Marie-Antoinette from Nina's Paris
This was a really nice mid afternoon tea. The dry tea smells like boxed apple juice or jolly ranchers apple candy and has dark broken leaves scattered with broken white rose petals. The tea brews to a...
View ArticleStrawberry Fields from Teaopia
Made with steeps of around a minute I did not find this tea to be tart like others were finding. Instead I am getting a kind of strawberry shortcake type flavour, as the fruit mixes with the creaminess...
View ArticleGreen Tea with Prickly Pear Cactus from Big-Active
This green tea contains prickly pear, pineapple and rose. I have never had prickly pear before so I don't know if this tea captures the flavour but I do know that this tea has a fresh and clean taste...
View ArticleIndian CTC Strong Mamri from Assam Tea Company (Oakville)
Very smooth, brews dark, slight reference to stone fruit such as cherries or plums slightly chocolately with biscuity undertone, great base for chai, especially ginger chai, which goes well with the...
View ArticleWild Strawberry Tea from Biofix
This may be a bagged tea, but so far this is the best strawberry tea I have had. It manages to perfectly evoke a childhood memory for me. I went on an impromptu hike on the Bruce Trail with my friend...
View ArticleAssam TGFOP from Loyd Tea
The tea brews to the colour of slightly aged oak furniture. It smells lightly citrusy. A fairly light tea that is pleasantly drinkable, but seems to lack the deep, malty, biscuity tones I associate...
View ArticleCreamy Pumpkin Spice from iHeartTeas
Dry tea smells of cloves, cardamon, and cream and a little bit like graham crackers. Brewed scent reminds me of starbucks pumpkin scones which I adore, so this is promissing. initial taste of ginger...
View ArticleVanilla black tea from Zen Tea
The dry leaf smell actually reminds me of bitter chocolate. Brewed, the tea base is full bodied and slightly bitter. A faint vanilla scent, makes for a slightly sweet black tea. Tasted with no...
View ArticleGreen Tea with Raspberries from Big-Active
The tea brews dark for a green tea and smells faintly of raspberry mixed with a slight smokiness of gunpowder green tea with a clean vegetal undertone. It is not sweet or particularly fruity, but it...
View ArticleEssence - Earl Grey Superior with Rose Petals from Big-Active
The dry leaf is very beautiful a rich dark yunnan base scattered with deep pink fading into yellow rose petals and cornflowers and a spicy frangrace from the bergamot. This is a fairly strong...
View ArticleAll Day Oolong from Teascent
I have to preface this review by stating that I have never had a bagged oolong and that I next to never use western style brewing for oolongs so this is a new experience for me. Teascent kindly sent me...
View ArticleCeylon from Nina's Paris
This is a really nice everyday tea with great cherry plum fruit notes and a nice body given to it by the bop nature of it's leaves. I'm curious as to what estate or region this tea came from as I...
View ArticleLapsang Souchong from Nina's Paris
Unlike others I found the scent of this one to be only mildly to moderately smoky perhaps this is the result of transit or maybe I have had some very Smoky teas of this variety before. There is hint of...
View ArticleLapsang Souchong from PureAromaTea
This weekend I decided to experiment with some of my Souchong teas. Of the 3 classic Lapsang Souchong teas this one and Nina's tied. This one is more refreshing but Nina's is sweeter and holds up to...
View ArticleRizhao Hong Cha Congou from Tokai Verdant ( Donghai Ningcui)
I have four Rizhao blacks in my cupboard right now and each of them are quite different. One tastes almost exactly like hot chocolate, another of caramel, another of light smoke honey and cocoa and...
View ArticleNaissance from Fauchon
The flavouring in this tea is like a cross between Italian Torrone and Turkish Delight. I quite like it, but I find that if you want the flavouring to pop brew it for less than the recommended four or...
View ArticleJungpana Estate 2nd Flush Darjeeling Wonder Muscatel - DJ 54 from Capital Tea...
When I first opened this packet the scent of the dry leaves was very intense, with sharp, bright, notes that seemed almost harsh and pungent at first, but mellowed to notes of grape, lemon, spicy,...
View ArticleRizhao Black from Xue Ya Tea ( Sunshine Snow bud)
Of the two Rizhao blacks that I have at the moment this is one is probably the less complex but on the other hand it tastes strongly of hot chocolate and because of this I am pretty sure it is my...
View ArticleHunan Black Congou from Capital Tea Ltd.
This tea is quite different than the Chinese blacks I've been drinking lately. For one thing the spent leaves are huge, with the one I measured being 5.5cm long or around 2.25 inches. Secondly it's...
View ArticleOrganic Spring Bud from King's Zen Tea
This is a tea that I picked up a sample of at the Zen Garden Restaurant, It's not currently available on the King's Zen website. This tea consists of dark green, grey curls with silver tips. The tea...
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