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I used up the last bit of my sample of this at work today. I still enjoy it. Pleasantly strong citrus with a pepper kick!

Finished up my sample packet of this! Green teas are very hit and miss for me and this one is definitely a good one. Fragrant, vegetal and even a bit creamy.

Have I mentioned I like to drink this at work? ;-)

I under-leafed this slightly this morning and it tasted a little weak. I guess I’m just realizing how little of it I have left! I have a whole bunch of new stuff coming from Verdant soon, so I’ll just have to hold on until then.

Cold-steeped a pitcher of this. My mother drank half! This was a really yummy berry tea- almost tasted like juice. Sweet and slightly tart. I barely tasted the green tea, but there was a slight dryness that I think came from the green tea. Pleasant for a summer afternoon!

Watching a Warehouse 13 marathon with my Dad today. He asked for tea, so I made him something sweet since he has a sweet tooth. Added some brown sugar to this to make it extra sweet. :-)

Oh man! Ths one brewed up into a lovely golden color and I am really enjoying it! Although it is an oolong, it has a lot of black tea qualities to it. It starts out light in the front of the mouth with an almost citric quality. It darkens into a barely creamy, slightly roasty and malty flavor- reminds me slightly of chestnut stuffing. It has a light astringency which works in this tea to make it seem bright even though there are some darker tones to it. It’s very well-balanced between light and dark flavors.

Thanks Shelley_Lorraine dor the opportunity to try this tea.

So after a really bad race time at a 5k this morning, I decided that I was up for a frivolous pretty tea. These flowering teas were given to my Mom in a gift basket recently and since I’ve been wanting to try aa flowering tea for a while, I decided to use one. I could tell they were not high quality the blossom was already falling apart and just looked old. I don’t have a glass teapot, but I have a large glass mug that I thought would work. I decided to use 150 degree water. The flower did indeed bloom, but it wasn’t very pretty. Lots of the leaves and petals were broken. I was a little disappointed, but seeing as how I got them for free, I can be grateful I got the opportunity to try it.

As for the taste: It kind of tasted like asparagus soup. There was some jasmin in the aftertaste, but it was faint and very bitter. I finished the cup, but I won’t be rushing to try the 9 other beads of this I have in the jar.

Thank you, Shelley_Lorraine! This tea is the closest I’ve come to finding a chocolate tea that tastes like chocolatte. I was worried that this would have an artificial, bubble gum taste but it pleasantly natural. The tea not only tastes chocolately, but has a great roasty, black tea taste.

While I enjoy this hot because it tastes like pink lemonade, it failed me as a cold brew. There is barely any citrus flavor at all. I taste a ton of hibiscus (FAR too much for my tastes), lemon grass, and blackberry leaves. I wonder if it would be different if I brewed it hot and then iced it.

My first tea of the day this morning. Dark, chocolatey notes with a little sweetness. A good way to start the day.