Peach Melba from Lupicia

Peach Melba from Lupicia
Peach Melba from Lupicia

Tea Information: 

Leaf Type: Rooibos

Where to Buy:  Lupicia

Tea Description:

The delicious aroma of peaches and cream brings out the sweetness of the rooibos tea.

Learn more about this tea here.

Taster’s Review:

Peach Melba from Lupicia – WOW! Okay so if you read the blog regularly you may know I do not do reviews on rooibos tea. Okay maybe I have once before, maybe, I don’t recall to be honest, but I really do not care for rooibos at all. However, I have to admit, this rooibos is not only drinkable for me, it is extremely good! The flavor additives in this tea make it so that it blends in perfect harmony with the rooibos. It is peachy, it is creamy, it is sweet, it is like dessert in a cup. It makes me feel happy, soothed, and satisfies any sweet tooth, and I mean that. I know people often say that a tea can satisfy a sweet craving, and really we are just fooling ourselves most of the time. Even after a dessert tea I still want dessert dangit! With this one though, its different. There is something quite magical about this blend.

I got this in my Happy Bag from Lupicia this year. I love the Happy Bags and highly recommend them. Lupicia sells them every year right after midnight on the 1st of January. I got the 60.00 bag this year but next year I will be saving up for the 100.00 bag! Lupicia also offers a 30.00 bag as well.

Now another way you can know just how yummy this rooibos is, is that it is 12:30 am. I am tired, and I really had no intentions of doing a review at this hour. However, when I made this cup I just had to jump on here and do this review because it inspired me! I even rated it 100 on steepster because if a rooibos impresses me it deserves the highest rating possible.

There really isn’t much more I can say about this rooibos from Lupicia other than once again, Lupicia has not disappointed me! Well there was one tea, one time from Lupicia that I did not care for but it was also a rooibos blend. I passed onto one of my SororiTea Sisters because I did not care for it but that was because as usual I can’t tolerate rooibos. Which is only more proof that this one is really darn good!

If you love peaches, and you love cream, and you like rooibos, then get some because this is just the cream of the peach crop here!

White Lemon Tea from Whispering Pines Tea Company

whitelemonTea Information:

Leaf Type:  White Tea & Rooibos

Where to Buy:  Whispering Pines Tea Company

Tea Description:

This buttery smooth light citrus white tea has the perfect blend of organic white tea, organic lemongrass, and a hint of organic red rooibos. Smooth and delicious!

Learn more about this tea here.

Taster’s Review:

When I opened this pouch of White Lemon Tea from Whispering Pines Tea Company, I noticed the rooibos, and I worried that I’d be tasting more rooibos than white tea, and I also wondered if the lemongrass would have a difficult time competing with these flavors.

And while the rooibos does overpower the white tea a bit, the rooibos does not completely overwhelm the white tea.  The white tea does manage to shine through, although, I find myself wishing that I was tasting less rooibos and more white tea here.

But, on the plus side, I find that the lemongrass comes through very nicely, and provides a very pleasing, smooth, buttery taste that melds quite nicely with the woody/nutty taste of the rooibos as well as the delicate flavor of the white tea.

The lemon taste is a sweeter lemon flavor, as if the usually tart lemon has been sweetened with a touch of honey … but without additives!  That I like a lot!  I also like that this is an organic blend, and that there are no artificial flavorings to mess with the taste buds.  I taste pure rooibos, lemongrass and white tea … and nothing else.

A really nice, relaxing blend.

Minty Winter Wonderland from Tiesta Tea

Minty-Winter-WonderlandTisane Information:

Leaf Type:  Rooibos

Where to Buy:  Amoda Tea

Tea Description: 

Tastes just like the ingredients would suggest: white chocolate, vanilla and mint… yes! It came as a surprise to us that the natural flavours of rooibos made their way through all that mint. The honey and almost woodsy characteristics are definitely there. Of course though, that peppermint keeps going and going and going.

Learn more about this tisane here.

Taster’s Review:

I’m a bit behind on reviewing some of my teas … this tea came in my Amoda Tea Tasting Box for December.  The 12 Days of Christmas thing threw me for a loop, and then there was that nasty head cold … but, enough with the excuses.  Let’s talk about this delightful Minty Winter Wonderland from Tiesta Tea!

This is really yummy.  It is a rooibos blend, but I don’t taste a lot of rooibos here.  There’s a nutty sort of flavor – something between nutty and woody – that is definitely rooibos but, it is such a small part of this tisane.

