Shanti Tea

Very much like honey! I like this one better iced, actually. it’s more of a mead than a sugary-honey taste, I suppose. I like that the flavor is paired with the Green Rooibos! That is a nice touch :)

Wow… just… wow! This is one of the most unique Darjeeling teas I’ve encountered in a long time. In my full-length review of this tea (which will publish sometime next week on the SororiTea Sisters blog), I call this the lovechild of a union between Darjeeling and Assam. Because it has a richer, “thicker” taste and feel to it that is almost malty. It’s almost Assam-like. Make no mistake, this is a Darjeeling tea. It has the qualities I’d expect from a Darjeeling. It is light-bodied, it has that fruit and flower taste. It has a musky undertone. But there is something more to this… a sort of thicker … mouthfeel and flavor. It is somewhat creamy and smooth and while it is not quite like an Assam, it is very reminiscent of an Assam.

I’m really liking this one a lot. Thanks to TeaEqualsBliss for sending it to me.

Thank you TeaEqualsBliss for sending me a bit of this tea. YUM!

This is pretty tasty. It definitely has a lot of citrus-y taste, but the Oolong comes through. It has a smooth, light mouthfeel, very bright and sunny taste.

I’m very surprised I am the first to log this! I was nervous about this one because I thought the Sencha would be either lost or TOO green and/or nervous the ginger would be too peppery. Neither was the case! The Sencha was light and mellow yet very clean and delightful on the tongue. The ginger was powerful but not peppery. I would have this again! But I will be sending most of it to LiberTeas.

Check out our video-tasting here on Episode 25 of The Tea Show: http://blip.tv/the-tea-show/episode-25-shanti-tea-s-dragon-pearls-5452208

Check out our video-tasting here – http://blip.tv/the-tea-show/episode-25-shanti-tea-s-dragon-pearls-5452208

Tried this for an www.itsallabouttheleaf.com review. You’ll have to wait for it to be published for the full review, but overall a quick review = meh.

Smells like pure maple syrup! Ballsy-move by Shanti! (Sorry…always wanted to type the word BALLSY in a tea review! LOL) Anyhow…check out my previous note about this one…it still applies but I think I am going to up the rating a tick…as I enjoyed this cuppa very well!

I have been waiting for someone to try a MAPLE White Tea and Shanti is the first I have tried…and it’s pretty good. The aroma is a gentle yet vibrant maple and the white tea prettiness really comes thru nicely. The color is darker than most white’s I have seen but it’s a neat shade! The taste is like a candied maple and slight floral flavor…very soothing! Fairly mouth-watering, too!

The dry leaf looks so cool!

The flavor is rather unique – I don’t think I’ve ever had an Oolong quite like this one. It is delicate but in a very good way. It is a very soothing tea. Very relaxing. I almost want to compare it to a brandy, but I don’t drink alcohol, so I wouldn’t know where to begin with such a comparison. The flavor is so complex and it gently warms and soothes me as I drink it, much like when (on the rare occasion) I imbibe alcohol.

I like this very much. This is one that I could easily drink on a regular basis.

I’ve been on a LEMON kick lately and I don’t just mean in TEA…lemon EVERYTHING!!!! This is super!!! This is a wonderfully flavored Tulsi! One I could drink often! I’m thinking it’s probably one of my fave Tulsi’s to date! YUM! It lives up to it’s name…it’s sweet, it’s lemon, and it’s Tulsi…life is good!

This smells unlike any white tea or ANY tea I have ever sniffed for that matter…it’s VERY different and I like different! This smells savory and food-like…gourmet, but also raisin, of course, and gentle floral and white tea. There is a beautiful wine-like aroma to it too! Nice!
The taste is soothing and a calming hint of juicy-goodness! It does linger a subtle raisin flavor. This is pretty creative! I’m glad Shanti took a chance with it! It’s a goody!

Ah, this tea smells tasty. The aroma of the dried leaf is very fruity, if also a bit floral. There are some spicy tones as well. It would appear the mixture is composed of rooibos, rose petals, and perhaps some dried citrus, among other things.

