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October 27, 2009

Honeybush Almond – Théhuone / www.teekauppa.fi

Filed under: Index, Tea Reviews — Tags: , , , , , , — elina @ 9:27 pm

Honeybush Almond

Here is a review for a new Finnish online tea shop teekauppa.fi. I was happy to notice that they deliver the great Théhuone teas right to your door. I like visiting the The Huone shop, however, I seem to be most of the time too busy to do that. Online ordering is a good alternative, and the teas seem to be around the same price if you order it or buy it in the shop.

The tea tastes like almond and chocolate. It also has a mild sweet taste that could be because of the Osmanthus flowers. I can’t be sure, though, since I have not tasted before teas with this ingredient. The tea is particularly good with milk, although it is good without milk as well. However, the milk brings the chocolaty taste in the foreground and gives it almost a creamy taste (even with low fat milk).

The brewing time for this tea is not that exact, which is always great for a person with bad memory like me. The tea may even benefit of overbrewing.

My general review of this tea is that it is an excellent tea and it is easy to give it five stars. I also tasted it with the kids (half milk/half tea) and they liked it a lot. My daughter even said that it she is so lucky to have such a mother like me when talking about the tea, could a tea get a better review? : ) * * * * *

August 3, 2009

Ayurveda – Vata – Tea Gschwendner

Filed under: Index, Tea Reviews — Tags: , , , , , , , , — elina @ 7:50 pm

VataThis Vata tea from Tea Gschwendner I have been waiting forward to review for a long time. Now when the tea bag Janine sent months ago is finished, it is the last moment to do so. I would have probably already finished the tea a lot earlier but I found a pretty good substitute over here in Finland.  I totally love this tea and it is one of the best teas I have ever tasted.

When I first tasted the tea I was totally amazed. My first thoughts were along the lines “how could I have not tasted anything like this before? This tea is so amazing that anyone would love to drink it”.. I tried it hot and cold, with and without milk, everything works but my favorite is cold and without milk. My morning routine quite often has been brewing a small pot of some strong tea and a pitcher of Aurveda Vata (or substitute) in the morning, consuming the strong tea first and sipping the room-temperature tea from the pitcher during the day.

I’ve been also brewing this for other people  but surprisingly it is not for everyone’s taste. One visitor even left half of her drink because she thought it tasted weird. Most of the people I have served it have liked it, though. For me, it is difficult to imagine how someone could not fall in love with this tea : )

The ingredients of the tea are: licorice, coriander, cinnamon, ginger, anise, and mallow blossoms. Now just a few words about the substitute. I went to Théhuone (a wonderful tea shop in Helsinki) and described this tea to them. They suggested for me to try their tea that is called Ayurveda Organic. The ingredients in this one are anise, cinnamon, ginger, orange peel, gloves, pepper corns, cardamon, licorice, plus some aromas they do not explain in detail. The taste is diffirent but quite close to the Vata tea. The Vata tea is easier to make so that the quality is each time the same because the incredients are smaller and similar in weight. The other tea has a bit of a problem with getting all the ingredients in one brewing.

My rating for the Vata tea is * * * * * .. I would give more if I could!

June 14, 2009

Ayurveda – Pharoah’s Dream – Knockout Tea

Filed under: Index, Tea Reviews — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , — pakua @ 8:03 pm

AyurvedaI must say, I love tea, but I enjoy cold tea’s more than hot tea. Milk in tea? Not for me. So, when Elina started talking about this Knockout Tea (our nickname for it) I was curious. So – you want to get to bed with an easy tea. This is the one for you. Drinking it cold you feel the spices filling your body – the licquorice, the cinnamon, the peppers, the cardamon all circulating in phases that keep bringing you back for more. The first mouthful leaves a taste hanging on the back of your throat, as if it is cleansing you. The thing about this tea is that the brewing time greatly effects that taste, and hot or cold, the tea knocks you out. You feel energised from the first drop, but then, you begin relaxing and pass out nicely. I love this tea! More from the girls!

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