Is white tea in tea bags good?

White tea is one of the most interesting types of tea. Partially because many of them have a very light and delicate flavour, partially because a good one is often difficult to find. This type of tea is not as common as green, oolong or black tea, and is not as often available in traditional tea bags as other tea types.

One reason is that 2 of the most popular types need to have a specific leaf shape. For example, Silver Needle is made purely of tea buds covered in fine white hair. White Peony will have tea buds, stalks and leaves. But what really makes white tea a white tea is the production process. It includes fewer steps than making other types and results in a unique flavour profile.

Now let’s get back to Strawberry and Vanilla white tea from Basilur.

What’s in Strawberry and Vanilla White tea?

Strawberry and Vanilla white tea from Basilur is available as loose leaf and in tea bags. Loose leaf blend contains unbroken leaves, jasmine flowers, rose petals and strawberries. Tea bags are made of white tea and vanilla and strawberry flavourings. Since traditional tea bags contain fannings and dust, they will always brew into a stronger tea, often with bitter notes. That’s why white tea is usually better than loose tea. Usually, but not always.

So, is this tea different?

What does Strawberry and Vanilla white tea taste like?

To make a cup of tea, bring fresh water to a boil and let it cool for a few minutes. Although white tea is gentle, you can still use a slightly hotter water and steep it for 2-3 minutes.

Basilur’s Strawberry and Vanilla tea smells lovely. It’s as close to strawberries and cream as a tea could be. It’s quite a surprise for a tea in a traditional tea bag to taste this light and natural.

Flavour is lighter than scent, with no bitterness or deep hay notes. Strawberry flavour is very light though. The best description would be that this is a delicately flavoured vanilla white tea with hints of strawberry and cream flavour. This tea doesn’t need any condiments, and it’s best served with no milk. It leaves the same lovely light aftertaste. It’s suitable for making an iced tea too.

Strawberry and Vanilla white tea is a perfect choice for daily drinking at home or in the office, as it’s very easy to make and tastes light and lovely. If you love lightly flavoured white teas, this tea is a brilliant choice. Even if you drink only loose tea, there’s a very high chance you’ll like this one too.

Tea Recap

Water or milk? Water.

Day or night? Day.

Hot or iced? Hot or cold.

Sweetened or pure? Pure.

Caffeine? Yes.

What’s the price? Starting from 3.99 GBP.

Where to buy? Get it from the Basilur website: 20 tea bags or loose tea

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What is Brewdolph?

What makes Christmas tea a Christmas tea are spices, berries, nuts and citruses blended with a tea base. By looking at the ingredients, Brewdolph is not just a simple spiced black tea Christmas blend. First, it contains an interesting black tea pair, Ceylon and Yunnan black tea, and some quite uncommon ingredients (at least in tea blends) such as lime leaves and pomegranate flowers. And then, there are classic festive ingredients – cloves, cinnamon, red peppercorns and orange peel. In this blend, a lighter and brighter Ceylon black tea is blended with stronger and maltier chocolaty Yunnan tea. Pomegranate flowers can be used for making a pure herbal tea but are far less common than a pomegranate fruit tea. Lime leaves are common in savoury dishes and they add a refreshing citrusy flavour. If you’re looking for lightness, they are a great alternative to regular citruses.

With these ingredients, Brewdolph promises lightness, sweetness, freshness, zestiness, and spiciness – all important flavours (and more) a proper Christmas blend should have. This tea is available in different packagings and sizes, including loose leaves in pyramid tea bags and regular loose leaves in pouches or caddies.

How to brew Brewdolph tea?

Brewdolph tea has a deep, slightly spicy scent with hints of orange and cinnamon. It’s a very easy to brew tea – use one teaspoon of tea leaves or one tea bag per cup of boiling water and steep for 3-5 minutes. Pyramid tea bags are easy to brew and contain loose leaves of the same quality as loose tea in pouches. They are a perfect choice is you want a cheerful office blend to get you into the festive mood at work, too. This blend brews into a warming, sweet, just delicately spicy and very Christmas cuppa. The first thought? It’s a beautiful snowy afternoon blend for a cheerful Christmas afternoon tea party. It’s a lightly spicy tea, with no bitterness and a buttery mouthfeel. Brewdolph tea tastes great without milk and it feels like there’s an invisible milky ingredient already hiding in the blend. There are orange after notes too, and an incredible lightness and festiveness.

This is a bright and merry blend, rather than a heavily spiced tea. It’s very easy to drink, that would make a perfect festive daily tea too. What would be a great condiment for this tea? A slice of fresh orange would blend really well with all other flavour notes.

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What is Lemon and Ginger tea?

Most commonly, lemon and ginger tea is an infusion of fresh or dry ginger and lemons. But Field. Work. Tea Lemon and Ginger tea is not a typical blend. It’s made with lemongrass rather than lemon, dry ginger, fennel seeds and liquorice root, giving it a great balance of sweetness, spiciness and freshness. There aren’t any additional flavourings in this blend, only pure ingredients. Lemongrass is an herb that’s often used for cooking, and it has a different flavour to lemons. It’s less citrusy, and more herbaceous, with lighter and delicate taste.

Field. Work. Tea. is a brand from Modern Standard Coffee, a company dedicated to offering coffee and tea with focus on all aspects of the production – from field to the cup. Modern Standard Coffee is a member of 1% for the planet organization whose members give at least 1% of their revenue to help deal with environmental issues.

Checking the ingredients list before choosing your tea will help you get an idea what one tea might taste like and which benefits it may offer.

So, what’s good about this tea? All ingredients in this blend may offer soothing and digestive benefits with great flavour, and no need to add any sweeteners. Dry ginger is less spicy than fresh ginger, and it’s a brilliant choice for anyone who wants to enjoy the benefits of ginger without the extra spiciness. This herbal tea is available in both regular envelope tea bags and pyramid tea bags. It’s caffeine free, and suitable for any time of the day or night.

How to make Lemon and Ginger tea?

What’s great about pyramid tea bags is that you can enjoy the benefits of loose tea without the need of brewing equipment. All you need is a kettle and a cup. Steep it for 3 minutes at 100 degrees Celsius. Lemon and ginger tea has a beautiful light green-yellow colour and a delicate scent. It’s a light tea, perfect for office sipping that won’t get bitter as it cools down. It has a very clean taste, with a perfect balance of sweetness, lemony scent and warming ginger. This herbal tea doesn’t need any condiments, but you can add a few drops of fresh lemon juice and still maintain the balance of other ingredients. Another advantage is that you can re-steep it once, which is not common with herbal teas.

Field. Work. Tea. Lemon and Ginger tea is a great daily blend for slow sipping. It doesn’t need any condiments and has a perfect balance of warming, citrusy and sweet notes. This tea is great for tea beginners that want to try exploring herbal blends, and for those that already love ginger and lemon tea but want something flavourful, but gentle.

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