I wish I knew what the trick is to rooibos. What makes a good and a not-so-good flavoured rooibos so completely different? When I first had delicate, French-style rooibos I could barely believe it was the same thing as the cardboardy German stuff. Do they water the bushes with gold? Sing to them? It can’t …
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Inachevée de Constantinople – Theodor
The remainder of this sample was just enough for a pitcher of cold-steeped tea. As expected, this worked quite well chilled. It lost a surprising amount of the apple/date character of the hot tea, but it gained some floral notes, and, most surprisingly of all, a peppery aftertaste which was very nice. [Sample from Y …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Je T’Aime – Theodor
Oh, okay, wow. So I’m having quite the The O Dor sample party today, courtesy of some Steepster friends and the EU swap box. Before yesterday, I was a Theodor virgin, but things are getting pretty depraved pretty fast over here. All these preconceived notions of what I’m going to like are so often completely turned on …
Celebration – Theodor
This has been a bit of a revelation, to be honest – I have come to a realization. I’m just going to come right out and say it. I don’t need chocolate teas in my life. Honestly, that’s pretty huge on a tea preferences scale, seeing as I love everything else chocolate. Seriously – chocolate is …
Inachevée de Constantinople – Theodor
So a while back I received some samples from a Steepster friend, but I have neither been in possession of the time nor the faculties for note writing until now, so the samples have had to wait patiently. In very pretty air-tight containers, though, so they haven’t exactly been languishing. My benefactress had recommended 75C …