Trader Nicks Tea Company
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I feel like this is a blend I’ve had before from a few companies, just with butterfly pea flower and maybe a few other ingredients added. I enjoy the cherry flavoring they use. It’s not too tart, just fruity and nice. I did remove the butterfly pea flower and would probably buy a similar blend from a cheaper source instead. The cherry and coconut combo is super refreshing!
Finally getting around to trying this one!
Chocolate teas aren’t usually my vibe, but I was really intrigued by some of the other flavours described in the blend and overall I thought it was a very refreshing take on a Beauty & The Beast inspired tea (which are often rose flavoured) so I wanted to give it a try. I would say I was sort of “whelmed” by it? It’s a very smooth brew with a more medium to full bodied base. The bourbon does come through and the chocolate is also rather rich. Something about the combination, however, just makes me think a little bit of those more low-quality chocolate filled with alcohol. It’s not that it tasted bad, but as soon as that imagery popped in my head I couldn’t quite get it out.
I’ll definitely give this blend more shots, but for me it wasn’t a smashing success.
What a fun website! If you are a fan of Star Wars and/or Disney be sure to check these guys out. The blend I’m drinking is from the Teatiff TTB. The dry aroma is fairly pleasant but with a slight sour note. Kind of makes you pucker your nose like a sour candy does to your tongue. The taste is filled with earthy notes bits of pineapple and florals. I’m not a fan of citrus in green tea but this isn’t bad.
The fruit is nice and bright, though I don’t love the tea combination below it. I’d prefer if it were just black tea. Though the white tea might add a bit of a light floral aspect which I guess I can appreciate. Overall, this isn’t bad, just not as nuanced as I’d prefer.
This tastes pretty floral with a background of green rooibos and green tea. I think the floral flavor is too strong, and I would have preferred more balance, but the mixed base is pleasant. Cold, it was refreshing, but again, I would have liked a different ingredient ratio.
TeaTiff TTB #3
I wish I could have played around with this one a bit more. There was only enough for a single cup and the flavor I got was watery chocolate with a hint of ginger. But the dry leaf smelled so nice! I’d love to see if using more leaf or turning it into a latte would bring out more flavor.
Flavors: Chocolate, Ginger
Preparation
AJRimmer Advent Day 10
This was a pleasant fruity blend. Can’t say I picked up on mango or pear specifically, but definitely fruity with hints of bergamot. The base tea is too light for milk, so it didn’t really come across as a traditional earl grey…thinking it would be better as a cold brew or iced tea.
Flavors: Bergamot, Fruity
Preparation
Honestly, this blend was kind of lackluster for me. It smells heavily like banana but its more of an aftertaste to me. I didn’t get the desserty aspect either so it tasted like mushy bananas and black tea watered down with green tea.
Flavors: Banana, Tannic, Watery
Strange VariaTEA TTB #28
I think I would have enjoyed this one a lot more if they had used black tea in the base instead of puerh. It has a nice rich dark chocolate and almond flavor that reminds me of a candy bar. But the slightly funky note of the puerh base is unfortunately making me think of almonds that have gone rancid. I do appreciate how the blend fits the name/theme here; the flavor just missed the mark a bit for me personally.
Flavors: Almond, Dark Chocolate, Earthy, Fishy
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Strange VariaTEA TTB #13
Pumpkin and blueberry are two flavors I’ve never seen together in one tea before, but it is a clever Cinderella reference! I was curious enough to overcome my rooibos aversion and give it a try…but ultimately was underwhelmed. I honestly don’t taste any pumpkin in this blend. It’s just a blueberry rooibos; perfectly drinkable, but nothing special.
Flavors: Blueberry, Jam, Medicinal
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Strange VariaTEA TTB #4
I first heard about Trader Nick’s on fellow Steepsterite Roswell Strange’s podcast Geek Steep. (Side note: if you aren’t listening, GO LISTEN! I always hit play on the newest episode the moment in lands in my feed and I’m never disappointed by that choice.)
I immediately went and checked out their site and this particular blend went straight on my wish list. Beauty and the Beast is my favorite Disney movie and I love smoky black tea, so this sounded like it was practically made for me!
Needless to say, my expectations were probably unrealistically high. It’s a fine tea, just not the spectacularly magical experience I was secretly hoping for. Not a lot of smoky notes coming through for me; mostly milk chocolate and a bit of bourbon. A perfectly pleasant sip, but probably not something I’ll go out of my way to drink again.
(That being said, I’m so grateful for the chance to try a cup via the TTB rather than spending the money on a whole bag of a tea I end up not being crazy about. Thanks to Roswell and VariaTEA for putting this one together!)
Flavors: Bourbon, Milk Chocolate
Preparation
I really love this blend, while it looks a bit like the traditional pumpkin chai that a lot of blends come out with around this time of the year, I think that this one leans more into the cinnamon and creme brulee notes which I love. It’s perfect for the cozy cold day in I’m having!
Flavors: Burnt Sugar, Caramel, Cinnamon, Pumpkin
Um… LOVE this blend! I was very hesitant because it smelled very sweet because of the apple, pumpkin, and caramel flavor. However, is so delicious. When you first sip it, you get the apple-y bit of the apple pumpkin muffin. Then, when you keep sipping you pick up the mild pumpkin bread notes with a hint of maple. Maybe it’s just the caramel but I get apple maple pumpkin bread without any spice. I really enjoyed it, I will likely be grabbing another bag before it retires in November.
Flavors: Alcohol, Apple, Bread, Caramel, Icing, Maple, Pumpkin
I like this blend, please don’t get me wrong. It’s nice but I don’t get pistachio orange cookie from it. I think the pu-erh base and the Dragon pearls take over, the citrus note is only noticeable in the scent that wafts off the cup but the pistachio note is vaguely there. That being said, it’s a nice cuppa to wind down with. Would I get it again? I’m not sure. Will I finish the bag? Yes, absolutely!
Flavors: Citrus, Earth, Musk, Nutty, Smoke, Tea
Sampled from the Strange VariaTea Traveling Tea Box
Smells like slightly smoky caramel; tastes like… a mild slightly smoky black tea with hints of chocolate and whiskey. It’s a bit muddled, but nothing is too overpowering, which is good. And the cocoa is nicely done, not artificial or chemical-y. I can dig that.
Flavors: Bourbon, Caramel, Cocoa, Milk Chocolate, Smoke, Whiskey
Another sample from Cameron B! Thanks so much! One teabag, one more sipdown! Oh this blend sounded complex and well thought out. I was trying to think of an appropriate movie to watch while drinking this, as the description mentions “your favorite princess movie”. And really, the flavor here really does seem extremely fitting for a princess theme. I couldn’t think of a resulting flavor from a tea that would more scream PRINCESS. And it’s hard to describe why! It’s all fruit sweetness. Mostly rhubarb with a hint of coconut, which reminds me of a Dammann Freres rooibos blend. I definitely wouldn’t mind stocking up on this to be yet another tea available for a rhubarb choice!
Steep #1 // 20 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // just boiled // 3 minute steep
2023 sipdowns: 78
Flavors: Coconut, Fruity, Rhubarb, Sweet