Tea drinkers, come in!

[suzyqq02]

Have we done favorite teas before?

As I'm sitting her in Ffreezing MA, I'm looking for new teas to try. Preferably herbals since I think I'm been having too much caffeine lately. But I love to hear what other people are into and what I should try.

So what are your favorite teas? Could be anything from grocery store bag brands to the specialty loose leaf you drop $ on.

My favorites:
Davids Tea ginger pear white tea
Davids Tea Buddha Blend (white and green blend with hibiscus)
Peet's Coffee Jasmine Fancy
Twinnings Black Currant black tea
Lyons pyramid bags for black tea

[carissalynp]

We get Teavana loose leaf sometimes. The blueberry bliss/strawberry lemonade blend is delicious if you like fruity- I think the blueberry is rooibos and lemonade is herbal, so not much caffeine. And DH is a big oolong fan too.

[nebraska84]

I like Stash double spiced chai

[MadisonPenny]

I love any peppermint tea
I also really like David's Tea Pink Flamingo

[dadalou]

I'm a tea lover. Whenever we go on vacation I find a fun tea to bring home with me. I usually have at least 10 kinds of tea in the house, both loose leaf and bagged. I don't do well with caffeine so I mostly do rooibos and herbal teas.

I have so many favorites. I think my absolute favorite is a raspberry vanilla from a local tea shop (but they recently closed so no more for me ). Most chai teas are good. My favorite of those is from Market Spice in Seattle. For grocery store teas I'm a big fan of anything Trader Joes brand or Stash or Twinings.

This morning I had some ruby red chai from Trader Joes.

[likethewheels]

I'm a big fan of anything minty. My current favorite is Steeped Tea's Sweet Licorice Mint (loose leaf herbal). FTR, it has zero licorice flavor.

I also like Celestial Seasoning's Lemon Zinger, but I feel like I drink more of that in the summer time.

[carissalynp]

Celestial Seasonings apple cinnamon is a good winter one too. And if you do want caffeine, Teavana's chai chai blend, which I'm now craving. Mmm.

[mevaroo]

Twinings Earl Grey, or Lady Grey if I'm feeling crazy

[carseat]

Mmmmm tea!!!

David's Forever Nuts
David's - any chai (really, they're all great)
David's - Birthday Cake
Tealish - Sweet Macaron

[carissalynp]

carseat birthday cake?? Tell me more about this.

[carseat]

Feb 3, 2015 13:17:56 GMT -5 carissalynp said:

carseat birthday cake?? Tell me more about this.

It's DELICIOUS. It's a rooibos and it has sprinkles and little bits of ice cream in it.

[broccolisgirl]

Twining's earl or lady grey like mevaroo.
Bigelow constant comment (orange spice black tea).
Celestial seasonings candy cane green tea.
Chai.
And republic of tea ginger peach.

[hashtagrainbow]

Love anything Earl Grey, Lady Grey, 50 shades of grey. Oh, English Breakfast and Irish Breakfast too. I'm pretty boring and have only really bought Twinnings and Trader Joe's. Maybe the west coast will make me branch out and try new stuff!

[tangerinetart]

I'm a huge tea fan but never heard of Davids. I'll have to check it out. I love Mighty Leaf - their pear caramel is so amazing! But all their teas are exceptional, pricey but worth the splurge now and then.

Republic of Tea has some great flavors, too. I usually like blends that have some black. I need a little jolt.

My go to daily is Twinings Irish Breakfast for the morning and I usually drink milk maker teas in the afternoon (these days).

Oh! Teavana something Life is great. I got a tin of that for my bday and it's a white blend. Pure bliss.

[buffaluffagus]

I'm currently (as in RIGHT THIS SECOND) enjoying Tazo Zen (lemongrass and spearmint). I should have bought stock in Celestial Seasonings' Sleepy Time Tea as a 5 year old because I've been drinking it several times a day my entire life.

[carissalynp]

Feb 3, 2015 16:17:44 GMT -5 buffaluffagus said:

I'm currently (as in RIGHT THIS SECOND) enjoying Tazo Zen (lemongrass and spearmint). I should have bought stock in Celestial Seasonings' Sleepy Time Tea as a 5 year old because I've been drinking it several times a day my entire life.

I don't generally like green tea much, but I also have Tazo Zen on hand, I love that one. I mix it with nettle leaf sometimes since I like that for the health benefits but it tastes like grass.

[carseat]

Feb 3, 2015 14:39:45 GMT -5 tangerinetart said:

I'm a huge tea fan but never heard of Davids. I'll have to check it out. I love Mighty Leaf - their pear caramel is so amazing! But all their teas are exceptional, pricey but worth the splurge now and then.

Republic of Tea has some great flavors, too. I usually like blends that have some black. I need a little jolt.

My go to daily is Twinings Irish Breakfast for the morning and I usually drink milk maker teas in the afternoon (these days).

Oh! Teavana something Life is great. I got a tin of that for my bday and it's a white blend. Pure bliss.

