Trader Joe's

Medium quality rooibos that benefits from hotter steeps. Is also quite tasty cold brewed and brewed multiple times.

Sweet, rooibosy, natural sweetness of rooibos and apple, cinnamon in the background (but not too strong), caramelised brown sugar, wheat, spices. It all comes together well and makes for a nice cup for those who enjoy rooibos.

Sticking with my original positive review, but when they say “1 bag to 8 oz water,” they mean it. I tried this in my go-to-work tumbler, and it kind of fell apart. Less is more.

Many of us have discussed at length the difficulty of finding a cherry tea that doesn’t smell and taste like cough syrup. While this still has a cherry-candy rather than cherry-fruity personality, it does not have any chemical whang to it. Perfect cherry-to-cocoa ratio, and licorice (which I generally dislike) serves as a sweetener rather than an interference.

A work buddy graciously hooked me up with a couple sample bags. Wish I were closer to a TJ’s, because I would be snagging myself a tin of this sweet and dessert-y stuff!

I finally finished this one up this morning. Our family goes Christmas on the 24th and then does a second Christmas with aunts/uncles/grandparents/etc on the 25th. I drank this Candy Cane Green Tea because it seemed fitting, and also because I need a few more sipdowns with the new teas I got. Anyway, this is delicious and I welcome it back to my cupboard anyway. I will likely buy a box if I’m ever in the US and go to a Trader Joe’s again.

This makes a really nice chocolate milk latte. It reminds me of mint hot chocolate.

This decaf green doesn’t taste like a green at all, I swear it is the same tea as Celestial Seasonings “Candy Cane Lane” repackaged. The vanilla + peppermint + candy cane really sell it for me. It is so smooth on its own, but also really good as a latte. It tastes so creamy…like those deliciously scented moisturizes that are melted sugar or candycane scented.