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(52teas (Anne) 2022: 236)

This is a rather nice evening honeybush blend. I don’t know if I taste molasses, but there’s a thickness and sweetness, and definitely some light spicing. Not one I’d go out and purchase more of, but it’s enjoyable. Upping rating from 67 to 73 to reflect that.

(52teas (Anne) 2022: 235)

I missed recording this one when I drank it a few days ago; it’s a nice enough coconut green; knowing it’s there, I could taste a bit of green mango as well but probably wouldn’t have noticed without the suggestion.

(52teas (Anne) 2022: 234)

Wasn’t feeling a melon tea tonight but I’m getting low on my remaining 52teas options (and keep forgetting to brew up those mate blends in the morning!), so here we are. It’s pleasant enough, today, reminding me as I believe it has in the past of Butiki’s Dark Side of the Melon, where melon was accompanied by a flavourful black(?), as is the case here as well. Unusual, as most melon teas seem to be on lighter bases. It is a touch astringent though, could be brewing error, so I’m probably going to leave the rest of the cup for tomorrow.

(52teas (Anne) 2022: 233)

A rather pleasant cup of this one today, and I’m really tasting the named flavours – date and light orange, mayyyybe a hint of ginger, too. Particularly enjoying the aftertaste, which tastes like black tea and cakey flavouring… and since I drink 52teas’ flavoured teas for this combo (tea AND flavouring), I am pleased. Also, perfectly smooth, which is nice for my currently unhappy stomach.

(52teas (Anne) 2022: 232)

Another less-than-favourite tea. Although not a citrus fruit mentioned on the label, I find this to taste rather grapefruity, which has an unfortunate association with heartburn for me. I wish it tasted more to me like lime and orange.

(52teas (Anne) 2022: 231)

Ehh, I could taste the (underripe) mango, and probably the cantaloupe too, but wasn’t really enamoured with this blend. I find I just really want that ripe mango flavour (which may not actually work with cantaloupe).

(52teas (Anne) 2022: 230)

Ah, one of my faves. And it happened to have 2 cups left so I didn’t postpone drinking it! Unfortunately, though, I brewed it up and then couldn’t get to it for a while, and it wasn’t as good as usual. I think age is a factor here as well. Sad, but not unexpected. (Note: coconut is totally fine, it’s moreso just a dulling of the flavours.) Definitely hope this gets reblended eventually! Such a nice combo of creamy, delicious flavours and just the perfect base.

(52teas (Anne) 2022: 229)

My tastebuds cannot be entirely trusted recently, but this tea fell quite flat for me. No coconut/creamy flavours, just a pleasant honeybush. So totally drinkable, just boring.

(DavidsTea 2022: 104)

I think this is my favourite of the new bunch of teas (and the last one I tried). I often describe guava as a strawberry-banana flavour, and this tea is absolutely bang on, plus a bit of extra tang. Interestingly (and I only just realized this now while reading the ingredients), this blend is one of the only ones without an artificial sweetener in the mix. It’s naturally a bit sweet just from the fruit included, and I’m really glad that sweetener wasn’t added, as it wasn’t needed.

Regretting my last-year purchase of multiple pouches of Guava Cadabra, because I like this one WAY more.

(DavidsTea 2022: 103)

I appreciated that the fruit was basically minced in this blend – much easier to get consistent brews. It was actually a reasonably tasty blend, although it didn’t taste much like raspberry to me – more like some other fruit, but I couldn’t put my finger on exactly what. Sweetened with stevia, so not great, but probably ok as iced tea. I couldn’t really taste the green tea, however – it was likely masked by the potent fruitiness.