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I’m really not a fan of that weird artificial lemon taste, which this tea somehow has even though the flavouring is nature identical. Hmm.
There is nothing particularily awful or gravely offensive about it, I was just surprised it tasted like your run-of-the-mill lemon tea from the supermarket. Plus I prefer to be able to taste the “tea” in flavoured teas – with this the sencha just gets lost in the lemon flavour. Whatever floats your boat, I guess…

I want so badly to like this tea, because the ingredients sound so yummy! Citrus zest, rose petals, almond pieces, cloves, vanilla pieces, cinnamon flavouring and cardamom… delicious right? Wrong.
The only reason I braved a second tasting of this tea was because the first time I tried it, the leaves were from a fairly old packet so I thought it may have been let down by a stale green tea base. But it turns out not to have made much of a difference. The flavour is overwhelmingly dominated by the citrus zest and cinnamon, making for a harsh and lip-puckering brew that I would only wish on my most hated enemies.
I’d love to see a reblend of this, though I think it would be more suited to a black tea base: remove the cloves, cardamom and citrus, lighten the cinnamon, keep the vanilla, rose and almond?

A light spearmint flavoured tea, this would be perfect to serve in place of (or with) after dinner mints. Nom nom!

I do not remember this tea being so delightful the first time I tasted it! Delicate, incredibly smooth with just a hint of smokiness and barely any astringency. Another inoffensive brew, almost like the elevator muzak of green teas…

Look how gorgeous this tea is! Even the wet leaves look lovely: long, spindly, bright green things. What a delight! The color of the tea is very light, with the taste being smooth, buttery and slightly fruity. One of the more interesting greens I’ve tried, I think you will especially enjoy it if you are a fan of the more complex tasting Darjeelings.

This tea is way too light for my liking, much like my bedroom when the curtains are closed during the summer months. Defiitely drink this one plain.

You know, I wish “broken orange pekoe” wasn’t abbreviated into a word like “bop”, because it makes me think the tea will be something you can tap your feet along to. Which was not the case with this one. I’m not sure if it was an old packet or my rising distrust of ceylon teas, but this barely tasted like anything. With milk, it was definitely more “meh” than “bop”.

Incredibly smooth, nicer than English Breakfast and lighter than Irish Breakfast. A lovely tea to drink plain as well, I think milk mutes the delicate flavour too much. The perfect afternoon tea, would pair well withsomething light like a lemon friand…

Ah, its so good trying a bunch of teas at the same time, I think you get more of a feel for each tea than when you taste them individually. This has similar strength to the Irish Breakfast, but what I previously remarked as “maltylicious” is actually more herbacious (due to the manuka) than malt. Still a lovely tea though, both with or without milk. Plus it looks pretty while you brew it, as al the manuka leaves float to the top.

This has a rounder flavour to it than the Irish Breakfast and is of course, best with milk. Maltalicious!