Stash Tea Company

This bagged tea from Stash is great as a light, chai-spiced tea with less caffeine than its traditional black tea counterpart. As with any chai tea, it’s best enjoyed with milk and sugar. I was somewhat less impressed with the loose leaf version of this tea.

On it’s own, I find this tea to be a little too heavily spiced. However, I find that if I mix it with Stash’s Peppermint or a nice chamomile, I really enjoy it. Also decent with Ambrosia White Plum from Zhena’s Gypsy Tea.

I like it fine on it’s own, but I find that I like it best when mixed with Stash’s Chai Spice Black Tea.

The peach flavor is quite good. Its not overwhelming or missing or bitter. The tea itself seems very light. No malty, chocolaty or much of any other flavor that I can detect. Since I put one teabag in our teapot (which I’m sure is more than 8oz) I may try more tea next time.

It’s calming notes are helping since we put our kitty to sleep this afternoon.

Tonight I remembered to drink something without caffeine. Go me!

The first time I had starfruit was on a family vacation during high school to the US Virgin Islands. Starfruit reminds me of the bright blue seas and days spent SCUBA diving and snorkling. I wanted a tea that would evoke memories of that sweet fruit and that vacation.

Unfortunately, I was disappointed. Oh, it’s not a bad tea… but it’s base is chamomile, and the flavorings (not actual fruit bits, just flavorings) aren’t strong enough to break through the chamomile. Chamomile is awfully strong… it was an odd choice for this tea, I think.

So, the major taste here is chamomile, then if you look for it you can find orange. Starfruit? Maybe in my imagination.

Again, it’s not a bad tea at all… just not what I was expecting from the name.

Made in the traditional manner. A bit weak, even though it simmered on the stove for over 10 minutes. Not bad, but not noteworthy.

My Stash order arrived last night. This was part of the holiday sampler.

Yum, this is good. Taken with a bit of splenda.

I wasn’t terribly impressed with the packaging (cheap paper bag), but I was curious since one of the flavors listed is “Jamaican rum flavor”.

I know Chais are supposed to have milk, but I’m not much of a milk drinker, and I like this one pretty well even without it. Perhaps I’ll try it though with the other bag that was in the sampler.

I like it because it’s a smooth chai. It doesn’t beat you up with its spices, but the spices are still there.

Much more green tea taste than I was expecting – I couldn’t even detect any rice in this one. I suspect my husband will be drinking the rest of the box.

Needed some cream in it today. I think I’ll steep it a little less next time.

I really liked this tea the first time I had it. This time, the peach flavor was just as I remembered it, except I couldn’t taste the tea at all. It was like drinking peach flavoring in hot water. It still smells good sitting on my desk…

I was worried that this would be a nasty fruit tea, but this might change my mind about fruit/tea combinations. The peach flavor is enough to be noticeable but not overwhelming and it makes the tea pleasantly sweet. I normally take my black tea with cream and sugar, but this one tastes great plain.

Made a cup of chai milk tea for dinner tonight to pair with my Trader Joe’s indian food. Wonderful combination!

Took this with creamer this morning. Have to say it was spicier than I expected, but still good.

I picked up this tea because I like fruit teas, and this just looked interesting. The smell is.. off… it’s like blueberry and dirt. Or blueberry and old eggs. Or blueberry and something icky. The flavor is nice, with a slight aftertaste. Not something I’ll buy again, but not something I won’t drink.

Had a free cuppa at Wegmans today…it was nice

This was ok. I remember having it before…had a free cup at Wegmans today!

My sister slipped me a bag or two of this tea. Reason is simple, “If you like licorice then you will like this.” Ah, a challenge to the tea lover. Here reason was that it was something different and wanted to know what I thought of it. At the end she later gave me the rest because . . . that is right she did not like it.

Me on the other hand did my sensory (like at work for Nestle). The scent was of licorice (well what expect from a strong plant in smell and taste?). Noticing the the liqour held the typical color that the black tea gives. A sip (the first initial taste test) it did not matter what else was on the label as ingredients, because you are exposed to the flavorful discharge of licorice from the liquor. This might be to much for a person who does not care about licorice, but for me it was welcomed with another cup.

I will suggest this as in the catalog as nothing more as a dessert tea. A tea to be served after dinner alone or accompanied by some shortbread cookies (one of my favorite cookies for tea time). It is not a tea that I will drink all the time though.

I wonder if my teeth turned black like from eating black licorice? LOL

Yes, I know that Chai tea is a spice tea served with milk (like a latte) or not. Maybe I am not a spicy type of guy. This tea has the black tea as a base with spices. In my opinion it is strong on the spice. As the liquor touch my pallet I was instantly struck with cinnamon (and maybe ginger) that overwhelmed me.

I have tried other Chais, but this one wouldn’t find a place in my cupboard.

added about 1/3tsp matcha in 1.5 oz warm milk to this tea to give it depth, sweetness, color, and TEA taste. By itself it’s too thin and the spices overpowering. With the matcha and milk it’s drinkable, but still nothing special. I’m keeping a few bags on hand for blending experiments like this, but overall it’s in my giveaway pile.

I agree with the above – this tea seems to taste week no matter how you brew it. I was hoping for a lower caffeine alternative to black chai, but this is just ok. To me the cinnamon is the dominant scent/flavor.