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Tchuggin' Okie

(422 reviews)
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Naturally Decaffeinated Tea from Bromley Tea

Style: Black Tea – Region: ?????

69 / 100 Aroma: 4/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 4/5
May. 23rd, 2025

Likely, I'll never rate a decaf black tea in the upper 20%, simply because the processes involved usually strip away aroma and flavor and add some sort of unnatural (usually metallic) tinge to the taste. Imagine my surprise, then, when this decaf tasted rather smooth and moderately strong, with only the very faintest ...

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JGS1122

(137 reviews)

Pothotuwa Estate Ceylon Silver Tip from Upton Tea Imports

Style: Black Tea – Region: Sri Lanka / Ceylon

85 / 100 Aroma: 9/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 4/5
May. 22nd, 2025

The aroma is sweet, solid Ceylon aroma. The liquor (5 min steep) is a deep brown. Flavor is good, and has a distinct fruit taste ( I get peaches). Overall a good Ceylon. I would add this tea to my regular rotation.

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Tchuggin' Okie

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Steep Chamomile Citrus Herbal Tea from Bigelow Tea

Style: Chamomile Blend – Region: Blend

67 / 100 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 3/5
May. 22nd, 2025

Flavored chamomiles can vary a lot in quality, so I figured going in that this blend would have either too little citrus (lemon), rendering it a meekly flavored chamomile, or so much lemon that the chamomile was a distant whisper. Amazingly, they were well-balanced! This was especially true in the aromas, which were ...

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JGS1122

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Whisky Barrel Smoked Japanese- Cherrywood from Upton Tea Imports

Style: Black Tea – Region: Japan

75 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 4/5
May. 21st, 2025

Strong smoky aroma. The liquor (5 min steep) is a brownish red. There are cherry notes that linger as an after taste. This tea might be a good pairing with dessert. I would use it for all day sipping.

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Tchuggin' Okie

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Earl Grey Decaf from Mighty Leaf Tea

Style: Earl Grey Tea – Region: Blend

71 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 2/5
May. 12th, 2025

Here's another Mighty Leaf blend I got included in a hotel stay, but I'm basing the (way overpriced) value rating on the online cost, over 50¢/bag in 100-ct bulk box! Even for a really good decaf tea, that's probably too steep to steep for most folks, unless one is so desperate for a very good decaf EG that such a la...

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Steep Organic Green Tea & Pomegranate from Bigelow Tea

Style: Fruit Green Tea – Region: ?????

42 / 100 Aroma: 4/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 2/5
May. 8th, 2025

Somehow, with the "organic" promotional pump and the higher cost, I expected this tea to improve upon the non-organic Bigelow version that doesn't have the "Steep" name attached. Instead, I rated it 20 points lower, with the "value" as overpriced. It costs more than the "normal" pomegranate-flavored green tea from Bi...

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Crème Caramel Tea from TWG Tea

Style: Flavored Rooibos – Region: Blend

76 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 3/5
Apr. 22nd, 2025

From my first sniff of this tea in TWG's Bangkok shop to the latest chug, I'm struck by the strong resemblance of this flavored rooibos to Murchie's "Cozy Caramel Rooibos." Both use high-quality rooibos with suitably strong flavorings (in this case, as described on TWG's website, "a secret TWG Tea blend of sweet Frenc...

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JGS1122

(137 reviews)
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Vietnam Black Tea from Simpson & Vail

Style: Black Tea – Region: Vietnam

75 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 4/5
Apr. 17th, 2025

The aroma has a pleasant fruitiness. The liquor (5 minute steep) is a medium brown. The flavor is mild, and tasty, with a slight sweet after taste. Would be good as a base for a blended tea. Tasty.

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Tchuggin' Okie

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Organic Darjeeling Estate from Mighty Leaf Tea

Style: Darjeeling Black Tea – Region: Darjeeling, India

85 / 100 Aroma: 9/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 3/5
Apr. 8th, 2025

Finally, after trying several Darjeeling teas, I think I've finally found one that expresses how they're supposed to taste. Most of them, in my relatively limited experience so far, have been "off" in some way: flat, or metallic, or weak, or muddy, or "old" tasting, or just ordinary and nothing special (like a lot of...

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Oi Ocha Green Tea from ITO EN

Style: Green Tea – Region: Japan

79 / 100 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 4/5
Apr. 6th, 2025

ITO EN's Oi Ocha has become my favorite straight Japanese green tea pretty quickly. It was one of my favorites of several teas in my daughter's pantry in Bangkok, on decent water (reverse-osmosis filtration of the otherwise risky city tap water), and seems even better on my mineralized but filtered well water at home....

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Regenerative Organic Darjeeling from Tazo Tea

Style: Darjeeling Black Tea – Region: Darjeeling, India

58 / 100 Aroma: 6/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 3/5
Mar. 30th, 2025

For starters, I don't know the current availability status of this tea, or if it is the same as the original Tazo Darjeeling, which was not called "Regenerative Organic" and which has been retired for several years, at least. It apparently made a comeback or new beginning in this form, and clearly is in contemporary T...

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Napoléon Tea from TWG Tea

Style: Flavored Black Tea – Region: Blend

91 / 100 Aroma: 9/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 4/5
Mar. 27th, 2025

Napoléon Tea conquered me, quickly. Of all the samplers I sniffed in TWG's Bangkok store, this was one of the strongest, and certainly the most attractive to me in terms of choosing a priority for which ones to buy. The dry and in-cup aromas weren't quite as intense as the sampler, but still quite mouth-watering.
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Three Mint from Pukka

Style: Mint Tea – Region: ?????

