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User's reviews
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ENGLISH BREAKFAST
Good execution of a basic English Breakfast. Standard teabag with a leaf grade that looks like fannings; brews up as a strong cuppa with a pleasant hint of maltiness.
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ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA BAGS
Good tea for what it is. These are teabags that brew up a robust, malty brew that stands up to milk nicely. Exactly what it claims to be: a sturdy English Breakfast.
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Blueberry Matcha
It's fine, a perfectly acceptable culinary grade matcha. Made for a nice matcha latte. The blueberry flavor was a fun novelty but not something I'd actively seek out in the future.
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Almond Cookie Black Tea
The taste of this reminds me of lunar new year cookies. The almond flavor is realistic and not fake tasting. Personally I wish the black tea base was a little stronger, as this was tasty but didn't hold up to milk as well as I'd like.
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Cacao Tea
This was a weak brew. There was nothing wrong with what chocolate flavor there was, but there could be more. If you're craving this tisane's flavor profile, I'd say to just use cocoa powder.
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Fujian Oolong
It's a nice oolong with a delicate character. I prefer my oolongs with a "toastier" character, myself.
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It's got a delicious jammy maltyness to it, though I've gotten similarly good Assams for much less than the price of this one.
It says to brew at 203°, but I don't recommend this. It's extremely weak at that temp, and only reaches it's full flavor when brewed at near 212° like one normally does for black teas.
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Almond Cardamom Cake
This is a tea that demonstrates adagio's talent with flavored teas. "Cake" is an excellent descriptor; this tea smells *exactly* like a freshly sliced spice cake. I sweetened my cup with 1/2 tsp, and served it with dessert.
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Honeybush Chocolate
A big hit with the family this evening! The natural, fragrant sweetness of honeybush melds well with adagio's lovely chocolate flavor. It's yummy/10, would recommend!
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Rooibos Cocomint
To begin with, this smells just like thin mints straight out of the bag. Brewing it up bears out this first impression-- it's like a liquid version of the cookie. Quite delicious, and I'm not even usually a fan of mint. Best with a teaspoon of added sweetness.
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Dreamberry
Delicious! I'm usually indifferent to rooibos, but this blend knocked it out of the park. The berry flavors come through in the final brew wonderfully, and the white chocolate gave it a pleasantly creamy mouthfeel.
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Cold Infuse Blueberry & Apple
This is a great way to ruin a perfectly good cup of water. Whatever they used for their "blueberry flavor" tasted fake and musty, and brought down all the rest of the ingredients with it.
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TAIWAN FOUR SEASONS 'RED PEARL' OOLONG TEA
It's nice: roasty with a hint of a floral note. However, while pleasant, it's a bit one dimensional for drinking alone; I think this is best had as an accompaniment with a meal. Additional note: this was sold in a non-resealable container, so have a bag or tin on hand when you open it.
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Lemon Meringue Green
This tea tastes unpleasantly medicinal. I expected lemon, and instead I received lemon flavored cough drop. Pretty disappointed, as I love lemon and was looking forward to trying this one.
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Cranberry Nut Muffin Green
A green tea with the flavor of baked apples with a hint of tartness. Best with a bit of sweetener. Pleasant, but not as complex as the name or ingredient list would suggest.
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THAILAND 'JIN XUAN' STICKY RICE OOLONG TEA
A mild, lightly roasted oolong with a slight sweetness. Has the subtle scent of a freshly cooked and steaming bowl of rice. Very good!
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NEPAL 'GREEN PEARL' GREEN TEA
This green tea has a sweet top note, with a pleasant umami base. The leaves are tightly rolled, and it's fun to watch them unfurl over multiple brewings.
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Rou Gui
Woody and toasty with a complex sweet note like fresh baked goods. The second brewing brings out the sweet notes a bit more, giving it an almost caramelized backtaste.
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Organic Gyokuro
The fine leaf of this Japanese green tea smells of cut sugarcane when you open the bag. Very light and mild in flavor with no bitterness and a hint of sweetness.
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Blackberry Sage Oolong
This is a surprisingly good blend! Both the berry and the herbal notes come through in the flavor. Who knew sage was such an excellent addition to tea?
