Indian CTC Strong Mamri from Assam Tea Company (Oakville)
I still really like this tea as a single variety ctc. It's very smooth, and has a depth to its flavour. Today I am getting more of the biscuity notes than anything, good for a lazy sunday. I think I...
View ArticleGunpowder Green Tea with Apple from Bastek
This tea smells like apple juice. Dry, the tea has quite a bit of dry apple and gun powder green tea. The first steep tastes of fresh apple juice with the tea base not extremely present except to...
View ArticleGunpowder Green Tea with Lemon from Bastek
Overall, this was a nice subtly flavoured, heavier green, with no smokiness, that takes well to resteeping. Dry leaves- sage green to olive green mediumly tightly rolled small pieces of lemon rind,...
View ArticleHepburn from Nina's Paris
I tasted this tea with comparison to Della Terra's Chocolate Orange Slice. In summary Hepburn had more of an orange flavour while Della Terra's had a stronger chocolate flavour. Hepburn may be...
View ArticleChocolate Orange Slice from Della Terra Teas
The dry tea smells like a slightly sugary dark chocolate truffle. The tea smells very sweet, and of cocobutter mixed with orange flower water. The first taste is suprisingly bitter compared to the...
View ArticleHepburn from Nina's Paris
This was my third Sample from Nina's. Thanks again! The dry tea smells like Terry's orange flavoured milk chocolate oranges it has tea with pieces of orange rind in it. The brewed tea smells of dry...
View ArticleLemon Meringue Rooibos from Tealish
Pleasant, but not my favourite rooibos. However they do do a good job at capturing their intended flavour the meringue comes out in the aftertaste especially as the tea cools. The lemon tastes like...
View ArticleTeardrop of Peony from Zen Tea
Teardrop of Peony, is a complex flavoured white with a mao feng base that brews to dark gold and whoose scent and flavour reminds me of late fall or early spring in the forest or countryside. It...
View ArticleEnglish Breakfast from CJay Tea
This is a nice very affordable everyday tea. The dry tea is mix of grey black and reddish brown leaves with raisony, biscuity odour. Tea brews to a nice reddish brown with an aroma of citrus and spice....
View ArticleNina's Japon from Nina's Paris
I quite liked this tea. The dry tea greeted me with the smell of caramel, coconut and the tang of fruit. It appears when dry that there is more black than green leaves but once steeped the bancha...
View ArticleStrawberry Cream from Zen Tea
As others have already noted this is a really lovely flavoured tea where all the components, both tea and flavouring are allowed to shine through. It is not heavily sweet, it has a nice creamy flavour...
View ArticleTi Kuan Yin from Sea Dyke Brand
This tea was quite a good grocery store bargain with a sweet spicy taste lasting through at least 5 infusions. -Mid roast leaves green and greyish brown. -Smells like a like a mixture of sweet floral...
View ArticleEight Candles from Della Terra Teas
I do enjoy this tea, even though its smell at times reminds me of vanilla air freshner. At first sip the tea leaves me with a creamy marshmallow vanilla taste and mouth feel at the back of my throat...
View ArticleMayan Mist from Della Terra Teas
This tea had a scent of orange, cream, pepper, spice and dried orange peel combined with a faint woodiness that reminds me of myrh. The creaminess may come from the coconut. It tastes creamy orange...
View ArticleMarie-Antoinette from Nina's Paris
The 2nd steep has an apple flavour still nicely present with more rose and with the tea base shining through. The bitterness is still present but there is no added astrigency.
View ArticleMarie-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...
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