Trader Joe's

Three times, I’ve had a little surprise at the end of a cup: part or all of an insect. Like others, I’m a coffee drinker so strong and bitter are actually a plus. Drink it with milk. But I could live without the bugs.

I agree with a previous poster who said that the pomegranate was pretty strong. Oherwise I think it’s a good tea.

pretty good stuff for a bagged tea, easy and fast on work mornings.

Taste-wise, it is okay.

It’s funny though, how a non-decaf tea made me feel so relaxed :)

Can be used to make chai.

I didn’t particularly like the taste of this tea because something about it reminded me of cough syrup. I really wanted this to be good, but I wasn’t quite pleased with it. I will try it again and see if I get the same results.

absolutely love this tea, but Trader Joe’s discontinued it. I tried Twinnings Lady grey and it is nothing like TJ’s Duchess Grey. If anyone finds a good substitute, please post!

Running low on bagged teas and wanted something I could cold-steep quickly, so I tossed 3 bags in a quart jar, and into the fridge it went.

It’s not normally the kind of tea I’d ice down — I prefer straight, strong, black tea or fruity stuff — but it wasn’t bad. Not unlike a vanilla ice cream cone.

This is definitely one for the Cheapster Steepster notable list. $1.99 for — I think 20 — bags.

Haven’t done a side-by-side comparison, but this has a lot of the same flavor personality as my beloved Bigelow’s Eggnogg’n a few cents cheaper. Maybe not quite as sweet. (Of course, in my case, by the time you figure the cost of gas clear across Missouri to get to a Trader Joe’s, the economy just doesn’t make it feasible :)

As I expected, this improves with the addition of a little half-and-half. Sugar cookie sweetness.

My opportunities to visit and procure stuff from Trader Joe’s are few and far between, but tea-wise, their house brands seem to be consistently decent and consistently inexpensive.

May you find a few minutes today to recall the sweet spots (there were some, weren’t there?) of 2011. Be blessed, friends!

Like you, my tea cupboard…and counter…and basket…is overflowing, but I could’t stand being in a different (urban) shopping venue and not picking up a couple of things I couldn’t find at home.

This was cheap, a plus, and tasty. It is exactly what it proposes to be: good black tea, vanilla, cinnamon. Haven’t tried it with milk yet, but I’m thinking that’ll “nog” it up for Christmas.

Shopping opportunities notwithstanding, it’s good to be home. After the past few months, I think home is one one of my favorite words in the whole world.