Reviews of Teas & Herbal Teas from TeaGschwendner
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White Tea Lemon-Vanilla (No. 1041) from TeaGschwendner
Style: Fruit White Tea – Region: Blend75 / 100 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 4/5
Jan. 3rd, 2020
Half-litre pot at home. Pours clear fudge brown with no sediment. Mild aroma of white tea leaves, with gentle notes of vanilla and hints of lemon. Dryish flavour of lemongrass, with notes of white tea and just discernible hints of vanilla. Clean but rough and slightly astringent palate, with lingering touches of white ...
Read Full ReviewRoasted Coconut (No. 1642) from TeaGschwendner
Style: Fruit Black Tea – Region: Blend80 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 4/5
Jan. 3rd, 2020
Half-litre pot at home. Pours clear copper brown with no sediment. Clear aroma of coconut, with notes of roast and black tea leaves and mild hints of caramel. Sweetish flavour of coconut (fortunately, not aggressive, like it can be in some cheap brands I have tried before), with bitter nuances of black tea and touches ...
Read Full ReviewEarl Grey Imperior (No. 923) from TeaGschwendner
Style: Earl Grey Tea – Region: Blend75 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 4/5
Dec. 31st, 2019
Half-litre pot at home. Pours clear light fudge brown with no sediment. Clear aroma of Darjeeling tea, with notes of bergamot oil and mild touches of caramel. Mild, bitterish Darjeeling flavour, with its natural sweetness, enriched with dryish notes of bergamot. Clean black tea palate. This is one of the best Earl Grey...
Read Full ReviewMaple Walnut (No. 1623) from TeaGschwendner
Style: Miscellaneous Blend – Region: Blend90 / 100 Aroma: 9/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 4/5
Dec. 31st, 2019
Half-litre pot at home. Pours nearly clear nut brown with no sediment. Clear aroma of Rooibos tea, with pronounced notes of walnuts and touches of maple syrup. Sweetish flavour of Rooibos and maple syrup, with notes of walnuts and touches of black tea and hints of caramel. Smooth palate, leaving nutty notes and touches...
Read Full ReviewBlueberry (No. 1620) from TeaGschwendner
Style: Fruit White Tea – Region: ?????85 / 100 Aroma: 9/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 4/5
Dec. 29th, 2019
Half-litre pot at home. Pours clear light orangeish with no sediment. Clear aroma of white tea and mallow blossoms, with distinct notes of blueberries. Bitterish flavour of tea leaves, with tart notes of blueberries. Clean palate with mild acidic hints. Relaxing and not aggressive. I have tried other blueberry teas, wi...
Read Full ReviewGwendalina's Baked Apple (No. 908) from TeaGschwendner
Style: Miscellaneous Blend – Region: Blend85 / 100 Aroma: 9/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 4/5
Dec. 29th, 2019
Half-litre pot at home. Pours clear fudge brown with no sediment. Clear, intense aroma of baked apples, with notes of cinnamon, touches of black tea and hints of caramel. Mildly bitter onset, giving way to sweetish notes of apples and acidic and spicy hints. Clean and bitterish palate. Easy to drink, especially enjoyab...
Read Full ReviewDarjeeling Avongrove Second Flush Organic from TeaGschwendner
Style: Darjeeling Second Flush – Region: Darjeeling, India100 / 100 Aroma: 10/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 5/5
Jul. 17th, 2019
Loved it. Smoother than a standard black darjeeling, but same iconic after taste.
Read Full ReviewAssam Boisahabi Malty Second Flush from TeaGschwendner
Style: Assam – Region: Jorhat, Assam, India84 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 4/5
Jan. 10th, 2015
A very enjoyable, almost prototypical Assam, but of very good quality. Another of the many samples recently brought back to me from Germany.
Dry leaf aromatic, but doesn't quite betray the true beauty of this tea.
Upon brewing, produces a richly aromatic cup, full-bodied, and with both warming and cooling qualit...
Nr. 922, Earl Grey no. 69 from TeaGschwendner
Style: Earl Grey Tea – Region: Blend63 / 100 Aroma: 6/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 3/5
Jan. 10th, 2015
A relatively bold-flavored Earl Grey, strong on the bergamot, and a little perfumey. Another sample brought back from Germany.
The leaf is broken, but the pieces of leaf are relatively large. Leaf is very aromatic, and smells fresh, and mostly of bergamot.
Brewed as recommended, 2 minutes, produces a richly col...
East Frisian Leaf Blend from TeaGschwendner
Style: East Frisian Tea (Ostfriesentee) – Region: Blend80 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 4/5
Dec. 31st, 2014
A strong black tea blend of very good quality. Another sample brought back from Germany.
Brews up a rich, dark cup that is only moderately aromatic. The aroma is very malty and slightly vegetal. The flavor is very smooth up-front, but there's a tannic edge towards the end of the sip, which I found quite pleasant....
Nr. 291, Festive Tea™ Darjeeling FTGFOP1 Okayti First Flush from TeaGschwendner
Style: Darjeeling First Flush – Region: Darjeeling, India80 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 5/5
Dec. 31st, 2014
A very light first flush Darjeeling with a unique character.
A present brought back from Germany, does not look like it's available in the U.S. I found this tea fascinating, as it's an example of a "holiday-themed" tea that is a single-estate pure tea of a high grade, and I normally associate "holiday teas" with fl...
