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83
drank Valentino by The Tea Haus
570 tasting notes

I am consistently impressed by the quality of the Tea Haus’s black teas. They do not give into the temptation of using a lower-quality black just because the blend is stuffed with other goodies.

That said, this was definitely an interesting drinking experience – and I think a part of that is becasue it took me six hours to finish one travel mug of it at work. At first, when still almost-boiling, it was overwhelming in both scent and flavour, with a lot of sweetness from the apple and a bit of zip from the lemon, and the underlying ginger fuzziness. As it cooled, it lost a lot of that sweetness and gained kind of a leafy taste. I’m not sure exactly how to explain it, but it was floral without being sweet, more like a very earthy herbal. Strangely, it reminded me of DT’s Chocolate Rocket when it begins to cool. It was definitely an odd drinking experience. I wouldn’t say it’s unpleasant, but I also wouldn’t say it was delicious. It was just . . . odd. I must mull this over another cuppa.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 2 min, 0 sec

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94
drank Lime Fizz by The Tea Haus
570 tasting notes

It is too close to bed for Sparkle, and so I will Fizz! In one of the awesome moustache mugs that Tina gave us for our birthday. (We are as ooooone). This tea is so yummy and fizzy, sweet and tart and just perfect.

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 6 min, 15 sec

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94
drank Lime Fizz by The Tea Haus
570 tasting notes

Mmmmmmm.

This is so delicious. I am planning on buying ALL OF IT on Friday. Already bought a tin and everything.

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec

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94
drank Lime Fizz by The Tea Haus
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This was my bedtime tea last night. I just love it, it’s like rolling a lime candy around in your mouth. My tongue was tingling a little, it was sweet and a little tart, it was just tasty.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 4 min, 0 sec

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94
drank Lime Fizz by The Tea Haus
570 tasting notes

Yummy! My mistake with this one was, unfortunately, making an herbal to take to work when I needed a mate-infused matcha. I agree with TinaS in that it is very similar to my beloved Ginger Sparkle; it has the same sweet tingle from the ginger and other parts of the blend, but this tea definitely has a strong streak of sweet/tart limeade. Very, very tasty. I don’t know yet if I’ll restock, but it’s a good caffeine-free alternative to my Sparkle.

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 3 min, 0 sec
Silent Kettle

I was so curious about this one, and after reading your review, I will definitely be adding it to my cart during my next order. I literally LOVE the Tea Haus. They’re prices and quality is awesome!

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51

Blegh. Cold, this is an improvement, but not much of one. Cold brewing brought out the lemon, and of course it is stronger than my pitiful cup yesterday. Still, this is no tea I care to restock.

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51

After falling in love with DavidsTea’s Apple Custard, I remembered this blend hidden in the back of our cupboard.

Full disclosure: This tea is over three years old.

When I opened the tin, I really did not like the smell, it smells too citrusy, like Lime Fizz. But I remember adoring this blend, so I’m giving it another go.

It’s…bland. I should have let it steep longer. But it’s okay. Not terrible enough to throw away, but I feel it would be lovely as a coldbrew. But seeing as how it’s taking me over three years to finish off what I have, I don’t feel the need to get any more.

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 2 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML

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51

Yum. I wish this had been steeped longer, but it was gorgeous. I think I’m gonna cold steep the rest for a final decision as to how much to restock.

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51

This is lovely. So lovely. My wife came home raving about it yesterday and since I’m in the mood for a lighter tea, I reached for it. Oh my goodness this is light and lemony and sweet and appley and guh. So much yum. I can’t wait to try it iced! It’s kinda like apple juice without that sickening sweetness. Restock for sure.

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93
drank Ginger by The Tea Haus
570 tasting notes

I remain the only person to date who has reviewed this tea. Your loss, suckers. I needed something to simultaneously wake me up and settle my stomach (the onset of shark week). The black tea did the former with sturdy full flavour, the ginger did the latter with just a little bit of sweetness to lighten up the blend.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 3 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 16 OZ / 473 ML

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93
drank Ginger by The Tea Haus
570 tasting notes

I am developing such a love for ginger in my tea, and this is one of the best examples I’ve had yet. The black ceylon base is a very full-bodied flavour that’s also very soothing and mellow. The ginger adds a warm sweet fuzz to the top of that, not sharp or fizzy like I’ve experienced before. I am very, very happy to have more of this to explore.

