Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Herbal
Where to Buy: Friday Tea
Tea Description:
This golden brew is one of Tea Girl’s finest! A magical tisane that reminds us of a peach orchard at the height of summer. Warm, fruity, herby, and slightly spiced. Definitely a favorite hot or iced!
Ingredients: Peach, apple, orange, cinnamon, chamomile, blue cornflower
Learn more about this tea here.
Taster’s Review:
I have been wanting to try Friday Tea’s offerings for a while. And to my delight the other day I received a box from them thru a gift exchange I recently participated in.
This tea was the first one I had to try. A lovely herbal blend of peaches, apple, orange cinnamon, chamomile, and blue cornflower. The tea itself was gorgeous to look at and smelled amazingly fruity . I couldn’t wait to brew the tea up.
Steeped in water that was fresh boiled and allowed to sit for a few minutes, this tea was amazingly fruity, vibrant and delicious. You first get a lovely base of the peaches with notes of cinnamon giving the tea a bit of a spiced kick, but a gentle kick. The chamomile comes in next providing the blend with an almost baked dessert feeling and taste. Each sip finishes off with a lush citrus note that lovingly completes the tea.
What I am trying to say, is this tea is dynamite! One of the better herbal teas I’ve had in a while and one that is impressive from the first sip. I’m on my second infusion and this tea is continuing to give this really bright and vibrant peachy flavor. I can just imagine making this into a cold brew or as an iced tea. This is one of those teas that will be amazing (I bet) anyway you prep it.
I’m excited to dig into the rest of the box to see what other lovely teas I have from them. I see a possible order in my future! Friday Tea offers quite a few unique teas that I can’t wait to check out.
Dream from Brew Mama Herbalism
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Herbal
Where to Buy: Brew Mama Herbalism
Tea Description:
Enjoy a peaceful nights slumber with this herbal blend. Perfect to unwind, relax and prepare the organs for rest.
I hand blend your tea with only the best ORGANIC ingredients. I take great passion, love and honor with the herbs I grow and purchase.
Ingredients-Chamomile, Valerian, Passion Flower, Lavender, Mint and Catnip
Learn more about this tea here.
Taster’s Review:
I love my herbal teas. I drink them all times of the day. I actually tend to drink them more in the afternoon than I do at night. I was so excited when I found Brew Mama Herbalism’s Etsy Store. The first blend I tried, Morning Motivator was just amazing. So I had high expectations when it comes to any blends from Brew Mama Herbalism.
I decided to go with Dream today. It has been a crazy day at work today for some reason so I thought I nice soothing tea may just help calm my nerves a bit. I also plan on finishing my latest book in the Aunt Dimity’s series – Aunt Dimity and the Summer King. These novels are cozy and charming and need a tea that fits that bill to truly enjoy the experience.
I steeped this one up like a traditional herbal-212F-4 minutes. I started to get a bit worried when I noticed the lavender in this blend. I’m typically not a lavender fan. All the ingredients mingled together so well and produced a quite lovely fragrance for me to enjoy while this steeped.
Took my first sip after letting this cool for a few minutes and this tea really hit the spot. This herbal blend is cooling and soothing with a light floral touch. I love how very delicate this tea is. Add in some white tea and this would be a beautiful delicate refreshing relaxing tea with a simple floral finish. Something I am going to try later.
The ingredients really did play together well as they steeped. The mint is probably the most noticeable flavor with the chamomile coming in close second. Both crisp and fresh flavors. The passion flower and lavender added in touches of floral but they didn’t overwhelm the cup at all. Such a great herbal. I tried this both hot and cold brewed and I feel like this tea should be brewed hot. The cold brew brought more of the floral notes out which created an almost bite towards the end of the sip.
Just a beautiful herbal from start to finish and can definitely put you in a dream state.
Dreamy from heartfeltMenagerie
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Herbal
Where to Buy: heartfeltMenagerie
Tea Description:
Organic Herbal Tea, homegrown and carefully hand blended to please the palette and soothe the soul. The healing herbs used in this blend are helpful in relieving stress, digestive discomfort, and promoting a cozy night’s rest.
Learn more about this tea here.
Taster’s Review:
I love chamomile teas. I drink a lot of them too. At night there really isn’t anything more soothing than to drink a nice glass of chamomile tea, relieving the stress of your day.
I picked up a couple teas from this adorable shop on Etsy. This was the second one I’ve reviewed for SororiTea Sisters and this one I am extremely pleased with. This tea originally has lavender in it. I have yet to find a lavender tea that I really like. So I emailed the owner and she was able to remove that from the blend. Score one for Customer Service!
I first had this one hot the other night with my boyfriend. We liked it, but it honestly tasted like a lot of chamomile teas. The chamomile really took over. The rest of the flavors just played to the side a bit and created a nice pleasing quality to it. Overall I did like it, but I can’t say it would stand out among other chamomile herbal teas.
So I dropped the tin in my work backpack and figured I’d try it at work. This is where the tea that was the wallflower tea really stood out to me! Iced this is fantastic! It tastes like a sweet lemon dessert with hints of mint. There is also a creaminess to it. I am loving it. I think iced is the one to go with this one. I recommend this one for a tasty afternoon treat or even in the morning if you are going caffeine free. Glad I ordered two tins of this!
