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Unusually, my housemate requested a green tea so I was glad to oblige. I’m starting to run low and wondering how different i would be from a different company and whether japanese and chinese senchas are likely to be different

It’s just too light. After a couple of attempts at it, I put in four teaspoons for a 2-3 cup pot and it still wasn’t strong. I know the description warns that it has some lightness, but you can hardly add milk to it and still taste the tea. Not what I was looking for

It’s reall not very nice but I thought I should try it to see what Tesco thought kids were ‘supposed’ to drink. It’s a bit sweet for me, but at the second attempt I had something drinkable – not sure what I did differently, maybe I’ll let you know

I don’t have it often, I have had it for ages and only drink it occasionally, because it just reminds me of chinese restaurants. Doesn’t mean it’s not nice though, I enjoyed a pot and a half this evening!

I’m more and more convinced this needs to be brewed at a lower temperature. I didn’t measure it but I let the water in the kettle cool a bi before brewing and it let all the lovely sweet flavours out!

Just bought this for work so I gave it a try. It’s not quite as good as loose leaf, but it’s finally a teabag I think will actually impress my colleagues without costing as much as Mighty Leaf or anything horrible like that. Irish breakfast is always a winner

In contrast to the Birt&Tang version, this was delicious. I had it a few weeks ago. The flowers aren’t overpowering and because the oolong isn’t oxidised quite as much as some, the taste of the flowers seems to fit in better. Delicious, and the exception that proves the rule (that I usually don’t like flowery teas)

I’m only having this because I have teabags left over that need finishing [10 left after this one :-( ] and I won’t buy any more tea until I have finished up some of the tea in my cupboard. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, flowers seem to add nothing to a tea (other than colour to the leaves). I’m not saying they don’t taste of anything because they do, but I don’t like it, whatever it is

Not sure why I haven’t logged this before as I’m half way through the packet. I took a bit of care to follow the brewing instructions. It’s not the best white tea I’ve ever had but I had 3 pots of it this evening and I’m not complaining because it’s pretty good

Wow! Didn’t realise such a good chai could come out of a bag. It’s just spicy enough, plenty of tea, brilliant! Also expensive :-(