Chocolate Caramel Black Dessert Tea from Simpson & Vail
This tea reminds me a little of Della Terra's Eight Candles with a punchier base tea, and a little bitterness provided by both the base and the chocolate notes. I think it's because the vanilla in the...
View ArticleGlendale Estate Twirl Nilgiri from Capital Tea Ltd.
Wow, this handmade tea is special! Incredibly complex it has the bright light citrusy, top notes of many darjeeling's, a bright green floral mixed with a faint eucalyptus menthol (possibly from the...
View ArticleRed Queen Cupcake from Butiki Teas
This is a really nice rich, deep, strawberry and chocolate noted tea. It is especially nice as many strawberry teas use light bases, whereas this one is rich and dense and malty. The flavouring and the...
View ArticleGui Fei Oolong from Green Terrace Teas
This tea was my accompaniment to the world cup today. I got 15 steeps out of it (35,25,35,45,55,65,90,80,95,125,180s, 5,6,8,10 min) after the rinse. I found it kind of interesting it started savoury...
View ArticleBlueberries N' Cream Rooibos from LuxBerry Tea
Sip down. I never did do a proper review for this tea:). The Blueberry is sweet and jammy. The rooibos is present and slightly woody but not really a problem for me. I think the thing that makes me...
View ArticleYunnan Black Gold Spring 2014 from Yunnan Sourcing
This was the generous sample I received with my *Yunnan Sourcing* order. I think this would appeal to those looking for a nice, robust malty tea. It has malt and tart fruit ( longan, currants) in...
View ArticleDoctor Who - Five from Adagio Teas
This was part of a small adagio order that I made shortly after they began offering sane shipping fees to Canada. The first tones I get are the cream and almond. The almond is slightly amaretto like...
View ArticleHimalayan Gold from Nepali Tea Traders
As this tea cools I am admiring its leaves. They are really beautiful to look at with furry silver to gold loosely twisted buds among dark chocolate brown blades. The dry leaf smells sweet with a hint...
View ArticleTraditionally Processed Keemun Congou from Seven Fairies Mall
The first time I had this tea it reminded me of both summer and fall. It had that tarry pine pitch smell that soaks out of rail ties on very hot days, that oddly provides a bright camphor type tone to...
View ArticleCherry Lips from Bluebird Tea Co.
Despite being a rather old sample, this tea smells of a bit more cherry than my Zen tea option ( having said that, I am not a floral tea hater). Although the base tea seemed slightly broken, it does...
View ArticleYunnan Early Spring Bi Luo Chun Green tea * Spring 2014 from Yunnan Sourcing
This bi luo chun is tightly rolled with about 50% of the visible leaf being silver green downy buds and the other visible portions being a spruce grey green. Once exhausted and unrolled the leaves, the...
View ArticleLi Shan High Mountain Oolong from Green Terrace Teas
Last night I enjoyed eight steeps of this tea and will probably have a few more today. This is quite a fruity green oolong with nice floral tones which manages to be both soft and punchy at the same...
View ArticleRandom Steepings from Various Artists
Drinking what I believe is some Random Yan Cha, scent as a replacement from an aliexpress dealer as a replacement for a tea I ordered. I can't particularly recommend this dealer. It was my first buy...
View ArticleHandmade Red Conch Neptunea Keemun Black Tea from Seven Fairies Mall
Mmm, this tea is pretty good! You can make it very sweet and chocolatey, or give it a more bright and floral toned flavour depending on how you brew it. The tea is twisted and coiled and reminds me of...
View ArticleRandom Steepings from Various Artists
I sprig of tarragon 6 or 7 peppermint leaves 2 cardamon pods Scent is an equal balance of tarragon and peppermint. Peppermint dominates the taste with the tarragon adding a slightly licorice toned...
View ArticleJasmine Passion from The Persimmon Tree Tea Company
This tea definitely smells very juicy, the sharpness of the passion fruit is cut by a fruity jasmine that together slightly reminds me of starburst candies. this sample is a little old now, so I can...
View ArticleJin Xuan (Milk Aroma) Da Hong Pao from Fu Tea Store
This is the third tea from the sampler I purchased from this company. The dry tea appears to be fairly dark roasted and has a nice roasted scent mixed with fruit and softened by cream tones. Brewed it...
View ArticleDuflating Estate Assam FTGFOP1 (CL) from Capital Tea Ltd.
*donkeytiara* 's interest in assams made me want to revisit this one. Not much more to say from my last review http://steepster.com/yyz/posts/194229, except that it has aged really well. It still has...
View ArticleFlowering Black Tea Cones from Mandala Tea
These tea comes are pretty little towers with visible prominent copper gold buds. Using 1 cone/100ml/95°C I ended up with a maple colour brew. 1 min. Grainy notes, malt, honey, plum. Plum, honey,...
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