one of my favourite teas for a while now, I’m a stickler for anything cinnamon…

I have gotten used to it now, but when I first tried it, the cloves in this chai just overwhelmed me!
It was somewhat unpleasant at first, but after a few more teaspoons of honey, I enjoyed this blend just fine. Picking out a few cloves probably wouldn’t hurt, though.

Dry, this one smells almost pineapply to me, which is a turn off. But brewed it mellows a bit. I don’t get mango from it, but it is a nice almost-mango flavour that I find inoffensive but not memorable.