New Tasting Notes

This is a pretty good tea, my mom’s favorite really. Not exactly my thing, though.

I got this tea in a trade and was really curious. It’s a very green oolong, with a truly unique flavor. I can’t say I like it in large doses, and I couldn’t stand it cold, but it’s definitely worth trying. It brews up pale yellow and tastes… “purple”. It’s hard to describe, really. There’s a vegetal oolong taste, but mostly… it just tastes purple. The tea itself is lovely to look at, however… lots of green, blue, and yellow.

A bit sweet for a hot tea, but perfect a tea to ice for summertime – actually it’s extremely good for that. I highly recommend that.

This is my all-time favorite tea, hands down. There is something just deeply soothing to me about it. I catch myself sniffing my canister of it because it smells so delicious. I can’t say the taste is pure plum, though. I think there’s a hint of vanilla and something else. I just can’t get enough of it.
It’s a real shame they don’t make it anymore… I guess other people didn’t find it as amazing as I did. I’m glad I got a pound of it before it was all gone!

I loved this! It was smooth, light and delicious, and a lot of mint teas feel heavy to me. But this was almost magically smooth, feels wonderful going down your throat. Honestly, when it comes to mint teas, this is one of the best I’ve really ever had.

Steeped 7 minutes.

A blend of so many healthy, organic ingredients, the most pronounced flavor being the ginger root. The flavor was a bit less than I expected; I wanted a bit more. Truly does help cleanse!

This is a tea my mom got me a while ago that I haven’t tried yet. I brewed one bag in approximately one cup of boiling water (using a pre-warmed mug) for 5 minutes. The smell doesn’t seem too strong; it’s about a third as strong as I remember the loose-leaf chamomile I drink being. Now, I did have a hunk of cheddar cheese about half an hour ago, so this might be affecting my taste, but it seems quite weak in terms of flavor as well. It definitely is light and clean, but it comes quite close to “drinking hot water” territory. Perhaps the flavor will become stronger as the tea cools.
As of now, I neither like it nor dislike it.

This tea tastes exactly like you would expect. It’s like a nice nutmegy pumpkin pie. It’s also decaf, so it makes a good nighttime tea. I liked this so much that I gave some to my mom and sister as part of their Christmas presents.

According to the package, “A single cup of Tazo Calm has been known to have the same effect as sitting for 45 minutes in a mountain meadow on a sunny day with your shoes off.” If you ask me, it just tasted like spearmint. Three sips in, I poured this down the sink.

Lovely, strong, full-bodied.

This would be okay if you dumpd in several sugar cubes. There’s something abou Teavana’s herbal teas that leaves a lot to be desired… I find they’re almost always bitter (regardless of prep.)

This one of my favorite types of tea. It is so rice-y tasting that it will catch you off guard, but it’s SO DELICIOUS.

As with most bagged green tea, this leaves me unimpressed. However, I admit that this might be because I only drink this tea when I’m not at home (such as at work), meaning I have very little control over brewing temperature (it’s usually at boiling). It’s not a bad tea, however.

Fabulous tea. Strong scent, but flavor to me is gentle and smooth. Slight bitter aftertaste, definitely better not to let it cool too much though as mine tends to get an almost sour flavor when it does.

I absolutely love this blend. It’s fresh and smooth and I always keep it on hand.

It’s great in the summer, iced. The blueberry flavor is strong but not overwhelming.

Since I only make this on special occasions (such as when I have a green tea-drinking friend over) I don’t actually remember the details of this tea. Except that I liked it. ^^;