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drank Strawberry Tea by Alokozay
2955 tasting notes

A flavourful black tea with a brisk but smooth taste and wildberry (not so much distinctly strawberry) flavour. It makes for a great iced tea.

Flavors: Berries, Tannin

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70
drank Strawberry Tea by Alokozay
4170 tasting notes

Discovery tea box – Tea #7
A wrapped teabag from the teabox. I seem to only find this brand in teaboxes. I didn’t expect such a strong Ceylon. To me, Ceylon isn’t very strong. But this one was quite dark in the mug. With hints of strawberry. Definitely not the worst for Ceylon… I’m usually expecting a cardboard type flavor. This was more of a solid black tea. Maybe nothing special, but definitely not bad. Not the worst teabag I’ve had (and there have been plenty.)

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Flavors: Cardamom

Preparation
8 min or more

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A standard supermarket black tea in the Middle East. It’s drinkable & quite a bit better than the ubiquitous Lipton Yellow Label which dominates the region, but not quite up to Twinings level. But it’s cheap, and frequent supermarket promotions push the price down even further.

Preparation
2 min, 30 sec

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80
drank Moroccan Tea by Alokozay
1792 tasting notes

This is totally peppermint tea speckled with sugar, akin to a candy cane. I don’t taste the base but regardless, this is soothing, tasty, and refreshing.

Thanks, MissB! I don’t have anything else to say about this tea but hey, sometimes less is more.

keychange

ehhh, sometimes a sweet mint tea fits the bill!

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76
drank Cardamom Tea by Alokozay
117 tasting notes

Sipdown!

I surprisingly found this tea quite good. I am a big fan of Cardamom in general, (but wait, isn’t it cardamon?) Anyway, the flavour really stood out with a strong black base. I had no bitterness through any of the cups I steeped of this, but a light astringency toward the bottom. I did not add anything to it though, mind you. I would be glad to have it again if given the chance.

Flavors: Astringent, Cardamom

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 10 OZ / 295 ML
Nichole/CuppaGeek

Woohoo! How many sipdowns is that for you?

TeaNTees

I’m not sure exactly haha. Probably around a dozen or more. :) How about you?

Nichole/CuppaGeek

Today’s blog post was for #12. Woohoo! I had to resist an urge to buy more of today’s tea. I really really liked it.

TeaNTees

Good job; nice show of restraint! The epic sip down saga continues… #killingit

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77
drank Strawberry Tea by Alokozay
1759 tasting notes

MMmmm strawberry!
Not as distinct as the orange version. A little more generic than that. Still, it was pleasant and a perfect balance of tea vs flavour. I swear, the day I bump into this brand at a store… well let’s just say my cupboard will be in trouble. and my wallet.

Kirkoneill1988

is this a russian tea?

Plunkybug

I have seen it at my local Bulk Barn.

Indigobloom

Kirkoneill – I’m not sure. Could be!
Plunkybug – Oh bulk barn, the most wonderful evil place haha

Kirkoneill1988

bulk barn sells tea?! :O

Plunkybug

Yes, they even sell loose tea!

Kirkoneill1988

wow… Canadian bulk barns right?

Indigobloom

Kirk, yup Canadian Bulk Barns. It isn’t the best quality though. They keep it in clear containers and it tends to be a bit crunchy. Still worth a look!

Kirkoneill1988

awesome. ill ask grandma if we can go on wensday

Indigobloom

Enjoy!! Let me know how it goes :)

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drank Cardamom Tea by Alokozay
1759 tasting notes

Oh man this is good!! Another one from the travelling tea box.
At first I was skeptical. Surely this one would be too much for me. But it is super pleasant!
Other reviews are so right. With a splash of milk, it’s just perfect. Spicy, refreshing, and brisk. Quite astringent mind you. My mouth is super dried out feeling.
Still, if I see this in a store, I’m gettin it!!!

OMGsrsly

I really enjoyed this one too. :) In fact, I think I might still have a packet. I’ll have to dig through my box… Set it out for tomorrow!

Indigobloom

I think there is one more in the box… very tempting haha

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78
drank Orange Tea by Alokozay
1759 tasting notes

Another one from the box!
Black tea. Orange flavouring. A bit fake but tasty nonetheless. Kindof like a lollipop. More like orange creamsicle when cooled off.
I dig it.
Extra points because most fruit black teas lose their mojo for me when they cool down. Not this one! noms

Kirkoneill1988

scoot over! i shall try this one too :D (someday hopefully)

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drank Cardamom Tea by Alokozay
2291 tasting notes

Delicious! With a side of toasted cardamon and garlic (YEs!) bread smothered in honey. :)

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 1 min, 45 sec
Fjellrev

Garlic bread with honey, eh? Interesting!

