Mellow Moments

I’m not sure how or why this happened but I’m in a kind of tea funk, a tea burnt out phase. So I’m not trying anything new, and just enjoying mint varieties.

Maybe it’s all the migraines I’ve had lately?

Anyway, this is a good one, for a bagged tea. It’s light and tasty, great for the afternoon.

Peppermint, chamomile, spearmint, tulsi, lemongrass, natural guava flavor, cinnamon, natural grapefruit flavor. Wow, what a strange mix of characters, but what the heck?

Tulsi is a new love, and mint an old favorite. Both are obvious in this mix, with peppermint bullying the spearmint (as usual). The citrus/fruit flavors are there, but not individually recognizable (Juicy Fruit gum-like). It leans a little on the too-tart side (grapefruit’s fault?), so I sweetened it a bit (honey). Everyone speaks of it’s calming nature, but if stressed, a little music works better for me. I got this for the ingredient list : )

The perfect tea ( at least I think) when I wake with a four alarm migraine. See my previous note on this tea for more.

I want a job at Stash. Their blend masters are geniuses. I love love LOVE this tea. It has all my favorite things in it. Smooth and fruity and sweet with just a twist of mint. If the word “mellow” had a flavor, this would be it.

Delightful!

This is one of my most favorite Stash teas.

My boyfriend and I just finished a week-long, stressful, sweaty move across the city in gool ol’ +30 Saskatchewan weather. I’m not complaining, just noting that it was a tad warmer than our usual crappy summer days haha.

We drink this tea hot all the time when we need a break from the world (he’s not a huge tea fan, but he loves anything with licorice in it so I convinced him to try this tea and he loves it, even if it doesn’t taste like licorice!) The mint flavour is usually just a nice hint in the background of the other fruity, mellow flavours.

Needless to say, I made iced tea yesterday to refresh ourselves as we unpacked. It was just perfect. because it’s herbal, I brewed a pot with 2 teabags and just stuck it in the fridge to cool, teabags and all over night. A little bit of agave and we were good to go!

I tried this one before bedtime last week – I needed something calming, and the ingredient list was too weird to pass up. I actually found the scent of this tea to be very…strange, almost off-putting. However, when it cooled enough to drink, I actually kind of liked it!

I think the combination of herbs and flavorings go together pretty well, but I’m going to have to try it a few more times to make up my mind about it, since every time I caught a whiff I thought “Ugh!”, then with each sip I thought “Mmm..?”. Maybe I need a clothespin for my nose on this one. :p

Surprising. Refreshing. Calming. two thumbs up

I love this tea. It is hard to describe the flavor because there is nothing quite like it. It has a soothing minty herbal taste with delightful fruity undertones. It is one of my favorites. I haven’t been able to find it lately which is really disappointing because there truly is nothing else like it!

This reminds me a lot of Stash’s Christmas Eve (my absolute favourite) because of the spearmint and peppermint. I also taste chamomile and some spices (I assume that would be the tulsi) which makes it that much more interesting. Overall I think the flavour is fantastic and I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys spearmint blends.

I like this tea, I would buy it again in fact. I think it’s very relaxing. However I don’t taste the guava or grapefruit flavors. I taste mostly the chamomile and peppermint