Tazo

Another Friday, another chai!

I would drink these all the time if it weren’t for the calories. Thank goodness for Fridays!

Yay, Friday!

This is my weekly Friday treat! I like mine with nonfat milk.

Late to work, breakfast on the go, no time for a real brew — so the ol’ standby: the Tazo boxes. Good even brew, dark enough for the morning, solid black tea taste. Whew, just made it.

Rocking an venti iced no classic green tea latte with an extra scoop of matcha powder at this very moment. :) A summer favorite!

Brewed another (eight cup) pot of this tonight to go with an evening of reading. Quite pleasant, with just the right among of tartness to balance the sweet.

Brewed this in an eight cup pot last night. With enough steeping, one teabag can make an entire eight cups, and it does not become over-strong or over-bitter.

Working through the second half of the first two cup pot I’m not as sure about my feelings for this tea as I was when I began. When the tea first hits the tongue it does have a slightly heavy tone on the sides of the tongue, which is something that always characterized Bigelow’s Orange Spice for me, as well as something that I didn’t particularly care for in that tea. I’m glad this tea only releases tart notes on the back of the tongue, because tartness upon the drink first entering the mouth would have turned me off almost immediately. One bonus is that this tea has quite the pleasant aftertaste…

I brewed this in a small pot, so that I could taste it at intervals through the steeping…
The recommended five minute brew-time in an 8 oz mug with boiling water is absolute ridiculousness, as this tea gets strong fast. It was brewed quite strong two minutes in in a 16 oz pot with nearly-boiling water.
Upon tasting this tea, it’s slightly reminiscent of the Orange Spice tea by Bigelow, albeit much, much better. It has an almost-Orange Starburst taste, minus the sour flavour. All around a decent-tasting tea, but not something I would drink daily.

Daily Starbucks trip.

I really like the taste of the pure black tea in this but only because it is balanced so well with the lemonade. I would say this is more of a lemon flavored black iced tea (not too much lemonade in it) but it works great. I added a packet of sugar to cut the tartness a little, but it is not so sugary as to overwhelm my palate and detract from the flavor or to dominate the tea flavors either. I don’t think Starbucks specializes in iced teas or anything, so this seems like a beautiful accident. Plus, I’ll generally reach for a cold drink before a hot drink, so this worked out well for me.

It was a little strong, but I’d love to try it iced.

One of my favorite decaf teas, as long as I don’t get distracted and let it steep too long (it seems perfect at two minutes).

For a green tea, this is pretty boring. Then again, sometimes boring is good; however, in this case, its the wrong kind of boring.

Great description, huh!

Wish there were a ‘meh’ icon. It’s not bad, not great.

I bought this bagged tea mainly because it’s called Awake. LOL. It’s good though. Bold flavor.

I absolutely love this tea. It freshens your breath and calms your spirits with spearminty goodness.