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I’m getting kicked in the teeth by…allergies? A head cold? Something…right now and all taste/smell reports should be taken with a grain of salt until I recover my nasal abilities.

This tea is one I used to consider a cupboard staple – I’m a fan of Earl Grey as a concept and this execution seems to be less aggressive than most of the black tea blends I’ve met in this style. The aroma – as far as I can tell – is heavily bergamot with a crisp citrus back note that reminds me of peeling oranges.

The taste is mellow, with a very mild oolong base that gives the Earl Grey profile a lot of room to expand and shine. I don’t feel as though it’s breaking any records for the genre, but it’s a good morning tea for when I don’t want to challenge my tastebuds to a complicated flavor profile.

While I love it – and I’ve kept it in my cabinet for years – I may look into other, more varied options for when it runs out.

Judging by the other reviews, I wasn’t expecting much from this tea…but it’s oddly delicious, especially given that I don’t like Pistachios. :/

This cup is creamy – which intensifies as it cools – sweet without any added sugar and has a rich, rounded mouthfeel that is intensely satisfying. There’s a nuttiness, but it doesn’t overwhelm and I’m not picking up on any astringency at all.

This is….a very good tea. I wasn’t ready for how much I like it, but this could easily become a staple in my winter rotation. The only caveat I can place is that a 10oz cup is definitely enough – I’m not feeling any real push to re-steep.

Brewed this up as part of my “introduction to tea” for a friend of mine.

Brews up light amber, smells delightfully warm and peppery. There’s a gentle spice to it that seems to come along with some smoky notes. It’s interesting – like a sweeter lapsang souchong.

Adagio tossed this in as a lagniappe on my last order and honestly, if I’d known this was what they wanted my birthday for I probably would’ve made one up (I’m not generally a fan of coconut in my tea).

It smells politely unassuming in the tin, but the buttery coconut notes in the aroma come to the forefront upon brewing. Thankfully each sip is heavily buttery and not so much on the coconut…so it actually makes for a super enjoyable cup. The first steep definitely reminds me of nothing more than a black tea version of butter coffee, in all the best ways.

My southern ass approves. :D

Brewed this up as part of my “introduction to tea” for a friend of mine.

There’s a definite root beer flavor that hits you on the first sip, though I found that as you go further into the cup it gets dulled under the tannic notes. I’m not picking up much in the way of cream, but it’s not a bad cup.

Brewed this up as part of my “introduction to tea” for a friend of mine.

It’s surprisingly malty with a gentle sweetness at the end of each sip that lingers. It gets a bit tannic after a few sips, but nothing unmanageable.

This is just a delightfully mellow blend. The black is gently tannic without being bitter – probably because I’ve backed off from my usual 3 min steeps – and neither the bergamot nor the lavender hit you until the end of each swallow.

It’s not a tea I necessarily drink for flavor, but it’s a comfortable one to sip while your mind is elsewhere.

This was included as a sample pouch in my recent order, so I’m going to start this off by admitting that I’m not generally a fan of cocoa/peppermint as a combination in my drinks…but I’m oddly enticed by this one.

The aroma is mostly mint, but the taste…is surprisingly complex. Earthy in a way that makes me think of dirt (dark, loamy topsoil) and deep without the bitterness that I often get from black teas. The cocoa isn’t heavy and doesn’t feature prominently, though I think I can catch hints in the aroma and aftertaste.

Overall I’d consider this a surprisingly good tea. I’ll admit I should probably avoid it due to the caffeine, but it may become a cabinet staple regardless; it just reminds me of growing up in the mountains, strange though that may sound.