Preparation
Boiling 2 min, 0 sec

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88
drank Gingko Sencha by The Tea Haus
570 tasting notes

Had to break this one open as soon as I got home, and I was not disappointed. It’s a crisp, invigorating flavour, even if I’m not sure how much of the peach I’m getting. This will be a nice sencha to break up my day. I enjoyed it greatly.

Preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 2 min, 0 sec

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100
drank Mauka by The Tea Haus
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Even though it was a green tea tasting, after exclaiming over the Ola’a tea, also from Hawaii, the wonderful Stefanie prepared this oolong for us, as it is also of Hawaiian origin. This is a tea that was meant to be prepared gong fu style: slowly, with great respect, and with as many resteeps as possible.

It starts as a dark vegetal flavour, mellowing into a sweet note that’s between floral and fruity. Tina described it as being like jasmine without the actual jasmine. There’s also a spicy note on top of the sweet, of nutmeg or cardamom. This is a tea that can be sipped a hundred tips and taste of a hundred different things. We lingered over our cups and it was like watching clouds, calling out everything you saw – this one looks like a bunny, that one tastes like a chai.

Again, I was very lucky to be able to try this special offering. Drink Hawaiian tea!

Preparation
140 °F / 60 °C 2 min, 0 sec

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100
drank Ola'a by The Tea Haus
570 tasting notes

Still amazeballs. Made a pot of this last night to share with the wife, and it was as light and deep and flavourful as the first time I tried it. And even my wife, who likes neither green tea nor unsweetened tea, agreed that it was excellent and she would share a pot of it with me again. Success!

This is so incredibly worth the price. $7 for 6 grams may sound expensive, but $3.50 for a pot of amazing tea is a deal.

Preparation
145 °F / 62 °C 2 min, 0 sec
Tina S.

Plus you get an awesome tin!

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100
drank Ola'a by The Tea Haus
570 tasting notes

There is just one word written in the comments column of my tasting notes: AMAZEBALLS.

As part of the tasting, not only were we given the chance to try this amazing tea, we learned about the growing tea production in Hawaii; if given the chance, I think Hawaii could be a major competitor in the specialty tea market. The two Hawaiian teas we sampled today were so incredibly beyond anything I have tasted of their type that I almost cried when I found out the price tag.

This is a straight green. This is not a blend of any kind. So imagine my shock when I took the first sip – the tea being extremely pale in colour, almost clear – and immediately tasted pineapple and mangos. It was light, fruity, sweet without being cloying, and with a fuzzy edge to it that kept it from being too severe. The second steep, while even clearer in colour, was even more fruity, the complex notes and flavours of the tea coming out in force.

I feel extremely lucky to have been able to try some of this tea, and afford a small sample of it. I know it’s an indulgence, but teas like this are rare, and they need to be enjoyed while they can, and in the proper way (with an eye to time and the low temperature). Amazeballs.

Preparation
140 °F / 60 °C 2 min, 0 sec

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96
drank Mao Feng by The Tea Haus
570 tasting notes

Made a whole pot of this today to help me with my writing. This tea is just incredible. Sweet and buttery, such a light rounded flavour, I savour every single mouthful.

Preparation
170 °F / 76 °C 2 min, 0 sec

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96
drank Mao Feng by The Tea Haus
570 tasting notes

Every time I drink this tea I am just blown away by it. It is just incredible – and for the price? Unbelievable quality.

I drank this all day – literally. Three healthy pinches of leaves (the leaves are long and twisted, which makes it almost impossible to scoop or measure with a spoon) in a large yixing, and it yielded six steeps. I think I could have done more, but there was other tea to be drunk.

This tea has a lot of flavour and a lot of depth, the character of it changing with every steep from very sweet and light to darker and malty. I cannot talk this tea up enough.

Preparation
175 °F / 79 °C 1 min, 30 sec

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96
drank Mao Feng by The Tea Haus
570 tasting notes

Still as yummy as the first time I had it. Smooth and sweet, but I need to work on my brewing technique because a couple cups were a little bitter. Got five resteeps out of two pinches of leaves.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 1 min, 30 sec

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96
drank Mao Feng by The Tea Haus
570 tasting notes

One of my favourite teas from the tasting today; the only tea of which I immediately bought 50g.

