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Monday
Jul122010

Teatulia Tulsi Infusion Tea - Power Plant Protectant

Teatulia Tulsi TeaMike: Teatulia tea is sending us love all the way from Bangladesh. We recommend you stop by their site and check out what's good with this pretty unique tea brand. We don't do shameless plugs when we do tea reviews but you got to drop a name here and there and give respect. Anyway so what's the deal with Teatulia Tulsi Infusion. Or better yet, what is Tulsi? Well tulsi tea is an Ayervedic flower infusion commonly found in Hindu teachings.

The ancients used the Ayervedic tulsi to treat just about anything from stomach problems to blood pressure but who would have known that tulsi even helps against radiation poisoning because of some of its transcontinental anti-oxidantal properties. If you live in Springfield, USA and you've been exposed to Mr. Burns' power plant a few too many times then you already know what it is. The taste is of a pretty standard black tea with mild mesquitability and a little bit of that tusli flavor sprinkled in. It's not remarkable but definitely a solid steep and the tulsi just keeps the jig going.

Rating: A-

Dax: Teatulia Tulsi Infusion Tea brings a myriad of flavor sensations to my palate. At first I sensed a very buff black tea base and a hint of violet. There’s a lot of quality in here, folks, and this is how fruit infusion tea should taste like. The fruitiness doesn’t reach crazy levels like the Tang-tasting Celestial Seasonings, and you’re morning fruit medley consisting of melon, pineapple, and jicama will be immensely enhanced. Oversteeping didn’t cause any type of bitterness that was unpleasant, so this Teatulia is up for the challenge. I’d pick this guy up for daily drinking, and make it snappy.

Rating: A

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Tuesday
Apr202010

Lipton Superfruit Mangosteen and Peach Green Tea - Super OK

Lipton Superfruit Mangosteen TeaMike: Here's something you don't hear everyday, "Mmmm, this is a really good fruit salad but it needs a little mangosteen." I was at the grocery store when I passed by Lipton Green Tea Superfruit with Mangosteen and Peach and I instantly knew that I was hook, line, and sinker for this. Who could resist a fruit that sounds like a mango with a yarmulke on top? The answer is no one because Lipton Green Tea Superfruit is a dynamo of mangosteen flavor. The green tea base is a little weak but it is made up for by this mysterious fruit which you can wikipedia like I did. Nothing really of note, just delicious and an ideal daily drinker.

Rating: A-

Dax: Lipton is a tea brand that many people flock to, and others steer clear of. Gifted brought us some Lipton Superfruit tea with hopes that the rep of regularability could be fixed. I have to say that this mangosteen and peach tea was pretty good. It is crisp and light like white tea, yet has a subtle fruit flavor that tiptoes around on your tongue. It isn't as potent or identifiable as it could be, but what the fudge is a white mangosteen anyways. This is almost a daily drinker, but isn't to me. Next time Lipton.

Rating: B

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Monday
Apr052010

Twining's Four Red Fruits Tea - Berry Good, Berry Good

Twinings Four Red Fruits TeaDax: Too bad it isn't easy to find Twining's Four Red Fruits around here, for it is the epitome of daily drinker. Going head to head against the likes of Hyson Cherry Lift, this Twinings flavored black tea lays the smackdown with little or no disregard to life. The black tea is light, crisp, and ultra-smooth, giving way to a bevy of berry bliss that sits quite nicely in the aftertaste. There is a perfect harmony between fruit and black tea, something rarely accomplished in this field. Resorts in the Dominican know how to keep their tea game correct.

Rating: A+

Mike: Twinings Four Red Fruits Tea is yet another unique Twinings tea I have not seen arund my native Chicago but had the fortune of Dax brining it into the teasan workshop. I had my assistant, Wilbur, unwrap it and my apprentice, Simone, place it gently into my cup and steep for the appropriate amount of time. Good job Wilbur and Simone, your annual reviews are coming up and I'm noticing steepological improvements.
Anyway, this is hands down one of the best fruit teas I've ever tried. Though it's got raspberries, strawberries, cherries, and cranberries, the two most prominent flavors are definitely cranberry and cherry, dependng on which part of the tongue the tea touches and how far you are along on in the taste test. The cranberry stands out more at first but the cherry moreso later. Overall, the flavors complement the solid black tea foundation nicely.

