Teaopia

Nice and mildly spiced with cinnamon, and just so heart warming. So amazing in a latte form!!!

This is a dessert in a mug. I love the cinnamon and apple flavours, tastes like liquid apple pie. Probably not something I would want all the time, but it is always a treat when I indulge in a cup. Would be great to have for the winter.

This is a lovely little sample from Jocelyn Rama. Nice toasty color; a bit like flat unsweet sparking grape juice minus the grape, if that makes any sense.

One of Teaopia’s “Wellness” teas, Calming is quite pleasant. The dominant taste is lemongrass, which is soothing enough on its own, but the fruit and floral ingredients give it a softer, more variable flavour. For some reason there’s a bit of nuttiness about the aroma, but no justification for this in the ingredients – so it must just be some kind of coincidental combination that reminds me a little of coconut. The greatest test would have been to try it when I was having an anxiety attack and see if it calms me down. Difficult to say whether it’s actively calming, but I’ll try it the next time I have a vicious headache and see if it has an effect. All in all a restful tea with a subdued flavour.

This was my first experience with mate, and while I like it, it’s not a favourite. I’m not really fond of the sweet fruitiness paired with the grassy flavour of the mate. I tend to brew this during late night study sessions. It provides me with sustained energy and keeps me alert without making me jittery or causing a caffeine crash. I once drank 6 cups of it to keep me going while I was working on a paper until 5am >_<

Don’t know why I had this as a morning tea. I guess I wanted something a bit lighter in flavour than usual. Wrong choice! So droopy. Shall endeavor to save this tea for afternoons from now on.

Was too lazy to wait for the boiling water to cool, so I just poured in tap water and topped off with the boiling. I don’t regret it, but it IS a different experience. I may have put in a bit too much cold water, though.

Bumping the rating, because I am growing fonder of this tea with every cup.

This gets better every time I drink it. What’s going on? Why does this happen to me with discontinued teas?

I’ve figured out that I don’t favour flavoured whites and greens. Having decided that…I actually enjoyed this one. I mostly consider it a white tea with rose petals and bits of apple I try to ignore.

I know the first time I tried it I was underwhelmed, but my latest attempt today, in a bid to clean out my tea collection so I can move on to bigger and better teas, was surprisingly undisappointing.

This tasting note is a disaster. I’ll look back on it and shake my head. The point is, I don’t dread finishing what I’ve got.

Satisfactory, but not my favorite chai.

Had this in one of Teavana’s teabags. Lots of cinnamon, but I wish it was a bit more bold (I feel that way about most black teas, however. If it’s not breakfast tea bold, not bold enough!).

Ultimately very nice. Nice afternoon tea.

I consider this a tuition tea. Now I know I don’t really enjoy flavoured greens. I use it for iced tea. It’s alright. Firmly ‘eh’.

This tea is okay – in that it isn’t something I reach for, but it certainly isn’t abhorrent to me.

The scent is definitely more floral than plum for me. It does smell a bit artificial, but that may be accountable to my sensitivity to florals – florals MUST be expertly executed in order for me to enjoy the scent of them.

This tea has a nice, full mouth feel, but comes off a little dry and gritty – if that makes sense. Ultimately, this is a ‘skip’ for me, although it is not possible to purchase anymore anyway, as Teaopia is no more.

Meh – the best way to describe this tea.

Thanks so much Crow Kettle for sending a bit of this one to try. With the last yerba mate I tried, I’m finding yerba mate is quickly moving up my list of favorite types of tea, and this one certainly supports that! I love this one. It has a lovely earthy mate flavor with delicious mint and a hint of vanilla that smooths it out. With the second steep, I poured just boiled water, which made the taste a bit tangy. So I’ll definitely not use boiling water in the future.. 200 degrees sounds better! I’ll be needing some more delicious yerba mates in the future! But hopefully in the long future.. I shouldn’t be ordering any teas anytime soon.