The dry leaf, which I got to smell, was very seaweed/fishy, much more like a very strong sencha, which, if I had smelled the leaf first, would have turned me off the tea entirely. I’m glad it didn’t, because the taste is absolutely amazing. It is sweet and light, with a surprising touch of an alcohol burn as it goes down. There is also a faint floral backhint, but not off-putting.

An amazing straight green, and a beautiful alternative to the senchas that I don’t care for.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 2 min, 30 sec

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83
drank Organic China Green by The Tea Haus
570 tasting notes

Yet another tea from the tasting at the Tea Haus. I would have enjoyed this cup much more if it hadn’t been oversteeped, because it was definitely bitter, with a touch of acidity. The tea itself was a light golden yellow, very pretty. The flavour was faintly vegetal but mild; I heard this tea described as a work-a-day tea, and I would agree. A solid standard green.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 2 min, 30 sec

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73
drank Sangria White by The Tea Haus
570 tasting notes

I will admit to being superficial and wanting to try this just because of that huge chunk of orange in the picture. I got a cuppa in-store while the wonderfully helpful guy bounced around to fill my four-page list of teas. I think it was both burnt and oversteeped, which dented my enjoyment of it a little. Still, the fruit flavours blended well with the white tea to make a light and fruity drink. It would make a good base for a sangria or an iced tea, but I don’t feel any great need to stock up.

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec

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83

Ahhhhh what a weekend!! Turning 30 is exhausting…
But this was just what I needed to pick me up. Creamy and vegetal, slightly floral oh yes.
I prefer my MOs a bit darker, but this was so light that I really didn’t mind the green-ness.
Overall, not my fave, but one that I would like to try again in my brand new travel Gawain :)
and there are so many more teas on my backlog list… I just know that many of them will end up forgotten in the hustle of a very looong week!

Kittenna

Ooh! Happy belated birthday! I hope at least some part of it was enjoyable, even if it’s no fun to be out of your twenties? (I have a few years to go, but dreading it myself too).

And what’s a travel gaiwan?! Sounds cool! I’m looking to pick up a regular gaiwan sometime in the near future, but a travel one sounds really neat!

Azzrian

Happy bday!!!! :)

nomadinjeopardy

Happy birthday! I hope the weekend was the good kind of exhaustion. :)

Lindsay

happy birthday yesterday!

SimplyJenW

Happy Birthday!

Indigobloom

Krystaleyn, Thank you!! it was alot of fun, I spent it with great friends and had an absolute blast… but I did have a pity party (only I was invited) at one point lol
And the travel par, well it’s so cute!! the whole kit is super tiny, and comes in a zippered/padded pouch! I’ll post pics if I ever find my camera :)

Indigobloom

Azzrian: thank you!! :P
Jessie: oh it was it was! but I am still so so tired lol
Lindsay: thanks! Somehow I managed to stretch it out to four days… hehe
SimplyJen: Thank you!!! :)

Cheryl

Being 30 was easier for me than the whole year of being 29 … dreading what was coming, but then when it did, it wasn’t that big of a deal afterall. Wait until it’s 49 (worse, lol). My son turns 29 in a few weeks. Happy birthday!

ashmanra

Oh, the travel gaiwan sounds adorable! Happy birthday to you! Enjoy…no, RELISH!…every age and the good that goes with it!

Dinosara

Happy Birthday! Glad you got to spend it with tea!

Indigobloom

Cheryl, that is what I am hoping for! How is your son handling it?
Ashmanra: thanks, I do like relish! haha I cracka me up… but yes, I totally plan on it :)
Dinosara, indeed! It was my fave part of the whole weekend! thanks for the bday wishes :)

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87
drank Mango Sencha by The Tea Haus
440 tasting notes

How have I never reviewed this one? This was one of my favourite teas almost from the beginning, and was possibly my first green. The mango flavour here is true to the fruit, unlike some that add pineapple or other random citrus flavours. And even better, the tea and the fruit flavours combine into a lovely cup. This is the tea that taught me to appreciate a good sencha, and a more delicate cup to a black or herbal.

Preparation
180 °F / 82 °C 2 min, 0 sec

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93
drank Yerba Mate Mango by The Tea Haus
570 tasting notes

Up and down all night panicking about teachers’ college applications, needed to stay awake somehow. This is such a delicious sweet energy punch, without much of the fuzzy pollen-y flavour I sometimes get from mate.

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 4 min, 0 sec

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