Rating: A

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Monday
Mar222010

Tadin Mango Green Tea - Iced Tea or Not At All

Tadin Mango Green TeaDax: Tadin Mango Green tea was a shock to my eyes when I first saw it.  With a very different package design in comparison to the other Tadin teas, the Green tea with Mango was a "unique" addition to the TeaAmigos lineup.  As the Gifted Teasan Mike explained in a past tea review, Tadin teas are definitely hit or miss, and this guy was no different.  First off, there seems to be more sugar in this brew than a McDonald's Sweet Tea (we won't dare review that mess, don't hold your breath).  Either they spilled some pure azúcar in the mix, or this was just destined to be an iced tea.  For those that play around with sweeteners in their tea, Tadin Green Tea with Mango will be gladly accepted like Visa or Mastercard.  It didn't particularly float my boat. 

Rating: C

Mike: A "wiseman" once said, "Fool me once...shame on...shame on you.  Fool me you can't get fooled again."  This wiseman was President George W. Bush.  The same president that would drink Tadin Mango Green Tea. I never really expected much from Tadin tea.  They've shown their true colors before so why do we keep buying them to try new terrible teas.  I'll tell you why.  Because we're freakin' teasans, and no tea review is below us.  If it steeps in hot water, we'll review it.

This mango tea by Tadin is definitely a nominee for our non-existent worst tea page.  If we had one this would win the grand prize.  Artificial sweetner, fake mango taste, low quality tea bag, all sorts of other hostiles abound.  Don't you dare even try this sweet mess.

Rating: F-

 
 
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Thursday
Feb252010

Naivetea Lychee Oolong Tea - Heaven in a Teacup

Dax: Naivetea lychee oolong is one helluva tea. Wifey fully supports Naivetea, and this lychee oolong tops her charts. For me, it was a blockbuster smash, kind of like when Avatar came out, it changed everything. Naivetea yuzu oolong tea is still my favorite of their offerings, but man this is fire. The oolong tea fresh out of the package smells like a lychee factory, and the taste is smooth, pure, and worth the imminent triple steep. I had to try this guy cold and it was better and more authentic than any Snapple I've ever had. Naivetea is the real best stuff on this planet...besides Nintendo, but you know what I'm getting at.

Rating: A+

Mike: Teasans's Log: steeped Naivetea Lychee Oolong, suspicious scent fills the air upon opening package. Fruit galore. Smells fresh. Oolong tea scent also prevalent.
Poured an unmeasured quantity of Naivetea Lychee Oolong into tea press. Added about 709 CCs of hot water, about 170 degrees Fahrenheit. Steeped for about 10 minutes. Unleashed the flavor.
Tastes like fresh pear right off a tree. Looked up lychee, appears to be a type of Asian Berry, the only member of its genus. Who would have known? Oolong tea flavor is potent. Contender for best tea easily. Happy I tried it. Fresh.

Rating: A

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Monday
Feb082010

Naivetea Passionfruit Oolong - A Monster In the Game

 Naivetea Passionfruit Oolong TeaDax: The Gifted Teasan passed me an unidentified cup of oolong tea today and uttered the words, "steep on, playa." Now I had a feeling this was some Naivetea brand steep, and at first sniff I smelled the passion.. Synopsis: Naivetea Passionfruit Oolong tea. Naivetea I have the highest expectations of your tea, higher than none other, and of course I was not let down. This Godzilla brew is a monster in the game with the silkiest oolong tea base and a fruit finish that will have you saying, "that tastes like some more!" Steep it again and wach the flavor re-up without a hint of resteepage. Another banger, reviewed with passion.

