Grandma's Pumpkin Pie from Della Terra Teas
I am trying to rate and review some of the teas I've had for a while before opening new ones. I've had this one for a while now and while it is enjoyable I still find myself making my own chai when I...
View ArticleGolden Sunrise Black Tea from Whispering Pines Tea Company
This is the second straight Keemum I've tried. The first I tried (Zen teas) was a little picky if over leafed or steeped too long it was very smoky but when you got it right it had a nice body and an...
View ArticleHigh Mountain Jin-Xuan Tea from Ten Ren
This is a strong tasting and very fruity version of a high mountain Jin Xuan that has not been flavoured. It is quite resilient and can last well over 10 steeps with strong and pleasant flavours....
View ArticleEmei-Shan Flower Mao feng (Jasmine) from Sichuan Emei-shan Zhuyeqing Tea Co. Ltd
Still beautifully sweet, fruity, and floral, this is probably my favourite Jasmine green.
View ArticleSt Petersburg from Kusmi Tea
Kusmi's St Petersburg reminds me on some sips of a monks blend with its mix of vanilla, from the caramel, and red fruit, but as I drink further on you get a more dominant tang and a hint of floral from...
View ArticleVanilla Sunrise from LuxBerry Tea
This tea in a some ways reminds me of starburst orange candies and orange milkshakes and a little bit of childhood. It makes a nice creamy orange rooibos honeybush blend for someone who wants one that...
View ArticleBiluochun from Yunnan Guohui Shennong Chay
I really don’t have much information on this tea the Company name I gave above is the only thing written in English on the packaging. I don’t know where the provenance of this tea is, so I don’t know...
View ArticleSilky (Classic) Earl Grey from Teajo Teas
I was excited to get the chance to try this Earl Grey because Assams, or an Assam rich blend are my favourite bases for this type of tea, mainly because of the chocolate, or biscuity tones that they...
View ArticleMorning Kick from Bluebird Tea Co.
I don't know why I don't drink more mate, I like the kind of mellow alertness it tends to leave me with, different than the buzz I tend to get from coffee or strong tea. I suppose It has to do with a...
View ArticleMonkey Chops from Bluebird Tea Co.
This is a really nice banana flavoured black tea that avoids the traps of tasting artificial or overly sweet. Throughout the cup it tasted of green fresh bananas, a banana smoothy and a good quality...
View ArticleRed Sour Cherry from Malwa
The cherry taste is there in this tea but I think I had too much hibiscus in my scoop, as this cup tastes too sour even with sugar. I can smell cherry, and a sweet berry scent, part of the smell...
View ArticleRandom Steepings from Various Artists
I decided to do a comparison between two supermarket earl greys. Twinings and Ahmad Special Blend. Cost Twinings between 5.49-6.99 CAD for 100g tin. Ahmad 6.99 454g box Dry Leaf Twinings The bergamot...
View ArticleJasmine Black from Ahmad Tea
This tea had small entire leaves lightly scented with a fruity smelling jasmine. The brewed tea requires slightly more leaves than I normally brew with (about 1.5 my normal), and a lower brewing temp...
View ArticleSnow Fairy from Della Terra Teas
Tastes of hints of popcorn and butter, canned pastuerized pineapple juice, and a cool vanilla that is pleasant but in someways acts to take away the crispness that pineapple can have. The apple acts to...
View ArticlePouchong Tea from Hsin Tung Yang Co., Ltd.
This tea made a nice introduction to this class of teas. It is yet another one I found at the local Korean grocer and is packaged and sold by a company that controls a Taiwanese grocery chain. It comes...
View ArticleBorsapori Estate Assam TGFOP1 (SPL) from Capital Tea Ltd.
Borsapori Estate has a sustainable farm certification given by a subsidiary of the Rainforest Alliance, which means that it meets certain standards with regards to fair and ethical treatment of its...
View ArticleBlueberry Cream Cheese Danish Black Tea from 52teas
Having a nice biscuity, raisiny assam base with some body this tea does make a nice breakfast tea as intended. The flavouring is nice with the fruit tasting like cooked berry,paired with the naturally...
View ArticleRaspberry Vanilla from Zen Tea
The tea smells like warm raspberry syrup and vanilla, slight hint of rooibos,faint dry woodiness, followed by a cool vanilla cream dominated raspberry, leaving a warm sweetened raspberry coulis...
View ArticleDarjeeling Tea from Bewley's
I have a feeling that this tea bought at one of my local independant grocery stores was brought back while on a vacation in Ireland, because the packaging is not like the other bewley's teas the store...
View ArticleNepal Black from DAVIDsTEA
The dried leaves are quite pretty with long twisted wires of brown grey and almost a camel colour. They smell like a slightly lemony raisin. Imagine my surprise that when first brewed the tea tastes...
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