Stash Tea Company

A very soothing green tea. Be careful with the temperature or it will go bitter on you.

2nd steep on a teabag, and it’s good in strength and taste — nothing added. That pu-erh is powerful stuff! My gardener son, grinning, calls it “compost tea.” The chrysanthemum does add just a bit of sweetness, without being overtly floral.

Maybe it’s just that the pu-erh in this tea bag is extra mellow, but perhaps the chrysanthemum petals have the effect of banishing the barnyard aspects of the pu-erh. However it happens, this is a light amber liquid with nice earthiness and a subtle floral aroma. Boiling water, scant 3 min steep. I like this. Nice change of pace. Got it in a sampler — might buy it sometime.

Nice and smooth drinking. Boiling water, 5 min steep, milk and sweet’ning. I bought a bunch of assortments on clearance and shared them with a sort of tea sisterhood, including my sister, daughter-in-law and granddaughter. We fancy ourselves having daily tea parties across the miles. And I feel a bit of the same camaraderie with my fellow Steepster-ites. Well then, to tea!

Stash uses an excellent quality oil of bergamot in this tea, which (whether or not you trust in aromatherapy) makes all the difference. A great lift to begin my day!

five days past Beltane ~ steep a bag of bergamot ~ so to dance again

I follow in the teacups of teaequalsbliss in agreeing that this is a nummy, nummy tea! The bergamot blossoms out and rules this cup as the queen of citrus-y perfumes, which she is. I made her milky and sweet, as well. Quite uplifting to my spirits! Yes, nummy as the dickens …..

This loose tea has chamomile, ginger, and rose petals, all of which the alike-named tea bag lacks, among other differences. With the look and aroma of a great potpourri, this is a fluffy tea, so i used 2 tsp. for my cup. Boiling water on it, steep 7 min. It makes a bright, clear yellow liquid, and I had mine hot with sugar. Satisfied my yen for dessert. Tangy, yet sweet and soothing.

Very strange ….. This tea tastes better to me when I brew it like a black, and (I swear) it doesn’t get bitter. At a reduced time and temp, like a green tea, it develops less flavor.

My favorite green tea — probably because I sense no astringency or bitterness — just luscious ripe fruit flavor, mostly pear. 3 min steep in water of appropriate coolth = a medium amber color liquid with a tiny bit of cloudiness. The green tea gods may shed a tear, but I drink for my enjoyment and health, not to humor them!

Prior to steeping it was a slight minty grass type smell. While steeping kind of smells like socks. Ewwww! The coloring is more toward that of a Black Tea. The taste isn’t bad. Not intense but not too bland either. This was a tad above neutral so I’ll give it a thumbs up, I guess.

I’m impressed with this. I usually don’t go for bagged tea anymore, but my mom made me a cup and I liked it a lot. It doesn’t just taste like peaches. It’s got a lovely almost floral taste to go along with it.

Evidently I have not, alas, yet learned to have the water cool enough and the steep short enough for green tea, so it remains my least favorite type. Disregarding the scowling tea gods, i added sugar. Jasmine scent was the best part of this cup, and recalling my recent cholesterol test, which was excellent! :)

Nice scent. Light yellow/green in color. More Ginger than Peach when it comes to taste but neither are overpowering. Some Ginger teas scare me…but this one is…pleasant.

Mixing black tea, a very decent peach flavor, soymilk, and stevia, I get the reliable flavor and focusing help I desire this morning. Alongside some seed and nut-rich granola, it’s breakfast.

I didn’t realize how much i’ve grown to like this tea until i found it’s my last bag. sigh! It adds that mild fruity lift to the ol’ black magic. Milk and sugar.

Brewed by the pot, strong, sweetened with honey, milk to blend flavors and poured over ice to keep me cool.

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Not as strong as I thought it would be but still good…not that I thought it would be way over the top or would win in a strong man competition but I guess I was ‘ASSuME-ing" it would be moreso. But…I still like it. It’s super dark in color and not very intense when it comes to smell.

This is a very decent english breakfast! Full and smooth, and perfect to get me going before work.

I love it with milk and splenda.

too much loving tea / 12-Steep Program is the cure / so obsession goes

Monday morning is not a time to court uncertainty, so I appreciate the consistent results I get with this bagged tea — and it’s delicious. This has flavoring added, but it is done well. Oolong wonderfulness in a sachet? My answer is yes.

Not a very sophisticated way of imbibing an oolong tea, and I’m surprised by how it still tastes and smells distinctly like an oolong. The fruit flavors make for a scrumptious combination. Being neither a purist nor, i hope, too much of a tea snob, I can fully enjoy this tea. However, my attempt to re-brew a bag was a disappointment.

It was just what I was looking for at the moment…