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Yummy, earthy green tea!

Another tea from my co-worker!
This tea is a nice pick me up when you really need a boost. I will say though, it tastes more like fruit than chocolate, but the fruit taste isn’t artificial like other teas. It’s quite refreshing!

My coworker gave me this tea (among many!) because she wants to cut back on acidic drinks.
At first sip I could have sworn I was drinking cinnamon rooibos chai from DAVIDs. The most powerful taste is the cinnamon followed a little bit by chocolate.
This tea is alright, but not for me as there is just too much cinnamon and not enough of a “tea flavor”. I won’t buy this one for myself.

Needs more bergamot…overall this tea is pretty good if you do not overstep it. Once again, I always prefer loose leaf tea over ground-up and bagged tea, because there isn’t as much flavour with bagged and it is incredibly easy to overstep your tea. I basically put the bag into the hot water, swirl it around a few times until the colour changes enough, and take it right out.

I drink this sometimes at my fiancée’s house. I really like the mint and green tea combo. However, I have to give a lower rating because I always prefer loose leaf tea over ground-up-and-bagged tea like Tetley (You get more flavour out of loose leaf).

Light and fruity taste! The green rooibos complements this well. I’ve been having this tea hot but I bet it would be really good iced as well!

Ah matcha, how popular you are! I can see why this is so. This tea is a real pick-me-up with a crazy dark green colour. Instead of steeping, you whisk the powder in warm water. You have to be careful with the temperature of your water, however, or else it’s bitter and gross.

Overall I enjoy this tea-its nice and earthy. One negative about it though is that I don’t have the matcha whisk or strainer, so the last sip is undrinkable because of the settled matcha powder. I usually use a little less than 1/2 a teaspoon when whisking to try and combat this problem.

EDIT-if you are whisk-less like me, I discovered that if you put 1/2 a teaspoon in a draw-string teabag and bob it up and down in warm-hot (72 degree) water for just under a minute, the matcha will dissolve into the water through the filter and you will have a nice cup of matcha without the settled powder at the bottom. It might not be as strong as if you were to whisk it straight in, but it is still darker in colour than almost all “regular” green teas I’ve tried. :)

I got this as a sample when I ordered some tea online. It’s a light green tea with a dominant floral flavouring. I really enjoy it and it’s nice to have when I’m in the mood for a green tea that’s a little less “grassy/earthy” tasting.

Got this iced at DAVIDs today. It’s okay…a bit tart because of the hibiscus though. I’m not big on hibiscus so I’m glad I didn’t buy any of the loose tea of it.