Mostly what I taste is MINT!  Crisp, cool peppermint!  And the way this tisane has been composed, it tastes very much like a candy cane.  The white chocolate gives it a sweet, creamy note … and the touch of vanilla enhances that sweet and creamy note.  It is so yummy … it tastes like someone may have melted a candy cane in a cup of rooibos.  There is a honey-esque tone too … something I don’t usually attribute to rooibos, but, it’s there.

Overall, a delicious cup of tisane.

The Witching Hour from 52Teas

Tisane Information:

Leaf Type:  Rooibos & Tulsi

Where to Buy:  52Teas

Tea Description:

If you liked our Graveyard Mist from a few weeks back, I think you are going to love this one. We’ve combined Rooibos and Tulsi Rama with cacao nibs and fresh cut peppermint for an unearthly, caffeine-free Halloween treat. The rooibos, tulsi rama and chocolate smooth out the peppermint and make it more rounded, less sharp, more soothing and less jolting. the mint is most prominent, but it’s a subdued mint tamed by this blend of tisanes and chocolate.

Learn more about this tisane here.

Taster’s Review:

Oh … YUM!  This is some seriously delicious minty chocolate goodness in a teacup!

The rooibos and tulsi together offer a bit of an unusual base, but I don’t mean that in a bad way.  It it actually quite good.  I think that the tulsi helps to soften the rooibos’ sometimes weird woody taste just a bit, and it also adds some definition to the mint, giving the overall cup a more of an herbal-y/earthy kind of taste rather than the typical woody/nutty rooibos flavor, which is, if you think about it, very in keeping with the “witchy” kind of theme.  The bit of herbal taste makes it seem as though this might have been freshly ladled from a witches caldron!

But, if it were a potion, I don’t think it’s an evil potion, because an evil witch wouldn’t put chocolate in her potion!  This was a potion concocted by a very good witch (or a brilliant, mad, Zoomdweebie of a genius named Frank!)

I like the balance in this cup.  I taste the chocolate (and OK, I’ll be honest, more chocolate is always better), and I taste the mint, but, the mint isn’t overpowering.  It tastes crisp and smooth at the same time.  There is a slight nutty flavor from the rooibos, but as I mentioned before, I find that the taste of the rooibos seems to be tapered somewhat by the tulsi.  Everything just seems to work together very harmoniously to create a very soothing, calming, easy to sip tisane.

What a perfectly enchanting brew!

Jasmine Coconut Green Tea from Whispering Pines Tea Co.

Tea Information:

Leaf Type:  Pouchong & Rooibos

Where to Buy:  Whispering Pines Tea Co.

Tea Description:

Jasmine Coconut Green Tea combines the warm fragrant smell of jasmine scented green tea and red rooibos with freshly toasted organic coconut flakes for a smooth tropical tea. Deliciously perfect for any time of the day! Best enjoyed hot.

Learn more about this tea here.

Taster’s Review:

OK … whoa!  I did NOT expect to like this as much as I do!  Wow!

I don’t know exactly what I was thinking when I started to brew this blend, I guess I thought:  “jasmine and coconut seem like a pretty odd combination,” and even as I sip this, my mind still seems to think that the two components would not make a compatible pair, but, my taste buds think differently!  My mind can’t quite wrap itself around the thought of a Jasmine Coconut Green Tea.

But, it tastes amazing!

I think that the reason this works so well is that the jasmine is a lighter taste – it doesn’t smack you over the head with its heady floral essence – and so it mingles very well with the creamy, luscious taste of the coconut, and neither taste overwhelms the sweet notes of the Pouchong tea.

There is a well-achieved balance with this tea … at least when it comes to the tea leaves, coconut and jasmine.  I don’t taste a lot of the rooibos, and that’s just fine with me.  I suspect that the rooibos may lend a certain lightness to the overall cup, and perhaps a nutty earthiness as well, but, these are very faint characteristics to the tea, so much so that I hardly notice them at all.

But when it comes to the Pouchong tea, the coconut and the jasmine, I taste each note, but they all seem to work in harmony with one another.  It’s one of those teas that tastes so good that you’ll want to keep drinking it long after you’ve finished the cup … so I recommend making a pot of the tea so you can fill ‘er up once you’ve emptied your cup.  You’ll be really glad you did!