The Devotea

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drank First Class Chai by The Devotea
90 tasting notes

Perfect accompaniment to crochet, chocolate & a particularly baroque episode of Midsomer Murders on iView.

Robert Godden 14 years ago

Very glad to hear it!

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drank First Class Chai by The Devotea
90 tasting notes

Delicious delicious delicious. This is an exquisitely balanced chai blend, perfect brewed up strong with milk as recommended. I love it!

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I am more of an Irish Breakfast type, but I do enjoy a good English Breakfast on occasion. And this IS a good English Breakfast. The brewed leaves are an attractive mix of greens and coppers, with a pleasant fruity scent. The liquor is a robust amber shade with excellent clarity; it tastes bright, smooth and a touch rich/fruity. Even brewing for five full minutes doesn’t make it rough or unpleasant. I haven’t tried adding milk or sugar to it – there is really no need – but I can definitely recommend drinking it alongside a piece of toast with honey, for one of the best breakfasts around.

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Another sample, and one that I’m very sorry to be done with. Excellent cup of tea. Like Earl Grey, but fruitier. Excellent summer cup.

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A colleague of mine brought in some samples from The Devotea to try out, and this was one of them. It’s a great cup of tea! It’s one of those that holds up sweetened or not, and is good at any time of the workday. I’m sad I ran through so quickly, though I suspect I’ll be placing an order for some soon!

Robert Godden 12 years ago

If you are planning on ordering, there’s a discount available at the moment via this article: http://offbeathome.com/2013/06/loose-leaf-teas

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drank Lord Petersham by The Devotea
11287 tasting notes

noms. I really like this one, though i couldn’t explain why. There’s just something about how smooth it is while still packing enough of a taste to make this a great morning cup for me. I’m super glad i got to revisit this one via terri after the amoda box. :) A reorder for sure down the line.

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Anna 11 years ago

The tea break thing seems to be going really well!

Terri HarpLady 11 years ago

Between sharing samples & drinking this, I’m getting to the bottom of my bag! It really is tasty!

Cavocorax 11 years ago

I have 2 oz if you want more, Sil!

Sil 11 years ago

LOL

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drank Lord Petersham by The Devotea
11287 tasting notes

this was my other tea from this morning and man, it was delicious! I have a bunch of devotea teas to finish up from when my tea sister Terri was kind enough to send some my way. Some of them with larger amounts, so i’m hoping that Cavo won’t have tried SOME of them lol This one though, is all mine. I first tried it through the aomda box and loved it, and i still really enjoy it. :)

Final Count: 139

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Terri HarpLady 11 years ago

Glad you like it. Did you drink the 1910 yet?

Sil 11 years ago

Not yet..but i took them all out of their home to make them visible so that i’ll go through them all this week :)

VariaTEA 11 years ago

This is in the box. You will have more soon :)

Cavocorax 11 years ago

I fell in love with this through the Amoda box, and then contacted them to get a cheaper shipping rate to buy some more. :D

Robert Godden 11 years ago

So glad you like it. I’m having some now to celebrate that fact!

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drank Lord Petersham by The Devotea
11287 tasting notes

funnily enough, I didn’t realise that i’d had this tea before via someone’s amoda box :) So colour me surprised when i saw a rating there…which i’ve since upped! This was a fabulously strong yummy cup of tea today. So i was either really in the mood for it or my tastes have changed slightly. It looks like straight blacks are my thing with the devotea, rather than the flavoured :)

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Robert Godden 11 years ago

Based on a limited survey, the whole of America likes it, Sil.
It is our top selling tea in the USA, but around #10 in Australia.

Sil 11 years ago

What’s the top unflavoured in Australia?

Robert Godden 11 years ago

It’s 1910, Sil. Also our new Queen Adelaide is doing well. And a few of the single origins. But 1910 is our third best seller here, way behind Aussie Ginger Chai and Lady Devotea.

Terri HarpLady 11 years ago

Queen Adelaide?
I think I’ll make a pot of 1910 to go with brekkie this morning…:)

Sil 11 years ago

oh nice. i have 1910 in my cupboard so i’ll have to explore that one

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drank Lord Petersham by The Devotea
11287 tasting notes

Sipdown! Thank you kittenna for letting me try this one. My first impression this morning was that this tastes a lot like another tea that i’ve had. I suspect it might be one of the teas from red blossom? if i had to guess…maybe the keemun. This is bold, a little astringent, slightly smoky and over all pretty damn good. I’m happy to got to try it and may even think about purchasing more in the future when i have a manageable cupboard.

