Yogi Tea

I started drinking this tea when I was in grad school (since grad school should be renamed “The Secret 10th Level of Hell”). My sister started up on it since it’s a bit chocolatey, so it’s kind of been a staple in my house. I don’t like the carob taste, but the Sister does. I like the cinnamon taste, but she doesn’t. I can’t stand the stevia, but she loves it.

I decided to have this tea because the world has decided to engulf me with all the worst things ever except getting a pink slip (I’m just going to continue part-timing and not ever get a real job, it seems). I kind of needed this today, and I’m almost thinking that just the thought of having a stress relief tea relieved my stress. Yeah, I calmed down even before I started sipping. The scent has really grown on me, but I can’t drink this tea unless I cut it with milk. The cinnamon is a nice mid-tone, but the stevia is way too much for me.

I’m 3/4 through my cup, and I’m pretty durn calm/sleepy now. The tag for this cup of Kava Stress is: “Love what is ahead by loving what has come before.” ….So I’m going to try to love Eugenics, War, and Slavery. I’ll see where that takes me (actually, I think that’s a pretty interesting quote; the stress is just making me sarcastic).

I started drinking this tea a few years ago just because it was one of the only green teas available at that time. This may insult some, but it tastes like hay! …Actually, hay and oatstraw. Some of you city folk may be disgusted by that, but I grew up in Idaho and that means that it’s pretty durn tasty. It reminds me of winter, actually — probably because of harvest season and usage of straw in barns. Considering that it has already snowed here in the Palouse, I probably just want to drink this because of association.

This is something huge in the nerd world, but I’m not sure if the more refined know: November is National Novelist’s Writing Month. Everyone in the nerd world knows this, too, but by saying that, that also means that November is NaNoWriMo* time! Every November, silly nerdy people challenge themselves to write a 50k novel in 30 days. And Epicness ensues.

I’ve participated in NaNoWriMo for 6 years (I started 8 years ago, but had a 2-year break during the Evil that is grad school), and won each time! Yes, I can fluff. There tends to be tangents that include bison and squirrels. And, every day, there is a whole lot of tea to be consumed.

I’m writing a post-nuclear post-apocalyptic literary post-genetic-renaissance Dystopian Scientific Romance. It’s pretty scientific, but not that romance-y. All this science and writing and dystopia calls for Blueberry Slim Life tea! I’ve been drinking this tea for about 2 years, and while I can’t say it’s helped me lose weight, I can definitely say that it’s pretty tasty as an iced tea. I know, I’m lame when I can’t have milk in my tea, but still. It’s still good hot, but I’ve noticed that it makes me thirsty unless I dilute it (thirsty = drink more water = feel full = eat less = lose weight?). It’s not sweet, but it definitely has a blueberry overtone that’s bright and very evident.

That’s really good during NaNo, because I’d be snacking otherwise. More tea = less food = not as much weight gain during mad typing month.
*Go to nanowrimo.org if you’re nerdy.

I needed a bit of energy this morning after last night’s Halloween antics with 4 kids and a husband in tow. So this one came out. It came from a sample box from KallieBoo, so thanks go to her :)
To be honest, I’m not really digging this tea. It’s too rooibos-y for me. It does have some redeeming qualities though. It’s hot, slightly sweet, and has some spice taste to it. Not one I’d buy for myself though.

Since I had been turned on to loose leaf teas, I began to stray away from tea bags, but I tried this one while visiting a friend and was very pleasantly surprised! I went into it with quite a cynical outlook (I thought myself quite a tea snob), but that all changed on my first sip: it started off spicy and warming, almost like a chai tea, but then the sweetness of what I assume was wither the licorice or stevia promptly set in and I could literally feel my mouth get coated by the sweetness. It was a very odd feeling that is difficult to explain, and should rather be experienced. I was shocked that nothing had been added to sweeten the tea, as the sweet aftertaste was almost overpowering (but in a good way!).

This tea served as a decent reminder to me that good tea can come in bags, and if I can figure out where to buy it then I shall definitely be stocking up very soon!

Another free sample that KallieBoo threw in for me :). This tea was a bit odd done hot. The dry smell was delicious, like a sweet, fresh picked raspberry. Something about fruity teas served hot throws me off though. It was okay…not something I would go out of my way to buy, if it was made hot. I think that if it was cold I would have liked it a lot better, but seeing as I was at work I didn’t have much of a choice brewing wise. Also, I may have steeped it way too long considering one of my patients randomly started screaming. It did seem to give me an energy boost though, which was a plus.

I picked this up wanting something seasonal for Autumn. I love the tangy flavor you get from the rooibos mixed with the spiciness of the chai. I add some vanilla soy milk and ground ginger to it and it’s so calming and yummy before bed. Perfecto.

This was gross, and another Yogi Tea product I ended up just throwing out. The combination of the dry ginger taste and the licorice makes a peppery, herbal flavour that doesn’t resemble what the tea should. It’s not lemon and ginger, it just tastes musty and poor quality like other Yogi Products. Definitely not recommended. For something better than this (but admittedly still not perfect [sorry!]), give the Twinings lemon and ginger tea a try. It definitely blows this crap out of the water.

