Twinings

Ugh, so dull. I have to start trying this with something else… sweetener, milk, paired with another tea… it just doesn’t do anything for me.

I don’t have much to say about this blend, really. It’s pretty generic. I greatly prefer the Bigelow Vanilla Chai, probably just because the vanilla note really sticks out in that blend and makes it a little bit unique. This tea needs more something… more spice, more chai, more flavour in general. It’s pretty non-descript and kind of boring!

I haven’t tried this more than one or two other times, so I thought I’d give it another go today. Pretty unspectacular… a slightly spiced up plain black tea. Nothing awful, but I won’t re-purchase when I run out.

Had this in my cupboard for who knows how long, so I pulled it out to try today. I have to say I don’t like it quite as much as the Bigelow Vanilla Chai, but it’s not bad. I didn’t add milk and that might make it more enjoyable. Not much else to say about this one!

Pretty good and refreshing. Be careful not to use boiling water, as the tea will aquire a bitter aftertaste if you do so. This tea really has a plain simple flavor that it is hard for someone to go wrong with it.

Light in color, light in flavor. Astonishingly good for something you can buy at the supermarket. Darjeeling tea is almost never strong, but sometimes a rousting and nearly spicy flavor emerges from the small, lightly cured second-flush leaves. This is not one of those Darjeelings. But it is very good. It has a complex, delicate, floral flavor, is free from bitterness, and should accompany those contemplative moments that you claim for yourself over the course of the day.

I recommend drinking this tea plain after brewing it in a pre-heated mug with very hot water for a very short time (~2 minutes).

However prepared, it will disappoint those who prefer strong tea.

Each teabag is individually wrapped in a material that is not quite plastic and not quite paper. This arrangement succeeds in keeping the tea fresh for a year or two.

This is such a nice cup of tea. It is a blend of many teas and I wish I knew which ones they blend. This tea is very mild (yunnan like) and I can taste the yunnan in it. No bitterness or astringency and very complex. Its one of my favorite twinings teas.

This tea is really growing on me. Its really a mild tasty tea blend that I can drink any time of day. The tea has no bitterness or astringency that I can find. Its very smooth and light. I get plenty of yunnan and keemun notes from this tea.

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite afternoon teas. Its mellow, mild, and refreshing and very tasty. All this and very inexpensive.

I seem to like Twinings teas as they are a good value for the money. I like this tea as it is slightly malty and very smooth and mild. I can taste the yunnan and keemun in this tea. The taste is complex as you can taste many of the teas in this blend. This tea has no bitterness or astringency and is very easy to drink and enjoy.

This tea does have an earthy scent to it. I swear I can taste yunnan in there somewhere. Its a blend of many teas and makes a nice mild tasty cup.

I’m really beginning to enjoy this tea. I swear I can taste some yunnan in it. This is a nice mellow smooth blend for breakfast or afternoon tea.

I think I just got a bargain. Big Lots had this tea for 2 bucks for 100g, I bought 2. This is a light blend but its great in the afternoon. This is a blend of a few mild teas. No bitterness or astringency that I can taste. This is a nice smooth and mellow tea and I really enjoyed it.

This is a nice brew to have w/o sweetener or milk. Its a very mild black tea with out any astringency that I can find. This is a great afternoon tea.

Delicious, heady rooibos; fruity, wine-like, and almost sweet. It brews a dark liquour with a strong flavor. It is better than most rooibos.

It is especially good with milk. Adding sugar is unnecessary but does not hurt.

It contains no ingredients except rooibos, unlike most grocery store products with “Red Tea” or “Rooibos” in their name. It is one of the few very good teas that you will have a chance of finding at your local supermarket.

Relatively mild ginger to settle my stomach. Good with honey.

Excellent Darjeeling tea with a light color, very little bitterness, and a powerful and complex flavor. A floral, wine-like tea. Some of the leaves are still greenish; as is true for many Darjeelings, perhaps this tea was not cured for as long as other black teas.

This tea is best served without milk. To do it justice, you should warm the cup or teapot by filling it with boiling water and emptying it — before adding fresh boiling water to make the tea.

I have not been able to find this tea in the United States, although I have found other Twinings offerings such as “Twinings Darjeeling” and “Twinings Ceylon Orange Pekoe,” which are packaged in the same type of tin. I found this “Twinings Vintage Darjeeling” in a grocery store when I was visiting Austria.

Just picked up a tin of this, loose. The taste is just what you’d expect from a blend that is mostly Keemun black, with some various other teas (including green and oolong) mixed in. The overall smell is nice, but the vegetal notes from the lighter varieties of tea disrupt the smoothness I like in a black tea with milk. My girlfriend feels the same way – she likes the overall smell, but feels hoodwinked by parts of the flavor. It’s still a decent tea, but might do better without milk.

I like this tea ok loose, but to be honest I think I prefer the bagged version. More of the floweriness comes through, as opposed to the leafy flavors in the loose version. If I’m in a place without loose tea, bags of this tea are a welcome sight.

So the other day my friend’s and I went to the local tea house. I had chai tea to drink but bought about 2 ounces of the Gunpowder Green tea.

The Chinese name for this tea is call zhū chá which means “pearl tea or bead tea”. It derives it’s name form it’s similar appearance to gunpowder.

Tea steeped from Gunpowder has a dark golden color. To me was a toasted grassy, minty, or peppery taste. With an aftertaste lingering in the front palette, and a smokey aroma.

In reading on this tea, I found it rather interesting that Gunpowder tea is a pivotal part of making Touareg tea in Moroccan tea ritual.

Common names for this tea: chun mee, or zhu cha.

Directions:
165°F/75-80°C.
4 minutes steep.

I haven’t had any peppermint tea in what seems like forever!! This one is very light and delicous. It leaves that fresh taste in your mouth and I’m enjoying it very much after pigging out on Thai food tonight!