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Organic Sencha Shingu Fukamushi
To start out, this green tea brews up actually green! These sweet smelling leaves produce a pleasantly grassy cup with absolutely no bitterness.
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Jolly Roger
This is a very busy tea. I don't like it. It's trying to be too many things at once, and thus doesn't succeed at any.
Too chaotic for me. That's too many flavors, put some flavors back.
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Organic Anhua Song Zhen
Very buttery, not a hint of bitterness in this tea. It rebrews very well: second and third brewings didn't lose any flavor.
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Libra
You know the experience you get when you open up a new box of chocolates and you get a facefull of all the different flavors? This is like that, in a good way.
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Organic Enshi Yu Lu
Smooth, easy drinking: I polished off a 3 cup pot in an hour's time. It's got a silky mouthfeel, with the extremely delicate flavor of steamed fresh peas, and a subtle sweet nose.
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JASMINE GREEN TEA
The jasmine flavor in this so-called jasmine tea is pretty weak. Had it not said "Jasmine" on the bag, I would be left wondering. Tastes like a plain green-bordering-on-oolong with the scent of real jasmine tea wafting in from another room upon the first brewing, with any scent entirely gone upon the second.
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SPECIAL PIN HEAD GUNPOWDER GREEN TEA
It's a good basic gunpowder green. Does all the things you'd expect a basic gunpowder green to do: tastes like strong middle-quality green tea, unfurls attractively when brewed, stands up to multiple brewings if you so wish. Has a very good price for what it is.
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LEMON GINGER HERBAL TEA
One would think, based on the name, that this tea tastes of lemon and ginger. Alas, this is not so. It's lemongrass. Just lemongrass. Only lemongrass, erasing all else. My teapot now smells of lemongrass. My kitchen smells of lemongrass. My dog smells of lemongrass. After drinking this my garden spontaneously started growing lemongrass. The grocery store sells only lemongrass now. Lemongrass haunts my dreams, stalking me through the midnight hours. I was forced to change my name to Lemongrass by deed poll. In conclusion, drinking this is like being accosted by a pharmacist and beaten by a sock full of cough drops. Do not recommend.
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Maple Creme Oolong
Faintly maple with just a hint of cinnamon. Sadly, you can't really pick up the cardamom or cloves. Reminds me of restaurant pancake syrup. Kind of bland on its own, but improves with a splash of milk. Were I designing this, I'd definitely increase the spices.
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JAVA BOP BLEND
A BOP black tea from the island of Java. It's good, reminds me of an Irish breakfast blend; that is it say, about halfway between a Ceylon and an Assam. It's got a nice maltyness to it.
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CHINA JASMINE
It's a good basic jasmine green. Tastes like what you'd order in a nice restaurant, which is exactly what I wanted. The jasmine is strong enough to remain upon second brewing, but not so strong as to overwhelm the toasty flavor of the tea.
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CHINA JASMINE DA ZHANG SELECT ORGANIC
If you like your jasmine very strongly floral, you'll like this, but honestly, the jasmine is just too overwhelming in this for me. I can't taste the tea over the sensation of being punched in the nose by a fistfull of flowers.
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Ceylon Tea
This is the loose leaf version of their Ceylon black. This is my staple tea. I always brew a big pot of it in the morning, any my family finishes it off entirely by afternoon. It's a very good Ceylon at an excellent price; I buy by the case, and it's literally half the price of any other good loose leaf Ceylon. Great taste, and great value. (It makes great chai blends and is lovely iced as well.)
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LEMON DROP BLACK TEA
Delicious! The creamy lemon flavor comes through wonderfully. Tastes like drinking a spoon of lemon meringue mixed into your cup! I have it with milk and 1/4 tsp of sugar. it makes for an excellent dessert tea, and I've repurchased it.
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KANDY OP
It's a good quality Ceylon black tea. It tastes exactly like every other good quality Ceylon I've had. Not a source of novelty, but makes a lovely cup.
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Glendale Estate Handmade Nilgiri
11/10 Amazingly good! When a tea is described as "jammy" I never expect actual fruit flavors, but this one tastes like I stirred in a little spoon of actual jam while drunken plain. It's delicious.
