Carytown Teas

Discovered this tea while visiting my sister in Richmond. Carytown is a fun place to visit and this tea store has a great selection. This was my introduction into floral teas. I’ve always enjoyed the flavor of rose in deserts and candies. It is a wonderful match to black tea.

meh.

It’s not bad but it doesn’t really taste like much…but…if it does the trick!?

Anyhow…it lingers with the lemon but not much else. During the sip I can taste the chamomile…not really sure how I feel about this one to be honest…

I have been enjoying jalapeno chips all evening, and as a result, I now have an upset stomach. I had been holding on to this for a while, hoping for just the right time to try it, and it would appear that time is now.

The flavors are strong … and yet mild and soothing. The ginger and peppermint work together to soften each other out a little bit, curbing the sharper flavors of each, so that the flavor is a mellow ginger and peppermint note, with hints of licorice in the background, every once in a while the licorice surfaces to remind you that it’s there, but, for the most part, it remains a sweet background note. The chamomile isn’t all that strong, but it does offer a pleasing aroma to the cup and I do taste it. It’s very soft but it’s there.

And this is soothing my stomach … I’ve been sipping on it for about a half an hour now, and my tummy no longer feels like it had one too many jalapeno chips (and really, it had quite a few too many! Oh… but they are SO good.) I hope that this will be soothing enough so that I might avoid heartburn. I shall have to let you know.

Favorite! FAVORITE tea! I splurged while shopping on Friday and kinda freaking out. I was a little too dehydrated to enjoy as much as I should… for the past few weeks. Can you tell I’m having a life crisis?

I didn’t realize this has lemongrass. So it’s citrusy and lemongrassy and flowery. I am a fan. I can’t afford to start my full fledged tea cabinet, but I’ll add to it a bit at a time.

I am finishing up the last that I have of this tea, and to be honest, this time, I don’t taste much hibiscus (or rooibos!). The liquid looks as though it’s heavily hibiscus-y, with it’s deep red color, but it doesn’t have the thick texture or the tart taste of hibiscus. This time, I do taste a berry flavor but it’s on the sweet side.

I’m really enjoying it this evening, so I am increasing my rating of it.

This rooibos blend has a lot of hibiscus in it. I can also taste a fruity background, but the hibiscus is overpowering everything else… I will have to try this again some other time…

Having another cup – this time, I steeped for eight full minutes, and the hibiscus still does not dominate the cup, which is a very pleasant surprise, indeed. I really like this tisane! It’s quite good!

I raised the numeric rating slightly, because I am so impressed with the blend.

My husband has the flu. I don’t want to get the flu. So I am hoping this will help me avoid it. (I don’t do flu shots… I avoid shots whenever possible)

This has a much lighter flavor and texture to it than I expected with the hibiscus in it. I think that next time I brew this, I can actually try to go longer than 5 minutes (which is my usual steep time for anything with hibiscus in it). It has a nice lemony flavor in the background, and a berry flavor up front. It doesn’t taste medicinal. It tastes herbal-y, but not medicinal.

Not bad at all… this is certainly better than a flu shot.

I’ve been trying to stick with an IBS-C Diet (sorry if that is TMI for you LOL) but sometimes I stray and then I suffer. Anyhow…thought I would try this tea today and I will say I am very surprised at how tasty it is. I was thinking it would be overly herbal and nothing more…but it’s a pretty tasty cuppa. Oddly, I find the licorice to be a good draw here – I rarely EVER say that because I am not really into licorice teas…but seriously it gives it just enough to be noticed and paired with the other ingredients it works amazingly! I can taste the Chamomile at first but then it changes up to licorice and minty-goodness. And for those who aren’t crazy about mint…it smells more like mint than it tastes. I can see the ginger more than I can smell or taste it but I will say I think it blends well with the other ingredients and contributes to the overall flavor!

This is the surprise of the day, folks, and it was a pleasant one!!!!

I’m having a hard time finding the info for this one but I just got it today…at first glance and sniff I thought to myself…What DOESN’T this blend have in it? It appears to have both red and green Rooibos along with hibiscus and fruit and a few herbs! It’s pretty good! I thought the hibiscus would throw me but because of the green Rooibos it worked well! I prefer it cold but it’s not too shabby hot either.

Surprisingly nice w/ milk and honey.

This is the last of what I have! I might just have to get some more, I really enjoyed it. This seems to have more bergamot than any other Earl Grey I’ve had, it’s strong and citrus-y. Definitely not for people that don’t like citrus or bergamot flavors in their tea. There’s also some lemongrass and those little blue flowers in it that seem to be in most loose leaf Earl Greys I’ve come across.

Bought this on a lark when I was last at my local tea shop. Ahh, the dry leaves smell just like an Andes candy or a Peppermint pattie. So delicious, it makes me want to just try eating it though that would probably be a horrible idea. Let’s see… the liquor is a bit of a sickly brown, sort of like the way my lapsang souchong always looks. Oh, but it smells just like mint chocolate brownies!

So, let’s just take a sip and.. huh? Where’s the flavor? Ah, well… it’s in the aftertaste. Minty, just a little chocolate-y. The liquid itself doesn’t seem to have much going for it though. Sort of… woody tasting. It’s like drinking hot water and then chasing it with a mint chocolate candy. It smells so spectacular but the tea itself doesn’t live up the the expectations it causes by smelling so nice. I don’t think I’ll buy this again, but it was an interesting thing to try out at least.

Re-brew of leaves from yesterday