Zhena's Gypsy Tea: Raspberry Earl

Steep time: 3-4

Ingredients : Ceylon & Indian Black tea, with Italian Bergamot, Freeze-Dried Raspberries & organic Raspberry flavor.

Aroma: Smells like earl grey with a raspberry twist. Raspberry smells smells a little fakey. After steep raspberry smell is more natural.

Packaging: Embossed recyclable air tight tin containing 22 sachets of certified 100% fair trade and organic tea.
 
Tea Leaf Quality: small tea flakes, didn't find any freeze dried raspberries, but I am blind as a bat, if you see any in the pictures let me know!

Taste:   Interesting. It tastes mostly like earl grey, but I can taste an odd raspberry flavor. I don't know that this mix was the best or most thought out. It was good, but not what I was expecting.

Aroma 710
Packaging 10/10
Value: 7/10

Taste 7/10
Tea Quality 7/10

Overall 8/10

 Zhena's Gypsy Tea: Raspberry Earl

SALONTEA: The Lover

Steep time: 5 minutes

Ingredients : Indian estate black tea, rooibos, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, cacao, chocolate bits, vanilla

Aroma: Smells like a spicy, exotic, chocolate, gourmet drink both before steep and after.

Packaging: Tea is packaged both loose and bagged, loose tea comes in a tin, bagged tea comes in triangle fiber sachets, in a large clear box.
 
Tea Leaf Quality: Quality tea, large pieces of all ingredients, impressive.

Taste:   Sooo good, tastes like a gourmet chocolate spicy drink. It's very smooth, it's very spicy, it's very good with milk and honey. I can taste the cinnamon, cardamom, chocolate and vanilla.

Aroma 10/10
Packaging 10/10
Value: 9/10

Taste 9/10
Tea Quality 10/10

Overall 10/10

SALONTEA: THE LOVER

Choice Organic Teas: Earl Grey

Steep time: 4-5 minutes

Ingredients : Organic black tea, organic orange peels, organic oil of bergamot, organic safflowers.

Aroma: Oh how I love Earl Grey, I love this tea's smell. I smell the strong citrus from both the orange peels and bergamot oil, which I love, and the tea. After steep, the citrus smell is mellow, but still there.

Packaging: Tea is packaged in a biodegradeable packet, and bag. Packet has fresh seal.  
Tea Leaf Quality: Very nice, I like that I can see the orange peels, and I can see the texture in the black tea.

Taste:   Because of the smell, I thought I was in the for the best Earl Grey I have ever tasted, I was wrong. At first taste, the tea is great, it's rich and smooth, but the aftertaste was a bit of a turn off. I let the tea steep for the full 5 minutes, but not longer, I think if I had another bag I would only steep for 3 or 4 to get rid of the bitterness.

Aroma 10/10
Packaging 10/10
Value: 10/10

Taste: 7/10
Tea Quality 10/10

Overall 9/10

Choice Organic Teas: Earl Grey

SALONTEA: The Writer (Indian Spiced Chai Tea)

Steep time: 3-5 minutes

Ingredients : Indian estate black tea, cinnamon, clove, cardamom

Aroma: Dry tea has a very exotic spicy smell, I can smell the cinnamon and clove, and the Indian tea is distinct.

Packaging: Tea for purchase is packaged in a beautiful tin, with the biodegradable fiber triangle shaped bag, Tracy has style for sure.
 
Tea Leaf Quality: For being in a bag, the tea is large and even has a beautiful bid inside, serious quality.

Taste:   Very good! I added milk and honey and was happily surprised how much this tea was warm and inviting. The Indian tea has a unique flavor, and when mixed with the cinnamon clove and cardamom, it has a rich, spicy and sweet flavor. I really like this tea.

Aroma 9/10
Packaging 10/10
Value: 9/10

Taste 9/10
Tea Quality 10/10

Overall 9/10


SALONTEA: The Writer

Special Teas: Masala Chai (No. 920)

Steep time: 5 minutes

Ingredients : Black tea, cinnamon, ginger, carob bits, flavoring, chicory root, pepper, nutmeg, cloves, cardamom

Aroma: Dry tea has an amazing spicy, exotic, but sweet scent. It's heaven. Heaven, heaven, HEAVEN. Ok, moving on... After steep, tea smells rich, warm and spicy, with hint of a sweet note. YUM.

Packaging: Tea is packaged in a dark, aluminum packet. Quality packaging.
 
Tea Leaf Quality: Woah, am I impressed, quality heavy tea, pieces of cinnamon, ginger, carob bits, and the rest of the ingredients are clearly visible. I want to live in this tea, or at least roll around in it, well maybe that might hurt a bit, but I want to be around it. There.

Taste:   A party in my mouth, you know the kind of party, free champagne, open bar, fantastic DJ, great lighting, your outfit gets complimented all night, you're photogenic,  all your friends got babysitters and slipped away from their boring spouses, or maybe the boring spouses are fun tonight...getting carried away... just a perfect party. Any who, I taste all of the flavors individually and at the same time, I can tell the ingredients are of super quality, it's spicy and sweet and warm, cozy, just yum. I added french vanilla creamer and honey and - for five minutes - didn't see beyond my mug.

Aroma 10/10
Packaging 10/10
Value: 10/10

Taste 10/10
Tea Quality 10/10

Overall 10/10

 Special Teas: Masala Chai (No. 920)

Stash: Vanilla nut creme decaf tea

From my fantastic Canadian friend Dani.

Steep time: 3-5 minutes

Ingredients : Naturally Decaffeinated Black Teas; Natural Flavor of Vanilla Nut; Sarsaparilla; Natural Flavor of Vanilla

Aroma: Dry tea smells like spicy peanuts, after steep - tea smells amazing,I was enveloped by a rich nutty cinnamon-y smell.

Packaging: Tea is packaged in an aluminum foiled packet.

Tea Leaf Quality: Rich tea flakes.

Taste:   Fantastic! I added milk and honey like the packet suggested and was blown away. It was smooth and rich, spicy and nutty, sweet and rich. The perfect mix of all. I love this tea, and it's another that I have not found available in local shops *pity party*.

Aroma 9/10
Packaging 9/10
Value: 10/10

Taste 10/10
Tea Quality 8/10

Overall 9/10

Stash: Vanilla nut creme decaf tea

Eden: Organic Sencha Rose

Steep time: 3-5 minutes

Ingredients : Organic Sencha Green Tea Leaves (Camillia sinensis), Organic Rosehips, Organic Rose Petals

Aroma: Dry tea smells like roses and green tea, same for after steep. Who would have thunk it..

Packaging: Packaged in an awesome green and hot pink box, with swallows tattoo style on it. Hot.

Tea Leaf Quality: Colorful tea and large rose pieces.

Taste:   It was good! It had a fresh green tea taste, and a strong rose flavor. Very tasty for a green tea, which to be honest usually bore me. It was romantic, it was calming, it was nice.

Aroma 7/10
Packaging 8/10
Value: 9/10

Taste 8/10
Tea Quality 9/10

Overall 8/10

Eden: Organic Sencha Rose