Teaopia

This tea steeps well several times too! I have only done it twice but am sure you could do more. Just doubled the time I had steeped this the first time, and it might have tasted even better the second time around.

I really really reallyyy like this.
I’ve never had Teaopia until yesterday (although it’s much closer to home for me than my new obsession, Davids). And oolongs are new for me as well, but this sounded so tempting. It also smelled great in the tin, and I could see almond slivers, caramel pieces(!!!) and the flowers.
(I like how Teaopia is set up – all of the teas are on some kind of lazy susan deal in the middle of the shop, so you can look at and smell whatever you like, without HAVING to talk to the employees before buying something. Davids is cool but sometimes I like to just browse on my own.)
Anyways, like I said the smell is delicious. Very nutty, and sweet at the end. I want to say it’s like vanilla, but then decide it’s more caramel…but that isn’t it either! So it’s got to be the creamy part I’m getting.
I brewed this for 3 minutes, added a pinch of sugar, and the taste is just like I imagined! So good.
In a way it reminds me of Toasted Walnut from Davids Tea – I fell in LOVE with that tea when I got a sample of it, and haven’t been able to get any since but crave it all the time. Now that I have this though, the cravings won’t be so bad :)

*I noticed this tea has apple pieces in it – I can’t distinguish them from the almond really, and don’t notice any distinct apple flavour (which doesn’t change my opinion of this tea one way or the other, just something I noticed). It also seems that alot of Teaopia’s flavoured teas have apple pieces in them…just kinda interesting to me.

ugh I need to buy me some tea tins!!! The thing is, I keep very few teas in large enough quantities to warrant a standard size, and small tins are difficult to find. Does anyone know of a place that sells tins which can hold 25-50g?
This tea, one of my oldest, is losing it’s flavour. I’ve kept it in the paper bag it comes with, for lack of any suitable alternative. Sad, but true. It’s pretty much just a simple rooibos now with some distant orange flavouring… even the swirls of agave I added gave it very little oomph. Oh well, all good things must end eventually! Now on to find a new rooibos to love. I was getting bored with this one anyhow. (It’ not goodbye just yet! I have atleast two more cups worth)

My rooibos alternative to orange pekoe, only more on the orange side. Orange peel and mallow blossom… how can you go wrong with that?
What can I say, I’m in a simple mood today (esp after yesterday’s disaster). No milk here, I want to get all the flavour I can :)
Loving the orange today!!!

mmmmm I tried a cuppa this last night, at the mall hunting for my summer sandal… (I found one but they were sold out in my size. Half price to!)
This time, I actually found some creaminess. It really tasted like strawberry to. Juicy sweet strawberries! yum. Rating holds at 85.

So… apparently I am on a strawberry kick now.
I needed a non caffeinated night-time treat while at the mall with some friends… (how highschool do I sound… sheesh, I’m almost thirty now!) and tea was waist-line friendlier than yogen-fruz so thus I ended up at teaopia for the second time today.
Anyhow, this one is definitely on the bottom rung out of the three strawberry teas I’ve tried… however still a decent tea overall.
The berry flavour is lacking, but then I am also having trouble finding the rooibos. Hrm actually, I do get some tartness, which could be confusing the red part for me. Also, I added milk to this, because I wasn’t getting the “cream” part either.
Atleast I didn’t need to add any sugar. and it does taste creamier than I expected with the milk. Maybe if i tried it again, added a smidge of sugar and no milk… and sat down to properly savour this one it would make a stronger impression with me. I would give it a second chance, but not at my expense!

I had a cuppa from the shop this morning…. and enjoyed it immensely! However, David’s strawberry white has set the bar out of reach on this one. If I had to compare the two, David’s would win hands down.
This tea is heavier on the strawberry. Without any sugar at all the sweet yet tart aroma and flavour is strong. The white tea takes more of a backseat but it’s nice for a change. I can imagine, like most tea’s I love, that it would be fantastic iced.
As for the finish/aftertaste… it has that same mild pleasant taste but has a slightly acrid lingering effect that I don’t see in David’s version- I suspect because the strawberry is less prominent.
Overall, I would buy this again… but only hot in a cup, not to take home with me- and that’s assuming I can’t get to a David’s :)
(errr, just in case that wasn’t clear!)
Also, bring breathmints… I needed them!

