The Year of Tea
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Episode 345: Snowflake
It's mid-December here in Atlanta, but you certainly wouldn't know it by the weather. It's warm and rainy today, but so I wanted to sample a little bit of winter with The Georgia Tea Company's Snowflake. This tea smells so good! The coconut, almond, and
Episode 344: Maté Coco Spice
Metolius Artisan Tea's Maté Coco Spice sounds like it's right up my alley. I love yerba maté, I'm a big fan of coconut, and I definitely like spice. The mix of cayenne, chocolate, cinnamon, coconut, and ginger sound like a real winner. Overall, it's murk
Episode 343: Super Ginger
The two teas from DAVIDsTEA I tried earlier were really something, so I've got high hopes for this Super Ginger blend. This is a mix of ginger root, black pepper, white pepper, pink peppercorns, and stevia for sweetness. Let's give it a shot! Whew...this
Episode 342: Strawberry Mao Feng
Mao Feng is one of China's most famous teas! Zoomdweebie's has paired up this needle-like tea with freeze-dried strawberries for their Strawberry Mao Feng. (Pretty self-explanatory, really.) This is a really delicate cup of tea! The mao feng has a light,
Episode 341: Guayusa Tea with Chocolate
I've been looking for some good guayusa blends, and I ran across a number of bagged teas at Stash Tea Company that fit the bill. Right now, I'm trying their Guayusa Tea with Chocolate. Let's do it! These flavors go really well together! Guayusa has a sli
Episode 340: Love
It's the holiday season and we all could use a little more love around here. I've got some love in my cup right now thanks to Metolius Artisan Tea. This is a mix of rooibos and white tea along with osthmanthus flowers, rose, toasted coconut and bergamot a
Episode 339: Hibiscus Key Lime
Oh goody, another hibiscus tea. I actually like the flavor and richness of hibiscus, but I don't like how it pops up in every other herbal blend I try. To that end, I figured I should seek out a tea that was primarily hibiscus, like The Republic of Tea's
Episode 338: Black Rooibos
Smoky is not a characteristic that I would give to rooibos, but M&K Tea Company's Black Rooibos is hella smoky. I'm talking smoky like a lapsang souchong with just as much pine aroma. Now I'm intrigued. Taste-wise, the blend is sweet and smoky. You get a
Episode 337: Acaí Mango Zinger
Celestial Seasonings' Acaí Mango Zinger is a tropical entry into their famous Zinger line of herbal teas. These blends often have the trio of orange peel, rosehips and hibiscus to support the named flavor of the blend. In this case, these three flavors w
Episode 336: Genmaicha with Matcha
Celestial Seasonings now has these new blending kits where you can create a blend with whatever proportions you like. I'm trying out their Genmaicha with Matcha (also known as matcha iri genmaicha) which has separate packets of sencha, toasted rice, and m