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I made this tea for class this morning and added banana almond milk thinking the flavors might go really well together. It’s kind of bland actually minus the black tea base that I can taste. I definitely think it takes soymilk better than this. Also, I totally forgot that I don’t have class, after all, today since it’s an Inservice day so that’s a bummer that I didn’t just sleep in. Good thing my class isn’t on campus though so no mistaken commute.

April Sipdown Alphabet Challenge: “V” Tea
Short tasting note on this one since I’ve already written one on this tea. It’s a nice basic black tea that takes milk well. There is a bit of a flavored sugar taste as well but it just adds sweetness mostly. For a Valentine’s Day blend it’s a little bit disappointing.

2021 Sipdown #61:
April Sipdown Alphabet Challenge: “U” Tea
This sample was kindly sent by Amandastory
I’ve been saving the rest of this sample since I knew it was my only U tea option for this challenge. I’m drinking this while planning my 2021 Popsugar Reading Challenge booklist. I’m definitely late in starting but to be honest I wasn’t sure I was going to have time this year to participate.
I’m drinking this hot
This tea is definitely sweet and fruity! The pineapple I can specifically pick out and with the sweetness from the marshmallow, it’s really reminding me of Pineapple Fluff. My grandmother used to make that vintage dessert pretty often growing up. I never was a fan but here in tea form, I am! The rest of the ingredients pretty much just blend together. The ginger adds a slight warmth and some flavor to the cup but it’s almost undetectable. This is one that I would probably repurchase if I ever made an order.

April Sipdown Alphabet Challenge: “T” Tea
I don’t love this one as much as others seem to, so I decided to make a small pot of it to drink while working on my Women’s Studies class analysis of the movie “American Violet”. The house has been really cold today so I’ve had to take quite a few breaks to make cups of tea to warm me up. I think I just am left wanting either a stronger apple flavor from this tea or more grassiness. In General, I prefer plain green teas but I do like flavored greens as well just this one, in particular, seems a little short on flavor.

April Sipdown Alphabet Challenge: “S” Tea
So this is the same tea that I have but my bag of it says Stress Blocker on it.
It has some interesting herbal ingredients actually like mistletoe and birch leaves. Tastewise it’s a very mild herbal-tasting tea. I can taste the tiniest bit of lemon though.
I feel really calm after drinking this even with the paper I just started writing that is due in several hours. I suppose it could be just a coincidence though the calm feeling. I will have to keep trying it to see if it’s actually the tea working.

2021 Sipdown #60:
April Sipdown Alphabet Challenge: “R” Tea
I actually looked at the temperature Harney recommends for my cup of this and realized that I’ve been steeping it at the white tea setting on my kettle when they recommend the green tea temperature. So I brewed this cup at 175F and it was much better!
This tea very much feels like an easter tea in terms of flavor. H&H’s almond flavoring is a little more subtle than I prefer. I do like this one more than Soho though. I think this tea would be delicious if the almond flavoring used had more of a marzipan-type flavor. It’s a nice tea but a little too subtle in flavor for me.

April Sipdown Alphabet Challenge: “Q” Tea
So I added a little too much milk to this one but it’s just a minty chamomile herbal tea. I like that there are some good herbs in this one like raspberry leaf and skullcap though. This was my only Q tea and it’s actually a family member’s herbal tea technically that they had forgotten about. I would assume based on the name that it’s a sleepytime type tea.