Teavana

Andrea sent me this and I can see why she likes it. It is sweet with a fragrance redolent of cinnamon, cloves, and apple. I can barely taste the white tea base, but it is there and adds its own note. It was a nice calming drink for a difficult afternoon meeting. Thanks, Andrea!

This is an incredibly sweet tea that just knocks you over with fruit. (I’m not surprised that it’s very often one of the sample teas that Teavana sets out in its stores.) If you’re really sure that you want a sweet, sweet tea, this one is absolutely worth the trouble of picking those little fragments of rooibos leaf out of your tea strainer.

Today, I drank this blend cold. I made the blend last night: (2 teaspoons Rooibos Chai with 2 teaspoons Matevana with 1/2 teaspoon of German Rock Sugar) in my glass cylindrical tea carafe. I filled it half way with hot water, allowed it to steep for five minutes. This brew is dark, almost black right now, maybe I let it steep too long? Anyway, filled the rest with cold water and put in the fridge overnight.

This morning I poured about half of it out into my travel mug. It was still dark, but it was very good. So I kinda like this Chai cold, odd.

The flavor is complex: you have a tea flavor, but then a hint of almonds and cocoa, followed by the chai spices. The is what is most complex; it is contrasted by the temperature of the tea. This does not make the taste more intense, but it makes it a sensation, you have the blend of flavors and mouth feel combining to make a total experience.

I love this blend. The Rooibos is mostly lost, but the slight spice from the chai along with the chocolate notes from the Matevana make for a delightful cup of tea.

This is best hot, sweetened or not it is fantastic. I am making a cold brew for lunch for tomorrow, we’ll see how that turns out.

Note: This can almost always be found as one of the samples at Teavana, so you could try it and see what I mean.

A smooth chocolate taste, perfect for the afternoon. Able to be infused multiple times. Plus any time you get to watch teas like this open up almost makes it worth it.

Just bought this tea, Sencha has such a pure taste to it. Very earthy and quite pleasant to drink. I really enjoyed this type of green tea. It’s hard for me not to like any green tea. Totally addicted !

A very tart tasting tea, I tried this with dessert so perhaps not a good choice as I found it very strong. Very flavorful and overall a nice tea.

A tea swap tea. Not as strong as I expected it would be, or would like it to be, but it’s really good. It’s so nice to drink an herbal tisane that isn’t totally tart from hibiscus. Might buy a bigger size of this; I have such a hard time finding caffeine free blends I like.

I like this tea, but not as much as I like Hot Cinnamon Spice from Harney & Sons, which is what I was looking for when I found this. However, it’s nice and a bit different. I like it for a little variety. It demands boiling water and a long steep time to get the right flavor and took a couple of times to get it right.

I bought this tea on recommendation from a friend. I was sick and couldn’t smell anything when I bought it, so I was surprised when I opened it up one day and the tea was overpowering. I felt almost sickened by the smell, but decided to try brewing it anyway, as I’m a sucker for blueberries and my friend liked it so much. I’m glad that I did because, once brewed, the scent becomes more subtle and complex. It’s a great tea and I like it when I need something fruity. I find this tea better when it’s steeped both hotter and longer.

Amount: 3 scoops
Water: 1 teapot (3 cups) at 160-ish, should have been 175
Steep Time: a little over 3 minutes, i tried sips at 1, 2, and 3. Next time 2
Served: Hot

Smell: peach, fruity, earthy, sweet
Flavor: slightly sour / citrus, strawberry, peach
Body:medium
Liquor: dark red
Aftertaste: bitter, sour

Notes: added honey to help smooth the tartness after tasting, it might be better as a summer iced tea.

Very disappointing. As a person that loves hot peppers (and is quite fond of chocolate, too), I was eagerly awaiting trying this blend. For my first brew, I followed the instructions closely and was seriously surprised at how flavorless a tea it brewed. For my second attempt, I used over 3 teaspoons and steeped for longer than recommended, but still no luck. Still surprisingly bland and watery.

I’ll probably use the rest with the bit of MateVana I have left.

Quite a nice every day all day tea. The leaves smell great,slightly grassy but not like lawn clippings more grassy and wet in a sense that gives a feeling of walking through a wet forest or in the hills after a rainfall,lovely. Steeping it smells just like wet earth and brews into an extremely light almost rain-water looking cup. I don’t know what it is about this tea and the rain maybe a placebo effect of the description but it’s exactly how it looks and smells. For such a light tea it has a great flavor,very light green vegetal taste and I definitely get a hint of bamboo shoots and more maybe wet leaf but in a great way taste.
Overall this is definitely nice enough to brew a pot up and just enjoy throughout a whole day.