Chai / Spiced Tea

Prep: 212F, 10min (per tea), sample bag, 8oz

Aroma: Very traditional cinnamon and spice aromas jump out of the mug here. I’m expecting this to be quite spicy. 9/10

Flavor: Fairly good pop of cinnamon and clove notes. This doesn’t overwhelm your palate with spice but it bring back memories of chai spiced la...

Prep: 212F, 5min, 2 heaping tsp for 16oz.

Aroma: I often am critical of chai teas because they are too balanced. Typically, I want the spice when I go for chai. This blend delivers. Quite spicy, plenty of chocolate in the nose. 9/10

Flavor: There is not a disparity between the aroma and flavor which is nice. Ve...

A little funny having a black tea before bedtime; however, the cab says low caffeine. David’s would not mislead me, right?

Prep: 2.5 tsp, 16oz, 200F, 7.5 minutes (directions say 205 for 7 minutes).

Aroma: You really get the vanilla notes on this one. The cinnamon pops pretty nicely as well. With the aroma bei...

Appearance: Fairly saturated reddish brown. Looks pretty much the part of chai.

Aroma: Here is my conundrum. The tea smells so spicy and aromatic in the tin but the liquid is more of a black tea, malty presence with some mild cardamom.

Taste: This is a solid chai tea. It has really good malty notes but I’d l...

It seems that many before me have been bigger fans of this than I am. That said, this tea is fine for the teabag price point.

Aroma: The spice is there. It’s a bit muddy but you know this is a spiced tea very easily.

Flavor: Prepared as the box states but there isn’t much here. A bit of a spiced water but ...