Archive for May, 2009
Teaview Review: Rishi Organic Cinnamon Plum
Head on over to Teaviews to read my review on Rishi’s Organic Cinnamon Plum: Click here for the review!
Adagio Strawberry
Name: Strawberry Company: Adagio Type: Black, loose Cost: $6 for 4oz What a lovely Friday morning! It is just gorgeous outside and soon I shall venture out to enjoy the day! But first, I bring you Adagio’s Strawberry black tea. A fellow tea drinker sent me a sample of this and I am oh-so-glad she [...]
Republic of Tea Pomegranate Vanilla
Name: Pomegranate Vanilla Company: Republic of Tea Type: Rooibos, bagged Cost: $10 for 36 bags Republic of Tea’s Pomegranate Vanilla is part of their Sip for the Cure collection meaning that a portion of the sales go to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure. This tea is a rooibos tea and naturally caffeine free. [...]
Tea Thoughts: Holidays
Happy Memorial Day! A very special thank you to all who are serving or have served in our armed forces. I cannot even begin to express the gratitude I feel for your hard work. I’m sitting here realizing the day is almost half gone and I haven’t even had a cup of tea yet. This [...]
Numi Chinese Breakfast
Name: Chinese Breakfast Company: Numi Type: Black, bagged Cost: $6.99 for 1 box (18 bags) I am trying very hard to explore and enjoy the area of black teas. I have found some I like very much and others I could live without. Numi’s Chinese Breakfast is a Yunnan black tea that I was fully [...]
Green Bottle Review
I try to drink a good amount of fluids everyday. However, where I work there is not a good source of water unless I spend money at the vending machine and purchase bottled water. This leaves me to bring my own fluids, be that water or my favorite iced teas. Enter the ‘Green Bottle’. While [...]
New Mexico Tea Company Coconut Black Tea
Name: Coconut Black Tea Company: New Mexico Tea Company Type: Black, loose Cost: $9.60 for 4oz Coconut Black Tea is a flavored tea. I’m not sure what kind of black tea is used for the base, but it isn’t an overly powerful one. The coconut flavor is very interesting to me in this blend. I [...]
Tazo Passion Tea
Name: Passion Tea Company: Tazo Type: Herbal, bagged iced and regular Cost: $9.90 A student of mine found out about my love for tea when she and her mom helped me unpack my kitchen after a recent move. The next day she brought me a couple bags of Passion Tea from Tazo. Passion Tea “is [...]
Rishi Jade Cloud
Name: Jade Cloud Company: Rishi Type: Green, loose leaf Cost: $9.75 for 1/4 lb Jade Cloud…what a lovely name for a tea! Rishi’s website says that this tea is “a special grade of Chinese tea produced in the high elevation tea gardens of western Hubei, China.” They go on to say that each year they [...]
auraTeas Formosa Wenshan Baochong Choice
Name: Formosa Wenshan Baochong Choice Company: auraTeas Type: Oolong, loose Cost: $9.20CAD for 1.43oz auraTeas is a lovely Canadian tea company whose customer service and teas are top notch. I am very fond of their logo and all the teas I’ve tried so far have produced very satisfying cups. Their Baochong oolong is no exception. [...]
