Reviews of Popular Tea Beverages Written by Thomas J. Hesley
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Prince of Peace Premium Green Tea Review
Prince of Peace Premium Green Tea compromises nothing on flavor; surprising for an “off” brand. I stumbled across a large box of this green tea at a local Big Lots store the other day and was pleased at the significantly cheaper price ($3.27 for a hundred servings). A die-hard green tea fan for more than twenty years,…
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Bigelow Green Tea Review
An avid tea fan for more than twenty years, I’ve consumed many boxes of Bigelow Green Tea over the past decade. Bigelow green tea is among the best I’ve sampled. I like its clear, light green appearance with almost no bitterness. It sweetens well with stevia, and for a name brand tea, Bigelow is not too expensive, easy to…
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Carrington Tea English Breakfast Tea Review
Carrington Tea English Breakfast Tea certainly rivals corresponding products from Twinings, Bigelow, Celestial Seasonings, et al. The Carrington Tea flavor is top grade, even if the packaging fails to adequately protect tea freshness once opened. As with the other Carrington Tea offerings, this black tea product features a rather thin, not-so-rigid paper box. Inside is a white plastic pouch that holds the teabags, which…
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Lifestyle Awareness White Tea Wellness Review
A tea drinker since I sang soprano, I’ve consumed lots of different brands and styles of tea’ every type from herbal, organic, and greens, to white, black, spiced, and orange pekoe. I loved most of them. So, having never tried the Lifestyle Awareness White Tea Wellness, I brought a box home for review, and am sipping a 12-ounce mug right…
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Luzianne Black Tea Review
A black tea lover for over twenty years, we often enjoy cups of Luzianne Black Tea, and did so in preps for this review. They poured orange pekoe versions of black tea everyday during meals at my high school that tasted very much like this tea, and Mom drank it daily as the sibs and I grew up. Occasionally, Mom brewed a pot of iced…
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Red Rose Original Orange Pekoe & Pekoe Cut Black Tea Review
An staunch tea fan for more than twenty years, I’ve consumed several boxes of Red Rose Original Orange Pekoe & Pekoe Cut Black Tea in recent years. My mother drank orange pekoe tea daily, for many years. So I bet I got my love of tea by watching her enjoy it so much. They also served much black…
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Great Value Green Tea Review
Great Value Green Tea compromises not at all on flavor; surprising for a store brand. An avid green tea fan for more than twenty years, I’m always looking for the cheapest sources of great-tasting green tea. As green teas go, Great Value green tea is among the best tasting that I’ve sampled, though it’s not…
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Bigelow Peppermint Herbal Tea Review
Bigelow Peppermint Herbal Tea is a brisk, refreshing, and pleasant-tasting minty herbal tea product, packaged with passionate attention to creating and preserving the cool peppermint flavor. It’s a naturally caffeine free tea, and can be enjoyed either hot or cold. It truly is pure peppermint, as peppermint is the only ingredient within. When steeped according to the recipe…
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Stash Peppermint Tea Review
Stash Peppermint Tea is one of the very few “Cadillacs” of peppermint tea. Everything from the artwork, thick paperboard container, and thick foil individually wrapped teabags, on down to the actual taste of the peppermint itself, this product is nearly perfect, particularly for those wishing to limit caffeine intake. No caffeine here. It smells pleasantly…
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Twinings Earl Grey Tea Review
Twinings Earl Grey Tea would have pleased Star Trek’s Captain Picard, who ordered “Earl Grey Tea, hot!” from his office replicator often, while he met with dignitaries, admirals, and crew members. Why? Because this flavored classic black tea features a subtle lemon taste, only a gentle caffeine nudge and a translucent amber color with miniscule bitterness,…
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Twinings Lady Grey Tea Review
Twinings Lady Grey Tea is a sort of scaled-down version of the classic Earl Grey black tea, and resembles one of those eclectic beverages, because its flavor is not derived from a single herb or oil Rather, Lady Grey tea features numerous taste impressions from orange peel, lemon peel, and of course, the black tea. The…
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Great Value Black Tea Review
A staunch tea fan for more than twenty years, I’ve consumed several boxes of Great Value Black Tea in recent years. They served orange pekoe versions of black tea routinely at meals at my high school, and Mom drank it daily as my siblings and I were growing up. Occasionally, shed make a pot of it for us…