Tea Type: White Tea
Where To Buy: Shanti Tea
Product Description:
Brand New Tea Offering – not yet on Shanti’s Website
Tasters Review:
Our Friends at Shanti Tea have released many new flavors including several Maple Teas! If you have checked them out – you will want to! Keep your eyes right here at Sororitea Sisters because we will be reviewing MANY of them and SOON!
I have been waiting for someone to try a MAPLE White Tea and Shanti is the first I have tried…and it’s pretty good.
The aroma is a gentle yet vibrant maple and the white tea prettiness really comes thru nicely. The color is darker than most white’s I have seen but it’s a neat shade! The taste is like a candied maple and slight floral flavor…it’s very soothing and fairly mouth-watering, too!
Pancake Breakfast Black Tea from 52Teas
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Black
Where to Buy: 52Teas
Product Description:
I’m tempted to start this post with, “You’re not going to believe what we did this week!” But we’ve created enough unique, one-of-a-kind blends, that I imagine our unique-ness is getting rather ho-hum.
But seriously? Who else would bring you a PANCAKE BREAKFAST tea? With the essence of hot, buttery, maple-syruped pancakes infused through our premium black teas (a bit heavier on the breakfast teas this week). Who else, really?
Taster’s Review:
Well, it’s Sunday, and Sunday means pancakes! Well, it used to mean pancakes. I fear I have slacked off when it comes to fixing the big Sunday morning breakfast. But, as I sip this tea, I am not missing that stack of fluffy pancakes in the least.
The first flavor I notice is the maple. Sweet, rich maple. About mid-sip, a creamy, buttery taste comes through, while a bake-y, cake-y undertone continues to develop. The sip finishes with a satisfying sweetness. This tea has all the elements of a stack of golden brown pancakes topped with melted butter and real maple syrup except for the carbs and calories!
The black tea base is the 52Teas standard base of Nilgiri and Assam teas, and it seems to compliment the sweet pancake-ish, buttery, maple-y flavors perfectly. The flavor of the tea is strong and comes through well but without becoming too aggressive. There is some astringency to this cup but no bitterness.
This is a tea I prefer hot. I also prefer to eat my pancakes while they are hot. Some sweetener is nice here, as I find it brings out some of the more delicate flavors. I chose to sweeten this with turbinado sugar today as I like the way the molasses-y notes meld with the overall cup; however, if you really want to amplify the maple notes, try a drizzle of real maple syrup in this. YUM! I haven’t tried adding milk to this but I suspect it would take this addition well.
Definitely one of my favorites from 52Teas (I say that a lot, don’t I?), and apparently, I’m not the only one who enjoys this one, as it sold out in record time after the first blending, and it has been re-blended several times since, and each re-blended batch has sold out. I recommend joining the 52Teas mailing list (if you haven’t already) and watch for the next re-blending announcement so you can get some of this for yourself! You won’t be disappointed!
Vermont Maple Tea from Teavana
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Fruit & Spice Melangé
Where to Buy: This tea is no longer available from Teavana
Company Description:
This herbal tisane tastes of crisp apples, toasted almonds, and cinnamon all sweetened with a rich natural maple syrup taste. Drink year round to remind yourself of chilly winters around the hearth.
Taster’s Review:
I admit that I have a weakness when it comes to maple. So, naturally, this tisane was very appealing to me.
The maple flavor here is blended with the flavors of cinnamon and apple and a faint hint of almond. The combination is truly wonderful. The cinnamon notes are spicy, but not “red hot” hot – perhaps its the maple that curbs some of the spicier tones of the cinnamon. The apple offers a sweet smoothness to the overall cup – and it’s a bit like apple cider with a heavy infusion of maple flavor.
But what is wonderful about it is that even though it is sweet, it is not cloying. It has a wonderful, warming taste that is truly comforting.
A friend sent me some of this tea, and as I sit here sipping it, I can’t help but feel a little wistful that it is no longer available. It is one of the best teas/tisanes I’ve tried from Teavana.
Angel’s Dream Tea from Metropolitan Tea Company
Tea Type: Black Tea, Green Tea
Where To Buy: Metropolitan Tea Company
Product Description:
Angels Dream is a heavenly tea with maple sweetness, blackberry pungency, juicy Assam’s, and a hint of our mystery green tea. Take wind and fly.
Tasters Review:
I must say this tea surprised me in more ways than one! I have sipped it on several occasions but it certainly didn’t last long in my tea stash. I ended up not only drinking it myself but sharing it with many friends!
The aroma is delightful. Mostly a sugary Maple scent with the tea scent to back it up. It’s Medium Brown in color.
This is a bagged tea. I’m NOT one of those loose-leaf ONLY type tea drinkers…I will try anything once. There are some REALLY good bagged teas out there – you just have to search for them! I truly believe this is one of those really good, flavorful bagged teas!
I can taste primarily the Maple but it’s not overwhelming. I can also taste the blueberry a bit as well. It sort of reminds me of blueberry (or blackberry) pancakes with maple syrup minus the pancakes.
The 2nd steep seems the maple taste is a little less and the blueberry a little more. Sometimes I will resteep a bagged tea if I am in hurry. When I first sampled this tea…it was ‘one of those days’.
There’s just something about the Maple/Blackberry pair…I didn’t think I would like it – but I really do. This is a great flavored tea/treat in a bag….great for days on the go!!!