Rating: A+

Mike: Like every other oolong tea from Naivetea, their passionfruit oolong is fire. There's no secret method of steeping but there are some tips and tricks for maximum results. Primarily, make sure the water is hot enough. Oolong doesn't diffuse well in temperate climates and requires Death Valley plus temperatures to infiltrate your steeparatus properly. The little sheet that comes with it says 208 degrees which is just under boiling temperature.
The first time I steeped this Naivetea oolong tea I waited some time post-boil to make tea moves and ended up using colder water. Still good but following directions to a tea (get it?) and using the hot hot hot water will enhance your experience. Overall, solid oolong tea base with rich passionfruit tones. Tastes exactly how you would expect, but you expect Naivetea to win in the first place. Damn, this is good.

Rating: A

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Wednesday
Feb032010

Naivetea Yuzu Oolong - Wow Is An Understatement

Naivetea Yuzu OolongMike: Naivetea Yuzu Oolong tea will be your final resting place. If I was in prison and had the option of receiving conjugal visits or being brought a fresh cup of properly brewed Naivetea Yuzu Oolong, I'd choose the latter. Same effect, tastes a lot better too.
Naivetea tea sent us a bunch of samples to review and we obliged but we did not expect to be blown away. We got a tea store being twerked on in the pipelines and we're going to carry this brand of oolong tea if notonly so we can sell some of that Yuzu goodness. So what does it actually taste like? It's a complex blend of really rich oolongability and what seems like a bizarre blend of every citrus fruit you have ever tried, from lemon, to tangerine, to clementine, to orange, to bergamot. You can't even taste all the flavors until you let this tea rest on your tongue long enough to unleash all the flavor. Notice somthing new with each taste.

Rating: A+

Dax: I have never been hit so hard over the head by a tea than I was with Naivetea Yuzu Oolong tea. Naivetea snapped and put the most unique citrus flavor on Earth into an oolong tea that can only be described as "life-changing". I simultaneously put three new teasans on the map with one steep, and don't even think about the double steep, this tea packs more flavor than James Brown in a UPS truck. Folks, this may be the best. tea. ever. Period. Hall of Famer. Exclamation point.

Rating: A+ (We're not worthy)

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Tuesday
Jan192010

Pickwick Wild Raspberry Rose Tea - Get The Funk Outta Here

Pickwick Raspberry Rose TeaDax: When I steeped this Pickwick Wild Raspberry Rose herbal tea, I thought to myself, what is this world coming to? The brew smells like Jolly Rancher fruit chews, which are definitely not found growing in the natural world. Upon reversing the package, I see that Mike's arch nemesis "artificial flavor" was in the mix. Loyal TeaAmigos fans, this sucks. Keep it real, Pickwick. Tart and sweet rasberries are good, so are delicate rosehips. I can definitely do without yellow 47 or green 1425. Another super tangy fruit tea that just isn't even tea in the first place.

Rating: D+

Mike: Pickwick Wild Raspberry Rose is wack as hell, period. The level of bogusability involved here knows no bounds. The cajones on Pickwick to even call this "tea" is an insult to an entire genre of beverage. What Pickwick calls Raspberry tea I call hot Hawaiian Punch with a few extra scoops of molasses to really get the sweetness to a level of subterranean tasteability. Why steep on the wackness when there are perfectly good alternatives even if you want to stay within the raspberry steepness or Pickwick teas?

Rating: F (undrinkable)

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Wednesday
Jan132010

Pickwick Sweet Orange Black Tea - He's a Fraud! 

