Ronnefeldt Tea

Brewed a strong cup of this, as a bedtime treat. It is a wonderful reddish-copper. This tea can be taken plain, but seems to love sugar. That just makes its cookie taste pop!

I don’t like flavoured teas.
I like rooibos even less.
But something about the Berlin Christmas markets, and the snowy weather, and the fact that I love Ronnefeldt tea, and the fact that I haven’t been able to find it outside of Germany, and the fact that this-tea-was-on-sale, and the fact that it smelled oh so very nice, and the fact that since the label was in German I didn’t notice that it was a rooibos until I opened the bag at home today and made myself a cup – all this resulted in me buying a 100g bag of this tea.
And it’s lovely. It doesn’t taste like rooibos or honeybush, nor does it have the chemical taste, or the sickening sweetness, or the overpowering vanilla/hibiscus/other-cheap-additives smell and taste that flavoured teas and herbal infusions tend to have.
It tastes exactly as if you had just made a lovely batch of sugar cookies, and while they were still piping hot and made the house smell like all that is good in the world, you somehow managed to melt them into a tea. This tea is sweet, but not overly sweet, and it is begging to be coupled with a batch of homemade cookies, or a really good cake. A great way to cheer yourself up in this miserable weather.

Sipdown!
I will really really miss this tea. I bought it on whim in a Ronnefeldt tea shop in Frankfurt, and I am so glad that I did. A delightful afternoon companion.

As I’ve said before, I’m starting to think that Ronnefeldt can do no wrong. This is my favourite Nepal – a juicy, fruity tea, full of the smell and taste of dark plums and raisins. I have about two steepings left, and I find myself cherishing this tea, in hopes of making it last longer.
There are signs that another 72 hour ceasefire may be signed, and hopefully the talks during that time will be more fruitful.
Keep calm and drink tea.

Raisins and plums with astringent notes, a delicious afternoon tea. Hoping for a quiet weekend.

Delicious raisins and juicy plums in a cup, with a faint echo of astringency, and a silky smooth body. I’m starting to think that Ronnefeldt can do no wrong – I have yet to be disappointed in them.
They have beautiful labels for their tea, as well.

Silky tea with a medium body and some astringency. Tastes like raisins and stone fruit, and too light bodied for milk.

A good, juicy, fruity (stone fruit) tea with a light body (no milk people, you’ll kill it) that is a good mid-morning choice to drink and brighten up your workday. Recommended!

I can’t believe it took until now to talk about this tea. It’s well balanced and sweet, without taking over from the tea. One of my favourites, but sadly it’s just run out (boohoo)

I just love this tea, its beautiful red colour and wonderful taste, with this tea i really dont need any fezzy drink cos when served ice cold on a hot day, it will really make my day. Thanks Ronnefeldt Tea for sure production.

awe yeah… really don’t have time for tasting notes but since i can’t access steepster outside of my hotel room i had this so ya!

you know you were all desperate to see another tea log on this tea. By the way, i am totally snagging the extra bag they give me in the morning to foist onto random people. That’s right, I’m thiefing (yes i spelled it that way on purpose) tea!

This morning this was a whole lot of yellow flavoured water. I think i’m developing an immunity to this tea, or because i’ve managed to drink my other teas – it’s just not working for me in the morning. I might need to swtich over to twinnings. Thankfully i usually have time in the morning to also make some laoshan black. Just took me a week to get the timing down to have enough time lol

oh man…back to work. I needed something stronger than this to get me going after last nights festivities and the resulting amount of time it took me to get to sleep. Had a pot of this for breakfast and then went back to my room to make several cups of a stronger tea. I should just start bringing my other tea down to breakfast and asking them to make a post for me. :) See previous tasting notes. this is an adequate bagged green. it’ll do in a pinch

I guess i really should rate this tea. Overall, it’s not a bad little tea, but it’s not great. It’s about what i’d expect from a bagged tea. Another pot of this today. I need as much as i can get in terms of liquid so i’m happy to down a pot of this every morning after my bottle of water and in addition to the juice i also have. Late start to the day but it’s hard to get excited about getting up and going, when you just have work to look forward to on a saunday blech. At least i have a bit of my tea from home to keep me company in the room.

wheee! backlog from this morning and it was pretty darn tasty for a bagged tea today. Not sure if they put something in the water here or what today but it was a good morning. I have been finding however, that the tea that i brought with me, totally tastes different than when back home. I’m sure there’s some scientific reason like altitude or some such nonesense but i’m so tired i could hardly care. It’s green..it’s average…it’s here in china!

I feel like i should just log this 14 times for every day that i’m here in China :) I’ve switched to this as my morning tea and apparently i’ve been too buy to really get to drinking my tea in the evening which sucks a lot. Some mornings i get a quick cup while i’m getting ready to go down for breakfast but it’s not happening a lot.

In any case… from the china files for yesterday (or your today, since it’s tomorrow here..haha hello this is the future calling..) anyway..omg i’m a little crazy. Yesterday i got to go to a supermarket that’s in the basement of the high end mall across the street from the hotel. It was amaazing! Pretty much kind of like those giant target grocery stores in the US. and then outside of the supermarket was even more shops. We had a blast and now i have a list of parisienne teas to check oon prices and reviews before i buy them lol

This was my official green tea thi morning that I was given when I went out of my way to specify that they give me not English breakfast lol. I’m thinking tomorrow I go for broke and ask for a gaiwan and see what happens :) it’s not a terrible tea as far as bagged teas go but I am for sure glad I brought my own tea. Especially since at this rate I’m not even going to be able to buy tea here unless its sold at the airport :(

On the upside? Traditional evening meal tonight that was pretty damn spectacular, so there’s no shortage of me trying new food ;)

Nice for those earl grey lovers trying to avoid caffeine. Don’t expect it to be like your regular cup of earl grey black tea though…its nice in itself but not the same.

Very full flavoured for a fruit infusion.

The quality of the picture for this tea is not the best but I’ve found that this company offers the best teas! Seriously. I have never tasted a smoother, richer or more exotic tea than what is produced by this company. I first encountered this tea in my travels to Sophia, Bulgaria in a five star dining facility. To say the least, I had to find it. There is only one company in the US that sells this tea and they are my saviors! You have to buy by the case but my friends are loving me for sharing!

A classic peppermint tea – fresh and cooling despite being served hot :) Reinvigorating and perfect after a boring class!