Tealuxe

I love this even more than I expected!!! It’s clearly earl grey, but it also is richer and more powerful than I would normally expect from any earl grey. I highly recommend it!!

A very decent cup, at a decent price. I’d put this near the ~50% oxidation level. It’s got good stonefruit character, a nice softness, a bit of mint-like sensation on the smack and a pleasant buzz. A great daily drinking office tea. Apparently, organic.

I really wasn’t sure if I would like this or not…so…I just grabbed enough for a cup…it’s finishing the infusion now…It smells like Rooibos, Orange, and Chamomile. eeeh

It’s a murky light brown in color.

It has a very sweet and juicy taste to it. Almost like when you bite into an orange…and the juice squirts you in the back of the throat and you nearly choke…lol…anyhow…the first sip I wasn’t too hot on but it did get a little better…tolerable.

It tastes like an orange-E Rooibos…light on the Rooibos…with a VERY small hint of Chamomile…thank the tea gods for that…I’m not into chamomile but this is doable.

I like this one better than I thought I would although I doubt I would buy it if I saw it. Then again it’s one of those don’t judge an herbal/rooibos by it’s blend, I guess. It’s not too bad, really, I guess.

The strawberry is pleasantly subtle and over all the tea is pretty smooth

very nice clean, green tea.

very light but the strawberry comes through nicely, my first time trying it.

This feels like a formal, girly cup of tea. It’s nice, but more proper than this morning calls for. :)

This is very perfumey, but strangely, not in a bad way! I was expecting something difference after the Rooibos Rose Garden I had last night, but this is a much better cup (for what I like). It’s clearly tea first, but then there is this little bit of rose going on in the background. Yum!

Backlogging from Boston: I was lucky to be able to spend some time in the basement tea bar with a friend and a pot of this tea. It was a lovely time, atmosphere, and pot of tea. Nothing spectacular about the tea, but it was a good, solid oolong.

So, I made a cup of this earlier today, and based on the recommendation of AmyB I added milk and sweetener (of the soy and agave variety). It was better than plain, and struck me as a tea that might be good for a younger person curious about tea. Yum!

I kicked off the morning with this one. As it was steeping, I began to realize I smelled something an awful lot like children’s cough syrup. Oh right… the grenadine! When sipping the really hot tea, I couldn’t get past the smell. Then… I had a granola bar with chocolate chips in it. As I sipped the really warm tea between bites, it became a really good cup of tea! Then, once the bar was gone, it was a bit off again. So, lesson learned: always have chocolate with this tea. That’s a win-win-win for me! :)

Oh Steepsterites! I’ve been in Boston, at a conference, with less than reliable internet access for my netbook. So, I’m posting now, and will backlog later.

While there, I had a lovely time drinking tea at Tealuxe. I think I went in the shop(s) about 5 times in 5 days! I got several teas, so I’ll be adding them to my cupboard. I also got a cute little teapot.

Since I’m still restricting caffeine, I’m going to have one new cup a day. Today is Monk’s Blend. It’s great! The vanilla isn’t clear to me, but the flavor has quite a kick. Lovely way to start the day!

This is a nice tea to begin the day with. Good flavor, but not overdone. Tastes natural

Quite a nice green – clear, mild sweet taste – but be wary of over-brewing!

Another tealuxe tea with a nuanced, but very evident flavor. This tea has a pleasant mango flavor without being too sweet. Very well done.

The flavor is so delicately sweet..it’s almost feminine! It conjures up in my mind an image of a cute little tea party complete with doilies and miniature pastries. To those in Harvard Square…I bet this would taste fantastic with a cupcake from Sweet next door…!

…But I hope I haven’t deterred the he-men. It’s delicious—do try it.

I purchased this tea as one of Tealuxe’s daily brews. It’s an incredible orange tea, and not at all what I expected! It’s not “zesty” so much as “hearty”—almost in the way that beets are!—but it’s overlaid with a subtle sweetness that gives it complexity.

The flavor is very strong, but well-balanced and smooth. There is indeed a lingering, nutty aftertaste that makes this tea satisfying.

It’s so easy to oversteep this tea, but when brewed correctly it is bright and refreshing without being too pungent.

195F water, steeped for 3 minutes

This was the first black tea with rose that I ever tried. It’s a glorious, cozy tea for winter afternoons. Sweetens nicely.

If you want a bit more of a kick than Copley Square Vanilla has to offer, try this one. An excellent morning/early afternoon tea.