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!