Pickwick Sweet Orange TeaMike: Let me tell you what words I like to see on my teabags: natural, organic, pure, artisan-crafted, teasan-approved, artificially flav.......WHAT!!! Which one stands out? Shizam, the LAST thing I want written on my tea is that it's artificially flavored. This Pickwick Sweet Orange Black Tea gets an instant downgrade to the C level just for putting that. Look, you know what everyone needs less of in life, but especially in their black tea? Chemicals and synthetics includng artificial flavors. Pickwick tea messed up big time trying to do da damn damn da unnatural way. Steroids are illegal in baseball and artificial flavors are sure as hell illegal in my teaball. Let's take a sip just for good measure: just as predicted. Funky taste, Hi-C smell. Disqualification.

Rating: F (disqualified)

Dax:  HAHAH, Mike be trippin.  Another Pickwick tea coming your way by the name of Pickwick Sweet Orange tea.  Now, gas stations provide you with convenient munchies, and I believe that this flavored tea from Pickwick is the only fruit that you can get that isn't going to taste like burritos.  I'm talking cross contamination here, people.  Once again, the black tea base is just not giving me all the umph that I would prefer, but I think that the orange lovin' gets its point across.  Here is the classic "good but I'll never buy it on purpose" scenario.  Try at your own will, but don't expect an Oscar performance.

Rating: C

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Monday
Jan112010

Pickwick Purely Peach Tea - Its So-So For Real Though

Pickwick Peach TeaMike: Pickwick Purely Peach Black Tea is decent, just making it above the daily drinker threshhold (B or higher). This peach tea from Pickwick Tea is stellar on the peach but the tea aspect suffers. As I have noticed with other Pickwick teas, the flavor is strong with this young jedi, but the black tea itself is void of freshness and originality. Anger leads to the dark side.

Rating: B

Dax: Remember Attack of the Killer Tomatoes?  We'll this is the Brigade of Ferocious Peaches.  Pickwick Purely Peach tea gives you the Mayweather left hook to the nostrils with peach essence.  Pickwick tea is your local corner store brand that likes to dish surprises to the Amigos, and let's get down with their flavored black tea get-down.  As you know, Hyson is one of the heralded leaders of the flavored tea regime, and a brand like Pickwick has quite the number of hurdles to clear to attain such status with us.  I'm not feeling the black tea base as much as that from Hyson Tea, and also once you settle in, the peach flavored tea isn't quite as impressive neither.  Not a bad brew, I'd almost like to call it average.  Man, that smell really had me going, but don't judge a tea by the smell.  It's not Gladé, it Glade.

Rating: B-

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Friday
Nov272009

Revolution Sweet Ginger Peach Tea - Off the Wall Peachiness

Revolution Peach Ginger TeaMike: Revolution Tea is coming straight at you with another quality steep. This time is the Revolution Sweet Ginger Peach Tea. This fruit tea doesn't fizzle like most because there is no clear divide between the fruit and the tea. What I mean is that this tea from Revolution tastes like peach tea, not like peach flavored tea. Know what I mean? Hard to describe but let's just say the peach ginger goodness is an intrinsic part of this one. Somewhat sweet but with no added sugar, you should definitely add this one to your tea collection. Give it a steep and tell us what you think.

Rating: A-

Dax: Revolution ginger peach tea really didn't do much for me despite the quality brand name. It is understandable and I'm never going to hold that against Revolution tea. In this case, the ginger was artificial tasting and the peach was subtle, yet finely tuned. I don't know ladies and gents, this ginger tea with peach just did not have me geeked on it at all. Not bad, but not great.

Rating: B-

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Thursday
Nov192009

Tazo BerryBlossom White Tea - Potent Flower Power

Tazo BerryblossomMike: Tazo Berryblossom White tea is a rare find when you're on the teasan grind. Never seent a tea flavored with blueberry and white cranberry before. Just like everything else, there's a first time for everything in the tea game, even for veteran tea G's like Dax and I. We've been keeping the tea orchards on lock down since the dawn of time, but I digress.
Tazo tea does a good job crafting this fruit tea with a smell that can shock the senses senseless of even the most sensible teasan whos's head is otherwise on straight. Blueberry rhythms hit you nose harder than a pimp hits his hos. Careful not to oversteep because this white tea can have a bitter mean streak but if you steep it right, you'll get what you desire. A tinge of sweetness, a drop of twang, and you're steeping fly. Not as smooth as some other Tazo teas but more potent than any. Run with it.

