Tea Review - Red and Green Company: Red Plum Tea

Blend Name: Red and Green Company Red Plum Tea

What the company says:  Grown at the famous Dragon Well Tea Plantation in Hangzhou -renowned for its historic relics and natural beauty- red plum tea is processed using a unique method of fermentation and roasting which produces a smoky aroma and rich, malty flavor. Appropriate with sweets or rich foods.

Sweetener Used: None
Milk Used: None

Steeping Time: 3 minutes

Overall Opinion: The tea smells like any other black tea. Upon steeping, there is a slight plum taste, but still a very strong black tea. It's a good tea but it probably needs sweetener to accent the flavor.

Tea Review - Fae Inspired: Minterrific

Blend Name: Minterriffic

What the company says: A tea to turn your taste buds upside down! A blend of spearmint and peppermint, combined with the boldness of cinnamon, spicy cloves, and rose hips for an extra kick of vitamin C, not to mention my “secret ingredient”. What is it? I’m not telling! This herbal infusion is perfect for those who don’t imbibe in caffeine.

Sweetener Used: None
Milk Used: None

Steeping Time: 3 minutes

Overall Opinion: Wow. Okay, wow for real. I love this blend! The smell is an amazing mix of mint and clove. The taste of the the is minty but not overpowering. The clove adds an amazing note as well. Super soothing on sore throats and upset tummies.

Tea Review - Cozy Leaf: White Jasmine

Blend Name: White Jasmine

What the company says: (Organic Contains Caffeine) Warm and smooth start to your day! Green tea has a tremendous amount of health benefits including its potential to fight cancer and heart disease as well as lowering cholesterol, burning fat and preventing diabetes. Not only is this incredibly good for you, it also tastes fantastic!
Organic Ingredients: Jasmine Green Tea, White Peony Tea, Heather Flowers, Rose Petals
Taste: Smooth and flavorful with a soft floral touch

Sweetener Used: None

Milk Used: None

Steeping Time: 3 minutes

Overall Opinion: First sniff yields a tea that smells like any other jasmine green tea. My first sip: Green tea, but softer than most. I didn't taste any of the floral notes either, just green tea. I'm not saying it's a bad green tea, just more... bland than I was expecting. I will try this tea again, perhaps with sweetener and a longer steeping time. 

Tea Review - Ashby's of London: Cinnamon Plum Tea

Blend Name: Cinnamon Plum Tea

What the company says: Flavored with fresh ground cinnamon and the rich essence of plum.


Sweetener Used: None
Milk Used: None

Steeping Time: 4 minutes

Overall Opinion: The smell of this tea threw me off. Too sweet for my personal tastes and it reminded me of a pie or something similar. I couldn't smell the cinnamon or the plum, just sweet. The first taste yielded a tea too sweet for my palate, even without sweetener. I admit that I only tried one more sip before giving up, this blend just isn't my thing.

Tea Review - The Tea Table: Lychee Congou

Blend Name: Lychee (Lichee) Congou

What the company says: "Lichee Congou tea is made by combining fine China black tea with the exotic taste of lichee fruit, which adds an amazing fragrance and and natural sweetness. This tea is great hot, but just stunning as iced tea! Also great blended with either Earl Grey or Jasmine Yin Hao, then serve over ice."

Sweetener Used: None
Milk Used: None

Steeping Time: 3 minutes

Overall Opinion: I love Lychee, I have to say that first. This of course means that I had high hopes when trying this tea. The smell of the tea (in the tin) was really great. Very much the lychee I was hoping for. After steeping and the first sip, I found that the black tea is not overpowering at all. The lychee flavor is still very strong after brewing. The tea itself felt more like a green tea to me, most likely because I went for 3 minutes and not the full 5 that they tend to allow.
Even cold the tea is very light and flavorful.

Tea Review - Fae Inspired: Sunshine Honey Lavender

So here I am, you all know that I Love Tea. Like, adore it beyond anything (well almost anything, see: glitter and keys.)
I'm going to start a weekly tea review, or at least try to make it weekly. Tuesday nights to be exact.

I'll be reviewing any tea that I buy or any tea that shows up at my house. (This may or may not be a hint.)

This week is a tea blend from one of my favorite tea shops. Fae Inspired (aka Faerie Tea).

Blend Name: Sunshine Honey Lavender


Sweetener Used: None
Milk Used: None

Steeping Time: 4 minutes

Overall Opinion: At first smell while steeping this blend is a very strong lavender, I was afraid that the blend itself would taste strongly of lavender as well but I was very pleased to find it was just right. The lavender is not overpowering at all, and I for one am not a huge lavender fan. The aftertaste is reminiscent of a Japanese rice candy.
This would be a very good before bed tea if the drinker was not susceptible to caffeine, otherwise I would suggest the Rooibus Honey Lavender tea.