I’d already committed to this one before realizing it was one of those nightmare samples. 1. It’s not in the Steepster database.2. It’s barely googlable and not available to purchase online.3. It turns out it’s an in-house (but possibly sourced) blend at this three-locations-in-the-entire-US coffee chain.4. If I love it, there’s no way in hell …
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Sri Lankan Lemongrass – Canton Tea Co
This is the second lemongrass I’m trying from the box. This one is a herbal, and as such (I never drink herbals! I have no idea why. It might be the lack of actual tea. Is that elitist? Eli-tea-st? Are we even doing puns this month? I’m so out of touch.) I had no idea …
LongJing Green Tea 2013 – Wan Ling Tea House
One of my tea goals for 2014, in addition to Not Buying Any Teas in January (check) and Trying All The Peach Teas (working on it) is to try more unflavored greens. This tea fits the bill. My aggressive lack of knowledge about various tea regions and leaf types really puts a hamper on things, …
Lembranca-Lembrança – Theodor
As you can tell, I’m box-sampling way outside of my comfort zone this time around. Next up, lemongrass! There were two lemongrasses (uh) in the box, so I figured I’d compare, even if one is a yerba maté (this one) and the other a straight-up herbal. I was surprised that I liked the scent of …
Thé des Alizés – Palais des Thés
On paper, this seems right up my alley. I remember smelling it in the Tel Aviv Palais des Thés last summer, too, and I liked it a lot. I know Palais get a lot of flak in terms of quality and pricing, but there’s something about their flavored teas that really does it for me. …
Green Peach Leaf Tea – Whittard of Chelsea
I’m so caffeinated now the selection process for this one went something like… oh, peach green peach green peach, huh? are there even green peaches? or is it because the tea is green? green peach what a pretty fruit all green but peach like yeah …and then imagine that really pinball-staccato and jittery. I have a …
Nepal – Shangri-Lâ Temple – Theodor
So I continue to venture outside my tea comfort zone with this one. On the sample bag, as you EU-swappers will note, it says, ‘not a black tea’, but as has been pointed out, it is actually black, but should be treated as a green. Now, I’m someone who tends to slap her greens and …
Queen Catherine – Harney & Sons
Today is quite the daunting tasting note day – first I take on Tribute, and now this? In this case, however, we can just go ahead and blame my complete lack of interest in plain blacks. There is exactly one such previous review by me, namely this one: http://gluttonette.com/?p=293h So I suppose I could have just left this …
Tribute – Theodor
Okay, so you remember that Thé d’amandine (Comptoir des thés et des épices) review that prompted my Steepster friend Y, our resident fairy godmother of Theodor tea samples to offer some up in the first place? Well, I do. I’ve been so curious about this one – I mean, a comment such as, “Tribute by …
Samouraï – Mariage Frères
I remember reading a Steepster friend’s note for this four months back and laughing so hard at the following, “…have no idea why they call it samouraï, I can’t think of anything less samurai like than this tea.” Now I’m sitting here with the remaining half of her hard-earned sample – there’s no way I …