Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Green
Where to Buy: Talbott Teas
Product Description:
Whether it’s ancient wisdom from the Japanese Sencha or the stopping power of the roses and purple mallow flowers, this peach of a green tea makes it easy to appreciate all that you have.
All natural premium ingredients: Full-leaf Japanese Sencha green tea, purple mallow flowers, peach bits, rose petals, peach flavor.
Taster’s Review:
Even though it is now fall, and I am thoroughly enjoying all the autumnal flavors … I still occasionally take time to enjoy flavors that remind me of spring and summer. Today, I am sipping on Field of Purple Flowers … and it is evoking beautiful images of summer. It has such a beautiful, harmonious taste: bright like the summer sun, and sweet like the freshest summer fruit.
The green tea is the strongest flavor. It tastes crisp and light, with a hint of grassiness to it. Not a bitter grassy taste, but more of a sweet hint of greenery. The peach is a very subtle note; subtle, but effective. It is sweet and fruity without overthrowing the gentle balance of this cup.
The floral notes offer a pleasant contrast to the tea. Again, not a strong flavor, but more of a whisper of sweet flowery taste.
This is one of those teas that make for a perfect afternoon tea. It would be nice for a garden party, perhaps, even if it’s just a tea party for one! This one is also quite tasty iced!
Caramel Sundae Escape from Talbott Teas
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Black
Where to Buy: Talbott Teas
Product Description:
You ease into the first sip. Real caramel. You slide into the second. Real cocoa. With the addition of milk and sugar, you instinctively reach for a spoon.
Taster’s Review:
A sundae for breakfast? Sure, why not? This tea lets you enjoy your sundae any time of the day … guilt free!
The aroma of the tea is not as pronounced as I thought it would be; but the rich, delicious flavor of the tea more than makes up for the weak scent. The first thing I taste is the tea – and since I am drinking tea and not hot chocolate or caramel, that is just the way it should be.
The black tea base is a pleasant tasting tea, brisk and smooth without being too assertive. It melds seamlessly with the cocoa notes. The caramel is sweet and the note of vanilla in the tea gives the burnt-sugar caramel an irresistible creaminess.
With this combination of flavors – the creamy vanilla, the rich chocolate, the sweet caramel – this really tastes like a sundae. Not one of those fast-food sundaes, but one of those amazing sundaes from an ice cream shop. All that’s missing is the cherry on top! This is a perfect dessert for tea lovers.
Clara’s Tea from Talbott Teas
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Rooibos
Where to Buy: Talbott Teas
Product Description:
You’re all dressed up for a magical tea party, and Clara from The Nutcracker has brought her favorite caffeine-free blend. Add milk and sugar to the real strawberries and rose petals, and the dancing will never end!
Ingredients
All natural premium ingredients: Rooibos, strawberry pieces, rose petals, blue cornflowers petals, natural vanilla and strawberry flavors.
Taster’s Review:
What a pretty blend! Thin rooibos bits with colorful flowers and pieces of dried strawberry. It’s lovely enough to brew in a glass teapot, and it brews to a nice, deep ruby color. This is a tea that is fit for a little girl’s tea party!
This is a tasty blend. I really didn’t think I’d like it after I strained it into my cup, because I could see how thick the hibiscus had made it. And I admit my first sip was a little tart – a little too tart for my personal liking. However, I found that a spoonful of sugar (can’t you hear Mary Poppins singing in your head now?) fixed this right up and made it not only drinkable, but nice and tasty!
The sweetening also helped the strawberry and vanilla flavors to really come to life in the teacup. The flavor of the rooibos is not very noticeable with the strong strawberry and vanilla flavors, as well as the flavor of the hibiscus. But that’s alright with me, because I’m not over-the-moon for the flavor of rooibos anyway.
The overall cup is sweet-tart and very kid-friendly since it has no caffeine. And check out the cute packaging! It’s even kid-friendly!
Steamy Cinnamon Rose from Talbott Teas
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Black
Where to Buy: Talbott Teas
Product Description:
Full-leaf black tea with cinnamon, orange peel and rose petals.
Taster’s Review:
Wow! This one is a keeper! Definitely one of the best ones I’ve tried from Talbott thus far.
The balance of flavors here is so nice. When I first received a sampling of it I thought “Oh, cinnamon and rose. OK.” Because, well, I have a similar blend of my own (which is rose, vanilla and cinnamon), so I thought this would taste very familiar to me. I was wrong!
The orange and clove is a nice addition. The orange perks up the overall flavor without overwhelming the other flavors, and I like the way the orange and the rose work together – it’s not a flavor combination I would have thought of, but they really taste great together. The cloves enhance the flavor of the cinnamon so that the cup doesn’t come across as too “spicy-hot” cinnamon-y.
But what would a tea be without the tea? The black tea base here is a smooth, bright black tea that is not overly aggressive. It has a very even taste to it and a medium astringency that lightly “pats” the palate dry in the finish. The aftertaste leaves lingering notes of cinnamon and rose and a faint citrus tang.
A very pleasant tea to sip. One that would make a fabulous Valentine’s Day gift for the tea lover in your life!
Citrus Appeal from Talbott Teas
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Green
Where to Buy: Talbott Teas
Product Description:
All natural premium ingredients: Full leaf Japanese Sencha green tea, hibiscus, grapefruit peel, pineapple pieces, calendula petals, lemon and natural grapefruit flavor.
Taster’s Review:
When I first approached this tea, I didn’t have high expectations. To be honest, I was like, “Oh, another citrus tea.” But this tea blows me away! It is really delicious.
The flavor of the Japanese Sencha is gentle and unassuming, with a pleasing buttery backnote. Not grassy, not vegetative, just soft and fresh-tasting tea. The green tea base allows the flavors of this tea to become the main focus while still maintaining its presence in the cup.
There is such a unique and delicious combination of flavors. All at once, I can taste the flavors of grapefruit, lemon and pineapple swirling on my palate. I can taste the hibiscus, but it is so very gentle that if I were not focusing intently on trying to pinpoint the various flavor notes, I think I probably would miss the hibiscus. Probably the place where the hibiscus is most prominent would be in the color of the tea – because it brewed up to a pretty – albeit unusual – pink-ish green color.
I think what I like best about this particular tea is the grapefruit! For those of you familiar with my tea reviews in the past, you know about how I’ve been searching for the ideal grapefruit green tea, and even though this one has other flavors in it, I do believe I have FOUND my grapefruit green! I think it is the presence of these other flavors that makes the grapefruit flavor so incredibly delicious for me.
This is THE BEST grapefruit green tea that I’ve tasted, and I think that may even go for the grapefruit green tea that started me on this quest! This is YUM!