Tealish

Finished the last of this one off today for no other reason than i could. Trying to work on sipdowns and give myself a break from the puerh. I love working from home some days…not quite there with my office set up.

Almost done this one – it’s such a weird tea for me. It’s not a strong flavoured tea, but it is refreshing and when i want it, i want it…but it’s not a tea from my usual wheelhouse as i tend to prefer bolder flavoured teas. ah well!

Final Count: 43

brewed this at a lower temp today because i was lazy and different elements have come out to play. Still think boiling is the way to go though :)

taking a break to enjoy some fruity goodness. I know i didn’t love this like omg buy more of this last time i picked it up, but it is a really nice treat when it’s this hot/humid out. i like the tartness of this that turns slightly sweet.

oh man..this worked out so well as a cold brew today. Just the right amount of sweet and dragonfruity taste. if i could get every cold brew cup to taste like this, it’d be worth picking up again heh.

yep, cold brew of this is the way to go. Hot it’s sort of tasteless, or at least really light. Cold brew, while it’s still light in the intensity of it’s taste, it’s a much more refreshing tea. I’ve had dragonfruit before and i guess this is sort of like it… not a re-order for me but i will enjoy the rest of the sample VariaTEA and i split :)

this tea is very light in flavour. Going to refrain from commenting until i have it again. it wasn’t bad but was kinda boring. lol

back up to 93 teas…need to get drinking!

I guess i should have written a tasting note on this one before it’s gone. I’ve tried this cold and hot, and i think i prefer it hot. I get the sense of rhubarb out of this one but not super strong. I think i prefer the dragon fruit one to this one because the flavour in this one is muted somehow. Enjoyable to drink but nothing i need to keep in my cupboard.

I was actually given this tea by my coworkers while I was laid up in the hospital in January. Unfortunately I was on blood thinners at the time and, as I discovered, blood thinners interact with EVERYTHING. Fast forward to now and I’m off blood thinners (thank god, they’re awful) so I can finally try this tea.

The smell of the dry is lovely, it’s a cross between sweet apple and basil. Unfortunately the nuances of the other ingredients aren’t really present in the flavour and the tea most just tastes like basil – which is pleasent enough but not a tea I’d go out of my way to drink. Oh well it’s the thought that counts.

This poor dear was given to me as a sample in a zip lock bag. Goodness knows how old it was when I got it. I wouldn’t say it was fresh because it had very little aroma in the leaf. I steeped it and was greeted with the ghost of a chai. So faint I know that it must have been a victim of time and improper storage. Oh well.

So, I think Tealish has renamed this blend to Blueberry Bliss. Anyway, I’ll post my review here because the photo and the ingredients are the same as the tea I am drinking.
Spring has sprung in my neighbourhood, and this is one of my favourite teas to have at the beginning of the season. It tastes like bright, sweet, fresh blueberries and the hibiscus flavour isn’t too strong. I think it would also make a great cold brew as well, but I’ve been having it hot. I bought a big bag of this tea 2 weeks ago, and it’s almost gone. I will definitely be restocking this one.

This is my favorite tea so far. It has a sweet under-taste that accompanies me from beginning till the end, changing in different ways.

The strawberries. The chocolate. It’s like chocolate covered strawberries… in a small container. It smells so good and it tastes so good. I picked this up at Chapters one day because it was on sale and I wanted to know what Tealish thought “donuts” tasted like. Well… this tea doesn’t taste like donuts… but when the flavour is strawberries and chocolate, it is impossible to feel let down. Well done Tealish. Well done.

most delicious

I had entertained trying this tea before, but I wrote it off as just another generic ginger tea. But when I came across this one in my Tealish sampler, it was love at first sniff. The dry leaves remind me of Jelly Babies. (Which happen to be my favourite British sweet)

The flavour of this tea is soft and whimsical, which I’m finding is true of many Tealish teas. It’s pleasantly gingery, but without being too strong, and somewhat sweet and citrusy.

If I keep having success with Tealish teas, I’m going to have to take a trip to their store in Toronto…
(Though it does bother me when tea companies recommend people use boiling water, even on delicate green tea leaves)

This is very similar to Tealish’s Lavender Mint tea that I raved about in the summer. It also reminds me of Davids’ Midsummer Nights Dream tea. Both are pretty high on my favourites list, so that’s a good thing. I’m pretty in love right now.

It differs from Lavender Mint of course in the fact that there’s no mint in this one, which makes it a much more subtle flavour. It’s also got a creamy citrusy-ness to it.

I picked this up in a sampler pack of Tealish at Indigo today, but I’m glad to see that Well.ca carries Sleepy Fairy so I can easily restock!

HOLY this smells RUM-EY. Another one from omgsrsly. this one is a fail for me though. Something about the taste reminds me of amaretto and dirt. blech. not a fan, but super grateful for the taste since it’s something i likely would have picked up myself heh.

noms! sipdown weekend go! sad to see this go but it’s from a CANADIAN company AND they’re here in toronto…sooo i can get more anytime :)

the more i have this one, the more it reminds me of the ones from fauchon and DF but with a black base…or roasted oolong, i forget which this is lol i don’t think i need this in my cupboard for a while – maybe once i’ve finished the fancy french versions and i get a longing to have that taste again – then i might consider it. :)