San Luis Sunset tea review (#19)

Herbal tea
The Secret Garden Organic Herb Shop
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Secret-Garden-Organic-Herb-Shop/151202713870

Ingredients: Rosehips, hibiscus, marigold petals, dried apple, chamomile, orange, lemon myrtle, stevia leaves.

It's The 23 Teas of October! (#19)

What a darling tea! The hibiscus and orange give it a nice sweetness and the chamomile smooths it out. I don't usually like chamomile, and the chamomile is even more noticeable iced, but drinking it hot is like sitting with cats in a sunny cottage.

For all the herbs in it, it's sweeter than you'd expect. Keep it hot, though, because the flavor can become tart as it cools. Unless you like it both ways!
 

So pretty!! Huge pieces of flowers.

Health benefits!

Rich color.

Look at this! Raw Food Betsy found the outdoor/indoor Secret Garden Organic Herb Shop: http://rawfoodbetsy.com/post/23086990104/i-found-it-the-secret-garden-organic-herb-shop.

Come back tomorrow for a tea that gets better the more times it's steeped.


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Do you like chamomile in tea?

Lady Hannah tea review (#18)

Herbal whole fruit tea
Margaret's Fine Imports
www.pittsburghcuppa.com
$6.99/4 oz

Ingredients: Luxury natural dried apple pieces, hibiscus, rosehip, pineapple pieces, papaya pieces, brambleberries, strawberry pieces, blackberries, raspberries, natural flavors.

It's Fruit Week during The 23 Teas of October! (#18)

According to a coworker: "I think this tea has just changed my day."

Hot, it's very bold with a nice sweetness. Definitely a statement tea. It has hibiscus which reminds me of an old favorite, Tazo Passion tea.

Iced, it isn't as enjoyable. It is too tart cold, so I mixed it with other flavors, and I wasn't completely saddened when I used it up. But, I may be revisiting it come February if I need some warm heartiness without caffeine.

Deep red pieces. Bought alongside the smooth and fruity special blend Garden of Eden, which I'll tell you about another day!

Come back Monday for an organic tea blend from California.


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What do you think of hibiscus?

China Lichee Congou black tea review (#17)

Flavored black tea
Nicholas Coffee Co.
www.nicholascoffee.net
$8.99/4 oz

Ingredients: Flowery Orange Pekoe grade tea with essential oils from Fujian Province, China.

It's Fruit Week during The 23 Teas of October! (#17)

I love my boba (bubble) tea with green tea and lichee syrup, so this lichee black tea seemed like a good bet. The lichee is earthy and spicy, but also almost floral.

The tea is very light, though. I use more tea than I normally would because of how delicate it is. The caffeine does not seem strongly noticeable to me.

Very good iced made with cooler water and agave syrup, but also nice hot with milk. Great for a light summer drink! And now that it's fall, I have it hot in the afternoon. It's an unusual flavor hot, so it's something to be in the mood for.


 

Nice medium-sized pieces.


 

Simple bagging at Nicholas.

 

Light liquoring with a copper color. This cup has milk added to it, making it a bit more opaque.

Come back Friday for a very deep red tea.

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What do you think of lichee? What do you think of bubble tea?

Last Mango in Paris tea review (#16)

Herbal fruit tea
Margaret's Fine Imports
www.pittsburghcuppa.com
$3.50/2oz

Ingredients: Mango, orange, apple, pineapple, and rosehip pieces; hibiscus petals; elderberries; natural flavors.

It's Fruit Week during The 23 Teas of October! (Tea #16)

Wow! If this tea were in an oxygen bar (do those still exist?), I'd pay to smell it. The smell itself is invigorating, bright, delicious. Huge pieces of fruit and the blend is just delightful.

It's a tea I buy multiple times because it's great iced in the afternoon, or even mixed with other fruit teas. Interestingly, it makes a pink cup. It's also very nice hot in the afternoon in the office, if for some reason you've already had too much caffeine today.

 

So many pieces!

Come back tomorrow for a prickly, red, Asian fruit.


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What's your favorite fruit tea?

Bingo Blueberry tea review

Herbal fruit tea
Margaret's Fine Imports
www.pittsburghcuppa.com
$5.99/4 oz

Ingredients: Luxury natural dried currants, blueberries, apples, raisins, hibiscus, cornflower petals, rosehip pieces, natural flavors.

It's Fruit Week during The 23 Teas of October!

The smell of this tea before steeping is incredibly potent! I rolled my windows down while driving it home because the smell was intoxicating and distracting. I took it inside, and the next morning, the car still smelled of blueberry.

The taste is great, not as in-your-face as the smell, much smoother. I don't usually like blueberry--it can be too dark or tart--but this Bingo Blueberry has other fruits that even it out. I only drank it iced because I bought it for a nice refreshing taste.

Huge pieces of florescent color!

Come back tomorrow for... French tropics?

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Is blueberry too strong for tea?

Feng Shui tea review

Herbal tea
Margaret's Fine Imports
www.pittsburghcuppa.com
$3.99/2 oz
 
Ingredients: Apple pieces, dragonfruit pieces (dragonfruit, sugar), goji berries, blackberry leaves, stinging nettle leaves, carrot flakes, orange peel, wild strawberry leaves, lemon grass, eucalyptus leaves, beetroot pieces, natural bergamot flavour with other natural flavouring, natural flavouring, cornflower blossoms, marigold blossoms, pink pepper. 

It's Fruit Week during The 23 Teas of October!

You are really going to love the aroma of this tea. It is fresh, bright, and fruity. I particularly like lightness of the blackberry leaves. The colors in the dry tea itself are absolutely gorgeous! Looks like a birthday party.

Surprisingly, as it steeps, the tea starts off as a beautiful light pink color and deepens into a tropical pink. After steeping, though, a light pepperiness comes through in the taste. A good tea, but maybe too much pepper taste (and stinging nettle roughness) for me--since I wasn't expecting it. The more I drink it, thought, the more I taste the fruit.

It's also really nice to add other teas to it to soften the taste, if you like that idea. I don't usually use sugar, but this could also work with a little crystallized sugar. Maybe I'll try that next time to combat the pepperiness.

Beautiful!!

 

Bright pink!

 

Tuxedo cat does not approve.

Come back tomorrow for a very rarely used fruit in tea.

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Pepperiness: worth a try, or too gross?

Cinnamon Tempest tea review

Flavored black tea
Trader Joe's
www.traderjoes.com


Ingredients: Black tea, cinnamon, cloves, orange peel, natural flavor. 

It's Spice Week during The 23 Teas of October!

A real tempest! But a polite one. The cinnamon and cloves are inviting. I know everyone says "inviting," but it's true. The orange makes it great for Christmas, too.

It has a smooth black tea flavor with a bold cinnamon scent and aftertaste. I don't even bring this one to work anymore because the scent is so disruptive!

Great tin!

Cinnamon dust lines the tin.

Large mesh tea bags.

Tempest in a teacup.

 

The assistants got curious.

Come back Monday for Fruit Week!

 

 

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Can a person have too much cinnamon?