85 Tasting Notes
This tea did not really taste like chocolate or almond. It just tasted like the rooibos tea. I doctored it up with sweetener and creamer. It tasted better, but there are much better flavored teas out there. I guess I just expected a stronger flavor out of this tea.
It is already late and I decided I wanted one more cuppa before bed. So off to my cupboard to look for something without caffeine. This was the one I came across first, and I had not tried it yet. This tea is ok. I tried a sip before sweetener and did not like it. Once I put sugar and some creamer in it, to turn it into a latte, it was better. I probably won’t search this one out again, but I bought it on special during the after Christmas sales. I guess when you get a good deal, it doesn’t seem so bad. It is definitely a good way to try new teas without breaking the bank.
Sipdown #1, woohoo!! Just had to mark the occasion. See other tasting note for how I feel about this tea. ;-)
Congrats on your first sipdown!!
I am curious as to how you came upon this tea though? I wonder if perhaps someone I sent this to passed it along to you. It is always fun to see how teas travel.
I received it in my mystery pack from MissB. It was the first Caesars Tea I have tried. I’m going to have to try more of their tea.
It is a company local to me. It is pretty funny that you got it from MissB as I originally sent this to her. It is amazing how something from a small shop in Montreal can travel to BC and then to California. I just love how steepster works!
I steeped this tea with almost boiling water. I have been tasting the tea before I add any sweetener or milk. The tea is a dark brown color once stepped. It has a caramel flavor without any sweetener, but it was pretty subtle. For my taste, it definitely needed something to sweeten it up. Once I added the sweetener, it really brought out the caramel flavor and then I added some cream. That did it for me, I really liked it once it was all doctored up. I basically treated like I would a Chai tea and I love Chai. If you are a purest, this tea will probably not do much for you. But if you are willing to doctor it up yourself, it has a great flavor.
Flavors: Caramel
This tea has a hibiscus bite to it, so if you do not like hibiscus this tea will not be to your liking. It does have a nice fruity flavor beyond the hibiscus. I tried a sip before adding sweetener, but for my taste it needed some. Once I added the sweetener, it mellows some of the hibiscus bite. I also put it over ice, since when a tea has hibiscus I usually need it to be sweetened and iced. I do like it now that i have it doctored to my taste. I can drink this tea again with no problem, which I guess is a good thing since I purchased several Christmas items on clearance that had this tea in it.
I went and purchased this tea at Teavana. Made by them and sweetened with their German rock sugar. I like buying a tea there, since they put in more of the tea to steep than I ever would at home. It seems more economical to by a 16oz iced cup of tea for $3.99 and let them use more tea than for me to take some home and have to use it sparingly and not achieve the same strength of flavors. That being said, I really enjoyed the taste of this tea. It was nice and refreshing, very fruity not much mint. I would definitely get another one made at Teavana. Don’t know if I would buy some to keep at home due to how much tea I would have to use to make it the way they do. Luckily, I am close to the mall and can pop in there whenever I want to grab a tea to try.
I tried this book tonight at book club. When our host pulled out some different teas, I was very excited. I had seen this tea before, but had not tried it. First of all, I put the tea bag in the water to steep and even though I left it in there for quite some time, the water color barely changed. The flavor of this tea matched that of the color of its water, very mild. I guess I just expect more of a deep flavor when a tea is supposed to resemble hot apple cider.