Rating: B+

Dax: I was hyped on Tazo Berryblossom right when I steeped it. What started as a lightly colored brew evolved into a very potent and invigorating white tea. Flavored with white cranberry and blueberries, this Tazo white tea gave off an unusually strong palate push. There indeed was hints of this fruit that I've never seen before plus a herb kick that made me think of a Chinese green tea. An interesting Tazo tea to say the least, experience this if you're at Starbucks and don't feel like the usual Snickerdoodle Latte that you always get.

Rating: A

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Monday
Oct262009

Mount of Olives Sweet Apple Spice Tea - Batteries, Candy, Tea...

Dax: Did Mount of Olives Treasures tea come corect this tea review?  You bet your sweet apple they didn't.  Well I'll give them a few point for attempt at unique packaging, Big Lots style, and unnecessary pomegranate tea flair.  Mount of Olives tea is from Walgreens, and has that two for $1 regular feel.  It doesn't taste bad, but it could use more spice.  The pomegranate was nowhere to be found, and I guess I'm gonna have to call Ghostbusters to get some assistance.  Mount of Olives sweet aple spice tea is aight.

Rating: C+

Mike: Treasures Mount of Olives Apples Spice tea is an herbal assembled of the following readily available ingredients: apple, spice (?), cinnamon, pomegranate, and honey. Warm, this beverage ain't worth it's weight in bat droppings but if you let it cool, it makes for a refreshingly delicious beverage. I find this to be the case with many herbal teas. Let me discuss the Mount of Olives Brand for second.
Mount of Olives was purchased at Walgreens in a pack of four. Conceding to the modern trend of using pomegranate in everything, all four of these teas were pomegranate flavored teas. Now, the packaging has 2 brand names: Treasures and Mount of Olives which makes me ponder which is the actual proper name for this tea brand. Ok, that being said, good beveraged iced, pretty disgusting hot.

Rating: B-

 

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Wednesday
Oct212009

Hyson Pomegranate Tea - Averaging One Goal and One Assist

Dax: Not much can be said after drinking Hyson Pomegranate tea. It's the same black tea taste, engorged with that pure Ceylon flavor that brings the definition of smoothness to you via rss. Hyson ceylon teas get extra points for the consistency in every steep. All of their varieties of fruit tea and flavored black teas taste genetically similar, like they were all bred from the same tea leaf. The pomegranate tea aspect only arises in the forefront sips, then you already know what it is after that fact. Just steep it.

Rating: B+

Mike: Hyson teas, particularly this Pomegranate tea, is the embodiment of daily drinker. A quality tea with a pleasantly sweet pomegranate taste with a grip of freshness to boot will have you doing the steep n' smile to Dax's tea beats all day long. Nothing to write home about...just another inexpensive Hyson fruit tea that comes off the bench, scores some points, and sits back down.

Rating: B

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Thursday
Oct082009

Mighty Leaf White Orchard Tea - Immersed in Freshness

Mighty Leaf White Orchard TeaDax: Okay right from the get go i knew that this Mighty Leaf White Orchard was going to be magical.  I tore open the package all nonchalantly was blasted by the fragrant aroma of melon and something else that was sweet as apple pie.  Taken aback, I quickly put some hot water to this Mighty Leaf tea.  There is something about these Mighty Leaf sachets that brings the lovin out of these leaves, because once gain they got that flavor poppin once again!  This white tea blend is amazing, boasting bold fruity notes out the yin yang.  It is smooth, silky, and even gives an assist to easy steeping.  Mighty Leaf, you earned Tea of the Month by a longshot.