OMGsrsly

It’s supposed to have fenugreek in it too. It’s really good!

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drank Cardamom Tea by Alokozay
2291 tasting notes

From MissB! Thank you! (also a sipdown, whee!)

This tea is so good, IDEK. With milk, it’s just amazing. Strong base, WOW cardamom, dash of milk to even anything out (not that it really needs it, I don’t think), and yum.

… and I’m sitting here thinking I should have sent my last bag to Dexter. Sorry! But if you see this in a grocery store, get it. It’s actually really nice!

Sil

is this one from the other box?

OMGsrsly

The TTB from before she left. :D You can get it in various international/eastern european shops. I know I’ve seen it before, I’ve just never bought any.

Plunkybug

I think I might still have some…I can check and send to her if you want, or send to you with the other stuff, and you can send out when you have more.

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drank Cardamom Tea by Alokozay
2291 tasting notes

A sample from MissB! Thank you. :)

This is really really good. It’s exactly what it says it is – a cardamom black tea. Nice and strong, very spicy, amazing with a splash of milk.

I really like it, and if I was in the market for a cardamom tea I’d totally hunt this down and buy some. As it is, I have Too Many Teas. ;)

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 2 min, 0 sec 8 OZ / 236 ML
TeaBrat

join the club :D

yyz

When/if you decide to look for it. It can be found lately at bulk barn, Metro ( or whatever subsidiary is around you), among others. It hasn’t been to hard to find lately. The strawberry one is pretty good too!

OMGsrsly

High fives, TeaBrat! It’s an interesting club to be sure.

yyz, I was just going to say we don’t have a bulk barn here, but apparently we do! Just in a pain-in-the-butt location to bus to. :)

Kittenna

Would mixing green cardamom pods (or ground cardamom) with black tea have a similar result?

TeaBrat

@Kittena, I have used dessicated cardamom with good results, not sure about the pods. The powder is super fine and might just make a mess in your tea.

yyz

I just crack the green pods and added them to good result. It’s not quite the same flavour as this tea though.

OMGsrsly

I’ve done cardamom powder in coffee before so I’m sure it would work.

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77
drank Cardamom Tea by Alokozay
1500 tasting notes

Grabbed this at a Middle Eastern Market in the Mission while I was in San Francisco. I’d say this is really coffee-like with zero coffee in it – although that may be because my son’s grandparents put cardamom in their coffee grounds prior to brewing. (Try it, it’s delicious!) Rich, full, heavy and thick tea, and surprisingly tasty for bagged.

Flavors: Cardamom, Thick

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 3 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
TeaBrat

oh, I love cardamom. do you remember the name of the market or where it was? :)

MissB

I can’t seem to find the name of it. It was right on Mission, along the less, er, nice side of the street, just past the 24th & Mission BART station. So my horrible directions… it’s almost directly across the street from the soda shop on Mission. Oh wait, I think I found it on Yelp. Samiramis Imports, 2990 Mission Street (between 26th and 25th).

TeaBrat

groovy, thanks!

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75
drank Green Tea by Alokozay
4170 tasting notes

’Here’s Hoping’ traveling teabox Round #2 // Tea #17
Steep #1 // 35 min after boiling // 2 min
Ceylon green? I had to try this one. It looks like a dusty gunpowder green. The first sips are very marine & vegetal. Not as strong as a gunpowder. There is a nice sweetness to it. I like it! It’s a different green tea. Fellow teaboxers, give this one a chance!

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drank Strawberry Tea by Alokozay
437 tasting notes

This has a pretty nice strawberry flavour, tart, bright and fairly natural. Tastes convincingly like fresh strawberry. The flavouring is pretty strong over a light Ceylon base. The tea was more bop size rather than the dust you usually find in bags, faintly astringent and enough body to give the tea depth, but it`s flavouring is pretty lost to the flavouring. I taste just a bit of bitterness underneath. The tea has enough depth that it could take milk. Not bad for a tea I only bought so that I could meet the minimum for debit!

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Deliciously flavoured tea,..this tea really has some kick to it!

Preparation
4 min, 15 sec

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