TeaGschwendner

The next chapter in the perfect lemon search.

As you can see from the photo, this tisane is very… geometric. Pretty much every ingredient in it is rectangular, of varying lengths, widths and colors. It doesn’t have a lot of fragrance on its own, and even if it did I wouldn’t be able to tell what it is as I put it in the same tin I’d used for The Tea Table’s Lemon Mango, and I neglected to do a de-scenting so that’s pretty much all I can smell now. (Nice smell though, I liked that one.)

It makes a dark yellow liquor, almost the color of apple juice. It smells promising: there is a sweet smell to it, and there’s definitely lemon.

Hmm. Hmmmmmm.

Wow. I had really expected to be disappointed by this one. Despite its attractive geometry, I expected it to taste a lot like the Luscious Lemon from Simpson & Vail. And failing that I just didn’t expect to like it. It has lemon myrtle in it after all.

But the lemon myrtle is playing nice here. It must be the influence of the vanilla. It’s neither tart nor bitter, so it doesn’t require doctoring. Except it might be better brewed a little stronger. I used 2.5g for a standard size mug.

It does have a green, grassy, herbally quality in addition to the lemon. It’s more reminiscent of a lemon plant than a lemon fruit, which is the one downside as lemon fruit appropriately de-soured is what I’d like to be reminded of.

It’s not as high on the rotation list as the Harney & Sons or the Teavana, but I think now that I’ve tried this I’m no longer motivated to try to get the Simpson & Vail to work. That had a stronger lemon flavor, but also a tart and bitter edge that needed working out to be rotation worthy.

This, on the other hand, needs some time testing and a little bit of thought.

This smells like strawberries and cream. VERY intensely scented. It’s yummy smelling. I was going to say this was my Rooibos of the day but technically it’s honeybush, I guess. This was a gift from Ashley. Thanks so much!

This is very sweet but not tart. This is also very light tasting…not mellow, but fluffy…lightweight, that is.

I would say this is pretty good but nothing tremendous. I am going to try it iced because I think it was more meant for that…or at least it seems to be…more of an iced flavor instead of a HOT Cuppa.

Rachel! You ROCK! This is another one I have been wanting to try.

Eventho the ingredients I generally stereotype as being floral, bitter, and cereal like…this smells sweet and fruity! This REALLY surprises me!!!

This is a medium brown in color.

I can taste the green tea first followed by the black. I can then taste floral notes and sweet hints throughout. Then it’s fruity and then floral again. In the aftertaste it’s more of a floral green that lingers. This is an interesting tea. Much more to it than I first thought. I like teas that make you think sometimes, ya know!?

This isn’t bad. There is a nice combo of floral and fruity.

For sure one of my favorite Darjeelings of TeaGschwendner here in Germany. Typical Second Flush taste, with nice flowery nuances, and not too bitter. Great for the evening.

Lie it this time even a bit more then last time … although it lacks in the end typical second flush characteristics a bit.

Nice Darjeeling, subtle and fresh

Not bad, but lacking a bit typical Darjeeling taste. I clearly expected more from this tea, which is in the end it seems more or less an ordinary Darjeeling.

Quite nuanced, but tending to be a bit too bitter

Yes, again for breakfast ;) Today was also again one of the days i really liked this tea – especially its subtle sweet tones (probably the sumatra leaves)

Breakfast tea, this time got its strenght right :) Nice!

Once again for breakfast … didnt like it today too much although … guess i had it a bit too often during the last months

My favorite breakfast tea overall, generally mild, but with a strong note of sweet Sumatra leaves, which makes the cup somewhat interesting all the time, while not overwhelming the senses at morning. Nothing special, but often great together with bread & jam.

I love this tea. It’s super yummy, perfect when iced! I did exactly what the bag said to brew at, and for once, I wouldn’t change it! This will definitely be in rotation in my tea collection. I was even thinking of making an ice cream with coconut milk with it. No sugar needed! The coconut gives alot, though still not overpowering. The sencha is good quality, too.