Kenya GFOP Milima from TeaGschwendner
Style: Black Tea – Region: Kericho, Kenya91 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 5/5
Dec. 28th, 2014
My favorite tea from TeaGschwendner yet! I thought this was among the best Kenyan black teas I've sampled, and among the best of all African teas for that matter.
Brews a rich, dark, full-bodied cup with a strong but subdued aroma and an exceptionally smooth flavor. The aroma is complex and hard to describe: it se...
Assam SFTGBOP Tonga Second Flush from TeaGschwendner
Style: Assam – Region: Assam, India67 / 100 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 3/5
Nov. 1st, 2014
I'm having mixed feelings about this tea. Initially the smell was amazing, the dry leaf had a complex and spicy aroma. I wasn't as excited about the smell of the tea once it was brewed, the smell lost all of it's spice tones and reminded me of most basic black teas. The taste was pretty basic as well and also remind...
Read Full ReviewAssam SFTGBOP Tonga Second Flush from TeaGschwendner
Style: Assam – Region: Assam, India73 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 3/5
Oct. 31st, 2014
A sample from the store in Regensburg, Germany. Thank you for the sample!
Dry leaf has a remarkable aroma, strong, spicy and fruity, reminiscent of potpourri. The smell of the dry leaf is incredibly pleasant, and is what I liked most about this tea, although the rest was enjoyable too.
The brewed cup is much mo...
South Korea Seogwang from TeaGschwendner
Style: Green Tea – Region: Jeju, South Korea67 / 100 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 3/5
Oct. 29th, 2014
Purchased in the TeaGschwendner store in Regensburg, Germany. The company describes this tea as intense and reminiscent of Japanese green teas, and I agree on both counts.
The dry leaf is aromatic but in a sort of edgy way that I'm not sure if I like. It's fresh and suggests a cooling quality, but is a bit harsh, ...
Vietnam Yen Bai OP Organic from TeaGschwendner
Style: Black Tea – Region: Vietnam67 / 100 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 2/5
Oct. 22nd, 2014
Purchased in the TeaGschwender shop in Regensburg, Germany.
Dry leaf is not very aromatic; it faintly suggests cocoa.
Brews up a very typical cup. I used TeaGschwendner's recommendation of 4 minutes, but used less leaf than they recommend, and this produced results that I liked. I was able to make a second stee...
Russian Samovar Tea from TeaGschwendner
Style: Black Tea – Region: Blend83 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 4/5
Dec. 4th, 2013
A delightful tea that was very easy to appreciate, but had a lot of depth when I paid more attention to it. Thank you to my parents for choosing this tea and giving me a sample!
Dry leaf, which is relatively finely broken, is mildly but very pleasantly aromatic, suggesting a gentle black tea. The smell of the dry ...
Darjeeling Margaret's Hope Autumnal from TeaGschwendner
Style: Darjeeling Autumnal Flush – Region: Darjeeling, India83 / 100 Aroma: 9/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 4/5
Jan. 14th, 2011
The liquor has a beautiful floral aroma with that sweet darjeeling muscatel scent. In taste, it is not as delicate as a first flush. It is bold, but without much of the floral notes that 2nd flushes usually have. It does have the soft mouthfeel described by the vendor, but I did not detect any woody notes. The tea is a...
Read Full ReviewSumatra Oolong Barisan from TeaGschwendner
Style: Oolong Tea – Region: Indonesia80 / 100 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 5/5 Value: 3/5
Nov. 7th, 2010
Absolutely love this tea's delicately smooth creamy flavor with slightly vegetal notes. The infusion is light green with yellow tones.
Good for multiple infusions.
Elderflower White Tea from TeaGschwendner
Style: Flavored White Tea – Region: Blend57 / 100 Aroma: 6/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 2/5
Jun. 14th, 2010
very heavy fruity, apple-like aroma and flavor. it kind of overpowers the flavor of the base tea. this would make a nice, fruity iced tea for sure, but it's too pricey to brew up in bulk for this purpose.
Read Full ReviewJapan Bancha Organic from TeaGschwendner
Style: Bancha – Region: Japan67 / 100 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 4/5
Apr. 30th, 2010
aroma: grassy, vegetal, somewhat sweet.
flavor: somewhat toasty as described. vegetal, mellow. will become bitter if steeped too long.
this is a tasty tea that i like revisiting from time to time.
Japan Matcha Hikari Organic from TeaGschwendner
Style: Matcha – Region: Japan57 / 100 Aroma: 5/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 1/5
Apr. 30th, 2010
note: this is the first matcha tea i've tried. i really don't know anything about them.
i don't really know what i'm doing. a friend of mine happened to have a tin of this [received as a gift], and we tried our best to properly prepare it according to internet directions.
it was a tasty green tea. light in fla...
Sumatra Oolong Barisan from TeaGschwendner
Style: Oolong Tea – Region: Indonesia63 / 100 Aroma: 6/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 2/5
Apr. 29th, 2010
appearance: the leaves have been rolled into ball-like clusters [but not as tightly as, say, gunpowder].
aroma: slightly sweet and vegetal.
flavor: smooth, buttery, gentle. this is a quality, tasty tea.
China Oolong Kwai Flower from TeaGschwendner
Style: Osmanthus Tea – Region: China73 / 100 Aroma: 7/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 3/5
Apr. 29th, 2010
aroma: sweet, peach, apricot
flavor: rich, well-balanced, floral and fruity notes.
this is one of my overall favorite and most frequently consumed teas. it's a staple of my collection, and i regularly offer it to guests.
if you're buying from teagschwendner, be sure to pick some of this up.
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