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This is one of my favorite teas. It is a well balanced mix of sencha and fruity flavors. I add honey to mine because I feel it brings out more of the flavors, but it is fine on it’s own too. Good slightly cooler but not cold. I found this tea in a cafe called Eggsperience in Chicago. They say a man makes the tea for them but I wasn’t able to get his information for steepster. If any of you live in Chicago you should go there, pick up one of the teas, and ask if this guy has a webpage.

South Africa meets Hawai’i! It’s a very unqiue blend. Like usual the Rooibos is the dominate flavor but you can definitly taste the hints of pineapple with the subtle hint of coconut. I think I prefer it cold but it’s good hot too.

I’m having a bit of a hard time drinking this one right now. For some reason I was feeling fine and then I took the first sip and it felt like the back of my throat became very raw. T_T

Anyway, this is another tea that says natural flavoring in the ingredients and that drives me nuts because that doesn’t say much. Just go look up natural flavoring on Google and you’ll see what I mean. So to me this is mainly a Rooibos tea with a bit of added something. I’m assuming it’s coconut seeing as how that’s what this tea is called.

Regardless it’s a good Rooibos. There’s just not much to it.

A soothing tea. Good hot or cold, though I prefer lukewarm. The aftertaste stays with you for quite awhile. Not much to the dry smell. Somewhat of a minty taste. Kinda has a minty tingle to it. if that makes any sense.

The tea pot it came in was really cool and the tea tastes good. The dry smell is my favorite part though. The peach/apricot smells overwhelm the rest of the scents but in a good way. Sometimes peach can over take in a way that’s obnoxious. Couldn’t imagine flying around in one (James and the Giant Peach anyone?) The taste is also somewhat over run by those flavors. But the black tea comes out enough to mellow it down.

Well it’s not great but it’s not worth dumping. I have 18 more tea bags to finish. The first steep was a little bitter, so on the second steep I took it out earlier and added some honey. Made it better but for some reason it’s still not quite what I was expecting. I think it would have been better if they had added real blueberries instead.

A full rosebud! I’ve seen rose petals but never a full rose bud. Whenever I open the container I feel like I find something new to look at. it smells pretty good too. Even for a Mate purist this is pretty good. I am not a purist by any means as I love to try as many teas as possible but for people who are I think this will still wet their palette.

Good hot and cold, plain or with honey. It can get quite bitter though if you over steep it, so be careful. The color of the brewed tea is quite pretty. I also appreciate that they actually put real pomegranate pieces in with the green tea. It’s a very delicate tea so if you don’t like your first cup try again with the same leaves but steeping less or more and maybe adding some honey.

My tongue is confused. It doesn’t taste like it smells, wet or dry. I may try this later again and hopefully it will be better. The mix of flavors just doesn’t sit quite right with this ones palate. The after taste too is a bit odd. I just don’t quite know what to make of this tea.

I really like the flavor of this tea. It’s a good mood lifter for this ever cloudy weather. The dry smell is very light. But it has a good scent. The ingredients are a very interesting mix of fruits, flowers and grenadine. Yea, I had to point that out because I am pretty sure I have never seen any tea use this as an ingredient. Then again Teavana does like to use unusual ingredients. The tea is good hot and cold but this one I actually prefer on the warmer side.