Rating: A+

Mike: Mighty Leaf White Orchard Tea is a white tea whose freshness is unrivaled, taste unbridled, and balance unstifled. The preceding sentence features parallel construction unparalleled. The most popular additive to white tea is melon, and this Mighty Leaf Tea is no different except that it also comes strong with the peach. The symbiosis of these three ingredients is a pursuasive argument for consumption. Lightly sweet and proudly aromatic, Mighty Leaf white tea brings it on home. Drinks up to your health, son.

Rating: A

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Wednesday
Oct072009

Hyson Black Currant Tea - Ingredients Under Investigation

Hyson Black Currant TeaDax: Finally Hyson tea reviews are back into our lives after stumbling onto one of their more low-key lines.  Hyson teas have a signature texture and smoothness that I love digging into, yet this particular brew had an ingredient that I wasn't very familiar with. How many of you actually know what black currant is?  Be honest; I know you don't have any in the fridge right now.  I had to look it up myself before I drank this black currant tea.  

Black currant is a type of Ribes berry that is from northern Europe and northern Asia.  It resembles a small, potent smelling shrub with berries dense in nutrients and whatnot.  To me they look like robust little grapes. Anyways, now they grow it in the UK and use it for many things, including flavoring beverages like beer, and in this case tea. Hyson Black Currant tea is a fruity blend of said fruit and black tea.  You get the Hyson black tea smoothness and a kick of this rare little nature candy bit.  Try this out, it's probably one of the better black currant teas, yet I haven't gotten to the rest yet.  Soon enough fans, soon enough.

Rating: B+

Mike: Hyson Blackcurrant tea is an aight fruit tea from Hyson Tea. We haven't done a Hyson tea review for a while so I'm almost tempted to feel sorry for it and award the black currant tea an instant A+, you know, to make up for the neglect. The same way a mother might beat her kid but then buy him ice cream. I'm not going to do that. This particular Hyson tea is pretty prototypical of almost all Hyson fruit teas and has a sweetness to it that can only be described as derelict. Actually, there are plenty of other ways to describe it but that seemed like a funny adjective to invoke. What I mean to say is that Hyson Black Currant tea is a little too sweet for my liking and the sweetness seems disassociated from the tea itself. Certainly not bad, slightly below daily drinker class for me.

Rating: B-

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Tuesday
Oct062009

Mighty Leaf Orange Dulce Tea - Pig Out On Dessert Tea

Mighty Leaf Tea ReviewMike: Mighty Leaf Orange Dulce tea is something else. When it comes to flavored tea, leave it to Mighty Leaf to crank out some freshness from their tea presses. Everything about this tea is superb...texture, taste, steepability, balance. You name it. It's got the perfect citrus strut with a base tea whose freshness beats that of any Prince of Bel Air. Straight up Best Tea. No questions...that is unless Dax loses his mind and gives this brew something unthinkable.

Rating: A+

Dax: The Fall season calls for great tasting teas, and Mighty Leaf don't play.  They hit us up with their Orange Dulce tea and my palate suited up for action.  This black tea bass drum has an orange silk reverb that is pleasing to say the least.  The black tea is smooth, and demands ultra-gulps.   I have to say that maximum steepability and drinkability were acheived here. The aftertaste alone is worth three scholarships to Harvard.  Trust an amigo and get your hands on Mighty Leaf Orange Dulce, this dessert tea is primetime.

Rating: A+

 

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Wednesday
Sep162009

Double Koi Organic Ginger Orange Oolong Tea - Throw It In the Bag

Double Koi TeaMike: First, let me just open by thanking Double Koi Tea for the samples they sent us. It took us a while to get around to doing Double Koi Tea Reviews but here we are. This Double Koi review is for their Organic Ginger Orange Peach Oolong tea. As you can see, this organic tea has a lot going on so lets break it down. I'd say the most identifiable flavor is the ginger which gives this Double Koi tea a slightly spicy entry. A soothing orange soon begins to mingle. Peach comes in at the end to finish off the taste sensation though rather subtely. Aight, so what's the problem. Ah yes, we're missing the oolong tea. Where's it at? Pretty much no where to be found. If I were the Double Koi Tea Company, I'd change the proportions to include more oolong. Otherwise, this flavored tea tastes a little watered down.

