It’s officially Summer and — Yikes! — it’s hot hot hot! Of course, many of you are going for that iced tea to keep cool, especially with your Fourth of July cookouts, but some of us diehards stick with hot tea. Either way you work it, there are some great options to keep your inner tea drinker very satisfied!
1 A tea that’s great hot or cold: Monk’s Blend Flavored Black Tea
No vows of silence here! You’ll be singing the praises of this tea to all you meet. A very popular tea, full of flavor due to a dramatic combination of vanilla and grenadine. Naturally flavored black tea (a high-grown Ceylon tea from estates at more than 5,500 feet above sea level). My experience with it chilled. The natural sweetness means you don’t have to add sugar or other sweeteners. For me that’s a real plus. My review of it served hot. This flavored tea is also great (in fact, I think it’s better) with a dash of milk and sweetener. Dessert in a cup! | ![]() |
2 Stay cool blue with Blue Q! Try their Blue Q Tea Merci Lemon Ginger rooibos
3 Speaking of Granny, try some of this: Granny Green Apple Tea
4 A tea that is well known in Britain and getting better known here in U.S.: PG Tips
A popular British blend of the finest Assam, Ceylon and Kenyan teas, PG Tips produces a rich and refreshing flavor. PG Tips is blended and packaged in the UK. It has a similar taste to the English Tea Store brand English Breakfast Tea. They feature pyramid-shaped tea bags, which allow more room for tea to infuse and produce a better flavor and a free flow of water through the webbed fibers. The Freeflow Pyramid bags result in fast brewing and a superior taste. Stop by the English Tea Blog to learn more. Faired well in my comparison of four black tea brands served cold. Some sweetener was needed, but not too much. | ![]()
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5 Another version of the ever-popular Earl Grey: Versailles Lavender Earl Grey Tea
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Royal Silver Needle 2013 beautiful cold [link removed per blog policy]
Organic Mao Jian 2013 as above
Anji Bai Cha 2013 [link removed per blog policy]
Lovely Teas to savour am awaiting more 2013 teas to come.
I recommend the above but everyone is free to let others know
Their choices
Thanks, Dil, those sound very tasty!