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This is the camomile blend of all camomile blends in my humble opinion. The freshness of citrus, but here it is an abundance of citrus flavours.
Even the cursed lemongrass works here. The camomile is so enjoyable buoyed up by all these flavours around it. Slightest bit of tang from the rose hips and the slightest bit of a bite from something green.

I have been drinking this one for years. Such a delight.
The perfect evening tea.

Soothing and calming, perhaps. Less so for me as I am not a big fan of mint.
I am hoping that the second steeping will be better after mint attack has softened a bit.

This is a happy vanilla-scented red rooibos dry leaf with pastel sprinkles.

I don’t drink this tea often, but when I crave it, there is nothing quite like it. From time to time, I order it in store well-leafed and well-steeped as a latte when I am in need of some cheering up.

When I am at home, I drink it black and unsweetened. It is sweet enough. The flavours are simple: vanilla icing sweet and creamy with a bit of rooibos substance as backup. The perfect cure for a sweet tooth or when the need arises for a bit of comfort.

I hadn’t been overly enthusiastic about adding yet another apple tea in my stash. That said…

I welcomed the abundant apple bits in the dry leaf and its promising scent of apple and bit of spice.

I steeped quickly to ensure that the black tea base doesn’t overpower the flavourings.

The flavour is beautiful: apple, in the sense of homemade apple pie filling. A bit cinnamon. Possibly the teeniest bit of clove and allspice. Even the vaguest sense of the butteriness of pastry and cream followed up by the slightest citrusy tang of fresh apple.

A delicious beautifully balanced tea.

I began having chills. And sniffles. And cold feet. All a sure sign of something up and that it is time to take action before something even more unpleasant develops.

All this may have something to do with me sitting in a draughty place in front of the door to the outdoors repeatedly opening and closing.

So, clearly a moment for medicinal tea. Something powerful and effective for moments like these. Ginger sounded like a good idea.

I open the pouch. Peppermint. And that furniture polish lemongrass scent overpowering the ginger. Why does that lemongrass torment me so?

This tea reminds me of DT’s The Big Chill or Mother’s Little Helper— though I prefer MLH— or the sort of generic sleepy time teas: minty, green, medicinal, and somehow murky. With a bit of a bitter kick from the licorice.

The flavour is ok, I suppose. I don’t enjoy it particularly, but I am drinking this tea in hopes of getting the job done.

I will finish a cup or two of this tea while smothering myself in a fleecy blanket and hoping for warm feet and wellness.

Divine.

The scent of dry leaf conveys the sweetness of freshly baked goods: vanilla, citrus, cardamom, and the earthiness of black tea. More cardamom comes up in the steeping.

I haven’t yet tried the original by 52teas, after which, I suppose, this one is modelled, to put it delicately. I look forward to sampling that one.

That said, this one is pretty damn fine. A beautifully wrought tea with each of its elements beautifully balanced and each note coming through clearly.

This green rooibos tea came in a sampler.

It is just ok. I added a bit of cold water to the boiling before I steeped the tea to prevent the sour wood rooibos thing. As the tea began to steep, I got the slightest bit of caramel scent. Just as I got the slightest bit of caramel flavour in the first sip or two. After that, it was all green rooibos. Not impressive, but ok. I will finish my sample of this in the evenings when I want something plain and basic. Or perhaps I can add this to the rooibos teas I have which are far too sweet. At least it hasn’t been artificially sweetened to death. My preference is red rooibos, but perhaps one day a green rooibos will surprise me.

Oh my word.

This tea. Just glorious.

This tea, however, tastes like the best quality coffee ice cream with a drizzle of dulce de leche with a nice Kenyan black tea backup. Oh.

I am so incredibly partial to well done caramel teas.

Nothing else I can tell you really other than I am ordering a hundred grams of this today. And the sooner the better.

So. I opened my packet of this tea the day before yesterday. Since then, I have dipped into it about six times, steeping approximately ten minutes. Delicious banana-ness, a bit of cake-iness, a bit of nuttiness, and a bit of date. Superb.

It is sweet, but perfectly so. Not too much.

Another huge thing is that I do not detect any artificial aftertaste, which often happens in DT teas which contain fruit.

Be careful to only steep this in a teabag that you can then toss as this tea will gum up any tea apparatus you use for steeping.

The only thing I do not like about this tea is that it is heavy, and therefore, expensive. This may turn out to be an expensive habit.

Edit note. I’ve reduced my rating of this tea from 100 to 90 because of the artificial aftertaste of the last batch I steeped. Such a shame—this tisane was just about almost perfect.

Maple, and a lovely maple it is.
Loving this tea base. Loving. it.
These lovely fat green leaves are quite enjoyable for several steepings.