Rosehips Send Message

This lives up to its name. I opened up my package and was hit by a lovely armoma of roses.
This steeps up to a lovely, light and rosy tea. I really like this, its not too sweet, and doesnt seem at all like perfume. Just a lovely rosyness to it. This one was a sample I got from Harney, but I might get this one in full size, eventually.

When I was first starting to explore the world of tea I stuck to herbals, and specifically mint tea. Its still got a soft spot in my heart, and I always keep it around.
This was el cheapo tea from Big Lots, and its certainly not a sophisticated mint tea. Still, for what it is, its a good deal. You get mint with this tea. You may not get more than that, but that may be all you’re looking for!

Ooof. After a very long and difficult day at work, where I didnt even get lunch, I have a headache and a great desire for tea. This is, as I’ve said before, a soothing cup, and just what the doctor ordered.

Wow. Plum. I can smell the plum in the sachet, and in the aroma of my freshly brewed cup. It smells like real plum too, like the ones you get at the farmers market, not any sort of fake candy-like psudoplum.
As I’ve said in other reviews, green tea isnt what I automatically reach for, when I want tea (so, all the time), but I am trying to broaden my horizons.
This tastes plummy too, which is good, considering thats what its advertised as. And I do like plums. I’m not getting a very big impression for the green tea base, but its possible that I dont have the palate for it yet.
This was a sample that they threw in on my recent San Francisco Lupicia trip.

I picked this up in a recent trip to San Francisco.
This smells wonderful in the tin, somewhat sweet, with the beautiful jasmine fragrance. When brewed up, it smells like white wine! And it sips a bit like a glass of wine as well. Interesting. I wouldent have thought that a wine flavor would work, but I really rather do like it. Its bright and light and a bit sparkily across the taste buds. Fun!

Lovely boyfriend dropped by my work today to bring me tea, and this is what he picked out of his cupboard.
I am not going to buy any of this for myself, but it was very interesting to sip on as I went about my business. Kinda tart, and a little bit springy. Its not a sour pomegranate, which is very nice. It hovers between sweet and tart, and the black tea isn’t too strong, which I think is important in a blend like this.
Overall, a nice surprise cup of tea, but not a repeat.

Hmmm. This is not going to be a concise or scientific tasting note. This tea puzzles me. It combines some things I really like, but I’m never really satisfied with it. However, I do keep getting cups of it, when I dodge into Peets for a cuppa. Hmm.
The only conclusion that I can come to is that this weird tea is a good occasional thing, but I’m not going to make it a habit.

There are many reasons to love this tea. Firstly, its very good. The cinnamon is just the right amount, and its smooth and warm and gives you that Christmas-time feeling.
Then there is the box, which has a pensive lemur on it. I really wish more boxes had pensive lemurs on them, now that I think about it.
Its only available around the holidays, so that means I’m just about out of this, but I’ll be getting some more when it rolls around again!
I hope they keep the pensive lemur packaging.

A pot of this and a bowl of raspberries and cream this morning. Delicious. Highly recommended way to start off your morning.

I think this is what I’ve got. I got it loose from a local tea shop, though, so its hard to say.
Oooh, this smells wonderful. Vanilla heaven! Its a lovely sent both dry and also steeped up. I love to hold it and just sip at it.
I must say that the wonderful vanilla smell doesnt translate directly into the taste, but this is still a cup of comfort, when I need my vanilla fix.