Murchie's Tea & Coffee

Tried heated over the stove with soy milk. Not too spicy; the flavours came through a little muddled. Might be good to drink steeped plain without any milk.

taken with milk and sugar. very subtle not very spiced..has a citrus-y scent

mmm thanks cavo! Having a small cup of this one today and the rest is going into my experiments with dinner tonight. For whatever reason, cooking with smoky teas seems to be what i like to do. Since this is smokey but not overpowering, I’m mixing this one up with a bit of spice! :) I’m glad i have a bit more of this left to have a real cup of later!

soooo this is a bit of a cheating sipdown. cavocorax was kind enough to send some of this my way since i really want to try more of Murchie’s teas because they’re canadian. i can’t drink this one. there’s a floral note in here that makes me feel like i went and shoved my face in a garden full of pink and white peonies.

Appreciate the share a great deal cavo! just not for me…so i’m totally foisting this on to terri lol

SIPDOWN! (218) thanks cavocorax for sharing this one. Overall, not my favourite but i wouldn’t turn a cup down if offered. Either way it’s given me a better sense of Murchie’s so that’s a great thing :)

hmmm figured i really should try and start some of the other samples that Cavo sent me so i pulled this one out as well. I think the jury’s still out on this one largely because i um might have accidentally steeped it for like 7 mins. Proooooobably not a good thing for the tea lol it’s a little on the bitter side…so i’ll chalk that one up to me. :)

Good morning Steepster!
I’ve been busy lately, my BF and I went to Tahoe and Sierraville over the weekend to celebrate his birthday, and last night we were doing more celebrating! Aside from that I’ve been busy looking for volunteer work and a job… sigh

Anyway this tea is a sipdown and the last of a few things I bought at Murchie’s last year in Victoria. It isn’t a bad black cuppa tea that’s good for the cold and foggy weather we’re having this morning. It just isn’t one of my favorites… tastes a bit like dirt in my opinion. Obviously I’m not too upset that it’s gone…lol!

This was the 2nd sample tea box I purchased from Murchie’s, alas I really wish I had bought them all!

I am not quite as fond of this as I was the diamond jubilee. There is a fair amount of keemun in this blend and a bit of bitterness. It is a very strong and robust tea which makes it good for the Prince’s namesake. I don’t taste the darjeeling in here at all.

I ended up adding some almond milk and a touch of sugar. I usually don’t dd sugar to teas unless they really need it, and this one did IMO. Not destined to be a favorite but I will probably finish off the box I have (only 10 teabags).

Sadly I’m all out of this – a sample box I got at Murchie’s in Victoria over the summer. Tea was one of the highlights of my trip! I doubt I will order more since shipping is $10 to the States. Nice with a touch of soymilk but doesn’t need sugar, IMO. Highly enjoyable morning tea.

Tea of the morning here, I had a fabulous weekend with my Sweetie but now it’s back to real life…

This is a really great blend of black teas esp. for a teabag! I accidentally oversteeped it but it still seems good to me. It reminds me of my lovely vacation in Victoria B.C. Hopefully I will go back there someday. See previous notes for more details.

Just a cup I am having in hopes that it will perk me up. You know you’re middle aged when the idea of going to bed early on a Friday night is much more appealing than going out to a party! :)

One of two tea samplers I picked up at Murchie’s in Victoria. It’s a small chain only located on the west coast of Canada in Vancouver and Victoria. This note is for the teabag version of this tea.

I was pleasantly surprised by this tea blend. It has very nice flavors, especially for a teabag. Quite lacking in bitterness and astringency so it can be easily consumed plain. My cup brewed up to be a dark brownish red.

I would say the yunnan is the predominate flavor here and lends a nice rich mellowness to the blend. I’m also picking up a bit of fruitness from the ceylon and darjeeling. The assam is pretty mellow here and has a faint maltiness. Good with vanilla flavored soymilk, but equally good plain. I really liked this blend and now I’m wishing I had picked up a few more to try because shipping to the US is $9.95! oh well.

Had this yesterday for breakfast. Very nice flavor, smooth, and not astringent. There wasn’t anything mind blowing about this, but it’s a good tea!

Oh my picked up a small amount of this when I went shopping today.
Smells like coconut banana cream pie.
Made this like a latte with a mix of unsweetened coconut milk and skim milk and sweetened with a bit of agave.
A super nice dessert tea with a hint of banana and coconut.

Nothing too special about this tea but it’s sitting nice this morning.

I added ALL MY TEAS to my cupboard, even the two I can’t drink (Butiki one with cilantro that I’m sending to a friend, and S’mores, which she can’t have either) :-O so, 47 + 1 unidentifiable tea because I’m a mess. It’s destined for the cold-brew jug. :P

I put honey and milk in this, I dunno I’m feeling unhappy with this whole awake deal, I guess. Honey is weird. I haven’t had it for a long time.

I think I understeeped this because it’s far too weak. Or maybe I just rrrrreally want a coffee right now. :P