Stash Tea Company

This tea has good flavor, but it’s not very strong. I like to drink it in the evening.

I’m not quite sure how I feel about this tea. The spices are reminiscent of baby gherkin pickles… I usually love chai tea, but I’m not in love with this white chai tea.

I cut back the steeping time and the cloves aren’t as over-powering this time. However still no pumpkin flavour. :(

I had another go at this tea with a slightly shorter steep. Still no pumpkin flavour, sadly.

Basically it tastes like black tea flavoured with cloves and a few other spices hanging out in the background – which isn’t really bad persay (although the cloves are a touch on the acrid side) it’s just that I keep looking for pumpkin and being disapointed by not finding it. It’d make more sense if this tea were called something like “Autumn Spice” rather than give us false expectations.

I think this might be a good tea to have with milk so I’ll try it that way next time.

To be honest I was sort of expecting something a bit more…well, pumpkin-y. This tea has the spice alright, but that’s it. False advertising, I say!

I reached for a decaf this afternoon since I already had too much caffeine today. This is not my favorite chocolate tea. When the chocolate flavoring combines with the hazelnut, it creates a slight artificial aftertaste.

I dunno, a pretty standard black, in my mind. Perhaps the water isn’t hot enough to get all of the flavor out (I try not to drink blacks at work, since I brew out of a water cooler and the water is only 190°).

A nice, simple black tea. A dash of milk to soften the edges.

Tasting this again today and REALLY DIGGING IT with a teaspoon of sugar added in an 11 ounce steep. Wow, the spice meshes well with the sweetness.

Strong lemon flavor and when steeped over five minutes a nice spicy ginger flavor emerges. Not a daily drinker, but for the occasional sore throat and stuffy nose, this seems to clear it up nicely.

Caramel and hay in the scent of long, twisted, dark-brown dry leaves. I put a lot of leaves in my little clay pot, so 30 sec was long enough to make tea. A very ‘yang’ taste, but low astringency. Found definite cinnamon and a touch of bitterness in the finish. The golden liquor shifted from allspice and leather, early on, to a deep, pu-erh-like, peppery taste in later infusions. Sweetness was mostly in the aroma rather than flavor, with richness imparted mainly by the body of the liquor. By the 6th infusion, at 2:00 min, with temp raised to boiling, the big leaves were still going strong, with the tea mellowing out to a sweet, faint linen and leather, and the bitterness vanished.

Yum! It’s a mint tea, it’s a great, there really isn’t much else to say! Though the Moroccan mints I have encountered have been full of plenty of other herbs—and usually fresh ones at that, this is a pleasant minty cup of tea. Not too strong and delicious iced. Sweet or unsweet, it’s simply YUM.

So, I’ve been in Orlando, FL with my family all week. I’m not going to bother trying to log the tea I drank while I was gone. I took some bags with me (Lupicia and Stash), but nothing that I only had a bag or two of, just stuff that I have plenty of so it’ll get logged at another time.

My Mom also bought me a cute tea ball that she found. Here’s a picture I found online of it: http://www.yourwdwstore.net/Disney-Tea-Ball—Mickey-Mouse_p_8196.html

So, I’m back in the office today, and congested and not feeling well from the travel. This tea sounded like it could help me feel better – peppermint for the headache and ginger for the upset stomach.

I taste peppermint, but not ginger. That’s fine, I wasn’t sure how they would mix. Perhaps there’s a bit of ginger right at the end.

It’s a nice tea, but more something that my husband would drink than me, I think.

Dry tea is glorously tippy, with an aroma like toasted angel food cake with raisins. Medium-hued liquor with notes of brown sugar and vanilla is smooth and self-drinking. Not as brisk as some Yunnan blacks, but clean finishing, nonetheless.

I like this black/green chai with honey and vanilla soy milk.

I tried adding a little milk this time, which in my opinion balanced the flavors better. I think I’ll have it with a bit of milk every time now.

I got this through a gift exchange in my music fraternity (yay SAI!).
I’m on my second steep of the first bag. I can taste the bergamot more the second time around. When I first opened it, it had a curious smell that wasn’t like that of Fruit Loops, unlike all other earl greys I’ve tried. The black is different from any other black I have… earthy and dark, I think, of which I’m not as big a fan. Then again, I’m not well-versed in black, because it’s so strong. I’m interested in trying the double bergamot version for comparison.

I love mango like I love peaches. So this tea was a “MUST TRY”. Preparing it like I do with all my herbal teas. I awaited for the smell of the contains in the pouch was pleasant. My first attempt to taste its revealing nectar the tea was still hot (stupid me). My actual first sip was greeted by mango. The mango flavor from the liquor was not strong or little, but inviting upon my pallet. It was completed with a bitter taste that left me puzzled. Was this the taste of the passion fruit? I waited some more to see if letting it cool would make a difference. This was better for you had the mango with a touch of passion fruit. I will say that this tea is not one to serve or drink when hot. Let it cool for a few minutes to enjoy its liquor.

so after hearing a suggestion about flavored hot chocolate, i decided to give this tea one more go. steeped the tea, added the hot chocolate. verdict? nope, still don’t like the orange flavor. the chocolate does help, but…yeah, no, this one isn’t for me.

So I’ve discovered that I don’t really like orange teas, but aside from my dislike of the flavor, this tea wasn’t bad, so I gave it a fair rating. So that I could finish the cup, I stuck some hazelnut creamer in to cover the orange flavor. With that, it kinda reminded me of orange christmas cookies. I think everything reminds me of christmas these days, and how much I’d rather be home than taking finals….oh well. But yeah, it’s good to know what kinds of teas I don’t like =]

This morning I added a little milk to my tea as it was steeping. I love the somewhat bitter taste of Earl Grey.

I’ve not tried this tea in bags, but I’m very fond of the loose leaf version. A great breakfast blend. As for its flavor, I find it to be well balanced rather than too weak.

This Assam has a bold, unique flavor. I frequently enjoy it as a morning or afternoon cup, and it’s great with or without milk. Highly recommended.

This is easily my favorite of the various Earl Grey teas that I’ve tried. In fact, this blend from Stash was the one that first turned me on to Earl Grey to begin with. Since then, it has become a regular in my cupboard.