267 Tasting Notes
Golden Moon makes gooooood tea, and this is no exception. I love this as a dessert tea, as it’s deliciously sweet, but subtle too. The ‘sugar caramel’ doesn’t overpower the oolong at all. Actually, I’d describe the sugary taste as coming in as an aftertaste and the lovely green-oolong as dominant. My husband thought this tasted like ‘a cup of cotton candy’, but he doesn’t realize how much simpler this blend is than most of the flavored teas I drink…. or does he? Anyway, this was just a sample, but I think I’ll have to get some more of this one.
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I really dislike this tea, but it works- when my throat is as sore as it is right now, I need some help. The sore throat is part of my annual late-summer/early autumn turning of the seasons cold. It’s always sinus and throat that act up. I dislike the taste of slippery elm bark, but force myself to use it because it IS such a good herbal remedy- it’s just kind of sickeningly, cloyingly sweet. If this review doesn’t make any sense I should probably refrain from reviewing things while ill, but I didn’t. Blorg!
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My husband hates the smell of this- and I mean HATES. He doesn’t think it smells a bit like chocolate, and it gives him a headache. For me, it’s .. okay. It’s not my favorite chocolate blend and those chips still mysteriously don’t melt. I have a sore throat today and am guzzling more tea than usual, so rooibos is a good choice to avoid a bunch of caffeine. Am cutting this with some caramel tea.
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This tea was meant to be an iced tea. Something about its subtle fruitiness really goes well with cooler temperatures. Alas, nothing excites me about it hot per se. I love the combination of fruits that this contains, but I just don’t find myself reaching for it. I think it’s that the taste doesn’t seem particularly unique to me- but please don’t get me wrong- it is so refreshing as an iced tea, and in the summer I’d order this every time I went to a tea shop.
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I love Earl Grey with vanilla, but didn’t want the caffeine, so when I ended up with a coupon for Adagio I thought I’d try this customer-created custom blend. It’s…. okay, not as good as say, SpecialTeas’ Earl Grey de la Creme. Somehow it ends up being a bit artificial tasting and overly sweet, in a ‘Sweet N’ Lo’ kinda way. Oddly enough, this doesn’t mean I dislike it- it has its place. I am trying to use it to recreate Starbucks’ “London Fog Latte”, which Sbucks has given a new name and purportedly involves vanilla syrup and earl grey tea, rather than vanillayearl grey tea. So far, my home-brew is a moderately successful experiment. This is definitely a tea to have with milk.
(I believe this is a combo of Decaf Earl Grey, Decaf Vanilla, and Cream tea.)
Preparation
I’m having an abysmal day so am trying to keep the tea flowing. And I’m in the library at my language program, so I was limited to their teas for a little while (I brought my own to the library but already finished the tea I brought. Yikes.) Anyway, I typically dislike Hojicha but decided to give it another shot for the sake of trying one of the few Mighty Leaf teas I have left to try.
And I kinda like it. I really enjoy barley tea and this is like green meets barley. Very nutty, only slightly vegetal. I think the water the coffee shop gave me is a bit hot for this tea, so I was careful about the steep time.
In Japan, (cold) barley tea (mugicha) is a summer drink- so I feel happy drinking this in my Japanese language program because of its similar taste. Give it a try and see if you don’t feel refreshed and cleansed!