Being a great fan of peppermint, I find this an enjoyable and mellow sleepytime tea. I like how the rooibos, though I can taste it, is not overpowering and only an undertone to the core peppermint. Would have been a rather unremarkable tea if not for the pleasant aftertaste it leaves after each sip, perhaps the taste of the liquorice root or the fennel? Not very fragrant though, so not the most exciting tea out there.

This tea smells freaking INCREDIBLE. It’s too bad the flavour gets lost a little in the steeping! The smell is exotic and enticing, and the taste is light and fresh, with the lemongrass and white tea taking over the flavour when it comes time to sipping. The tea is good, I just wish it tasted a little more like it smells.

Definitely enoyed this tea, slightly more astrignent than David’s, but perhaps less complex.

I love Earl Greys, as I find them to be great wake-me-up teas.
When I saw that there was a “Creamed” earl grey, and essentially it was just that kick of vanilla that made it “creamy”, I was sold. Vanilla and I go way back.

Excited, I brew my first Creamed Earl Grey latte. It was very nice! Much more exotic than the usual Earl Grey, which is surprising, because there isn’t a massive ingredients change. The vanilla softens the blow of the otherwise pungent bergamot.

It mixes very well with other caramel-based teas, or even nutty-based teas, in my opinion.

It is the best as a latte, but drinking it on its own is nice too, as the bergamot is strong and gives the tea body regardless of sweetening.

Will likely buy it again when I’m out!

Ugh! what a long day. Seriously, I am like a worn out mental rug!!
My work contract is ending soon so I’ve been making the rounds with job applications and staffing agency intros/interviews. So of course I needed a pick-me-up between meet and greets and I have been craving this lately.
So of course I swung by the store and they were super busy, being that most everything was 75% off and people were lining up like ants to carry off their treats. Well, you can guess what happened. Even though spending money is the last thing I should be doing this month, I ended up shelling out! how could I resist!!!
Look at what I got and tell me it wasn’t worth it. Just tell me!
1 cup of delicious, iced, Rise N Shine!
2 packages of tea filters (100 each)
1 Matcha set (whisk, stand, chawan etc)
50g of Amarretto Cherry Black Tea

All of that for $22.50 which includes 13% tax

Now… was that a good deal? you tell me. Have I tricked myself into thinking it was worth it?

I don’t know why I splurged on this, I have a tiny bit of it left at home… but I wasn’t in the mood for much else. bah.
It was good, nice and thick. This is the only tea I enjoy that way, so it makes sense that I enjoy it more when they make it in the shop.
The cola is so uplifting. I just love smelling the cup as it cools!
and did the shop girl add agave?? it’s very sweet on it’s own without any adds. Anyhow, I was thinking about refilling my stock but now I think I need to hold off. After having a tea around for awhile, I tend to get tired of it and this was one of my first. The rating still holds of course!
Everything blends together so nicely, I’ll always have a soft spot for this one :)

I’ve always disliked carbonated beverages, but had nothing against the “cola” flavour… so when I smelled this tea, I was HOOKED! I love the punchy aroma and kick of alertness it gives me when I need that boost. With a little agave to sweeten it up, it’s just like a hot cup of coke! yummmm. I can’t do excessive amounts of caffeine so this is a great alternative for me. Almost as good as the Sunshine Mate I have.

This is a great all around tea for me. I enjoy that the rooibos isn’t entirely overshadowed by the earl grey. It has a lot of depth as well, which I enjoy. Intense, complex teas are my thing. You’ll rarely see me with a cup of any “pure” tea.
Also, at one time, when bagged earl grey was all I had tried, I could not stand the stuff! then a friend gifted me (not teaopia, it had no brand name on it so I can’t be sure where it’s from. Someplace in Calgary I think) some looseleaf and it changed my life. In fact this is what got me hooked! So pardon my bias on this one, it’s the tea that started everything looseleaf for me.
I’ve tried regular earl grey since, but it just does not work for me somehow. Sorry this review isn’t more helpful!