Green Nightly Calm® from Twinings Tea
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Green
Where to Buy: Twinings Tea USA
Tea Description:
A comforting green tea perfectly balanced with soothing chamomile, cooling spearmint and the subtle flavor of lemongrass.
Learn more about this tea here.
Taster’s Review:
Ever had that kind of day that you just couldn’t wait to get home to make yourself a cuppa and veg? That is the sort of day I have been having all week. I am ready to pop my feet up and watch some Big Bang Theory, Elementary or Daredevil with my boyfriend.
One of my favorite rituals that my boyfriend and I do is that each night I make up a pot of tea for us to enjoy while we watch our shows. He isn’t picky. I always ask him what he wants and he always tells me to pick something good. So tonight, I went the easy way out and threw 3 teabags into my Breville and hit the green tea option. About 3 minutes later I was filling our mugs.
I like this one for a bagged tea. The green tea flavor is first and foremost. It isn’t the best green tea I’ve ever had but it is decent. It seems to have a more grassy green tea flavor profile versus the rich buttery flavor I usually enjoy. The chamomile and lemongrass are lightly there and the spearmint is the last flavor I’m coming across. All in all it is good. I can’t say that I will always need to have this on hand but when I come across it at the store I will probably grab a box or two.
All my boyfriend said about this one was that it tasted like Wrigley gum. I’m not sure if that is a good thing or bad.
This is just an easy tea to make after a rough day where you don’t have the energy to make a proper pot. And now its time to relax and watch Elementary.
Sun Moon Lake Black Tea from Fong Mong Tea
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Black Hand-plucked Sun Moon Lake Black Tea Loose leaves
Where to Buy: Fong Mong Tea on eBay
Tea Description:
Sun Moon Lake black tea can be declared “Red Treasure” in central Taiwan. Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County is surrounded with mountains and lakes with remarkable environment and typical climate. Heavy moist and stable yearly average temperature make the tea trees grow thick and rich tea leaves which produce carmine and perfectly clear liquor. Its unique sweet aroma and strong mint taste make it truly unforgettable. It is also the best ingredient to make “bubble tea” (the most famous Taiwanese tea drink on earth).
Taster’s Review:
I was thrilled that Fong Mong Tea was offering some samplers a while back.
They provided a sampler pack that would allow two steeping sessions gongfu style.
I love it when a company includes enough in a sample to have more than one session. It allows for a learning curve if needed and for trying different steeping methods if one prefers.
I had the first session soon after I received the sample and now I am enjoying the second session.
I had been saving the rest of my sample for a day I needed a really relaxing and unique tea. A morning when I didn’t have to rush around, and didn’t want to. Today is that day.
Upon the initial sip my first thought was “is this a black tea?” well of course I knew it was but the flavor profile was so green. Fresh, vegetal, brothy, like juicy fresh from the garden green beans. I was slightly taken aback, although the flavor was absolutely delicious it was not what I was expecting. This prompted me to check my tasting notes from my first sampling of this tea! Indeed I also had felt the same way three months earlier when first trying Sun Moon Lake by Fong Mong.
I continued to sip and picked up mushroom notes, tree bark, and a hint of spice that caused a tingling sparkly sensation on the tongue. Ahhh, now the dark notes are beginning to show themselves lending to the black tea profile.
More of the black tea notes began to ring out loud and clear with a slight malt flavor, a milk chocolate flavor, and an oak moss flavor, however those light lilting green vegetal flavors never totally faded!
Lovely!
This is a very meditative tea. As a black tea I am not sure I would want this as my first cup in the morning as I tend to need far more of a punch in the face tea to wake up, however this is my second tea for today and its helping me ease into my afternoon beautifully. Its relaxing, assisting me in focusing on tasks I need to complete, and helping my creative juices to begin to flow gently, calmly, and with ease.
Now I have an admission to make. I used a lower water temperature than suggested. The reason why is quite simply that I was impatient and did not want to heat my water up. My Zojirushi water heater was already at 175 from the night before, and I just went ahead and used that temp for this tea. Granted I was taking a risk with this precious sample, being that one more session was all that was remaining. I have no regrets. This is obviously a forgiving tea, and of course it was not going to get burnt by over heated water but I have also not lost any flavors either. This tastes exactly as I remember it and matches my previous tasting notes perfectly. If nothing else perhaps steeping at this lower temperature will prolong my session allowing for even more steeps than I would normally have got. I am on my third steep now and it is ever bit as good as the first and I plan to keep on steeping until it stops giving.
I am surprised, actually shocked that this is not already holding a place in my permanent stash, but I am so happy that I had some left over as a reminder to place an order with Fong Mong Tea today!
In my previous tasting notes I said that this tea was like a soup created in the kitchen of a culinary master, one that needed to be allowed to simmer for a long time to allow the true flavors to develop. A broth that needed to age like a fine wine. This tea speaks to you as if it is knowing of secrets held within old trees, running streams that have spread gossip from one watering hole to the next and the memories of vegetation along the way. Sun Moon Lake is one that needs to be allowed to take you on a journey to unknown territories, allowed to tell you its stories. This is a slow, easy sipper tea, again not my preference for morning when I really need to suck a tea down in light speed to get “my fix”. This tea is one to be savored and appreciated.
