Tea Time | Taylor's of Harrogate Rose Lemonade

Company: Taylor's of Harrogate

Tea: Fruit

Brew Time: 3 - 5 Minutes

Water Temp: 100'c

Teabags / Loose: Teabags

Rose Lemonade is our love letter to sunshine and summer. We’ve blended tangy lemon peel and zingy lemongrass with fragrant, organic rose petals and a posy of English country garden ingredients – like sweet blackberry leaves, rosehip, apple and hibiscus. It’s a seriously refreshing infusion with elegant floral notes.

I hate Rose. I'm just going to throw that out there right at the beginning of this review. So why the hell did I pick this tea up I hear you ask? Honestly... I have no idea why! I'm a sucker for pretty packaging and was craving some ice tea. I assumed it would make a nice pink lemonade kinda thing. 

I first of all made this tea hot because I really wanted to give it a try. When the tea is hot the flavour you get is a hot lemon tea with a subtle undertone. I really really loved the tea at this beautifully piping hot temperature. I should imagine it'll be a nice hot drink in the summery weather. Yes I drink tea when it's hot outside. But the issues evolved when it started to cool down, the rose flavour really started to take hold, even after I'd taken the tea bag out. I really don't like rose stuff and when it got quite tepid it had become too much for me. I much preferred the stronger lemon and subtle rose. Than an overpowering rose and hint of lemon. 

I then brewed 3 teabags in one cup of water and a half teaspoon of agave syrup. Left to cool and tried over ice. It was pleasantly quite nice, maybe it was the agave! This was lush and will definitely be a staple for me in summer. The packaging is super cute don't you agree? 

So pretty. 10/10 Taylors for packaging!

The last thing I wanted to mention about this tea was the aroma. The smell of this tea really was very pleasant, it didn't smell like your grans old perfume like I expected. It smelt kinda sweet from the rose and tart from the lemon. Very inviting. It brews to a lovely pink colour. I brew it for 4 minute, getting the best from the lemon. I'd suggest if you prefer the stronger lemon taste add a slice of lemon with the tea and then add hot water. 

Source: tailors of Harrogate website. I had to include, it's such a gorgeous picture!

All in all I really enjoyed this tea at it's hottest and over ice with a little sweetener. I would buy it again definitely! You get 20 enveloped teabag in a box for £2. 

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Tea Time | Kensington Super Berry Green Tea

Company: Kensington Tea Company

Tea: Green

Brew Time: 3 - 5 Minutes

Water Temp: 80'c

Teabags / Loose: Loose Leaf

A delicious blend of our Sencha Green Tea with Hibiscus, Rosehip, Apple Pieces and Orange Peel. The liquor is bright with a beautiful bouquet and superb fruity flavour. It is extremely refreshing and full of super berry goodness!

This tea was absolutely delicious! The lovely Laura from Love Tea, Love Blogging was the person who introduced me to Kensington Tea and got me on the flavoured green tea wagon! I was dubious going into this tea, I'm not going to lie. I am a very hesitant green tea drinker. It's not my favourite. 

The tea smells really delightful, a light fragrant undertone of green tea leaves with a more prominent fruity smell. You can really smell the hibiscus and apple! Flavour wise? It's gorgeous! It's hands down the nicest green tea i have ever tried. Green tea wise, the flavour is quite delicate and subtle, but you can notice it there. If you don't like green eta I'd still try it because that bitterness isn't there. It's just clean and crisp kind of flavour. The fruity side is obviously my favourite bit. The tangy hibiscus settles perfectly with the crisp green tea leaves and the sweet apple pieces. It's definitely perfectly blended. I would add a tsp of natural honey if I was to ice it though. 

This tea is a whole leaf loose leaf tea. It's super chunky and thats why this tea packs a fruity punch of flavour.

Source: Kensington Tea Website

All in all I really enjoyed drinking this tea, and I did actually re-purchase it! Kensington is quite mildly priced for a specialised loose leaf tea company. 

50g - £.350

125g - £7.74

250g - £13.50

500g - £23.70

I would to be honest re-purchase but in the 125g bags. I love it, but it's not nice when it goes stale! I have too much tea to drink to justify buying in bigger bags. But I definitely would do if I didn't have as much tea as I do!

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Tea Review | Ayurveda Ginger Fresh Tea - Kent and Sussex Tea & Coffee Co.*

Company: The Kent & Sussex Tea & Coffee Company

Tea: Herbal

Brew Time: 5 - 10 Minutes

Water Temp: 100'c

Teabags / Loose: Loose Leaf

Our Ginger Fresh Tea is a fresh and fruity herbal blend combining ginger lemongrass and liquorice root. This tea combines some Ayurvedic principles and European ideas of wellness tisanes. Ingredients: lemon grass liquorice root ginger pieces peppermint lemon peel and black pepper. Brew using boiling water and infuse for 5 to 10 minutes. Makes and excellent iced tea!

First of all can I say a massive thank you to Kent & Sussex Tea & Coffee Co. for this wonderful sample for me to review. I was really excited to try this tea when I saw some of the ingredients on the packet. Ginger, liquorice and peppermint. It was definitely right up my street. On smelling this tea the predominant smell is the peppermint, so I was assuming this would be the over powering flavour, the smell also has undertones of sweetness which comes from the liquorice and a spicy note form the ginger. 

The tea brews to a light golden colour. Almost like a well brewed green tea. I did brew it for around 7 minutes, right in the middle of the ideal brew time. Purely because I didn't want the ginger too harsh or the liquorice too strong. I wanted to be able to pull through the peppermint flavours too. The brew time was perfect for me,  the ginger and peppermint are the flavours you taste first and the liquorice follows nicely afterwards with a gentle sweetness. The sweetness of the liquorice pairs nicely and subtly with the sharpness of the ginger and the cooling of the peppermint. 

I really did love this tea, the sachet that I got has 20g in it and I used up half of the sachet in a 4 cup pot of tea. I used 1 tsp per cup and an extra tsp for the pot. So around 10 cups in the sachet. I don\t like teas with ginger or liquorice too strong. So I didn't use a 'perfect teaspoon' you can buy from tea companies. I used a bog standard teaspoon so possibly a little less. 

All in all I loved this tea and I would buy it again. I'd really recommend picking this tea up if you like any of the three prominent ingredients in the tea and just brew to how you like it. This tea has a range of health benefits which include Anti Oxidants, Detox, Hydration, Refreshing, Relaxing and Weight Loss.

If you're wondering about price Ginger Fresh retails at -

50g - £3.00

125g - £5.84

250g - £10.51

500g - £19.12

1kg - 35.95

I would give Ginger Fresh 4/5 Teacups! 

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