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 this herbal tisane but [...]
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 is too strong and perfume-like.
Thoughts:
I love jasmine teas [...]
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 in the back of the mouth. None [...]
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).
Thoughts:
I do not make chai often. It seems [...]
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 tea neither sits in the background or [...]
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 a hint of fruit and flowers.
Taste includes [...]
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 undertones.
Taste was very astringent and bitter.
Thoughts:
Tea [...]
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 said, infusers do have [...]