Rarely has a tea description missed the mark so thoroughly. This was almost the worst tea I’ve ever had. Maybe it was the combination of licorice with orange or something, but it wasn’t “tantalising” in the least—it was just bitter, spicy, herbal, and gross. This isn’t the first Yogi Tea product I’ve thought was complete shite, either. I won’t buy Yogi Tea stuff anymore, because this was the brand’s last chance for me and it failed miserably.

Detox Teas usually dont taste great, but this one was actually pretty pleasant. I’ll continue for a week and hopefully my body will continue feeling better.

The kick of ginger is nice, but my favorite part of this tea is the lingering sweetness it leaves in the back of the mouth and throat.

I see a lot of people complaining about how the tea tastes, so I thought I’d add my two cents. Personally, I think it tastes delicious, kind of like the spices you put in pumpkin pie or gingerbread cookies.

I haven’t been using it long enough yet to make a meaningful commentary on its effectiveness, but I’m hopeful. This is the least painful first day of my period I’ve had in years, and I’ve only taken two ibuprofen pills, instead of the six I’d normally have taken by now. I feel good :).

A bright almost orange-flavored chai – no orange in there though! Has a good amount of spice to it. I had it chilled, without milk or sugar. (Tea is how I convince myself to drink enough water every day!) I like that it’s rooibos, so I won’t oversteep it and make it bitter.

Thanks to Rachel for recommending I try a rooibos-based chai!

Sickeningly sweet. I enjoy the spicy and sweet notes of Yogi Detox, and was hoping that this herbal tea would be a nice alternative. Unfortunately, I think they went overboard with the Stevia Leaf. I feel like it coats my mouth with each sip. That being said, I am drinking it cold, so it might be more palatable when hot.

UPDATE: Tried it hot. Much more tolerable. Improved my score.

Hi all! Disappeared for a bit, but then I haven’t gotten any new teas lately.

Thanks to some sleuthing and a nice attendant in a Yogi Teas distributor shop, I managed to get me some of those glass mugs I was after! Hurrah! There was a deal on in the store where if you bought 2 Yogi Teas you got a mug for free… So I got another. This is one of those two.

First off, I had a brush with this before, and both times I noticed how thick and creamy and delicious the chocolate aroma is — like a hot chocolate! But the taste in comparison to that sweetness is a tad disappointing. Something about the weakness in flavour makes me wonder if the water I used for it was overboiled or not filtered properly, but I’m only getting cinnamon and ginger out of this, and very weakly, at that.

Going to give it a couple more tries before I rate this badly, I think, but it’s worth trying!

I’m not an expert on tea, but the natural sweetness and spicy notes of this tea has made me care about what’s in my cup! It’s veeeeery smooth.

I’ve joined Steepster to get recs on teas that I’ll enjoy as much (and hopefully more!) than Yogi Detox. Enjoy in good health!

Having this again, for my 9 o’ clock cup. It’s really not bad, and hard to mess up the brewing.

This was part of my “Fit the Day Selection” box, with four different teas to drink over a period of 6 days. I love the concept of being recommended a certain tea suited to a certain time of day, almost like a tea vitamin. :) It also came with a little booklet with a yoga pose for the day (except Sunday), but, yeeeeah… That isn’t going to happen.

This is the second tea for the day:
“Ginger Lemon – A delicious and warming blend of ginger (43%), lemon (6%) and hibiscus. A great tea that creates a feeling of lightness and helps refocus our energies after lunch.”

So it’s ginger. Nothing fancy. It has some kind of sweetener in it, but it’s not as sweet as some powdered ginger brew mixes I’ve tried, so that’s a good thing. But can’t taste the lemon at all.

I love anise, cayanne, and ginger so am big fan of this tea. Wish there were other better blends similar to this product but is my favorite non loose tea.

MMM the first time I tried this I cold brewed it. I was at work and in need of something besides water. It was sooo creamy and delicious. It was strong too. So I was excited to try it hot :] It’s still creamy and delicious! Only hot. And paired with yogurt pretzels. Mm especially when they’re dipped in my tea. They get all melty and add some extra flavor to the tea. BEST SNACK EVER

My stomach has been killing me lately as a side effect of some treatments, so I opted for this mint tea after a light snack today. Nice on the tummy, and it’s making me a bit more energized to get through the rest of the day, but it won’t keep me up – at least I hope not!

It’s always nice to be the first to review a tea, so you’re not swayed by any descriptions from previous sippers. :) Still I’m surprised that I’m the first to log this one!

Mint is typically an afternoon enjoyment, because I blend it with my herbals. But with the Assam black tea I gave this a try. Went terrific with a bagel!

I only taste peppermint and a black tea base. There are supposedly other flavors, according to the ingredients, but it’s a bagged tea so I don’t think it’s high quality enough to allow all the flavors to mingle and dance. No worries, though, as a peppermint black tea this is terrific.