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TeaEqualsBliss sent some of this flavored tea my way. I don’t think I’ve ever had an apple black tea, yet alone an Apple Mint black tea. This tea definitely smells strongly of mint, and a bit of apple. It brews up the color of a rich black tea. Taste wise it is right on as a delicious red apple, I’m not sure I taste the mint other than in the aftertaste. I’m enjoying this more than I thought I would. It’s a sweet fruity mint tea, rather than an IN YOUR FACE with mint tea. Thanks for passing some of this my way TeaEqualsBliss.
Preparation
Another share from TeaEqualsBliss – thank you!
The smell while brewing makes me think of barley. The pieces are tiny – BP I’m guessing stands for broken pekoe? – so I did a short steep time. I also added sugar and half & half out of habit. Oops. Oh well.
The taste is pretty surprising. Because the pieces are so small, I anticipated something with a bit of an edge, and maybe it does have it and the additives are hiding it, but it doesn’t seem like it at all. It’s odd though because the taste is both mild and bold. Thin, maybe? But flavorful? Something. And I can’t quite peg the taste – it doesn’t seem fruity or malty. It seems more grain-like. Whatever it is, it makes it fairly unique – and pretty tasty!
Preparation
I just got a good report at the dentist and now my teeth are all clean and shiny. So I’m gonna muss them up with some tea! Yay! This one is another one from TeaEqualsBliss – thank you!
The smell is hitting all sorts of notes that I’m familiar with but I can’t quite place. Mango maybe? And maybe Tan Yang? With a dash of something like wet ash? It smells sweet but also smoky. Not Lapsang or Bohea smoky though. Cigarette or cigar smoky.
The taste is pretty much like the smell but in reverse. Wet smoke/ask, some Tan Yang-esque tea, a dash of mango (or something fruity sweet). The cigar smoke taste backs off a bit when it cools, showing up consistently at the tail end, followed by a typical “tea” taste. This reminds me a ton of SpecialTea’s Formosa Fanciest Oolong, but thicker.
I would say that fans of darker oolongs would probably really enjoy this one because it has a very similar taste profile. It’s a good tea, just not entirely up my alley.
Preparation
Yay messing up clean teeth with tea!
You know, just the other day I read an article that was posted on twitter by one of the tea companies or blogs I follow. There are some studies by dentists that show that tea (more specifically green teas) actually helps keep our teeth healthier and stronger for longer periods of than normal.
So don’t think of it as messing your teeth up! lol
Maybe that’s why they were saying my teeth looked so great – all the tea! YAY! Must drink more! :)
I’ve noticed that the coffee/soda pop drinkers in m life have more dissmal buccal health than the tea drinkers I know. One more reason tea lovers shall obviously take over the earth.
Oh the Tan Yang… mourns
I have never ever EVER missed a tea as much as I’m missing the Tan Yang. I haven’t even missed the infamous raspberry oolong as much as I miss the Tan Yang. I wants it back so badly and I can’t make myself buy the other leaf grade at that price! :(
(And to think I wasn’t sure what to make of it in the beginning)
Almost anything I do reminds me of my Sammy so I am sure I will be talking about him a lot in my posts…just a heads up. (RIP Sammy)
Sammy loved to sniff my minty teas.
He knew that I LOVED minty teas. This one is ‘just right’. Not overly minty but still refreshing and yummy.
We dogsit a lot, and one of our little charges just got in BIG trouble with its master! First she tore open a bag of Vanilla Comoro, so they thought it was the vanilla and caramel scent that attracted her. (She is a ten week old English bulldog.) THEN a week later she pulled out some Irish Breakfast and Ceylon teas and ATE them! So I guess doggies love tea….I told them not to be too mad at her. She is ENGLISH, after all!
Oh WOW!
aw, sorry to hear about sammy
This is something I’ve heard about from dog owners who have purchased my tea – where they would leave the tea for a moment’s distraction, and the dog would eat it! I do not know if this is bad for the dog or not though. Dogs really seemed to like my chocolate rose romance tea. LOL
Well, I know dogs aren’t suppose to have chocolate – it’s deadly…so be careful with chocolate and dogs!
My Sammy never tried eating or drinking my tea or the leaves but he loved to sniff it. Our other Dog Suzie – I have caught her drinking the Strawberry Cream Rooibos from Wegman’s tho! LOL
We did catch the puppy drinking my tea once, and it wasn’t sweetened or anything! I think they just like the taste. And though I know they are not supposed to have chocolate, my neighbor’s dogs were left unattended for a little while and got on the counter and ate 3 dozen chocolate cookies she had just made. The recipe called for almost a pound of chocolate, and they were unharmed. My doggie stole my Godiva chocolates once. BAD DOG! :) My mom was a smoker, and her dog would get the cigarettes, tear the paper off, and chew the tobacco!
Oh my!!!
Sorry for your loss. :-(
Looks and smells like Black Tea with Apple and Mint, yes.
Color of liquid post infusion is that of a black tea…medium to medium-dark brown, I guess.
I chose this one because I cannot think of ever trying a black tea with both apple and mint in this way before.
You can certainly tell it’s a flavored black when you taste it and the apple is a nice touch – the Mint is refreshing and ‘just right’.
This one really surprised me. It’s fragrant and tasty all the way thru! Nicely done!
Back logging from earlier today!
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This smells a little like Gunpowder but what I think is the oolong part is of the mix is REALLY dark leaf oolong. There maybe a tad of black tea in the mix but I am not completely sure. There is a bit of green tea as well. It ‘brews up’ a light brown and I can taste an oolong type taste and a little bit of green. It’s earthy – almost hippie-like. Fitting, I suppose because the Rainbow people are in my neck of the woods for about a month.
This is ok…not AWESOME or in my 90-100 percentile but decent!
I would say this is a solid medium strength type black tea. The color is a nice, rich medium brown with orange-red hue.
It’s slightly sweet but a little java-bean-esque…NOT coffee-tasting, but a little bit of a hint underneath of the actual bean I guess you could say.
This is a good/full tasting tea without being too bold and it’s not bitter.
Revisiting this one this morning – it’s my first of the day and it’s super yummy! The perfect amount of plum with a black tea!
Check out the FULL Review HERE
http://sororiteasisters.com/2010/06/21/plum-flavored-black-tea-from-mcnultys/
Ahhhhhh! This smells wonderful! Surely takes me back! I won’t go into that now…but this is SURE to be reviewed in greater length at SororiTEA Sisters…
http://sororitea.wordpress.com/
This is awesomely juicy…fragrant, sweet, fruity but not tart – VERY YUMMY!!!! Nice flavored black. Can’t wait to try this iced as well! I know it will be good!
