Twinings

This is a great quality and smooth tasting tea for a bagged tea. It also has a nice caffeine kick which I really needed today.

I’m enjoying a nice hot cup of this with milk and sugar. I’ve actually been drinking this most mornings and some evenings because I just really like this. It would probably be better if I had the loose leaf version, but the bags are pretty awesome.

This is probably one of the first teas that I really enjoyed and I still enjoy it today. It has been a long time since I had a straight Irish Breakfast and I think it is better than I remember. I think Irish Breakfast is just one of those teas that really needs milk and sweetener. Without additives, it is an alright black tea – but nothing special. But with the addition of milk and sugar, the malty, slightly fruity goodness comes alive. This is just a great tea all around – probably the best bagged tea I’ve had. I would be interested in adding a loose leaf Irish Breakfast to my cupboard sometime in the near future, but as for now, I’m quite pleased with this bagged version.

I very much enjoy this tea, smooth as silk with no astringency. Fine cuppa straight up or with a little sweetener.

I didn’t have time to make My Morning Mate this morning (again!) so I went with what I had at my desk, which was this. Which I enjoy, but usually in the afternoons…it doesn’t really do the trick for me to have this as my morning cup, but it was all I had at my desk today.

This is my “desk tea” aka “work tea”, sadly though I am becomming a tad bored with it. It’s still yummy and a great bagged tea, but I just need a change. For my change I really want a pu-erh that is bagged and still good… so I will be stopping by Whole Foods after work and hoping they have Numi’s pu-erh blends there and if so I’ll be getting 2 different boxes…I know for sure the chocolate pu-erh one. Now, lets just keep our fingers crossed that they have them in stock!

Yummmmm a nice afternoon tea! :-)

This is a very pleasent bagged tea for me and it is not like most “Earl Grey” teas. This tea is much more lighter in taste and has a nice floral note to accompany the bergamot and other citrusy notes. I add a bit of sugar to mine and it really makes the flavors pop! Also, you can steep this tea and forget about it and still come back to a great cup of tea. It is my go to at work tea!

always love Earl Grey!!!

Got this tea for a teacher appreciation gift this week. The smell in the tea bag is citrus. Brewed it for 2 minutes. I can taste the bergamont, but it is not overpowering. Light, basic black tea that did not require milk and sugar. I am pleasantly surprised:)

We went to Bob Evans for brunch, and as usual, I ordered the tea basket. I was intrigued when I saw this for the first time in the front, so I tried some. Smelling the bag, I already sighed with delight. There was a rich combination of tea and fruit just in the smell, and after the first sip, I was in heaven. The flavor was very full and satisfying and needed no sweetening. I’ll definitely get some to use as a dessert tea!
Second steep was much weaker, though, probably because it was bagged.

One of my favourite teas, tastes fresh and has many delicate notes.

I used to dislike chai, but I got used to it (even started craving it!) from this specific indian restaurant in Berkeley, CA. After moving I went on a hunt for that perfect chai blend, and this tea is the closest I got. Nowadays I’ve actually switched to making my own chai (very easy with a few basic spices, tons of recipe variations online) using some loose-leaf assam tea, but this is a decent bagged chai that I like to have at work. Its great with milk, and I tend to avoid adding sweeteners but its good with a bit of sugar too. My favorite part is that it is still pretty good without any additives either, so very convenient for away-from-home.

great with honey

Now having had plain Chamomile and not really enjoying it, it did come as a bit of a shock to find myself standing in the queue to buy this.

But I’m kind of glad I did. The addition of the honey and vanilla definitely make this tea more of a drinkable proposition.

Can’t see myself seeking this out but it can be good if I’m out of Redbush and caffeine isn’t appropriate or viable.

Sadly, this isn’t tasting quite the same for me at work. I guess it might really need boiling water, rather than whatever comes out of the hot water spigot from the coffee machine.

Had this with homemade oatmeal bread for breakfast. Yum. :)

2nd steep = a nice surprise. Somehow I didn’t expect it to work. I steeped it an extra long time – probably 10 minutes, and it is delicious.

I think I need to bump this up a bit. I was craving some fall-themed teas, so I came home from the grocery store with this and Stash’s Pumpkin Spice decaf. I had this one this morning, and I was pleasantly surprised. It definitely needs to be steeped more concentrated – 2 tea bags in about 8 ounces of water, then an ounce or two of milk. I didn’t set a timer, so I probably steeped it a bit long as I was getting ready for the day. The apple came through especially well today – very nice!

This is pretty good. The spice is maybe not as strong as I would like, but I often have that problem with chai teas. It helps to brew it a bit more concentrated. The apple flavor is a nice addition. Milk and sweetener make for a nice cup.

This was delicious with brunch-scrambled tofu, veggie sausage, hashbrowns! I’ll often drink chai or fruit flavored tea with a weekend brunch, but somehow the combination of the smokiness with hearty, savory foods is perfect today.

Of course, since I said in my previous note that I wouldn’t go for this tea every day..it’s actually been in heavy rotation lately. Probably every other day, alternating with Cameron’s Black Currant. It might have something to do with the fact that I’m low on bagged black teas, and I’m feeling especially lazy lately. But I think it also speaks to the fact that this tea is growing on me enormously. It is nice with both sweet and savory breakfast foods – especially as a nice counterpoint to something sugary.

I picked out this tea because of the smoky flavor, but I’ll admit I was a bit alarmed when it seemed to make my whole kitchen smell like campfire the first time I brewed it. Don’t be alarmed; while the smell is quite smoky, the flavor is smooth and strong, not overly smoky. The scent did seem to linger in the kitchen, though, and I definitely smell this tea when I open the tea cabinet even though the bags are individually wrapped. If strong scents bother you, you should probably skip this one. Definitely a distinctive tea – not one I go for every day.

Strong flavor, very peachy almost overpowering but for a peach lover its great. Stong black tea and quite a caffine kick. Powerful aroma. Amazing iced, on par with iced Lady Grey, especially as it melts because the ice makes it much weaker and colder which i love at the end. Strong enough to make bigger amounts near 20oz