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Nxtdoor 12 years ago

I love the name. I can’t stop saying it in my head and picturing some British afternoon tea gathering. “Would your Ladyship care for some Lord Petersham? Tea, of course, tea”

Sil 12 years ago

lol yeah :)

Terri HarpLady 12 years ago

Yes, & I’ll have a cup too!

Robert Godden 12 years ago

Glad you enjoyed it. It’s our most popular tea in North America.

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drank Lord Petersham by The Devotea
1789 tasting notes

I finished the last of this up (160!) this morning, as I forced my brain to wake up and get on with it. I think I trained my body to expect coffee first thing because of Tim Horton’s ‘Roll Up the Rim Contest’. I’m such a sucker. A terrible, horrible sucker.

But this was strong, and it definitely helped! I enjoyed it while I had it, but I’m not in a rush to reorder it, especially with the CDN so craptastic!

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drank Lord Petersham by The Devotea
1789 tasting notes

This was my breakfast cuppa today. I’ve had several teas from The Devotea and I have to say that this one is by far my favorite. It has a nice thick mouthfeel, and a lot of maltiness to it that I quite enjoy. It’s a little smoky, and a little astringent, but NOT unpleasantly so.

It’s a great start for a work week! (Especially a work week in which I forgot to bring milk to work for my cereal, and forgot the mouse for my Surface! At least I brought my Surface in – otherwise it’d be a long bus ride home…)

Fjellrev 11 years ago

Aww, let’s hope the week will get better!

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drank Lord Petersham by The Devotea
1789 tasting notes

This was a sadder sipdown! I really learned to appreciate it, but I resteeped it twice and savored it. Don’t need to replace it but maybe… Someday.

Robert Godden 12 years ago

TWO resteeps. That’s about the limit. I nearly always do one.

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drank Lord Petersham by The Devotea
1789 tasting notes

This was in my Amoda box! I finally got around to reviewing it after packing half of it up for TerriHarpLady.

Now I almost wish I wasn’t sharing it!! Bahahahahah. (Not really though – I have some excellent samples coming my way).

I was surprised by this. It’s smooth, yet astringent in a good way, bold, and a touch smoky! I should have had this in the morning, but I’ll resteep it and stay up instead. It’s almost a little creamy too? Wow. I’m happy I gave the Amoda box a try!

400th note!

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 2 min, 45 sec
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Sil 12 years ago

Woot! Grats on 400!

Terri HarpLady 12 years ago

Yay! I’m excited that I’ll get to try this! Thanks in advance!

Kittenna 12 years ago

I was surprised by this one too. Always nice to try a tasty unflavoured black! PS Sil, if you want some of this from me, you’re welcome to it.

Sil 12 years ago

Yes please lol

Robert Godden 12 years ago

Congrats on the 400th Note.

Cavocorax 12 years ago

Thanks! I just checked your website and the prices are very reasonable! Maybe I will be able to stock up on more of this one!

Robert Godden 12 years ago

Great to hear. Also, our US distributor now has a sample pack where you get them all.

Cavocorax 12 years ago

Is that through the teatra.de site as well?

Cavocorax 12 years ago

Thanks for letting me know!

Sil 12 years ago

Must. Update spreadsheet for kittenna. Gah going to forget lol

Kittenna 12 years ago

Didn’t I put it on there?

Sil 12 years ago

You did :)

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drank Lord Petersham by The Devotea
4754 tasting notes

Second note on this one…. Because I had it twice! I’ve been lazy recently, and have just been drinking the teas that I’ve already rooted out from my cupboard.. Perhaps good for sipdowns?

Terri HarpLady 11 years ago

I went on their website last night & tried to order the sampler, which I’ve meaning to do for awhile. Every time I added it to my cart, I ended up with 2 in my cart, so an email has been sent, & hopefully that will be quickly resolved. I’d really liked this blend & would like to sample all of their teas :)

Terri HarpLady 11 years ago

And just like that, it is resolved!
So I’m happy to report that the Devotea has excellent customer service!
:)

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drank Lord Petersham by The Devotea
4754 tasting notes

Strong and black? Yes, very much so, yet not astringent, so really quite tasty plain. Not for the faint of heart (or palate), that’s for sure!

