TGFOP Tea Reviews (c) Silverneedles est.2005

thank the beejeesus i never paid money for this, or its posesesed black tea ‘decaf’ !!? bretheren
some kind of shiteous black tea astringent blend combined with chemical-hospital-like-taste
nowhere remniscent of any earl grey flavors i’ve tasted before.

… its craptastic ! ! ! !
keep away this devil food

PLEASE STOP ME FROM BUYING THIS SHIT, or…this shit

this is horrible, citrus/lemon, COLORED WATER !

“lightly sweetened”

new? first ive seen it anywhere, got this and another they had in the fridge: Orange Pekoe

kinda hurt my wallet, ~2$ (incl NY tax)

very hot days of ny/long island, full of wonderful humidity

lets see:…
cold, watery,
lemon/citrus sensation
washed-super-diluted tea taste, very faded earl grey flavor
cant really sense the sugar,
annoying aftertaste probably from any sugar combined with the citrus sensation.

T-rating: 1.5/7 = hell no , got better ways of wasting money.

… and then i get really pissed off, with tasting their orange pekoe 

tbags

1/2 cup 3min or more

ok flavor, the pleasant kind of bergamot, went down good without sugar, low astringency

3.5/7

Casbah Cafe in Silverlake (somewhere on sunset blvd)

~ 1-2$

they give you a cup full of insanely hot water and a teabag (seemed it was filled with looseleaf in store or something not bought comercially).

after about 30 min water was still hot, threw out 1/2 cup water put in the tea…even so , and tea didnt have too much flavor.

got this at the local market.

~$3 /25bags (50g total) (that comes to $27/lb … thats somewhat expensive)

good packaging tho, for keeping fresh till consumer purchase (unlike the brooke bond, el cheapo box).

taste: a bit blah, minor bergamot, but does taste close (like 1/4) to my local looseleaf Chado ‘Imperial’ Earl Grey. its an ok tea, kinda e$pen$ive, but dont think i’ll get any more of this.

NO. !

looseleaf

description:

smell: a quick whiff reminded me of the Twinnings EG… same kinda i say ‘artificial’ stank

brewed in cold water: its a hot day… 20min, orangey liquor on the bottom of the cup, swirl it around to homogenize it, and took a sip… yep same kinda flavoring as the Twinnings EG, but, much better taste, less pungent. It has a citrusy flavor- i guess it could be orange, and its very perfumey. I’d say it makes for an ok cup.

will need to compare to the EG .ChadoTea. (which as i remember felt less citrusy, but overall i thought blended very well-much better with the tea, did not stand out and bite you).

keep? no.

Chado Tea  11$/4oz, 37$/1lb… not a bad price.

This is one of my favorite teas. The only EG i like.

Dry leaf, looks like some mix of black tea.

Smell: intensly of the bergamot. If you dont have a good cointaner, this will let you know because the strong smell will quickly come out!

Taste: 1 blk dispenser + 10oz water @190F  x 3-4min –> some astringency, darjeelingish… not the way i drink it –> add alot of sugar –> oh.. so… smooth… sugary bergamot  (make sure you have dental .Ive had many EGs, this one’s bergamot additive is the only one i like, others such as Teavana’s EG or most teabags taste nasty to me (except these EG teabags Heritage Teas, was more like Chado’s but had a funky ceylonish flavor i dont like.)

Wet leaf: chops of leaf-but pretty large, variegated brown and green look like Darjeeling tea (and it is :P, as their website says.)

ikeep? oh yes!

2007 - this is the only EG i like and stock.

Description: bergamot + ‘citrus’ flavors

well… to me it tastes a bit artificial …
Interesting, but don’t really enjoy that.keep? NO.

baggy
in hot water ~ 4 minutes
+ some sugar,

taste:
dilute bergamot oil + remnants of muscat aftertaste = boring,
+ left aftertaste, had to rinse to get rid of unclean feeling.

no. >