Toasted Nut Brulee Oolong

I am new at tea – but I tried this tonight and it was light but very flavorful – to me the spices did not overwhelm the “teaness” of it. Flavorful but not overly spicy. Could taste the cinnamon and fruity notes, and a light nuttiness. Very nice in the evening after dinner.

I have been hesitate to try this one at all… I don’t like Oolongs. I have tried a few too, but most of the time I don’t like them. I think I had one oolong that I actually drank and that was a peach one from Teaopia. I didn’t even realize it was an oolong at that time.
Anyway, I got this one from a friend for Christmas and I’ve been putting off trying it ‘cause of it being an oolong. (Sorry friend!) I’m now wishing I had tried it sooner!
It was definitely a surprise to me. I agree with other reviews on here. The toasted and nutty part of the tea doesn’t come through at all. I notice the cinnamon for sure. And I notice the fruit. This tea should almost be called apple cinnamon fruit tea, or something like that.
It does taste about how it smells too. It smells more fruity and cinnamon-y then nutty or toasted. And too, the nutmeg is definitely another flavour that comes through too.
I do like this tea a lot. I’m going to really enjoy it!

This was my mom’s tea but apparently she didn’t like it as much as she thought she would and passed it to me. I like oolongs, typically greener ones, but I’m up to trying it and there’s only about an ounce left. Holy cow there are a lot of flavorings in this tea! Granted I like a lot of the flavorings in this tea, but there are just way too many here and I certainly cannot taste them all. I mostly get the spices: cinnamon, cardamom, I think I’m getting a hit of the ginger and I’m getting almond too. It says there are fruit pieces and flavorings in here, I’m not tasting or smelling most if any of them. It smells like cinnamon oatmeal raisin cookies, it sure doesn’t taste like it though! I’m on my third steeping hoping that the spices would have calmed down by now, nope, maybe a little, but not really. I feel like I need some peppermint to calm my stomach down now. This tea isn’t totally bad, not one I’d buy, but if it’s there I’ll drink a cup. Definitely too much going on with this one to make it any good.

I purchased this for myself prior to trying the Orange Chocolate Sweet Spice my mother got for me. I thought I would like this one better, that it would be more to my tastes. Apparently she knows me better than I do. I guess that’s a mom thing. Anyway, this is pretty good. Nothing that makes it stand out except it can be resteeped while the Orange Chocolate Sweet Spice can’t. It is what i consider to be a quintessential tea color. It has very caramel-ly notes for me and some spice and a lot of nut. I don’t really get the fruit notes but I can see the little candied pieces so I know they’re in there. Hello, little fruities! I wish you were a touch more prominent! Wouldn’t go out of my way to stock this again. There are so many others out there to try.

I thought this my be a replacement for my much missed Creamy Nut Oolong from Teaopia. Nope, this isn’t it. This is very similar to Davids Forever Nuts. Annoys me that companies mislead you by the name. This doesn’t really taste like nuts, it doesn’t really taste like Oolong, and I’m not really sure what brulee is suppose to taste like, but I’m sure fruit and cinnamon isn’t it.
All in all this isn’t that bad to drink, it’s just not what I was expecting.

This is my first oolong. I really like this one. If it stays in the lineup, I’ll get it again. It smells great, but the taste is better. I drink it with some honey in it. It’s smooth and filling.

Recently purchased this along with a bunch of other tea from Teavana, and it has to be my favorite. Great hot by itself or with a touch of honey.

Second tea tasting for today…. Loved the smell of this tea at the store. So nuttyandsweet. The taste fails a bit to wow me. It’s just okay. I realize now something I don’t like about teavanas teas…. The pieces are so big that you end up buying 50 grams of filler which does not give you much tea. In the end you add a teaspoon which is just not enough. You really need 2 or 3 teaspoons just to make a decent tea otherwise it’s weak and bland. On the other hand if you add a couple of tsp you realize that 50 grams doesn’t really give you many cups. 5 if you are lucky.

Okay so rant over back to the tea…. It’s okay, weaker than I want. It tastes bit like a cinnamon bun. I am getting a light cinnamon a hint of nuts. Again I have to compare it to DTs tea. This one makes me think of Forever Nuts. The latter is much, much better.

There isn’t much else to say that my last log has already explained about this tea.

It can be initially delicious, but eventually the rooibos wants to take over and my enjoyment diminishes with each sip.

That’s not to say I don’t like this tea, it just really needs something to control the rooibos.

I, like many others who have commented here, have found this tea to be rather disappointing. It is not toasty, nutty, or like a brulee. I bought it because I loved the way it smelled in the store. However, it doesn’t taste like it smells. Having had it for a while now, the dry leaf does not smell quite the same as it did when I first bought it—in fact, it smells more like it does when steeped. I can taste some of the spices (mostly cardamom), and I can taste a teensy bit of the candied fruits, but I can’t detect very much of the oolong flavors I know and love. This was an all-around bummer, and I won’t be buying more of this one.