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what can I say? this tastes like popcorn. it’s very odd. definitely a thing you have to be in the mood for.

Dry, this smells like pure marzipan-y goodness and conjures up memories of decorating a gingerbread sleigh with marzipan when I was a kid. Since my mom built the entire sleigh while I watched, it seemed only fair that I would roll the marzipan. Mmmmmmm. My brother thought it smelled like cherries. I get that a little. I told him he was crazy though, because he’s my brother and that’s my job.
I think I may have understeeped this a little. It was a bit weak. However! With milk and sugar it became almost impossibly decadent (milk in an herbal? gasp! but it just completes the thing so nicely). Delicious, pretty, fragrant…this is a keeper.

does it taste like oatmeal raisin cookies? not really, at least not on my first try, though of course i’ll make more. but it is nice and sweet and yummy. paradoxically, when i first finished steeping it i thought it was oversteeped, but as it cooled it tasted understeeped…hmm

I’m upping the rating because this blends perfectly to make a matcha hot chocolate latte. Admit it. You’re jealous.

So, I steeped this in a frothy water-and-milk mixture today, and it was way better than steeped in regular water. Sweet and creamy, like a breakfast tea, with butter and maple notes. I haven’t had good luck with 52teas so far but this one is pretty good

This tea reminds me vaguely of pumpkin chai, in that the cinnamon flavor is really gross, like it rotted, almost. I’ve made this several times, and even with sweetener I can’t choke down a full cup.

This DOES taste like flowers, and not in a good way. I love lychees. I have lychee juice in my fridge (which I mixed with the tea to try and make it taste better). I was hoping this would be really, really good, and it just wasn’t.

I like the warmth the peppercorns add, but this is a pretty bland chai. Nothing special going on. Not nearly spicy enough.

I love maple, and this tea really packs a flavorful punch. I worry about the maple candies in it, though. I don’t see how it can possibly be 0-calorie.

With milk and sweetener (yes, I do put sweetener in everything) this reminds of drinking maple milk as a kid, at the maple sap tapping place near my house.
My rating would be higher, but after drinking it a while, this tea tends to make me nauseous. I don’t know why. Maybe the rooibos? I like rooibos though.