Tea Forté Friday – Raspberry Nectar
Name: Raspberry Nectar Company: Tea Forté Type: Herbal Cost: $48 for 48 pyramid infusers or $15 for 35 serving canister Since I am out of town on vacation this week I thought it would be the right time to post this tea which I have already reviewed over on Teaviews. I actually really, really like [...]
Tea Forté Friday – Jasmine Green
Name: Jasmine Green Company: Tea Forté Type: Green Cost: $24 for 20 infusers, $15 for 35 serving canister Tea Notes: Steeped in water that was 175 degrees for 3 minutes. Dry tea leaves in the infuser are a nice size. They do not appear to be severly broken. Aroma of liquor is obviously jasmine. Taste [...]
Tea Thoughts – Tea at Work
I spend a good amount of my tea drinking time at work. I avoid having caffeine late in the day so I have to make sure I get my fill of tea before evening comes around. This of course that means I must drink tea while I am working. However, I haven’t found a perfect [...]
Tea Forté Friday – Formosa Oolong
Name: Formosa Oolong Company: Tea Forté Type: Oolong Cost: $48 for 48 infusers or $12 for 35 serving canister Tea Notes: Pyramid infuser has a very strong perfume smell. I think it is from the paper wrapping. Steeped for 3 minutes in water that was just under boiling. Taste was roasted and woody. Slightly drying [...]
Tea Forté Friday – Bombay Chai
Name: Bombay Chai Company: Tea Forté Type: Black, Chai Cost: $24 for 20 pyramid infusers, $15 for 35 serving canister Tea Notes: Steeped in boiling water for 4 minutes. Aroma is a typical chai but not overly strong. Taste was incredibly strong by itself but mellowed out with soy milk and agave added (see below). [...]
Harney and Sons – Hot Cinnamon Spice
Name: Hot Cinnamon Spice Company: Harney and Sons Type: Flavored Black, loose Cost: $6.50 for 4oz tin Tea Notes: Dry leaves are covered with cinnamon powder and omit a strong but heavenly aroma of sweet cinnamon. This was steeped in boiling water for 3 minutes. Taste is sweet and the cinnamon is obvious. The black [...]
New Mexico Tea Company – Sandia Spice
Name: Sandia Spice Company: New Mexico Tea Company Type: Flavored Black, loose Cost: $9.60 for 4oz Tea Notes: Dry tea is a beautiful mix of tea, orange peels, cinnamon and rose petals with a subtle spicy aroma. Steeped in boiling water for 4 minutes. Aroma of steeped tea is similar to dry aroma but with [...]
Tea Thoughts – Seeking Tea
I have always been on the lookout for local tea shops and know of a precious few, but I kept feeling there had to be more. Every so often I would turn to the internet to search for tea shops that I didn’t know about only to have my search turn up nothing new. However, [...]
Tea Forté Friday – English Breakfast
Name: English Breakfast Company: Tea Forté Type: Black Cost: $24 for 20 infusers or $15 for canister (35 servings) Tea Notes: Tried twice using boiling water with steep times of 3 minutes and then 1 minute. Aroma of liquor is typical English Breakfast with a hint of green bean. Color was dark brown with red [...]
Copco’s Total Tea – Snap Open Tea Infuser
Name: Snap Open Tea Infuser Company: Copco Cost: $9.99 Thoughts: I have a couple of infusers lying around that I do occasionally use when I want a quick cup of tea. Infusers themselves aren’t bad but I much prefer to use something where the tea leaves have lots of room to move and dance. That [...]
