Stash Tea

My go-to tea. Try this as a loose-leaf tea. It makes such a huge difference. Some relatives bought me the bagged version and it was just a hint of what the real stuff was.

Eh. Was going to say that it’s just not a favourite, and then realized that I’d had a box of it for going on three years without touching it — even when a “stand-in” tea was required.

I seem to be developing quite a penchant for white tea. Its flavors are subtle and delicate, but can be exquisite, now that I’ve begun to distinguish them. Many white teas have a good resteep in them, IF the first pass is appropriately short (a long 1st steep will get bitter, anyway). For this first steep, I moistened the bag and its contents with a splash of cool water and let it sit a minute before pouring in the hot. This seems to protect delicate teas from getting bitter and astringent. (I credit the Guarani people of Uruguay for this idea, which they traditionally use for their yerba mate.)
Stash Fusion Honey and Ginseng is a brilliant white tea blend with a complex aroma and ample sweetness, just as-is. The light amber liquid is nutritious and delicious — it must be said. The honeybush flavor is akin to rooibos but less tart. For once, the ginseng comes along without creating a fuss. As a bonus, this plucky little bag took a 7 min resteep and produced a righteous 2nd cup!

I liked but its taste isn’t good as the Stash Organic Chai tea.
I found the latest better.

So delicious and bergamot-y, you can’t stop at one cup.

A confusing tea. Containing a blend of several black teas and several green teas (including matcha), I’ve never managed to brew a successful cup. If you heat the water enough to do justice to the black teas, the green teas turn bitter and taste scorched. If you keep the water cool enough for properly handling the green teas, you get weak black tea flavor. And then there’s the question of whether or not to add milk to the tea (which would soften the black tea but destroy the green tea). Why am I drinking this? Because it’s all I have with me here at the moment lol.

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When I bought this (again) I was thinking it was a completely different kind but…regardless it’s a nice change. If you are looking for something more than just plain chamomile give this a whirl.

Lovely aroma when steeping. A bit of tart taste when drinking but not overwhelming. Light taste of mango. Nice summery infusion.

I expected and desired a double spiciness, and I always add milk and sugar, so this worked well for me. The bag showed double the amount of spice oil stain as the regular strength Stash black chai, and this is also okay by me. If a blend were to contain enough crushed or ground spices to attain that amount of flavor, then the bag would have to weigh about twice what it does, in order to continue to include enough actual tea for a good cup. As long as quality oils and extracts are used, the flavor can be quite good and the price kept within reach by po’ folk like me. I’d recommend this tea for anyone who wants the convenience of a bag and likes to add lots of milk, because the spiciness really shines through. The only thing I would change would be to add black pepper.

Yes, this cup was very tart drinking. There is an amount of good green tea flavor sufficient to carry the zinginess along. If it were bitter or astringent, then I’d not like it. But tartness is okay with me, especially in pomegranate or berry flavors. I didn’t even sweeten it — surprising myself, actually.

Getting over some kind of horrible stomach bug, so I didn’t want to be as harsh on myself as I normally am with black tea. This is a nice mix—the white tea mellows out the rice-y taste of the green. I don’t drink this often, but I like it when I do!

This smelled like a Peach Champagne today…lovely. Probably my last cup of the workday. YAY!

I’ll never stop LOVING the smell of this! It’s pretty darned good to sip, too!

Great hot and cold. Nom, Nom, Nom

I’m still amazed at how much this smells like natural juicy peaches! Awesome! Great Cuppa!

Prior to steeping this smells like a Peach Wine almost. Lovely Scent, really. During/After Steep more Peach scent candy. The coloring is a light to medium brown. It’s lighter than I thought it would be but that is ok because I think it works well. I like this blend. Thirst Quenching, even. Thumbs Up!

simple classic tea ~ peer at wet leaves? waste of time! ~ i know what i like

Peach is more in the aroma than taste. Lovely fragrance. Liquor is a pale, hazy green — rather strange-looking but quite tasty. Matcha adds rich green flavor. Ginger is at once soothing and stimulating, without bitterness, which suits me well.

2nd experience with this tea, 180F steep 3 min, added a little light agave nectar. There’s just enough astringency for a pungent wake-up note, and the ginger soothed my case of “6am Monday tummy.” The matcha is likely what makes the liquor a bit hazy, and it settles out, so give the cup a swirl near the end.

180F water, 3 min. Very pale green liquor. All I can taste is moderate ginger. The slight astringency tells me that tea is there, but I don’t know how matcha tastes or what variety of green was used. I don’t yet know what to make of this tea.

This is a very simple chai, heavy on the cinnamon. It can be a little bitter without milk and sugar, and I would really like a chai with more cardamom. Nevertheless, it is one of the better chais I have tasted.

One heaping tsp tea, 10 oz boiling water, 6 min, soy milk and agave nectar. Smooth with little astringency. Truly aromatic. Scents of ginger, peach and black tea waft from the dry stuff and all carry right on into both the smells and tastes of the light amber liquor. Well balanced flavors, plenty of ginger, too, which makes this a favorite.