Ahmad Tea

Hello from Japan. I have barely tea up in my room but this was free and I felt like doing a review since I haven’t done one in awhile. This is decent hot but I feel like it would benefit more as a cold brew. At first the berries hit hard but the slug off behind the hibiscus like pretty much all other brews containing hibiscus. The elderberries add a nice touch that I feel helps to mellow and round out the rest of the berries. A brew to try when it’s available but I don’t think I will go back to. It is almost too sweet.

This is the final tea bag from the swap that will have its review. The stash has been vanquished! I noted that this was “the most boring” of the group. I didn’t get a lot of raspberry nor pomegranate. The tea bag didn’t have any major aroma, either.

Nice Darjeeling. For my tastebuds, very herbal and smooth, very little bitterness. Medium astringency, pleasant overall.

The mango flavor in this tea is very refreshing. Loved it.

a very chaotic past week, and a chaotic week again; however, good news - I’m officially in! Not only that, but I was lucky enough to teach (officially)!!! I already taught my first class!!!
knocking back this tea while preparing to have a meeting with the Port of Sines, as we’re discussing other exciting things
I took K S’ advice to heart, and made sure the water was colder on this steep; indubitably the right call!

made this as a pick-me-up at work, as yesterday I went to a concert and went home pretty late (it was after midnight! I go to bed at 11 at most!!)
sadly, I think the water was too hot, as this is slightly more bitter than what I typically go for :(

back at work, but a nasty bug is making its rounds; it started with my (new!!) advisor, who we’re calling patient zero; it also got to my other (new!!) advisor, and now to me
but it could also be from my bf, which, in that case, i’d say he owes me flowers

so, here’s me, at 7PM, drinking earl grey to try to stay awake until dinner (and maybe an episode of Lost)

having this at the lab while doing the (hopefully) final look through of my thesis - already dreaming of what I’ll be doing with myself to celebrate!

the weather may be really nice outside, but my colleagues made the lab feel like the arctic, so… earl grey to warm up!
(I literally have chicken skin right now, but I also forgot to bring a jacket :D )

although letting this tea cool down for 45min helps, letting it steep for 2min is entirely too much for me; although a much nicer black tea base than what I first tasted (half of a box ago?), it still lacks the citrus-bergamot-fresh thing

starting to think i might be able to move up to a steep of two or three minutes!

I let my tea cool down (forgot about it) and now the bergamot is definitely there!
I think it’s the first time I’m actually able to taste it, but such is life
now, this tea is much more enjoyable :D

I’ve found that cutting the steep time by half helps with the acidity! yay!!

still feels like pure black tea, which is not necessarily bad, but not what I got it for

would only recommend IF the buyer/drinker knows that this is not citrus-y in the slightest

this feels like black tea, the bergamot is VERY faint; which is a shame, because I prefer earl grey over most black teas BECAUSE it has the bergamot to lessen the typical bitterness