The Republic of Tea

I enjoyed this tonight at a wonderful cafe. I was looking forward to trying it as I love vanilla. It is the first red tea I have tasted and I loved the color. The experience was good, but nothing remarkable. I actually couldn’t pick out the vanilla which I found surprising after reading some of the previous tasting notes.

I’m not a huge fan of cinnamon usually, but this was a nice mildly flavored tea. The cinnamon actually sets off the vanilla and rooibos quite nicely. It could have used a little more flavor actually. If I were to drink again, I’d brew it longer. Not a fantastic tea, but it was a free sample, so I can’t really complain.

This is one of my favorite “easy” teas. I always keep it on hand. It’s a great tea for a cold or sore throat. It has an amazing sweet flavor and I only add a little bit of sugar, but it almost doesn’t need any.

This was my first red/rooibos tea. I immediately fell in love with it’s smooth cinnamon spice flavor. I have enjoyed it early in the morning as a gentle wake up. I also enjoy it in the late afternoon with a few shortbread or vanilla cream cookie as a sweet and spicy snack. I am sad that RoT has discontinued Safari Sunset, but will be glad to try the replacement. Meanwhile, I’m going to begin saving and savoring my remaining bags.

I have been looking for a bagged tea like this. For whatever reason, green tea and pomegranate is delightful, though I can’t say it tastes strongly of either, so the blend is pretty decent. Unlike a lot of flavored teas, there’s very little indication of some cheap, chemical flavoring. Keep some sugar handy.

Not too bitter, not too sweet; don’t steep it too long, or I fear the green tea will hiss at you from your teacup (am I the only one that uses teacups anymore?!). If you must use just-boiled water (as I do), steep it for a shorter period than you’d expect. The tea should turn a lovely russet-purple (pomegranate!) color. Perfect for fall, and I bet it’s delicious iced!

I got this tea about three hours ago and have already enjoyed three cups. I can taste the ginger most prominently, but it is a very mild ginger flavor. As the tea cools, the pineapple becomes more prominent, I bet it would be great iced! I usually toss out the end of a cup when the tea gets chilled but I enjoyed this one all the way to the end. I would recommend this to anyone!

Interesting. I can mostly taste the rooibos, which is a little disappointing because I don’t really like rooibos, but it isn’t too bad here. The aroma is chocolatey, and the taste is sweet and a bit like honey (the rooibos), nutty, with a little cocoa. It’s definitely unique and something that will be just the thing when I’m in the mood for it.

Sipped it at first with no milk, it was nice, but the directions said to add a little milk, I will keep this tea around for the holiday season, but like it says on the lid “when it’s gone it’s gone”.

Loved it!

Unlike many rooibos teas, this blend does not bury the taste of the rooibos under the other ingredients. While the sage notes are strong, they complement rather than overwhelm the distinct taste and aroma of rooibos. Served iced, this is my absolute favorite tea for drinking while afflicted with a sore throat — the astringency of the brew is very pleasant and does wonders toward soothing inflamed tissues.

I figure by now I have sipped approximately 90% of all The Republic of Tea offerings and I have to say though being one of the very first Republic of Tea teas I tried this tea remains my favorite—as in 3-5 cups a day, every day. Delicate, gently invigorating (lightly caffeinated) and remarkably consistent. I think I have had a so-so barrel maybe three times in the last five years. If you start anywhere with The Republic of Tea and prefer milder teas than greens or blacks, you should really just start here. You will not be disappointed.

Doesn’t taste like much, but still tasted good.

I want to make this word bold.

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This tea was pretty good. It has a nice light tangerine flavor and a good green tea flavor.

Steeped for 12 minutes, 3rd steep is as good as the first 2. Going to try to get to 5 steepings.

Second steep as good as the first.

Love at first sip. By far one of the best Oolongs I have ever tasted.

Had my last bit of this tea today. Was really good as always. Sad I ran out.

I got this tea in one of the steepster selects. It came in a sampler pack. It was really good. It was a nice black tea with just the right amount of orange and cranberry without being too “fakey”.

This was an okay tea- definitely not my favorite. The flavor is okay, but a little too sweet for my tastes. I also found that the tea was just not as flavorful as some of the others from RoT- like Blackberry Sage.

Just the right amount of sweetness, and not too much cinnamon.

Brews extremely fast for me, no more that two minutes for the first steep, and then it can be used again. :) Usually I prefer loose tea, but this British Breakfast blend was my savior for convenience when I was sick. I drank, and I’m not exaggerating, 20 cups of this when I was at my sickest. That’s probably not so good…but it did wonders for my sore throat.

Perfectly smooth with honey.

I love this when I’m in the mood for sugar! I’m a huge fan of berries, and this morning I had some of this tea with my usual blueberry muffin (not much variety at the student center from day to day). I recently discovered Kashi’s Heart to Heart Oat Flakes and Wild Blueberry Clusters, and I’m addicted! I think the two would go well together when I want a ton of fruit in my breakfast, and I can’t wait to try the combination. To some, it may be overkill, but to me, it sounds like heaven :)