David's is Canadian, but it looks like they're making some progress south of the border. And when you order online they send you three free samples to try different kinds. They're awesome.

www.davidstea.com/store-locator

And the founder is OUR AGE. He was 28 when they opened the first one in 2008 and the whole chain just exploded. With good reason - it's amazing. Search through, the teas are so fun and delicious.

[suzyqq02]

Feb 3, 2015 16:35:40 GMT -5 carseat said:

Feb 3, 2015 14:39:45 GMT -5 tangerinetart said:

I'm a huge tea fan but never heard of Davids. I'll have to check it out. I love Mighty Leaf - their pear caramel is so amazing! But all their teas are exceptional, pricey but worth the splurge now and then.

Republic of Tea has some great flavors, too. I usually like blends that have some black. I need a little jolt.

My go to daily is Twinings Irish Breakfast for the morning and I usually drink milk maker teas in the afternoon (these days).

Oh! Teavana something Life is great. I got a tin of that for my bday and it's a white blend. Pure bliss.

David's is Canadian, but it looks like they're making some progress south of the border. And when you order online they send you three free samples to try different kinds. They're awesome.

www.davidstea.com/store-locator

And the founder is OUR AGE. He was 28 when they opened the first one in 2008 and the whole chain just exploded. With good reason - it's amazing. Search through, the teas are so fun and delicious.

They're hitting the Boston market HARD (5 locations in the last year, I think), and I'm in love! We have Teavana, obviously, but I never loved the atmosphere shopping there... too "faux Zen/manufactured Asian tourist" vibe for me. Davids is so bright and all about the tea!

[carissalynp]

Feb 3, 2015 16:40:13 GMT -5 suzyqq02 said:

Feb 3, 2015 16:35:40 GMT -5 carseat said:

David's is Canadian, but it looks like they're making some progress south of the border. And when you order online they send you three free samples to try different kinds. They're awesome.

www.davidstea.com/store-locator

And the founder is OUR AGE. He was 28 when they opened the first one in 2008 and the whole chain just exploded. With good reason - it's amazing. Search through, the teas are so fun and delicious.

They're hitting the Boston market HARD (5 locations in the last year, I think), and I'm in love! We have Teavana, obviously, but I never loved the atmosphere shopping there... too "faux Zen/manufactured Asian tourist" vibe for me. Davids is so bright and all about the tea!

Is there one out near us? I'm pretty sure I need to go there now!

[carissalynp]

I mean, I'll drive to Natick for birthday cake tea. Hm we need a drooling smiley!

[carseat]

Feb 3, 2015 16:41:42 GMT -5 mamosey said:

I love David's. There's one by my office so I head there often during lunch. They've been getting a bit to salesy lately which is irritating. I don't need the pitch.

^^Hears this. If I go in there telling you I want Rooibos de Provence, don't try to sell me whatever specialty pack of whatever. I shop there enough, I know what I like, and if I want something different I know how to ask for it.

I'm going to need to try this, though (just clicked on the front page)

[carseat]

Feb 3, 2015 17:04:30 GMT -5 mamosey said:

Oh honey...that's just the tip of the iceberg. They have amazing flavors!

Yup!

They even have tea with gold sugar balls (it makes your whole cup sparkle!), popcorn (it's awesome), little lip shaped candies, chocolate chips, peppercorns... it's amazing.

I can't say enough about Forever Nuts. It's one of their top sellers for a very good reason. It's been my go-to lately.

[carseat]

Feb 3, 2015 17:18:43 GMT -5 mamosey said:

carseat did you see they got into the fertility and milk tea market?

No, I didn't! I'll have to take a look, that's interesting!

[carissalynp]

I think you guys just changed my life. I just looked at David's website. OMG.

[broccolisgirl]

Feb 3, 2015 17:45:38 GMT -5 carissalynp said:

I think you guys just changed my life. I just looked at David's website. OMG.

This is me. I just had a serious teagasm looking at the site. If we didn't need to buy a new water heater, I could drop some serious coin right now.

[mevaroo]

We have no cool tea stores around. *sad trombone*

[tangerinetart]

Just sent links via email to three davids teas with the subject "valentines sex".

ETA - sent the email to MH.

[carissalynp]

Feb 3, 2015 18:49:17 GMT -5 tangerinetart said:

Just sent links via email to three davids teas with the subject "valentines sex".

ETA - sent the email to MH.

Is it a good or a bad thing that DH would probably be just as likely to open it if he knew I sent him tea links? lol. We just drooled over the site together. Of course we never want the same ones.

[tangerinetart]

Feb 3, 2015 19:02:44 GMT -5 carissalynp said:

Feb 3, 2015 18:49:17 GMT -5 tangerinetart said:

Just sent links via email to three davids teas with the subject "valentines sex".

ETA - sent the email to MH.

Is it a good or a bad thing that DH would probably be just as likely to open it if he knew I sent him tea links? lol. We just drooled over the site together. Of course we never want the same ones.

Good thing! My H doesn't drink tea. He's broken.

[suzyqq02]

carissalynp, come out to natick some saturday, we can get tea and do laps around the fancy part of the mall. ;-)