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This first flush is amber in coloring; very light for a black tea. The scent is very nice kind of make me think of jasmine tea and not really a black tea.

I had this in the morning to start my day and now very late in the day and no jitters as I tend to get with caffeinated teas. I am assuming there is more caffeine in this sampler as opposed to a green tea.

It is not a smoky tea at all, or full bodied as in roasted. So it is a black tea tasting like mildly green tea, very soft to the palette and sweet to the senses.

I decided to try this tea first thing in the morning, I am not sure why however.

In bringing the water to full boil as I tend to do, I placed some of the tea in a strainer over my mug and poured the water directly over the strainer letting it dissolved and blend into the cup. The scent was wonderful, very chocolatey with the mint lingering in the air.

I find sipping this tea to be most enjoyable and would have been better as an after dinner drink, like an after dinner mint. It was enjoyable and I must insist that it would work best in the evening. I would have liked the tea to be more chocolate in taste and less of the mint.

So am I saying that I like chocolate tea as opposed to choco-Mint tea? Perhaps.

The scent is definitely that of an after dinner mint, like those thin mints one has after a meal sealing in the flavors in the dinner just consumed.

I finally opened this China Classic Oolong tea and it is most pleasant in the cup.

Color is a light amber, but with two tea bags it is dark amber with slight toasty note. Mildly fragrant and makes me think of green tea with each cup. I cannot say why but each sip is like I am drinking green tea.

This Oolong will continue to be a regular cup for me in that I can consume it daily, no jitters.

Tea Forte’s Mojito Marmalade from their Herbal Retreat sampler pack was my morning cup of tea.
It is described as a tropical oasis of lush citrus wit refreshing notes of spearmint and the natural sweetness of high mountain grown South African rooibos.

In my cup there was a lush citrus flavoring with lingering note of orange bits. This was most enjoyable to the palate. I finished the last bit of this tea with a simple bag of green tea added in the cup with more hot water, making for a fruity green drink of sort. The like of Orange green tea if there is such a thing.

This sampler I obtained while attending a farmer’s market event. The Cozy Tea Cart was there and they were kind enough to provide me with some samples. I planned my morning today for drinking of this tea.

Highland Green Tea is lighter in coloring, the leaves become a rich green after several brewing. Flavoring is very light, a milky dewiness about it. Makes me think of Honey Dew melon in describing the milkiness in the cup. There is a hint of rose fragrance as well.

I am so appreciative for returning to green tea when away from it. No matter how much I enjoy other teas, I find Green tea to always be a welcome and this one was most satisfying.

The milkiness I crave in not drinking milk is found in the flavoring of this Ceylon Highland Green.

I hope to try this again to make sure the experience is real.

I received this tea from Jerry Ma’s six sampler pack and Da Hong Pao was amongst the lot received.

I have been drinking this all day. It makes for a very malty cup of tea. Those favoring coffee would surely appreciate the smokiness in the leaves and the brewed cup of tea.

Images conjured: roasted and smoky aroma. I am not sure about the sweetness in the cup since I am too absorbed in the aroma.

Envisioning: a hot cup of Da Hong Poa with either milk or cream and sweetened with some pure sugar. Unfortunately, I drink mine plain always.

I have been working my way through these samplers. Morning of last I decided to try the Kiwi Lime Organic Relaxation Tea.

This contains a pleasant scent of citrus, and ginger extract (bits) making for a comfortable cup of tea with the lingering note in the ginger.

In continuing with the sampler pack from Tea Forte, selected the Cherry Cosmo organic herbal tea. it is a deliciously relaxing taste of sweet plump cherries with light fragrance of hibiscus blossoms and raspberry.

I tried another of the Tea Forte’s sampler this morning, Blueberry Merlot described as succulent summer-sweet blueberries with a subtle wisp of sage to heighten an excellent cup.

Merlot conjures wine for me and I could not help in noticing this through and through while drinking and savoring the sweetness in the tea cup, or do I mean cup of tea.

I am sorry to have missed the sage note.

Sample pack is from Tea Forte and today I decided to give it a try. I selected from the pack the Apricot Amaretto from the Herbal Retreat brand; organic relaxation tea.

It is a strange way to begin one’s day/morning in wanting a cup of relaxation tea; yet that is what i wanted this morning…as described; a double delight of sweet apricot and juicy peach with nuanced notes of almond.

This much I can attest to, the almond scent was indeed over powering, erasing seemingly all other notes. There was a hint of sweetness in the cup. I am unsure as to which fruit lingered in the sweetness more; but the almond was very pronounced.

So first thing in the morning I am wanting a cupful of almond, depicting my state of mind perhaps.

I must say this is loose tea sample; so I had to retrieve from the cupboard a tea infuser that I had purchased some time ago from another tea merchant during a store visit. It is The Teapot Tea Infuser with drip tray, made of stainless steel.

I opened the small packet of Apricot Amaretto and removed the lid from the tea infuser. Now I had to try and scoop some of the tea into this infuser and not make a mess/spill it. But I did make a mess of it since no spoon I have is small enough to get it in there; I did eventually…but it all seemed so ridiculous.

I simply put a spoonful of the tea leaves/crumbs into my cup and poured the hot water; later on during the day I added a simple tea bag of green tea and let that brew with what was at bottom of the cup.

I ended up having green tea flavored with sprinkles of apricot amaretto. It was very nice.