Floragold

so we often joke around here that my child is feral. She managed to use her teeth and popped a can of soda when she was like 8 months, she always wants to chew on dog toys and such. So it should come as no surprise that she got ahold of this tea, managed to suck/chew through the package to then stuff the teabag in her mouth. I’m not sure if she was hoping for eternal life or just like the taste but as a result id din’t actually get to try this tea. Which isn’t a huge deal for me as the smell of the jasmine was enough to make me think i wouldn’t like it much. But thanks for entertaining my kid VariaTEA lol

tea from a few days ago. I didn’t mind this one. I found it to be pretty close to a strawberry kiwi without being super intense on flavour.

sample from VariaTEA. Figured this one would be a toss up if i liked it or not. I like ginger, orange…but tulsi can be hit or miss. turns out this lands pretty smack dab in the middle of the road for me. I could have more ginger in this as usual haha

i enjoyed this cup but honestly i wouldn’t call it mango or tangerine. i think the papaya came through more than anything but it just kind of blended in to a weird fruity mess

I thought i’d really like this one given the ingredients but it’s so very “meh” to me. Theres some vanilla and cardamom but the chai isn’t the best. decent enough cup i guess :)

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Thank you Roswell Strange for the share but this tastes like DAVIDsTEA’s Sleigh Ride and given I didn’t love that, I’m not a huge fan of this. There’s a quality that Forever Nuts and other blends like it have that I enjoyed once and then for some reason just turned against it and even the smell was off putting. Sleigh Ride and similarly, this tea, fall into that category so while it’s fun to try new things, this was more like revisiting a tea I didn’t enjoy.

haha i was ok with this tea because i don’t mind hibiscus. That said, for a tea advertised as vanilla cinnamon, it’s mostly just sorta vanilla hibiscus. I really like these tea bags because i can make tea without focusing too much on it. While i didn’t mind the tea – i don’t feel like it’s very true to what it’s trying to be.

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This came to me via Roswell Strange as all these Floragold teas do. Thank you for sharing!

This is meant to be raspberry apricot and like Roswell, I got absolutely no apricot. I did get raspberry though, sorta, but mostly it was hibiscus/berry. No chalky taste like Roswell got at least. It was okay but nothing special.

vanilla cream rooibos. Nothing spectacular but also not that woodsy rooibos that overpowers the flavour going on. Enjoyed this a bunch for what it was.

this one fell somewhere in the middle of malty with a little bit of astringency. basically neither roswell strange nor variaTEA’s experience – just midpoint. I enjoyed it as a result. I am never a huge fab of tea bags…hate the environmental impact even when they’re biodegradable . But this was a nice change from the 3 teas i’ve had to drink haha

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Roswell Strange and I had very different experiences with this tea. She got malt and breadiness and I am getting a lot of mineral and astringency. It’s a big NO for me and thankfully a sipdown. Nevertheless, thank you Roswell Strange for sharing and giving me the chance to try something new…even if it didn’t quite work out with this cup :P

taking a break from not working (no my ID still isn’t set up) and entering tea in to my cupboard to have more tea. I have a few of these tea bags so figured i might as well dive in. This is a relatively smooth, slightly astringen black. But i’m ok with it because it’s different! yay! My cupboard started at 13 before VariaTEA’s samples….i’m currently sitting at 50 and still have many, many, many more to add lol let’s see where we end up!

I had 2 teabags of this, this one with a best before date of January 2020 and another with a best before date of September 2020. When deciding where to put them (since one was past best before and thus should be in my focus box and the other wasn’t and thus could be in the regular caffeine free drawer) it made life much easier to drink this one and put the last teabag into the sipdown box. So that’s what I did.

This tea is a little muted. Tbh I don’t know what tulsi should taste like but I haven’t loved any blends that had it so I guess I’m not a fan. This blend is no exception. I’m not loving the flavour and while I’m not entirely sure if it’s the tulsi, the one thing I am sure of is the kick of ginger. Also, there isn’t much orange. It’s not the worst blend but not really a favourite either. Still, it’s always fun to try something new so thank you Roswell Strange for sharing!

Sipdown 2020! 21/365

Thanks to Roswell Strange for this sample! I randomly grabbed a teabag a couple nights ago; it turned out to be Christmas fruits, but I figured I’d try it anyhow. My first impression was fantastic – the vanilla/cinnamon aroma upon opening the packet was quite delicious! It smelled a bit Christmassy (orange? cloves?), but with those two flavours featuring more prominently than usual. However… apparently they also chose to “feature” hibiscus, which was obvious the moment the water hit the teabag and a dark red/purple started pouring out. I didn’t let it steep too long, but I don’t think the overwhelming amount of hibiscus could have been avoided. It may as well have just been called a hibiscus spice tea, although I think even that sounds tastier than it actually was.

Sadly, this was a flop, made all the more sad because it smelled so good at first, and I was actually excited! I did drink it, however.

This one smelled good but the combination of vanilla and herbal lemongrass is coming off a bit waxy and artificial for me. I think it is exactly what it purports to be but this is just not a flavor I want. Thank you Roswell Strange for sharing though since its always fun to try something new.

Cold Brew Sipdown

It was ok but not my favourite. Thanks for sharing Roswell Strange!

I am getting a lot of orange and ginger. Surprisingly more orange than I anticipated and less mint. It’s okay but not my favourite. Still, I’ve been pleasantly surprised by a lot of these Floragold blends so thank you “Roswell Strange* for sharing!!

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Breaking my lemon streak with a cold brew of this tea from Roswell Strange, thank you! It is tart, but nicely so, as I listen to an Administrative Law lecture and attempt to be somewhat studious.

There is no pie aspect but cherry is strong. It’s refreshing and if I were ordering from Floragold, I might grab this. Though it’s not earth shattering. Still makes for a nice cup though.

I had this one last night while playing Scattegories with my brother and sister. I wasn’t paying too much to the tea because I was focused on the game but I remember at one point thinking there was a whole lot of sour cherry and a whole lack of pie. Then I started to focus a bit more and there was something that was a touch buttery and pie-like. So it was Cherry Pie if you focused and I was happy enough with it. Thanks for sharing, Roswell Strange. Also, it seems I was significantly more focused on the game than my brother who at one point decided to write down all words starting with “F” despite the letter we were playing being “J”. Prior to that mishap, he was in the lead.

Another Floragold, another tea from Roswell Strange. Thank you!!

This is supposed to be black currant and raspberry. While I can sort of get whiffs of each, it falls a bit flat for me. The raspberry is coming through slightly and as a sweetness to counter the touch of medicinal from the black currant.

It’s not bad and the more I sit with it, I can say its a nice enough tea but it is not one I would need to keep stashed. I will enjoy the other tea bag Roswell gave me though.