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Happy Birthday Tea
when i signed up for adagio.com they gave you the ability to fill in when your birthday is and then they would give you a tea for it one of there zodiac tea selection. so my birthday being today i thought i might as well share my Pisces tea with you all (the review that is).
adaigio: Pisces blend
Pisces people love music and poetry and frequently daydream. Why not daydream and have a nice cup of tea? A blend of Rooibos, Orange and just a touch of Chamomile.
Me:
now one would think rooibos and chamomile that’s an odd combination and that is what i said when i read the review, but is actually a good pairing. the chamomiles heavy almost caramel taste mellows the fruity blast from. this gives is a candy taste like a natural candy its got a hint of those flavoured honeys that you can get from the farmers markets. you can’t really taste any of the orange it must just meld with the rooibos to much or that it is just over powered. this is also a good tea for the cold season its jam backed with vitamins so it’ll keep you healthy.
price:
4oz tin $10 USD CAD
Ceylon sonata
adagio: Ceylon Sonata
Black tea from Sri Lanka. In colonial times, this island-nation was known as Ceylon. This name is still used to describe all teas grown here. Ceylon tea is bright and lively, with a wonderfully delicate flavor. Our ‘Ceylon Sonata’ is the finest grade tea from the renowned Kenilworth estate, located in Sri Lanka’s Kandy region. The perfect afternoon tea.
Me:
this is a nice black tea not to strong but with a good flavour, you can add to it and there wont be any clash with the taste, on the second brewing it gives off a beautiful fruity taste, i would say its apricot and its great. i don’t even like apricot, but its more like apricot syrup then dried apricot.
price: 80z tin $12 CAD or USD
Irish Breakfast
Irish breakfast from adagio teas is a nice general black tea that has a nice medium taste there isn’t anything to special about it and there isn’t any special flavours that come through this is good with milk or just plain and i like that, its stronger tasting then a Darjeeling but not as much as a golden monkey (yuck). its a combination of a Ceylon of Sri Lanka and a Assam of India. this is typically served with breakfast as the name implies, but would be a nice afternoon tea while you read your book. for newbies in tea drinking this is something good to start with
Darjeeling #22
The Darjeeling #22 is a black tea from adagio.com, this is one of those soft plain teas it has a nice dark golden brown colour. This one doesn’t really have any kind of special taste to it nothing unique so plain or with milk and honey it doesn’t matter this would be a good tea in the afternoon with a friend. The tea isn’t finicky you don’t have to worry about over steeping or the temp. a 4oz tin is $12
Yunnan Jig
This is a black to from the Yunnan region of china far south. The tea is pretty mild as black teas go it has a subtle woods taste kind of musty but still subtle not overpowering and actually soothing. this is one of those teas that you dont have to worry about over steeping which is always nice. I hate worrying about my tea and wondering is it supposed to taste like that. think this would be a good tea for those night classes to stay awake in. this is an adagio tea and the 4 oz tin is $10 (link)
Revision3 Tea Samples
Diggnation has put out another tea selection with adagio.com the whole gang has created their own personal blends through adagio’s signature blends. The Revision3 Tea samples include all eight varieties from their old batch and the new batch. And now they are 20% off.
The collection includes:
Red death rooibos (Kevin), Tea bag of holiday goodness (Alex), White monkey Sinensis (Prager), Green times so simple so good (Hippie Glen), Mintastic (Kevin), Executus (Alex), Love child (Hippie Glen), White ginger (Kevin), Man behind the green curtain (Prager).
They all come in the 4oz sampler tins and cost $19.00 (regular $24.00). But if you have a shipment of $50.00 or more shipping is free (if your in the contiguous United States rats!)
Keemun concerto
Tea review: Keemun concerto
This is a strong Black tea with a bit of a wheat taste too it I think this would be a good tea to have with milk and honey but alone the taste is a bit off the smell isn’t very aromatic or as it been described as “Smokey”.
The tea is from Eastern China it is one of Chinas most popular teas. The concerto is a limited run and made to a Mao feng grade. Some people say this is a black tea for green tea drinkers. Another good comment I found was that it does not go bitter if over steeped this is always good because I am still trying to get the whole temperature and time thing down. This seems like a good morning tea to wake up too.
Brewt tea infuser: review
Hey there its been a couple of weeks since I got my Brewt tea infuser so I thought I would give it a review. Well first off I love the thing its so slick and easy to use, all you have to do is just pop in a couple of scoops of you loose lea and pour in your hot water and just let it steep. The Brewt can handle about two in a half cups of tea so its really only good for one person. It’s plastic but a heat friendly cooking plastic so no worries about burning yourself. And it pours from the bottom all you have to do is place the it over your cup and it starts to drain into your cup watch that it doesn’t overflow. I got my Brewt at a local tea and coffee shop and it went for about $24.00 CAD which is about the norm,there is also a simular models on ebay.com (link) and adagio.com has a infuser tea package that seams like a good deal (link). So anyways I encourage anyone looking at getting into loose teas to defiantly pick up one of these.