Very delicious and even the tea looks authentic with the broken leaves. You can taste all the flavors vividly and as tradition dictates I put in a little cream and sugar. It was divine.

Decupboarding this morning, along with the Mariage Freres English Breakfast, which I used as the extra black tea with this. It remains a tasty, but very mild chai. A little too mild for me, but if you don’t like a peppery kick you might want to give this a try.

Made on the stovetop per the Samovar extra black tea recipe with Teavana Assam Gold Rain as the extra black tea.

The dry mixture smells mostly of cinnamon with a touch of ginger.

Not as spicy as the Rishi and not as rich as the Samovar, but a tasty, mild blend. It reminds me of the Golden Moon Kashmiri Chai in terms of flavor, but I prefer the GM. On the continuum of very spicy to less spicy, this is less spicy than the Golden Moon, which I already found to be pretty mild. There is pepper listed among the ingredients, but I wasn’t at all aware of its presence.

I’d probably choose another blend over this one for my staple milder chai, but I wouldn’t at all mind drinking this if it were offered to me.

This is my last cup of this sample. The free sample TG put in my last order made 2 cups. I really like this tea. I could see myself drinking this all the time as my evening tea. I will probably have to order some of this.

Wow. Such a mislabeled tea! I got this tea as a free sample in my TG order (a couple of months ago). It has been sitting in my tea drawer ever since. I’ve had such bad luck with fruit teas lately (especially ones named after seasons), that I’ve been afraid to try it. I shouldn’t have waited so long.

This tea is pretty yummy. When you open the package, it smells like caramel. When brewed it tastes like caramel and then when sugar is added it brings out a green apple flavor and tastes like a caramel apple. It brews up to a nice dark red-purple color.

The name of this tea had me imagining rose hips and hibiscus and other horrid things. Thankfully none of those flavors are in this tea, despite the fact that those ingredients are in the tea. While I wouldn’t go out of my way to order this tea, if I was ordering something else from TG, I’d definitely throw some of this in the order.

This tea should have been named caramel apple. Why did they name it Spring Fruit?!?!

2 tsp to 11 oz for 10 min, and it was a little weak. I’ll add 3 tsp (if I have that much left) next time.

surprising white tea from the south India. Mild, fruity and delicioust, exotic taste. A good day-starter-tea.

light sweet with a full-bodied but soft-creamy taste

This is a very yummy green tea. Distinctly Japanese, the flavor is primarily hay, artichoke, and seaweed – I realize that this description might not sound as good as it tastes. There is a little bit of umami or mushroomy flavor, which makes the tea more craveable. There is only a bit of astringency on the trailing end of an occasional sip.

The package suggested eating the used leaves, but I ate some of the leaves dry. They were pretty tasty. The leaves have a sweetness to their smell and are very tender. Just one or two is enough to give you a pretty good bit of flavor. Try more than a few at once and it may be too intense for some, but I enjoyed that too. The used leaves were also nice to eat, though much more mild.

Multiple steeps work all right, the flavor stays nice. No tannins taking over or anything like that, but the flavor isn’t really enhanced by it. I am at my third steep now, and it’s pretty muted but still enjoyable. There is a lingering sweetness after each sip.

I don’t really have anything negative to say about this tea. I have not had many Japanese greens recently, but this is my current favorite green tea that I can name. At close to $.50/gram, it was very pricey, but I wanted to try a Gyokuro and was not disappointed.

I had the hardest time picking between the herbal teas, but decided on LSL’s blend. It’s slightly thick on the tongue while still being mild. I love it iced, didn’t even try it hot. It’s the perfect iced tea for relaxing. Only a touch of mint. I want a perfume of it!

I enjoy drinking this tea in the morning for a nice pick me up. The hibiscus and apple pieces gives the herbal a pleasant taste. However, I would much prefer this blend without the peppermint, as I’m not a fan of fruit combined with mint. Since the peppermint isn’t that strong I still enjoy this herbal blend, in fact, it is waking me up as I type this !