Reviews of Popular Tea Beverages Written by Thomas J. Hesley
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Lipton Black Tea Review
For a name brand tea, this Lipton black tea is priced normally at what seems to be a deep discount. You can drink lots of Lipton for very little cash. Plus, it remains fresh on the shelf, as long as you leave the tightly applied cellophane coating on the box, for years in a cool, dry basement or…
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Carrington Peppermint Tea Review
Curious thing about this Carrington Tea, Peppermint Tea. Its tagless teabags have each, a notably small amount of peppermint leaves within, and yet, it brews up into an intensely icy, delicious beverage with a taste very much like peppermint Life Savers. This is a pure, peppermint tea, with no other distracting flavors. In fact, if you…
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Salada Decaf Black Tea Review
I’ve consumed at least one box of this Salada Decaf Black Tea in the past few months. My mother drank orange pekoe black tea nearly every day, while the siblings and me were growing up. So I’m certain that I fell in love with tea by observing how much she enjoyed it. To this day, black tea is frequently served at my sisters homes. …
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Red Rose Decaf Black Tea Review
An undeniable tea fan for more than twenty years, I’ve consumed some boxes of Red Rose Decaf Black Tea lately. My mother drank orange pekoe tea daily, while my siblings and I were growing up. So I think I got my love of tea by watching her enjoy it so much. Tea is often served at the homes of…
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Bigelow Cinnamon Stick Tea Review
A tea drinker for more than three decades, I’ve drank cinnamon tea from numerous manufacturers, and enjoyed most of them. So I brought home a 20-teabag box of this Bigelow Cinnamon Stick Tea for review , and am sipping a large hot cup right now while writing this. Bigelow Cinnamon Stick Tea indeed rivals other popular brands, and thus, is another cinnamon tea that’s among the…
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Bigelow Plantation Mint Black Tea Review
I’ve downed many hundreds of cups of Bigelow Plantation Mint Black Tea (catalog # 00189) over the past decade or so. This Plantation Mint black tea, that is strongly flavored with spearmint leaves, is among the best spearmint flavored beverages I’ve ever sipped. It’s color is a deep orange or brown, perhaps owing to the black tea content within, and no bitterness…
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Twinings English Breakfast Tea Review
Twinings English Breakfast Tea has rested in our tea pantries for well over a decade. A routine tea fan for more than twenty years, we’ve consumed several boxes of this Black Tea in recent years. They served English breakfast tea now and again at meals at high school, and some friends drank it daily and offered it whenever we’d visit them. This is a decent…
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Twinings Irish Breakfast Tea Review
Twinings Irish Breakfast Tea features a substantial caffeine kick and a clear, deep orange-red color with modest bitterness if you steep it too long. Twinings, as with most black teas, is easily coaxed into sweetness with stevia or Equal. The price of this product is about average as compared with other black tea renditions we’ve tested. Twinings has lots…
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National Cup Orange Pekoe & Pekoe Cut Tagless Black Tea Review
A relenting fan of tea for over twenty years, I’ve consumed perhaps fifty cups of National Cup Orange Pekoe & Pekoe Cut Tagless Black Tea lately. They poured orange pekoe versions of black tea everyday during meals at my high school, and Mom drank it daily as my siblings and I grew from children into adults. Occasionally, Mom made a pot for us all when we…
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Uncle Lee’s Tea 100% Organic Green Tea Review
A green tea drinker for more than one score, I’ve consumed lots of different brands of green tea, and loved most of them. So I brought home a 40-teabag box of this Uncle Lee’s Tea 100% Organic Green Tea for review a little while back, and am sipping a large hot cup of it right now. Uncle Lee’s…
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Tazo Awake Black Tea Review
Tazo Awake Black Tea has a clear, deep orange appearance in a white mug with little if any bitterness, even when steeped for longer than the recommended five minutes. For a premium name brand black tea, Tazo is relatively inexpensive, fairly easy to find, and it stores well and for long periods due to the individually wrapped…
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Carrington Original Green Tea Review
An avid tea fan for more than twenty years, we immediately seize new varieties never sampled before. We saw this Carrington Original Green Tea at Walmart some years back, and thought to bring it home and see how it tasted. It has an equally pleasing green tea flavor as the Salada, Celestial Seasonings, and Bigelow green teas we are fond of. We enjoy its…