Teekanne

Another treat from Martin! This one came in a standard tea bag.

Mmm, this is a nice herbal, hot or cold! I taste a lot of orange and orange zest. It’s naturally a little sweet, and there’s some sour in there too. I left the bag in while it was hot, enjoyed it, forgot about it for a while, then added a little ice. At the end of the sip, there’s a good repeat of orange, orange zest, sweet, and sour. Thanks, Martin!

Last tea from my Teekanne fruit variety box.
Distinct elderflower aroma with a bit of orange.
Very rich, complex taste, with apple in the front, elderflower more in the back and citrus peels complimenting the mix, with no sourness and only a bit of sweetness. Really decent fruit blend.

Really yummy aroma of orange juice, a bit of essential oils from the peels and rich orange jam background. Everything seems fairly natural.
And the taste is also great. It has some very strong orange juice and orange jam qualities, distinctly sour, slightly tart, almost not sweet.
I like it. A lot. Nice to see something like that from a big company.

Forest fruit jelly/forest fruit juice aroma, fairly natural and pleasant.
And really nice taste, a bit sour and tart, with only a trace of sweetness.

Fruit pie aroma. Strong, warming, sweet, natural, tempting.
Slightly sour and tart in taste, fortunately only barely sweet, fruity and natural. I like this one. It’s balanced and rich for a cheap bagged tea brand.

Very strong forest fruit kissel aroma, more artificial than natural.
Slightly sour, slightly sweet, slightly tart.
I can’t say I like it. Too much flavourings.

Strong aroma, at the same time fruity and leafy, complex and fairly natural.
Sourish taste with no sweetness, more citrusy than raspberry (the namesake fruit seems to linger in the background).
Really nice as far for a big company cheap fruit tea.

I continue to stand by my conviction that chamomile is always going to taste like chamomile, so why buy designer jeans to dig in the garden? (My personal preference is bulk loose leaf to mix and match.)

But a bag of Teekanne’s chamomile (I have no idea from where or whence it came) came in handy last night when I was in a dog-tired stupor from a week’s worth of fireworks-induced sleep-terruptions. I paired it with a bag of my beloved Tazo Glazed Lemon Loaf and could feel my neck muscles un-knot as I sipped.

I don’t often feel like drinking rooibos, but suddenly I did and, surprisingly, I wanted a cheap flavoured kind, so here we are. ;)
Very strong vanilla, pastry, honey, fruit pie, warm pie crumble aroma with a bit of bonfire smoke. Not bad at all.
But the taste sensation is not that good. The brew seems very watery, with honey and wet cardboard oxidized flavours in the front and the rooibos character in the back, with vanilla throughout. Passable, but next time I’ll probably use the double amount.

Sweetish pear and fig aroma. i was afraid that it is dominated by hibiscus but fortunately no. In small part artificial, in larger fairly natural.
Sweet stevia taste, a lot of figs and pears.
Decent overall impression.

Deep red color, typical for hibiscus, not typical for orange and ginger…
And the aroma is also dominated by hibiscus, with orange in the background.
Slightly sour hibiscus taste with solid orange character, a it of ginger spiciness and strong stevia sweetness.
Not quite bad, but too much hibiscus where it wasn’t supposed to be.

I dont think anyone drinks this for the flavor. If your stomach is upset… its good but otherwise.. meh

It is twins with the Mesmer version. It was nice sometimes but sometimes it reminded me of a cleaner scent. IDK, hard to explain but most times I did like it.

Well… it tastes like the Mesmer one. Its… medicinal like Rosemary, Eucalyptus. Im sure its healthy for you, but not the best tasting. Eh

I didnt buy this one but I did drink it up since it seemed no one really liked it. It tastes like a spicy bready apple dessert but not in a good way. I tend to rarely like holiday, spice teas…and this was no exception.

The smell! It smells like it should he in candle form. It has a sharp gingery taste and a nice fruity mango flavor as well. The ginger might be stronger but overall its nice. If you like ginger and fruity flsvors this might be one to try

Eh… its an ok apple tea. I am forever looking for that amazing apple tea from Turkey but this does not compare. Rather have an apple or apple juice.

Last tea in February 2021, so STATS time!. But first this tea. Another tea from postcrossing.

This tea have wonderful wrapper showing Rialto Bridge in Venice, wonderful glass of cherry-drink.

But this tea is awful.
Really. I think I get the cough syrup notes of you guys. It’s artificial cherry + medicinal background of aroma. Sweet on aroma as well!

And then there is a taste. So sweet. So much stevia in. Why Teekanne, why? Fake, artificial cherry. Hibiscus, written as first => means it should be most prominent ingredient. Maybe it is… but doesn’t deliver any tartness and that lacks here.

Finished half an cup. I don’t like being that negative about teas. But this one gets points only and only for wrapper design.

Let’s hope the stats will make you more happy.
STATISTICS for February 2021:
Tea types drank:
Black 32
Green 17
Herbal 14
Rooibos 9
Puerh 6
Oolong 6
Fruit 4
White 3

Of those were loose leaf:
Y 68
N 23

On Steepster I wrote tasting note:
Y 50
N 41

Number of sipdowns: 30, in total 61.

Teas drank in total: 91; from those average rating 75.21 while not counting teas I haven’t rated.

3rd week of semester starts tomorrow of 10 weeks in total. Not a bright outlook.

Pomegranate juice is pricey, this is a nice alternative. Its nice , especially cold . Gotta get those anti-oxidants

This tea smells awful, tastes awful, and has that fake sweetness about it. Not a fan..

Bitter hibiscus and Rosehip. Very typical. Good for vitamins, I guess? Meh. Skip it!