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drank White Ayurvedic Chai by Teavana
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Redhots.

That’s the first thing that you need to know about this particular chai: it tastes like redhots, those little pebble-shaped candies that are cinnamon and sweetness and altogether too easy to eat in mass quantities. If you like redhots, you’re going to probably find it difficult to dislike this chai. I love redhots, myself, so all’s well, but I still find that I prefer to take this tea blended with something else. While I wouldn’t call it one-dimensional, necessarily, I would say that the flavors in this one aren’t so complex that it makes a muddy mess of other chais when added to them (or even just other teas), so it seems pretty ideal for that purpose. Alone, the cup is not quite enough to keep me interested, and I think that eventually the sweet red-hot taste does get a little bit overpowering. As with everything, your mileage may vary! Sometime soon, I’ll have to give this a try without milk to see if I can’t pick out the fruit and herbal flavors they mention, as most of the time I think the milk crushes them utterly.

takgoti

I have that red hot cheer stuck in my head now.

Our team is what? Red hot! Our team is what? Red hot!

I’m not going to disgrace this comment with the rest. Christ on a bike.

slytherclaw

This is exactly why I didn’t like this tea. Cinnamon is good in small quantities. You add less than a teaspoon to a whole pie, and the pie is good. It tastes like there’s that much in one cup of tea. I hate red hots. They give me a headache, which is why I couldn’t take more than one sip of this.

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takgoti

I have that red hot cheer stuck in my head now.

Our team is what? Red hot! Our team is what? Red hot!

I’m not going to disgrace this comment with the rest. Christ on a bike.

slytherclaw

This is exactly why I didn’t like this tea. Cinnamon is good in small quantities. You add less than a teaspoon to a whole pie, and the pie is good. It tastes like there’s that much in one cup of tea. I hate red hots. They give me a headache, which is why I couldn’t take more than one sip of this.

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Ohhh, I dunno. I like tea but I’m kind of a tea newbie. At this point I can say with authority that I may never be anything else, no matter how many teas I try…there is always something new out there.

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I also play way too many video games.

Ratings! (Bout time, wot?) This is a new arrangement, so…subject to change!

1-10: Not potable. First-sip disasters.

11-30: Intensely unpleasant…won’t catch me finishing the cup.

31-50: I really don’t like it…but maybe somebody else out there would.

51-70: Drinkable, but probably not the first thing I’m going to reach for.

71-90: Pretty good tea, and stuff that there’s a good chance I’ll have on-hand. Will do in a pinch at the low end, all the way up to regular visitors to my infuser on the high end.

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