Rating: B+

Dax: Shout out to Double Koi tea company for sending us their lovely loose tea. The TeaAmigos are more than proud to steep teas from the smaller guys, so stand up and get your tea heard! Okay excuse the disclaimer, but little guys need love too.  So first on the menu was their succulent ginger orange peach tea, a literal fruit gift basket of oolong tea.  They crammed this baby full of fruit tea goodness, and the ginger tea was the fattest.  Peach pieces held the aftertaste down , closing out this lovely one.  Double Koi keeping it real.

Rating: A-

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Friday
Sep042009

Orient Organics Mango Black Tea - Beautiful on the Outside...

Orient Organics TeaMike: Orient Organics Mango Black Tea is most reminiscent of one of those horror flicks you see quite often. A family moves into this beautiful new house, the kids love it, the husband and wife are happy to have a change of pace. Then they start noticing that all is not well in this suburban paradise; the kids complain of objects moving and ghastly visions of folks in civil war uniforms, the teenage daughter, Stacy or Tiffany, falls mysteriously ill, and finally the wife starts freaking out and begging to move out while father stubbornly insists that these are all coincedences while experiencing doubts himself. Inevitably, the house was built on an ancient Indian burial ground. Anyway, how many times have you seen this movie? Many, I'm sure. Now let me explain how all this relates to this Mango Tea from Orient Organics. Like the house, the Mango Black Tea is beautiful from the outside. It features a diamond semi-porous diffuser bag and is nicely individually packaged. You move in...I mean uh take a sip and you begin noticing that something is off. There is a faint taste of cardboard or sawdust. The more you drink it, the more these disturbing subtleties come to the forefront. You start picking up on staleness and eventualy you've had enough, so you decide to move out, I mean pour out the rest of the cup.

Rating: C-

Dax: Orient Organics is another one of the "gas station goodies", or so I thought.  With its multi-million dollar packaging, I was pleased to pay individual packet price for this mango black tea.  Orient Organics Mango Black is a straight up impostor.  Out of all of the mango teas that we've done tea reviews for, this one gets lapped twice in one race.  The taste of black tea is average, but the mango is just a struggle and a half.  Don't get me wrong, I steeped this guy to perfection, and just couldn't get the flavor that I believed was coming from its premier steeping unit.  Oh well, not everyone can be a Trader Joe's or a Taylors of Harrogate. 

Rating: D+

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Monday
Aug312009

Taylors of Harrogate Mango Black Tea - Tap the 401k

Taylors of Harrogate teaMike: I know it must seem like Taylors of Harrogate is paying us to write positive tea reviews at this point. That is because Dax and I reviewed yet another dominatory Taylors of Harrogate tea today and it's receiving the grade that this tea brand is used to receiving yet again. It's not our fault, their teas are just effin awesome. Taylors of Harrogate Mango Black Tea can beat any other mango tea out there in a jousting match, riding the steed backwards, blindfolded, no shield or armor, and with a 2 foot jousting stick. You have not tasted fresh mango tea until you try this one. A creamy, smooth black tea blend overtakes your taste buds while a refreshing mango burst demonstrates its superiority in your mouf. Take your time with this one and savor it. You won't be able to afford a lot.

Rating: A+

Dax: Now this is good mango flavored tea.  Lately the TeaAmigos have been steeping a lot of mango black tea like those from Orient Organics and Trader Joe's, and Taylors of Harrogate comes correct with their version of the blend.  Expensive tea for expensive taste?  I would say so, as this black tea is characterized by smooth flavor with a perfect hint of mango.  It does have a tiny bit less potency than the Trader Joes mango black tea, and has the slightest of bitter finishes. Taylors of Harrogate did it again, try this one for sure.

Rating: A

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