The Republic of Tea

Disappointing. The mint flavour isn’t as strong as I generally like.

My friends call this the TEA OF SOBERING. Yes that did require caps, thank you very much. This tea goes from light and delicate to punch in the face strong in the blink of an eye when brewing. It has a delightful flavour either way and is one of my favorite Republic of Tea selections.

I am not impressed by this tea. It tastes like flavored water. I borrowed some of it from a friend and don’t know how old it is.

The first tea that ever piqued my interest in green tea. It’s been a while, but this is an old favorite. A little caffeine plus refreshing mint. Nice.

Iced this and sipped it all day long. The peppermint is a really nice flavor when cold or hot.

This tea has a nice strong acai flavor without being overpowering.

Trying to wind down from the day. I’d forgotten how nice chamomile can be. This one is very soothing and a bit medicinal in taste. But I do like that sort of thing. I’ll be using this “Surrender to Sleep Herb Tea” instead of Sleepytime from now on.

Long, boring day. Perfect time for Earl Greyer! And since this is the last of my sample tin I’m pulling off the labels and using it as a travel tin.

This is the stereotype of how I always thought tea should taste. I love it. Good for an afternoon pick me up on hour 7 at work.

As noted in the picture, this tea has a very light yellow liqueur. Suiting, because this tea is very light overall, as is typical with White tea. I am not a huge fan of light teas, but this white tea is quite suiting for the headache I have and the rain outside: very subtlety sweet and refreshing.

It has a light and smooth body. The fruity flavor in this tea lingers. There is negligible but noticeable briskness. The aroma off the nose from both the tea bags and brew is very light.

Rating: 80%
Preparation: water just below boiling, steeped for 60 sec.

chilled with soymilk, sweetened with sucanat. VERY good with the sucanat!

with soy

cold, with soy

again, with soy, with dinner

a nice breakfast drink on the drive into work (with soymilk)

I made a pitcher of strong, sweet chai, to mix on demand with soymilk. Delicious!

I have a canister of this that I’m working my way through. It’s a nice chai alternative.