I wasn’t sure if I would like Irish Breakfast, because I have mixed experiences with English Breakfasr blends, and I knew this would be stronger. I think I like it stronger, though!!

This was okay. Kind of boring, too, but in an “enjoyable but not life altering way” and not a “I hoped for more from this blend” way like the chaimander.

Maybe this will grow on me as I finish the sampler pack I bought, but I don’t see myself buying any more. It is not bad so much as boring.

Hey, guess what, I bought a sampler from this company, so I have a bunch to review. This was good and reminded me of drinking the blood orange-flavored Orangina knockoff I would buy with my roommates (read: fellow Mormon missionaries) from an E. Leclerc in Ferney-Voltaire and bring across the border to where we lived in Geneva.

I haven’t had yerba maté in a while, and it definitely has a distinct flavor to get used to, but the chocolate mint flavors of the rest of the blend are super helpful in that regard.

Need another cup of this before I make up my mind definitively, but that’s part of the fun story behind this blend.

Over the weekend, I discovered for the first time a place that serves Elmwood Inn by the cup, so that let me try a new blend without having to buy a bunch at once. This sounded interesting enough to give it a shot, and it was good! I may buy more of this the next time I’m buying from this company.

Serviceable chai that I’d drink again but that I’d never go looking for.

I usually feel guilty about preferring corporate dessert-y teas to fancy blends, but this blend has dispelled some of that. It wasn’t bad at first, and I was glad to give a fancy tea a try, but the taste wound up being so strong that the next thing I steeped in my tea tumbler tasted of this rather than what I’d been hoping for. Meh.

Hojicha is good stuff!

Kiddo brought this back from a Ren Faire for me, and it is great. You can taste cherry (a lot of it), and there are clear hints of vanilla and an aftertaste of peppercorn in the chai. It’s better sipped over the course of a morning than finished in a rush, but I’m looking forward to going through this whole bag.

Not bad, but didn’t leave much of an impression.

This tea has brought joy into a conference I’m attending two mornings in a row!

This is good! I thought I might have oversteeped my first cup, but it was a delicious contribution to my breakfast, and I’m looking forward to trying more of it.

Late night driving sometimes means stopping for tea on the way, and this was a delicious choice.

This was one of the better parts of a mediocre hotel breakfast, but that’s not high praise. I’d try it again, though.

This purchase felt like a real gamble. I’m not sure I actually like green tea, and while I have had one yummy hojicha latte, that’s not a lot to base a long-lasting purchase on.

Anyway, I like it! It feels like I shouldn’t, because it’s a very unique taste that reminds me of being in a Japanese restaurant more than the teas I usually like, but it’s good and I’m looking forward to drinking more.

I’m not ready to give this full marks (maybe because I don’t actually like caramel corn all that much, so who knows why I felt like I had to have this tea). That said, it’s good and interesting, Elmwood Inn somehow managed to make it taste like its description, and I don’t think I’ll get bored of it.

Not the best chai I’ve ever had, but a nice addition to my morning rotation.

Okay, so I just reviewed this, but I already think it’s better than I gave it credit for. I just oversteeped a cup because I got caught in conversation on my way back from the break room and it was still just the right taste, and I think that deserves full marks.

I know it’s a breakfast tea, but this hit the spot yesterday when I was dragging right before an afternoon meeting. Not too strong, just the exact kind of malty flavor I’m trying to experience more of.

This blend felt like a bit of a gamble, but if the flavors are subtle, they are more or less what I would have expected from the branding. A welcome addition to my current lineup.

This tea has been an afternoon treat for me for a couple of weeks now, but I only just realized that I hadn’t blogged it yet. It’s much better than my last experience with Pinky Up, and it delivers on its promise to be boba-ish without all the trappings (or cost).

I keep thinking that I should like Earl Grey, but I think it’s time to acknowledge that I just don’t. I’d like to try some more Lady Grey sometime, but even lattefication didn’t help me enjoy Earl Grey.

As a side note, I just want to say how glad I am that I now write these posts because over the weekend, I was trying to remember whether I liked a particular blend, but it was from before I started teablogging, so I had nothing to rely on!

Anyway, this was another good midmorning work tea. I’d gladly drink it again, even if I can’t say I’d notice if I never had it again.

Doesn’t knock one’s socks off, but it was a good mid-morning work tea.