Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Herbal
Where to Buy: Positiviteas
Tea Description:
“The Blue Lady” is a delicate cup of manners at your fingertips. This little lady is equipped with the four light flavors of Blueberries, Lavender, Lemongrass, and Nettle. Usually, these four ingredients pack a bit of a punch – except for the Lavender. With the Lavender acting as the base, the other three ingredients are added to compliment, but not overpower the lightness and mildness of the base. All together, this brew is full-flavored, but it still keeps the courtesy to not overwhelm your mouth with strong flavors.
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Taster’s Review:
Floral teas have been a craving of mine of late, but lavender and I have really never been friends. But I always try it knowing that one day I would find a blend with lavender that I would love. And that has happened!
Positiviteas is an Etsy Shop that offers amazing blends like Pucker Up and Sunny Afternoon that make you want to impulse buy some tea. So many wonderful different blends and I want to try them all!
Blue Lady is a blend of blueberries and lavender for the most part. There is a distinctive floral perfume like fragrance to the dry leaf mix. I brewed this up as an herbal, pulled up my big girl pants, and tried a new tea that I wasn’t sure I was going to like.
Huzzah! This tea is amazing! Thank you Positiviteas! This tea is delicious, refreshing, and soothing. One of those cozy and charming tea blends that really sings to your soul and settles your nerves. One of those blends you kick up your feet and let the delicious flavors take away the stresses of your day.
Sweet slightly fruity floral notes are what you get in each sip. There is a floral perfume flavor but not one that has a bit to it like other teas. This tea is graceful with the lavender, giving you just a hint of that floral note. I’m quite surprised at how much I adore this tea.
For me, this tea would be a fabulous stress reducing tea that you indulge in after a hard day. This tea could very easily be my new evening tea blend!
GABA Oolong Tea #52 from Tea Chai Te
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Oolong
Where to Buy: Tea Chai Te
Tea Description:
This high mountain oolong is truly a must-try. Gaba teas are unique in that they are fermented in nitrogen-rich environments making them very complex, with both rich and subtle flavors that change over time and differ with each steeping. Unique with its gentle sweetness giving it hints of yam. Also a natural relaxant.
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Taster’s Review:
This is the first GABA oolong that I have tried, and if any are similar to this GABA oolong from Tea Chai Te, I can definitely get in on it!
First off, what does it mean to be a GABA tea? I’ve heard that phrase thrown around a few times by many different companies. So what does it do? GABA is just an acronym for Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid. It is known for having a calming effect on the nervous system. GABA is also in other types of foods, such as . It occurs naturally in this low elevation Taiwanese oolong. To amp up the glutamic acid goodness in the leaves, farmers partially shade the leaves for two weeks before picking the leaves, which sounds oddly similar to how sencha is made. Both are also high in L-Theanine, which gives tea it’s energy. While the oolong is being shaded, nitrogen is added to the air, which makes the levels of GABA go crazy. It does sound crazy when I word it like that, but to put it in simpler terms, what the nitrogen gas does to the glutamic acid in the tea, really nice conditioner does to your hair. It makes it lovelier, smoother and gives it a nice fragrance.
I was having a rough day all around, and drinking this tea made it all better. It was quite aromatic, throwing in a good amount of the forest green oolong pellets into my teapot. I had to stop myself from doing nothing but sniff the leaves! When it got time to brewing, I was distracted by all the annoying e-mail and text messages that I almost forgot all about my tea! But I took a deep breath, turned off all electronic devices, and closed my eyes as I sipped. The warming and sweet aroma of milk caramel candies and rich clover honey unfolded from each inhale and came to life at each sip. Thanksgiving came to mind when I discovered a lingering taste of candied yams at the finish. I did feel less stressed after drinking this tea, although I cannot tell that it was the act of drinking the tea itself or the phytonutrients in the GABA. Either way, this is a delicious and fascinating tea, good for many, many steeps.
