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Review: Tea Guys Cafe Latte

Kari — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:22:16 +0000

I couldn’t believe it when I saw this blend has “Dean’s Beans Coffee” beans in it. I was already looking forward to it because I like coffee/tea blends. My sister-in-law raves about Dean’s Beans. I think I even got some for a Christmas present last year – she lives very close to their company, which is in a small New England town. This is another organic and local ingredient that Tea Guys use.

There was a nice balance of tea, coffee and chocolate in the aroma which was very inviting. You could see the nice sized pieces of beans, chocolate and roasted barley. This combination of flavors was delicious. This is perfect when you want it all – coffee, chocolate and tea. By adding just a touch of milk I made it even better. This blend was good iced too. I was able to get some new blends by calling the other day instead of using the internet and was impressed by the complimentary samples they sent.

Review: David’s Tea Jumpy Monkey

Troy — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:23:17 +0000

Being that I’m the first to review one of David’s Teas i should probably introduce the company first. David’s Tea is a Tea retailer and Teahouse, located in Toronto Canada, with a soon to open shop in Montreal. David (as the blurb on the about us page tells) grew tired of never finding quite the teahouse he wanted, so he went ahead and created it. I’ve never been to the place. Being that I’m a Californian with no family or friends in Toronto, I’m not likely to ever wander by, so what caught my attention was their website. Go ahead, take a quick peak, I’ll wait. Mesmerizing isn’t it? Now bad Tea with a snazzy website is still bad tea, but good tea with poor marketing just rots in the warehouse.

Of course this isn’t a Tea to begin with, its sort-of, Kind-of, a-lil-bit, Coffee…

Please lower your torches and let me explain. Yes nestled among Yerba Mate, White Chocolate, Nuts, and bits of bark and root are the unmistakable forms of coffee beans. Now personally I’ve never taken to coffee, just not my thing, but this Tisane, while containing whole roasted coffee beans, only inherits a bit of a coffee tinge. This isn’t Coffee, this is Yerba Mate, and white chocolate, with a mild caramel-chocolate coffee finish. Its earthy, sweet, and seems to stretch the tongue across fields of Vanilla, Chocolate, and caramel.

A few words of warning. First, this Tisane contains just about every stimulant the jungles of South America can offer, legally. Second, don’t pre-steep as it washes away the chocolate. Depending on your tastes I would probably go with an extra teaspoon’s worth, and take a second to appreciate that special Folgers commercial moment when you open the bag. This is a great pick-me-up without the harsh smack in the face that is your average pre-ground coffee bag.

Review: Tea Guys Cafe Latte

Vanessa — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:23:11 +0000

Tea Guys Cafe Latte is a blend of black tea, coffee beans, cocoa, chicory, barley and other natural flavors. TeaGuys’ website says “The combination of dark roasted, organic coffee beans, (fresh from our local coffee roaster) and select black teas produces a strong and energizing cup that is best with milk. A blend that offers enough caffeine to please coffee drinkers, and smooth enough for tea lovers – the best of both worlds.” I thought this would be a really interesting tea blend, but in the end, this one fell far short of my expectations. I was hoping for a happy union of coffee and tea, but all I could taste was the coffee. Coffee just doesn’t seem to be a good team player, so none of the other ingedients were even slightly detectable. I should point out that I am not a huge fan of coffee, so a tea that tastes nothing like tea and entirely like coffee probably isn’t going to score too high with me. I guess this could be an ideal tea to have on hand for the die-hard coffee drinkers who are hesitant to try tea, but even still, this one doesn’t even give a glimpse of how tasty tea can be, and the brew probably will be perceived as too watery/weak to really pass for coffee. Rather than enhance the flavor of black tea, the coffee flavor just masked it. As a tea lover, I must admit disappointment with the overpowering coffee flavor and the complete inability to discern any of the black tea and other flavors of the blend. This tea blend seems to have an identity crisis, where it really doesn’t know what it wants to be. Does it want to be coffee, or does it want to be tea? It definitely does not shine in either of these individual aspects, and nor does it come through as a balanced blend.

Review: Tea Guys Cafe Latte

Lea — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:23:08 +0000

I’m not a coffee girl. It figures it would take tea to get me interested in coffee. It’s not awful or anything, I just don’t require it. I’ll have a soymilk latte’ every few months, but that’s about it.

Indifferent as I usually am towards it, I was eager to try this blend. It has whole coffee beans and an eye-opening aroma. I figured I’d like the tea as soon as I inhaled the rich scent, and I was right. The combination of real coffee beans and black tea is downright addictive! In addition to that, there’s a subtle mocha flavor here that’s really great. It’s just enough to add richness to the tea without killing the coffee flavor.

The balance of coffee and tea is perfect, neither overpowering the other. This blend is great for any coffee drinker trying to ease their way into tea. It perks you up without overdoing it. I’ve already ordered more of this exceptional tea. Whether you’re a coffee or tea drinker, you’ll find a friend in this blend.