T2

A sweet, smooth, classy tea that tastes like what it boasts and benefits well from a shot of creme brulee liquor. Dessert in a cup. It’s not particularly standout for me, but I would keep coming back to it simply because it’s a ‘reliable’ blend.

Let me start off by saying that Earl Grey is my favourite tea, hands down. I don’t think it should be interfered with. The delicate, floral bergamot oil paired with heady black tea makes for a blend that’s just right and makes an excellent base for London Fog, Earl Grey hot chocolates or just a plain (but sublime) cuppa. Twinings’ attempt at combining other florals with it, such as rose and lavender, turned what could have been a well balanced blend into an over perfumed mess, rather akin to the bedroom of a fussy old lady. Lady Grey is an abomination. Bergamot was never meant to be paired with overwhelming amounts of citrus. The fragrant nature of it becomes lost.

I digress. Until I’d tasted this blend, I really thought Earl Grey was best left alone. T2 have somehow found the perfect combination of fruits and florals to enhance the elegant, aromatic nature of the bergamot whilst still letting the flavour profile of their base black show through to create a tea that is seductive, complex and still somehow fresh, without the slight bitterness that Earl Grey usually comes with. Fantastic blend.

Something different – it’s a very lovely fresh green tea that’s soothing. The batch I had contained meringue, which went a bit funny after I’d owned the tea for a while, so I had to throw out the tea.

It was like a sweet daffodil but it looked like a puddle of mud.

I BURNED through the box of this, I love it!

Actually had this one for breakfast today so left the sugar out, while still adding a delicious dollop of full cream milk (I’m not usually crazy for milk in general but my friends bought a 2L bottle of Hobart Milk Factory and oh my GOSH it is JUST SO GOOD).

There’s snow on the mountain today so it’s cold and drizzly! Soup’s on the stove and my lower back is a mess. Sigh.

London Breakfast? More like Saint Petersburg Breakfast!

I had an inkling this blend would smoke me out and hot digits, it sure did that. It was an afternooner for me so I sprinkled a little bit of sugar into it and milked it up, and I enjoyed my big mug of it. YUM.

The ginger note is not as heavy as I expected.

Bought this one on smell alone – SO glad I did! I am a sucker for anything Earl Grey, and this is a lovely twist on a classic. It’s also probably the only earl blend I have ever tried first sans any milk – and I think I’ll keep it this way. Yummy!

Another in store sample… Smelled AMAZING, tasted almost as I was expecting. Again, not iced tea season for me, but if this stays around, I would definitely consider more.

Had this as a sample in store this weekend in Auckland, and it was AMAZING as an iced tea. If it weren’t winter, I would definitely be stocking up on iced tea flavours again.

I had expected this to be a strong black breakfast tea. However is more like an early grey. Someone else described this as a weak early grey and thats what it is. Very pleasant, tastes fresh and great for a morning tea, to gulp down. Just not what I was expecting.

I really like this tea, but it’s nothing like the sample I tried in the store. My cup was much tarter than the sampler they had out, and only when I got home did I realise how much sugar they must’ve added to that. Having said that, with a generous teaspoon of sugar, this tea is delicious in the evenings or late afternoons, when you really want to relax, and really don’t want that punch of caffeine.

As other members have said, this tea smells BEAUTIFUL, but it doesn’t taste as creamy as you’d expect. I’ve gone through almost half of my 100g box in just a couple weeks, and I’ll be rebuying it as soon as I run out!

Dark amber tea. Aroma of

Delicious. This was a change from my usual T2 Melbourne Breakfast, but the concept of vanilla & cinnamon intrigued me. And it was a good choice! The pancakes impression is seriously strong. If I didn’t know that I was supposed to be tasting cinnamon, I’m not sure I’d identify it as such, so if you’re not a fan of that flavour in your tea, I wouldn’t worry. I’m not sure this will make it onto my “must always have available” shortlist, but I’m definitely going to enjoy it while I have it. Buttery, maple, and cosy.

Best tea. Although it is a green tea I would recommend heating 500mls of milk up to 80 degrees in a saucepan then putting 2 scoops of it into something like the T2 Teamaker with the leaves. It’s much better and it makes it so creamy. Then sprinkle a tiny bit of cocoa powder on the top to make it a latte.

I used up my whole bag of this blend on a strong iced tea (with some Turkish cherry sweetener) and now that I’m drinking that tea, I’m kind of annoyed I used it all because it’s really delicious.