Was having trouble deciding what tea I wanted to drink, then realized that I only had about a scoop and a half left of this one, so I finished it off.

I still rather like it. It’s definitely creamy, and the nuttyness is sweet, not too strong. I kind of wish you got more of the oolong taste (it’s still present, though), since it’s sort of swamped by the others, but evaluating it in terms of the flavours added and not the base, it’s delicious. It doesn’t resteep too well—mostly because I do the first steep at three minutes anyhow—but the second steep has more of the tea coming through.

I think I’ll have to get more. When I got this, it had been my first (and only, so far) trip to Teaopia, and I went there specifically for this one—there were no others I was interested in trying. There still aren’t, really. Maybe the other flavoured oolongs.

Well, it SMELLS delicious. I thought it was a little on the pricey side, though, to be honest. For a flavoured oolong? Still, I made the trip. I decided on this one when I discovered that there was a hidden Teaopia (not even on Google Maps, let along here) near(ish) to me. Jillian’s well-timed tasting note on this tea helped with the decision.

Dry it’s very creamy sweet smelling, brewed there is definitely more of a nutty profile in there (more in the wet leaves than the brewed tea, however). It’s sweet and creamy, and definitely nutty. The nutty, I think, blends well with the natural flavours of the oolong used (looking at the large, darkly colourful leaves, I wonder if it’s bai hao). The nut flavour, I think, is the culprit behind the light astringency on the tip of my tongue, because the tea is rather smooth otherwise. I think the nut is what sets this tea apart, because without it it’s just a cream oolong of some sort (not that that’s terribly ordinary anyways, but who would think to pair nuts and oolong? I like it).

Teaopia recommends three minutes, but that had seemed a little much; I started with two, but when I poked my nose into the pot, I saw that there hadn’t been any convection at all, just a small cloud of brown surrounding the teaball; I spent an extra (timed) thirty seconds of dunking to mix the tea and let it steep a little darker. The oolong leaves themselves look dark and oxidized enough that I assume it wasn’t meant to be a light brew.

First cup’s cooled more, and I’m picking up fruity hints. This is mellow and very nice.

This is a satisfying tea, and I’m delightfully surprised with Teaopia (not that I was expecting bad things). Also, they have (only in-store, not on their site) Turkish teacups! Except they sell them individually. And the saucer comes separate. Five bucks for a single glass teacup, three dollars for the saucer. Jesus Christ.

Better the second time around – made a pot of it this morning. Still a little bit disappointed by the huge void between smell and taste, but this morning the sweetness of the smell almost turned me off, so I appreciated the earthy tones and lack of overpowering sweetness a lot more than the first time.

I went to Teaopia yesterday to pick up some Irish Breakfast for Cooking Simplicitea, and when I smelled this tea, I had to get some – the smell is intoxicatingly good.

Once steeped, though, you can smell mostly the earthy black tea instead of the incredibly sweet cherry flavour, and the taste is only a subtle finish on an otherwise average black tea. It’s good, but the smell is so amazing that the taste – the important part – is a huge let-down. I’ll finish my bag, but I doubt I’ll be buying this again.

Teaopia is a franchise that’s become increasingly popular in Canada over the past year or two. They still haven’t opened a store in my city unfortunately, but there’s several stores in places I often visit on vacation, so I’m not entirely bereft. ;)

This tea smell absolutely delectable – when I smelled it at the store I knew I wouldn’t be able to resist it – it’s sweet and creamy like a creme brulee with a touch of almonds added to it. Interestingly when I added the water it found I could really smell the apple pieces as well.

It’s also quite a delicious-tasting tea – sweet, though not too sweet and caramel-y the nuttiness is surprisingly strong and there’s just a hint of fruitiness. I think I’d steep it a touch longer than 1 min next time, but other than that this tea is a really enjoyable treat.

beautiful looking and tasting tea
could do with a little less bergamot, but otherwise it’s makes for a lovely cup of tea
p.s total fail on the name, it’s princess.

this is easily my favourite tea from teaopia
it has a mellow flavour, but it’s anything but boring
my only complaint is that it could do with tad more of the creamy flavour
almost perfect though, nice work teaopia ;)

i think i totally have a crush on this tea le sigh