Thursday, August 09, 2012

Thursday Tea Time


Are you ready?  This is a combo review!
First is the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Pineapple Green Tea, then The Republic of Tea Hibiscus Coconut Tea and finally a visit to the past with Stash Chocolate Hazelnut.  They all just lead naturally to the next.  Here goes!


The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Limited Edition Pineapple Green Tea
Cost:  $8.20
Number of teabags:  20
Caffeine: No
Type of tea:  Green
Steeping time:  Per label, 3.  I did 5 trying to oomp it up.
Mix ins:  I tried Stevia, Coconut Almond milk, and CBTL’s Fat-Free/Sugar-Free Vanilla powder. 
Teabag fragrance:  Strongly pineapple
Ingredients:  Taiwan green tea, natural flavors
Taste:  Only slightly pineapple-y
Opinion:  I love pineapple, and was very happy to see this as a Limited Edition offering. As you can tell by the mix-ins, I tried to like this as is.  I kept losing the pineapple and just getting more of a blah green tea taste.  I tried it iced and it tasted just awful.  This really needed a boost of something to get it going.  Until I thought of combining another tea bag – The Republic of Tea Hibiscus Coconut!  Hoping for a pina colada flavor, I added a teaspoonful of the Vanilla powder.  It worked!  Got a good tropical thing going on.  But unless you have other teas to combine with or another idea, overall I was disappointed.
Rating: 0, 3 if I combine it with the Hibiscus Coconut.

The Republic of Tea Hibiscus Coconut Superflower Tea  
Cost:  $9.50
Number of teabags:  36
Caffeine: No
Type of tea: Herbal
Pretty!
Steeping time: 5 minutes
Mix ins:  Lots!  Coconut Almond milk, CBTL’s Fat-Free/Sugar-Free Vanilla powder and different teas.
Teabag fragrance:  Fruity coconut
Ooh, pinky-purple
Ingredients:  Hibiscus, rosehips, apples, Stevia, coconut bits and natural flavor
Taste:  Coconut, definitely
Opinion:  Good thing The Republic of Tea is generous with their teabags for the price.  This is a great mix-in tea.  It saved the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf’s Pineapple tea’s leaves.  And then I combined it with Stash Chocolate Hazelnut and got a yummy Almond Joy flavor kick.   The Republic of Tea does Hibiscus well – I’ve tried and really liked  their RaspberryRose, Pineapple Lychee and Vanilla Apple.  It also keeps its nice red/pink color instead of turning ghastly gray as soon as you add anything to it.
Rating: 5 – Have fun drinking as is or mixing with other teas!


Yes, that is a fork in it!


Now try and add this!
Winner!

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