60 / 100 Aroma: 6/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 3/5
Mar. 21st, 2025

Here's a blend of spearmint, peppermint and "field mint" (presumably wild mint), with a nice but unremarkable dry-bag aroma. The flavor was pleasant, smooth, and mild overall...too mild. As I've noted here before, I prefer the sharp, strong hit of a potent peppermint tea to all other mint teas; "potent" this was not,...

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Chamomile Citrus from Mighty Leaf Tea

Style: Chamomile Blend – Region: Egypt

78 / 100 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 3/5
Mar. 16th, 2025

Here's another Mighty Leaf offering obtained from a stay at College of DuPage's little on-campus hotel. I must say, few hotels (even including the likes of Hilton or Hyatt), or Air-BnB type places I've ever seen, provide such an expensive tea brand, and they had multitudes of several flavors. That was a nice touch! ...

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JGS1122

(137 reviews)

Jin Jun Mei from Yunnan Sourcing

Style: Black Tea – Region: Fujian, China

80 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 4/5
Mar. 13th, 2025

The aroma is 'wood, spice' with a slight fruit influence. The liquor (5 min steep) is a clear reddish brown. Taste is smooth with a slight tart after taste. Classic Yunnan. Enjoyable anytime tea.

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Tchuggin' Okie

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Singapore Breakfast Tea from TWG Tea

Style: Miscellaneous Blend – Region: Blend

88 / 100 Aroma: 9/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 4/5
Mar. 12th, 2025

Contrary to the established custom of a "breakfast tea", this isn't just a blend of black teas, or black tea with a mild flavoring. Instead, Singapore Breakfast mixes green tea, black tea, vanilla, and unspecified "rare spices". Given the fruitiness of both the aroma and flavor, and the known pieces in the mix, I sus...

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White Orchard from Mighty Leaf Tea

Style: Miscellaneous Blend – Region: China

72 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 3/5
Mar. 10th, 2025

This is a mutt as tea blends go, with white and green tea, "natural flavors" and white cornflower, but it works out well. A recent stay at College of DuPage's nice little student-run hotel featured a selection of Mighty Leaf teas to chug, including a few I hadn't tried nor reviewed yet. This is the first of those. S...

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Golden Earl Grey from TWG Tea

Style: Earl Grey Tea – Region: Blend

78 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 3/5
Mar. 3rd, 2025

This tea came from a TWG shop in Bangkok, weighed and bagged onsite out of the top 1/4 of a wholesale bucket. As such, it smelled and tasted (and should be!) really fresh, and is excellent in quality on both counts. The dry aroma is quite fruity, more in a berry-like way than citrus, but with the bergamot orange stil...

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Trailesque

(162 reviews)

Detox - Pure Infusion from Shanti Tea

Style: Herbal Tea – Region: ?????

55 / 100 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 2/5
Feb. 20th, 2025

I don't know enough to comment on how healthy this tea really is, but it is made of "schisandra berries, burdock, yellow dock, lemongrass, dandelion leaf, red clover, and natural essences", so draw your own conclusions. I have never heard of some of those before, but it tastes all right, and has a mellow, herbal tisane...

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Uplift (Minty Lemon Green) from Shanti Tea

Style: Flavored Green Tea – Region: Darjeeling, India

60 / 100 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 3/5
Feb. 20th, 2025

This is a fairly light, snappy Darjeeling green plus some peppermint, and a dash of lemon (which the company website calls "lemon pieces and natural lemon essence.") Overall, it is pleasant enough. It is advertised as "perfect for hot summer days" and they recommend cold brewing it, so I will have to try it on ice at...

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JGS1122

(137 reviews)

Simao Spring tips from Yunnan Sourcing

Style: Yunnan Gold – Region: Yunnan, China

70 / 100 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 4/5
Feb. 19th, 2025

The aroma is mild with a slight woodiness. The liquor (5 minute steep) is a pleasant relish brown. Solid Yunnan flavor. No surprises from this 'first flush'. Tasty sipping tea. Mild enough to be overwhelmed by cream, milk, or sugar.

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Tchuggin' Okie

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Yellow Label Tea from Lipton Tea

Style: Black Tea – Region: Blend

50 / 100 Aroma: 5/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 3/5
Feb. 18th, 2025

I got this tea at an eatery in Bangkok, and also from my daughter who lives there, and brought a bag home to try on the same well water in which I've reviewed other teas here. I'm not convinced it was worth hauling back its couple grams of dry weight in the suitcase.

In every way, this tea struck me as essentiall...

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Morning Storm Tea from TWG Tea

Style: Black Tea – Region: Blend

75 / 100 Aroma: 9/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 3/5
Feb. 11th, 2025

This is the first of a handful of loose teas I purchased, for somewhat of a high price (even in the otherwise favorable baht/USD conversion), at TWG's nicely done Emporium Mall store in Bangkok. Now that I'm home, they'll be rotated in behind teas being used up.

Admittedly, I got Morning Storm mainly for the name, ...

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JGS1122

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China Black Mu Dan from Upton Tea Imports

Style: Black Tea – Region: Hunan, China

80 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 4/5
Feb. 6th, 2025

Aroma is a subtle sweet (peach) scent. The liquor (5 minute steep) is a light brown with amber. The flavor is good, with the fruit after taste. A good choice for an all day sip. I would buy this again.

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Trailesque

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Wakocha Japanese Black from Shanti Tea

Style: Black Tea – Region: Japan

65 / 100 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 3/5
Jan. 15th, 2025

I was curious to try this. I associate Japan with twig teas, tea mixed with puffed rice, green teas, and matchas, and I never heard of Wakocha before - so this is something new for me. It is a good black tea, not as premium as the price may indicate, but not bad at all. It has a lightly astringent, earthy flavor, and...

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