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On Friday, I tried Stash's ginger peach green tea. I could definitely tell there was peach (more in the scent than in the taste). I'm not so sure about the ginger. The flavor is fairly delicate. I didn't add stevia; I think doing that would kill the tea. I rather liked this one.
On Sunday, I tried Twinings' honeybush, mandarin and orange tea. I wanted something without caffeine (I suspected that I had gotten dehydrated on Saturday, and I didn't want unnecessary caffeine). I didn't sweeten it. I could definitely taste the orange. It wasn't overwhelming, but it was there. I think I liked it.
On Monday, I tried Bigelow's pomegranate black tea. I couldn't taste anything but the bitter and (after I added it) the stevia.
On Tuesday, I tried Stash's goji berry green tea. I didn't much like it. There was a definite flavor of something that wasn't the green tea, and I didn't care for it. It wasn't awful enough to stop me from finishing the cup, but I probably should just have poured it out. Life's too short to drink things I don't enjoy.
On Wednesday, I tried a tea leftover from when Cordelia was sampling teas last year-- Tazo's passion. Cordelia disliked this; she dislikes pretty much all hibiscus teas (I can't think of a single exception). I generally like hibiscus teas, and I thought this one was okay. It has a strong flavor and doesn't need sweetening. There's an aftertaste that i'm not sure I completely like. I'm not well versed enough in herbal teas to tease out which of the herbs is responsible for the part that displeased me. The tea includes hibiscus, lemongrass, licorice root, orange peel, cinnamon, rose hips, citric acid and 'natural tropical flavors.'
On Thursday, I tried Stash's double bergamot earl grey black tea. I liked how it smelled, but I couldn't identify much in the taste but the black tea and, once I added it, the stevia. I think I have trouble distinguishing flavors with black teas. It's a pity because black tea is likely to be the best for me in terms of caffeine content.
Stevia doesn't exactly have a flavor. It sort of lingers on my tongue after I've swallowed with a weird echo of sweetness. I don't taste the sweet so much with the initial mouthful, at least when drinking teas with strong flavor; it's all aftertaste. That being so, I'm not sure why the stevia drowns out delicate flavors. I know it does, though. Maybe it's that the strongly flavored teas drown out the stevia at first so that I only get it as an echo.
On Sunday, I tried Twinings' honeybush, mandarin and orange tea. I wanted something without caffeine (I suspected that I had gotten dehydrated on Saturday, and I didn't want unnecessary caffeine). I didn't sweeten it. I could definitely taste the orange. It wasn't overwhelming, but it was there. I think I liked it.
On Monday, I tried Bigelow's pomegranate black tea. I couldn't taste anything but the bitter and (after I added it) the stevia.
On Tuesday, I tried Stash's goji berry green tea. I didn't much like it. There was a definite flavor of something that wasn't the green tea, and I didn't care for it. It wasn't awful enough to stop me from finishing the cup, but I probably should just have poured it out. Life's too short to drink things I don't enjoy.
On Wednesday, I tried a tea leftover from when Cordelia was sampling teas last year-- Tazo's passion. Cordelia disliked this; she dislikes pretty much all hibiscus teas (I can't think of a single exception). I generally like hibiscus teas, and I thought this one was okay. It has a strong flavor and doesn't need sweetening. There's an aftertaste that i'm not sure I completely like. I'm not well versed enough in herbal teas to tease out which of the herbs is responsible for the part that displeased me. The tea includes hibiscus, lemongrass, licorice root, orange peel, cinnamon, rose hips, citric acid and 'natural tropical flavors.'
On Thursday, I tried Stash's double bergamot earl grey black tea. I liked how it smelled, but I couldn't identify much in the taste but the black tea and, once I added it, the stevia. I think I have trouble distinguishing flavors with black teas. It's a pity because black tea is likely to be the best for me in terms of caffeine content.
Stevia doesn't exactly have a flavor. It sort of lingers on my tongue after I've swallowed with a weird echo of sweetness. I don't taste the sweet so much with the initial mouthful, at least when drinking teas with strong flavor; it's all aftertaste. That being so, I'm not sure why the stevia drowns out delicate flavors. I know it does, though. Maybe it's that the strongly flavored teas drown out the stevia at first so that I only get it as an echo.
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I suspect that I'm going to have to explore different types of chai. I can taste the flavoring in the two kinds I've tried already, and I think they're robust enough to stand up to the stevia, and they should have enough caffeine to satisfy me when I need a pick me up.