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Autumn Mist Green
It was nice enough. In the packaging, it smells quite strong, but once brewed, the main note that comes through is a mild, sweet caramel, with a hint of apple. (I would have liked to be able to taste the cinnamon at least, personally.) A decent dessert green. I had mine with 1/4 teaspoon sugar; I do recommend slightly sweetening to bring out the flavor.
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Kentucky Bourbon
The caramel flavor in this tea predominates, with secondary notes of vanilla and whisky. Tastes like a sweet hot toddy made with the tiniest shot of bourbon, but without the unpleasant tang of real alcohol. Definitely a dessert tea. To note, the blend had a fairly strong smoke smell in the bag, but thankfully it all but disappeared after brewing.
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Black Tea
This tea certainly... exists. I mean, some tea is better than no tea, but this one has a distinct tasting note of dust. Probably some combination of being low-quality fannings and being a bit stale to begin with. Technically responsible for getting me into tea by dint of being the first tea I had, so one-half of a lopsided gold star for that, I guess.
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White Fuzzy Navel
A nice, mild white tea blend. The peach is present in the background but doesn't overwhelm the flavor of the white tea. Not much like its namesake, but ignoring of the name mismatch, it's a lovely, sedate cup.
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YOUTHBERRY WHITE TEA
Tasty, but horribly overpriced. You can get similar blends elsewhere without spending the absurd pricetag attached.
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Awake English Breakfast
A perfectly serviceable cup of black tea. Exactly what it says on the box. I wouldn't spend my own money on it, but I'm happy to see it at restaurants and hotels.
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Blackberry
A nice, strong berry flavor that stands up to milk better than most of Adagio's berry offerings.
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IMPERIAL BLEND
It's a good, delicate black tea with a hint of earl grey. If you want earl grey but only a bit, this is a good tea; it's not too strong.
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Cream
This tea is very rich. It doesn't have a vanilla flavor per-se, but it has a definite vanilla scent.
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Valentines
Adagio has a good take on chocolate, and the strawberries are a tasty addition. Not 5/5 because it has an odd tart aftertaste.
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Raspberry
Good, in a generically berry-ish way. Unfortunately, the flavoring isn't quite strong enough to stand up to Adagio's astringent Ceylon base, which detracts a bit.
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Oriental Spice
It's a mild chai spice with a hint of orange. Tasty enough; I wouldn't turn up my nose to having it again.
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Pina Colada
When it's finished brewing, the bright, fruity notes from the pineapple, apple, and hibiscus predominate. You can smell the coconut during the start of brewing, but it mostly disappears when poured and drinking.
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Chestnut
It's got a nice sweet nuttiness, but I can't say I get chestnut flavor in particular. If you like almond flavored tea, you'll probably like this.
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Gemini
Juicy and fruity-- quite nice. My only objection is that the white tea is wasted with all the strong fruit flavors; it's delicious but you can't really taste the tea base at all.
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Decaf Ceylon
If you like Adagio's Ceylon, then you'll like this: they've done a good job of preserving the original flavor through the decaffeination. Unfortunately for me, I don't like Adagio's Ceylon.
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Chocolate Truffle
If Adagio's Chocolate flavored tea is "chocolate tea", then their Chocolate Truffle flavored tea would be "tea with chocolate". It's still got a chocolatey-ness, but it's not as strong, and the tea base predominates. Very good! But, not as good as their classic chocolate.
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Ceylon Sonata
It's by no means the worst Ceylon I've ever had, but Adagio's Ceylon has a strong astringency I'm not at all fond of. It's somewhat covered up in their flavored blends, but it's very noticeable when had plain. When it comes to my basic cup, I'd rather use a different tea.
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Honeybush Banana Nut
Everyone else is right-- it really does taste like a banana bread muffin in liquid form. (Caveat: if sweetened. It does need a pinch to bring out the full flavor.)
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Chocolate
Very chocolatey good! It has mostly replaced hot chocolate in my household; it scratches the "hot chocolate" craving, but it's much less heavy. I recommend brewing for 4-5 minutes, and then adding a splash of vanilla to the pot when it's done to round out the flavor. Drink with milk; sweeten a bit for the best chocolate experience. (Note: Though I almost always have it hot with milk, it makes a surprisingly smooth iced tea as well.)