For my first infusions, I steeped a teaspoon and a half of this for five minutes in a cup of just-boiled water. The Shanti Tea website does not give many details regarding this tea, but judging by the fact that it has rooibos, I decided on the tea measurement and steep times. The steeped cup smells of sweet fruit, with big hints of apricot and citrus of some sort. The impression of the first sip is…subdued. Quite a bit of lemon and orange flavours, but not a lot else that stands out. More sips bring out the rooibos and mixed fruit flavours. They blend quite well, and the tea makes for a pleasant evening cuppa.

On my personal enjoyment scale, I would rate this tea a 68/100.

Another new Maple offering from Shanti. This one is pretty good. It pairs a nice sweet Rooibos with some even spices and the Maple flavors are mixed in underneath. It has just enough of all of the flavors without going overboard! I like that!

Gentle yet noticeable aroma of pears. The taste is juicy-smooth. The pear tastes linger into the aftertaste…it’s quite nice! Yummy both hot and cold :)

If you like the aroma of maple/maple syrup you’ll have to check out this brand new offering from Shanti! The Maple is AMAZING prior and during infusion. At the end of the infusion the little bit of smoke comes out to play, too, but the primary scent IS Maple.

The color of the liquor is that of a lighter oolong.

The taste is really good…I’ll just say that plain and simple…GOOD. It morphs. At first you can taste the maple…then the hint of smoke, then the Oolong, then back to maple. It has a juicier finish. I’m impressed.

Just a heads-up Shanti has other Maple selections, too, and I will be reviewing some of them here and over at Sororitea Sisters very soon!

LOVE me some Shanti!

Thank you TeaEqualsBliss For sending me some of this tea. It’s so good!

This is sweet, a little malty, smooth but also a little rustic. A strong, bold flavor with a bitter note at the start of the sip that disappears just as quickly as it arrives. The astringency is clean and dry, and there is very little aftertaste to this one.

A very pleasing tea, this is one that I’d happily drink every day.

This is an EXCEPTIONAL blueberry white tea. The blueberry tastes authentic, the white tea is light and crisp. I recommend at least five minutes steep time – I steeped for six at 160 degrees F. The flavor comes through perfectly at six minutes and there is no bitterness. So very good.

Thank you to TeaEqualsBliss for sending me some of this tea.

This is yummy. There is a bit more hibiscus in this than I would like there to be, but, it still works, because the tartness from the hibiscus really compliments the strawberry tones well. It also gives it a pretty red color!

Ah… I’ve really missed tea. I drank plenty of it while I was feeling under the weather, but, it just didn’t taste the same when my taste buds weren’t working right, so I drank tea that I was already familiar with, and I really enjoying trying new teas. This one came to me thanks to my SororiTea Sister, TeaEqualsBliss and it is so good.

This is one of (if not THE) best green Darjeeling I’ve tasted (at least, the best that I recall tasting). It has so many unique flavors to it. The flowery notes are almost like jasmine, with a toasty flavor in there that is somewhat nutty and even lightly buttery. Sweet. Rich. Delicious!

This has such a fantastic jasmine flavor. It is very smooth, slightly grassy, and with a beautiful, delicate floral nature. A gentle sweetness to it and there is a slight sharp tone just at the finish that sort of lingers into the aftertaste, but it is not off-putting. It isn’t what I would classify as bitter; merely a sharp, grassy note. The jasmine develops and gets a little stronger by mid-cup, almost to the point of being soapy… but not quite. Some of those who are sensitive to that perfume-y tendency of jasmine might not find this to be their cup of tea, but it is a great jasmine for jasmine lovers!

Thank you to TeaEqualsBliss for sending me this tea.

Thank you to TeaEqualsBliss for sending me some of this tea.

This is a really remarkable black tea. Strong and robust, with a very pleasing earthy quality to it. The earthiness is almost pu-erh like but … different too. In my review of this tea (which will publish soon on the SororiTea Sisters blog), I described the earthiness this way: “Consider an old growth forest just after it rains. The smell of the trees, the earth, the leaves and the air … that is what I taste in the background… that essence.” – that is what I’m tasting in this cup. It is very good, very rich, and a very nice way to start the day.