Preparation
Boiling
Terri HarpLady 11 years ago

I planned on buying some of this quite awhile back, & never did. Thanks for the reminder!

Cavocorax 11 years ago

Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised by this one!

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drank Lord Petersham by The Devotea
4754 tasting notes

Oooh, finally a tea that has some good, strong, positive reviews for it!

Anyhow, brewed up a quick mug of this for curiousity’s sake (bad time of the day to drink it probably, I know), and it’s quite enjoyable! I kept the infusion time at 2 minutes so I wouldn’t have to add anything, and that was a good idea. So was using only about 1.5 tsp for a 10 oz. mug. Anyhow, the result is a strong yet smooth and mellow cup of tea. Even if I hadn’t been told that this is a blend, I think I would likely suspect as much, because again, although I’m not super clear about different flavours of tea that belong with different regions, this certainly tastes like a mishmash (in a good way). There’s some light smokiness, a bit of classic “black tea flavour”, some maltiness… I don’t think I’m picking up chocolate, which is about the only profile that my head thinks is missing (I’m probably wrong). [Oh hey – the description mentions smoky! Yay! I always kind of cheer internally when I get a descriptor “right”, even one that obvious.]

Anyhow, given that I’m enjoying this straight, I feel like black tea lovers would really like this one. A definite win for this month, I’ll say!

Preparation
Boiling 2 min, 0 sec
Robert Godden 12 years ago

Really pleased to hear you enjoyed it. This is our most popular tea in the US & Canada.

Kittenna 12 years ago

I’m not a big fan of black teas, so when I find one that I like, it must be because it’s pretty good! I’ll be passing some along to a black tea-loving friend soon as well :)

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I enjoyed this tea iced, it was delicious and refreshing!

Robert Godden 12 years ago

Made for icing, that one!

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drank Two Tigers by The Devotea
27 tasting notes

Thanks, Nicole, for the sample of this you brought to the NYC meetup at the beginning of August. I brewed this a bit light (2.10 cupweight acc. to Upton tea scale, 14 oz boiling water) for three minutes and got a tea that was light but flavorful. I have rarely enjoyed drinking a strong black tea without milk as much as I’m enjoying this cup. Fragrant, almost Earl Greyish/smoky quality seems to be the Indian side; earthy, minerally depth from the Chinese side. Interesting conversation between the two; somehow it reminds me of the sweetness you can sense in hay and wood.

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec
Robert Godden 13 years ago

Thank you for your kind words ( Robert from The Devotea)

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Like a lot of the Devotea’s teas I’ve tried, this had the same malty underpinning with a smooth – almost floral – delivery. This, more so, though. Likely to match its namesake. Not quite as robust as the 1910, but a little more refined than Finbarr’s Revenge. This one’s a sneaky mistress.

Full Review: http://lazyliteratus.teatra.de/2012/06/20/the-revenge-of-finbarrs-persian-princess-in-1910/

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec

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drank Two Tigers by The Devotea
421 tasting notes

Wow if the 1910 English Breakfast eases you into your day this tea will roundhouse kick you in the face to get your day going! I mean that is the best way possible too! It’s a very strong blend of teas that is very rich and full bodied. A good strong cup of get up and go! So go get up and get some.

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Still a favorite! I enjoyed this one with Gordon Ramsey’s scrambled eggs (hubs found the recipe online and we haven’t had eggs any other way since). Again I added suger and silk milk to this tea and was delighted by hint of malty flavoring I picked up on while drinking it. Best part as it cooled it didn’t get bitter. I’m going to have to order soon as my sample bag is almost empty!!

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LiberTEAS 13 years ago

I love Gordon Ramsey.

IllBeMother221B 13 years ago

He’s a riot and the scrambled eggs are outta this world!

Daisy Chubb 13 years ago

He’s so passionate! And dramatic – I love him too. Must try his egg recipe!

Robert Godden 13 years ago

Gordon has a lot to thank me for, then. Imagine if people had to have his scrambled eggs with an inferior tea.

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