Teas Etc

More Nut than Mango today but still pretty tasty!

What a HELLISH Day! Not really, bad, just BUSY! WHOA! Anyhow…this was tasty. On to the next

Yes Mango! YES Nut! YES PLEASE! This is a very good flavored Rooibos! Hip-Hip-WHO-RAY!?
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Too much Ginger and not enough lemon but not a terrible taste. Probably not one I would purchase again tho.

Yup! I actually like this one UNDERinfused…I also had one overinfused and it was too gingery…it was yummy with the MORE Lemon and little Ginger instead…

Needed to infuse much longer than I originally thought to get much of a flavor out of it. The 2nd infusion was infused about the same length but tasted much more like ginger and not in a very good way. This one seems to be a little touchy. If you’re careful I suppose it would be a good cup…so I will base it on my first attempt…

Okay, so this was my first time trying Chrysanthemum, so the rating is low not based on quality (since I am unfamiliar with other Chrysanthemum herbal teas) but is instead based on my experience with it. I got the tea sample in the mail and there were full beautiful flowers in it. The smell wasn’t anything special, but I figured it would come out once I started to steep it.

I got it to a nice light yellow color and decided to take out the flowers and give it a taste. I love floral teas and especially chamomile, but this was a bit farther off from those two than I expected. It has a very strong and abrasive taste. I wasn’t a fan of the aftertaste at all. No hints of sweetness in this one. The taste was bitter and astringent in a way that I didn’t enjoy (I like strong teas).

Overall, I wasn’t all that happy with this tea, but like I said before, I hadn’t tried Chrysanthemum. If you like Chrysanthemum I would give this tea a shot, perhaps as a sample when buying other teas from Teas Etc. You may have the opposite reaction as me! I do love this company though.

I love this white tea. Very light and crisp, but naturally sweet. This tea is relaxing and reminds me of a forest after a late spring frost. I can only appreciate that comparison having grown up around the woods. I love Samovar’s Osmanthus Silver Needle which gives me similar thoughts, but this white tea is lovely beyond words. Something very sweet, subtle, and even nutty about this one.

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I’m really digging this tea! 2nd infusion.

This is bold and smooth all at the same time. It’s very ‘clean’ for a bold black tea. It’s a Goodie, indeed! I can see why it won an award!

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Infused at a higher temp and more loose leaf for a longer time and it’s still pretty light in color for a black. Still good tho.

I tried this again today…doubled steeping time and turned out good but still a little mild in my opinion based on the length of steep. I am glad I oversteeped this one…it was MUCH better.

2nd infusion on the verge of bitter

Good but not World Champion in my opinion. Pretty light and mellow but pleasant.

A lovely gentle tea from Yunnan, almost all buds. Doesn;t have the characteristic nose or spice of the usual Yunnan, but it is a lovely tea. Totally different with some milk in it. Sweeter, smoother, heavier, two teas in one!

Since this was only the second Earl Grey I’ve ever tried after twinings, all I can say is it was very different..Im not a floral tea scent drinker and I could smell the rose pedals so that turned me off, but I imagine its a very good tea if you are partial to floral scented teas since Teas ect teas win awards.

No wonder is this an award winning tea.The bouquet is mysteriously captivating,a cross between earth and sky, the colorhue that changes from an autumn preripe persimmon yellow to a coppery red/brown maple leaf hue.Taste is slightly earthy without the dust or twinge of anything dry or alum.You cant seem to overbrew this tea with negative results.Each brew takes you farther within the mystery, a warming walk secure and complex, anxiously awaiting each new vista.

A very good Bai Hao style 50% oxidized oolong from Taiwan.

Smells and tastes like the chocolate lip smackers I had when I was a kid. Don’t think this one will become a regular.

First, the smell reminds me of the pseudo-chocolate flavoring that you’d find in a PowerBar. Not a good thing…in my opinion. The story gets better with taste. The chocolate is far more subtle than the aroma lets on. There are problems with that though, since even though the taste isn’t as offensive as the smell, there’s nothing about it that really stands out. I know none of that gives a very strong impression of what this tea actually tastes like…and I think that’s because I just don’t have an impression. On top of that, I can’t really say I’m looking forward to another brew :(