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Aw man. What a bummer. This is my third (and final) sachet of my work day and I had read how delightfully cinnamon-y this is. I mean, kind of? Maybe for some people? When I want a cinnamon tea, I want my mouth blown off by cinnamon (like Harney & Sons Hot Cinnamon Spice – yaaaaas). This is meh cinnamon. And very apple-centric. Let’s not even talk about the fact that they call this a chai when it’s SO NOT. All in all a disappointment.

Continuing on with my box of sachets I picked up for work: Green Passionfruit! The pineapple in this is lovely. There’s a nice amount of green tea headiness to balance out the more intense fruit pairing, with a rainforest sort of quality (hey that’s a flavor note already!). Unfortunately I probably steeped it at too high a temp: my work kettle has two settings, off and boiling (I try to let the water sit and cool a bit before adding the tea but you never know). It seems like it will go bitter quickly. I definitely want to try this cold brewed at home!

Okay brewed this up again. Amazing what a proper steep and hot temperature can do for a cup of tea! I like this a lot. Could do without the stevia of course, but it’s much less noticeable when hot, and that bitterness is gone too. I’m so glad, I really wanted this to be a good tea for the work day! (Although why is this low caffeine for a black tea I wonder?) Nothing can beat the beautiful dry scent though….

This has the most delicious dry leaf smell of blueberry pie filling – not of the actual crust part, mind you, but just the filling. Or of jam, I guess, sooooo. Fitting name. Once I added the hot water it steeped up an unappealing dark greenish black color but I can look past that (it turned more brown as it sat). Then the worst happened – I was called into a meeting and left it steeping. :( Drinking it now is so sad, the blueberry smell I loved isn’t translating into the taste and it’s a bit bitter. There’s also that weird mouth-twisting stevia note. Going to hold off on rating until my next fresh cup.

I was prepared to hate this. I didn’t buy any off the website because of some low reviews, so I figured I’d smell some in store and decide then. Dry sniff is really nice! A mellow vanilla mint, with that sarsaparilla root herbness chilling in the back. Grabbed a small sample bag and brewed it last night: I like this! Nothing earth-shattering, but a really nice evening tea, calming on the stomach (I have digestive issues sometimes and this can’t hurt, right?). The licorice root comes out a little in the cup but it helps with the night relaxing part. I can’t speak to the probiotics part of this and honestly it might all be nonsense what with those cultures needing to be alive and yada yada. Either way I will buy some more before this disappears.

Opened the bag and it immediately started yelling BUTTERED POPCORN at me, with a little vanilla. Barely any jasmine at all. I was a bit disappointed but remembered reading another review that it really comes alive as you drink it, so carried on and holy cows alive this is so so amazing. Buttered popcorn yes please. (My roommate smelled it and said warm vanilla frosting, so as always YMMV.) Creme brulee is a bit of a misnomer – I’m the world’s number one creme brulee fangirl and I don’t get any true custard notes in this. But it’s smooth and creamy and vanilla and that jasmine lightly plays in the background….I will have a tin of this at all times for the rest of my life methinks.

Cold brewed 2 quarts for approx. 11 hrs with maybe five or six PS? A touch weaker than I normally like my iced tea but my bag was going so fast I didn’t feel like using up the whole thing on one pitcher. Definitely lemon – tart, a bit sour, artificial to a point but I’m okay with it here. Shocked that this is a rooibos blend, because I don’t taste it at all. I think this will be a dependable iced tea – I’ll probably add a spoonful to all of my brews for just a little lemon flavor.

Had this iced at my local DT today as a reward for spending way too much. Now I’m wishing I would have bought some! Dry smell of the leaves was fruity but a little artificial. Steeped though I didn’t get any of that! Lots of cranberry and some cherry notes, with coconut in the back? Getting a tin of this in my next order, I want to drink this iced all summer!

The tea that got me into jasmine. I admit sometimes I steep at too high a temp and it can get a bit harsh, but honestly it stands up pretty well and the jasmine shines through. Don’t specifically taste the individual fruits – there’s a bit of peach back there, but more of a sweet generic fruitiness. I’m good with it.