365 Days of Tea - Day 25: Stash's Lemon Ginger Green Tea and Unboxing.

So today was exciting, I got my box from Stash Tea!

It came in a huge box, so I was expecting a massive amount of tea.

The huge box tricked me, and a much smaller box was packaged inside. Hehe, oh well.

Neatly packed on top is a little information about some seasonal teas, etc.

Under that is a colorful teaplosion!

Quite a lot of loot in there, it was like a tea treasure box.

Here is the list:

• These neat little Nektar Honey Crystals. (x2).
• Maple Apple Cider (Herbal Tea).
• Salted Caramel Mate Herbal & Black Tea.
• White Chocolate Mocha Black Tea.
• Spice Dragon Red Chai (Herbal Tea).
• Mangosteen Green Tea.
• Christmas In Paris (Herbal Tea).
• Organic Very Berry Herbal Tea.
• Guayusa and Chai Tea.
• Pure Guayusa.
• Lemon Ginger Iced Green Tea Powder.

What an awesome amount of tea to try! I can't wait to go through them. Although a lot of them ARE in tea bags, and I know that in the tea community they are not considered nearly as good as loose leaf, but I still give everything a fair share. I want to experience as many types of teas in my life-time as possible.

Today I decided to review Lemon Ginger Iced Green Tea from Stash. Its interesting because its a powder you just put into a cup, and it magically turns into tea.

In the magical flavoring goes!

And after a quick shake, it was green. I think its made by Green Tea Wizards. Now for the big test.

Smell - It smells like a stronger wet-nap. I know that sounds a bit weird, but thats the best way I could describe it. Very strong lemony scent, no other smell comes through. I suspect it might even taste more like lemonade then tea.

Taste - Honestly I think the tea is very lost here, but I didn't expect very much from a produce like this. It tastes very processed, and it is. It taste like a wet-nap smells. Very weak lemon flavoring, with a strong lemon scent. The ginger and green tea are completely missing from the flavor profile.

Overall - I have had good experiences with Stash Tea in the past, so this isn't a first impression, AND I personally wouldn't accept an extremely processed product as a first impression either. This product is meant to be on-the-go, and I can see some people liking it as well. It's marketed as a tea, but its not very tea-like.

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365 Days of Tea - Special Unboxing - The Tea Spot.

I woke up briefly to a text this morning, and I opened chrome on my phone. I noticed I still had the tracking page open for my package, so I decided to refresh and see if there is any changes.  It was in Maine! I was definitely getting the package today. Although it was suppose to be here Saturday. Stupid dumb postal service.  Anyway, couple hours later my roommate texted me and told me my package was here. So exciting!

Handcrafted from rare imported Chinese trees, this artisan box is created with such delicate and precise skill. You can tell just by it's looks alone; this wasn't a regular box, it was a box filled with a tea-seer's soul. It's soul radiates a package-like energy, it was warm to the touch, but not the warmth of the sun, the warmth of a loving mother.

  I had to paint my entire room black. The overwhelming light exploding from the box made it impossible to capture a photograph without blowing up the sensor. This photograph is actually taken with the lense cap-on, and through 6 feet of cinder block. My palms were sweaty, a new world was awaiting me, my life was about to change - forever.

Strange white object. Felt light, but thick. Contained strange cryptic letters. Perhaps a ancient language created by the tea gods. "Corey" it says, I have no clue what that is about.  I brutally ripped it's flesh open to discover it's innards.

Cryptic sheets containing various letters in the ancient language. One of them even appears to be sticky on one end. How strange. Tastes kind of weird, too. I guess this isn't food.

Life-packages. These contain, rare, heavenly plants to which one brews tea. The cryptic language is starting to make a bit of sense to me now;

• Bolder Breakfast; Black tea, pu'erh & chocolate.
• Ginger tea.
• Black Pu'erh.
• Matcha Green Tea.
• Climber's High. "High-enegry blend of yerba mates, teas, herbs, and flavors."
• Coconut Cabana. Taiwanese mily oolong & fresh coconut.

I know that typical unboxings are pretty dull, and uninteresting, so I had to do this in my own taste. Keep in mind that I meant to disrespect, and I hope I didn't offend anyone. Hopefully you had fun and enjoyed it. I'm excited to try all of these, and I can't wait to see where this journey is leading me.

Special thanks to The Tea Spot for sending these to me for my journey.

Edit;

Wilma also likes TheTeaSpot.