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I love this tea. Love love love love love. This is on my list of always-must-haves for a reason. I’ve seen people compare this one to Mom’s Apple Pie (which I personally found to be only as appealing as watered-down cider), but I beg to differ.

As if the apples (and cinnamon, but mostly apple) weren’t enough, the almond offers a divine, almost flowery yet smooth taste of its own, has a satisfying aftertaste that lingers, and don’t get me started on that fascinating colour! The tea is slightly tart and cinnamony, yet sweet enough on its own to forgo the sugar, and when iced it might nearly pass for some fruit cocktail.

PS – Since the ingredients are only apples, almonds, cinnamon, beetroot (for colour) and “flavour”, I gave it a quick flush (to hydrate the tea and dilute the extra colour), strained it, and tossed the “leaves” straight into my banana bread mix. It was lovely, although a word of caution before reattempting this would be to be wary of the extra cinnamon.

That’s much better.

I started today with a tea which I wasn’t in the right mood for. Unfortunately, my personal tea stash at work is limited in selection (only four varieties!), so I picked another one and crossed my fingers. Luckily, it worked.

First Steep: Although I absentmindedly left it steeping in my thermos for a too long, the strong roses seemed to mask out most of the bitterness on the surface and paired nicely with my salad lunch and apple.

Second Steep: Rosiness is still there in taste and aroma, but significantly muddled. ‘Tis a shame since this tea’s near-entire identity is in the roses.

Fruity as ever, but wasn’t really in the right mood for this one today.

While not something to particularly “brighten your day”, I found this dainty English garden of a tea rather encouraging – something to help ease the nerves and face the day after a bit of hardship. It’s got to be the rose petals – kind of has a bit of the same effect of being in love, doesn’t it?

On another note: this is The choice to keep on hand in case the mood for a girlish tea party ever arises, whether alone or with guests.

A spiced, smooth rooibos embraced by coconut: this tea really calms you down and warms you right up. Although once upon a time a previous obsession with this one and a resulting overdose ruined it for me, revisiting it has been nothing short of therapeutic. What surprises me most is how much flavour there was despite having been on the shelf for so long (2.5 years!) – although, granted, I did try to compensate by adding more tea leaves to the brew.
As they say, everything in moderation!

I only realized after getting home that I actually meant to purchase World Tea House’s Apricot Escape rooibos, but there’s no sense to turning down a good cup of tea!
Smooth and fulfilling with a slight tang of peach. Can’t say I’m in love, but not disappointed either.

The peachy aroma is wonderful, and the tea itself is deliciously fruity. Probably makes a lovely iced tea as well (though personally I’d hang on until a hot summer day to enjoy anything iced). It’s a pleasant stand-alone pick-me-up, perfect for keeping me going at work.

Not a fan. Tasted like a processed, murky mess freshly brewed, but down at room temperature it became more like dissolved nougat in ruined rooibos.

Now looking for something to reclaim my affection for rooibos.