Bigelow Teabag Black Tea 'Constant Comment'

Tea Information:
Tea: Constant Comment
Type: Black Tea
Packaging: Teabag
Company: Bigelow
Purchase: Here
Description: Created by Ruth Bigelow in her kitchen over 60 years ago "Constant Comment"® is today America's most popular specialty tea. This original blend of the finest mountain-grown tea is deliciously flavored with rind of oranges and sweet spice. There's no other tea in the world quite like it. 20 individually foil wrapped tea bags per box. 6 boxes per case. Net Wt. 1.18 oz. (33g.)
Ingredients: black tea, rind of oranges, sweet spice, natural flavor

Steep Information:
Amount: 1 teabag
Water: 8 ounces hot water from carafe
Steep Time: a little over 2 minutes
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: orange, spice
Steeped Tea Smell: orange
Flavor: spice, orange, black tea
Body: Full
Aftertaste: bitter
Liquor: dark brown

Enjoyable, and great selection if your choices are teabags in a conference center. It resisted over-steeping as I had multiple cups of this. It was better with a bit of sugar.

Rating: 2/4 leaves


Leaf system:
1=Bleh! not again if it were free
2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options
3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out
4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing

Bigelow Teabag Herbal Tea 'I Love Lemon'

Tea Information:
Tea: I Love Lemon
Type: Herbal Tea
Packaging: Teabag
Company: Bigelow
Purchase: Here
Description: Here's a year round valentine for everyone who really loves lemon. With its delightfully refreshing lemon flavor, this herbal tea hot or iced will add a little sunshine to your day.
Ingredients: rose hips, lemongrass, natural lemon flavor (soy lecithin), lemon peel, lemon verbena, peppermint leaves, ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), citric acid, with Vitamin C Added.

Steep Information:
Amount: 1 bag 2.2g
Additives: none
Water:150° hot spigot water
Steep Time: a little over 5 minutes (Steep.It)
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: peppermint, lemongrass, lemon verbena
Steeped Tea Smell: lemon verbena
Flavor: lemon, not a very tart shocking lemon but a nice soothing lemon
Body: Medium
Aftertaste: sweet floral
Liquor: medium honey brown

Gift from Janefan, yea! (only 3 more flavors she sent to try and review left)

I was expecting tart and sour and instead got nice and smooth.

I wasn't feeling too well and was hoping this herbal would help.

I believe this is a good herbal, and recommend it as a under the weather stash.

Post-Steep Additives: honey, mmmmm delicious like a lemon candy

Rating: 2/3

Bigelow Teabag Black Tea 'Cinnamon Stick'

Tea Information:
Tea: Cinnamon Stick
Type: Black Tea
Packaging: Teabag
Company: Bigelow
Purchase: Here
Description: In Cinnamon Stick®, we use only the finest mountain-grown tea blended with pure, natural cinnamon.
Ingredients: black tea, cinnamon

Steep Information:
Amount: 1 teabag
Additives: none
Water: flavia hot spigot, 1 mug full
Steep Time: a little over 2 minutes
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: cinnamon, but you had to get close and sniff
Steeped Tea Smell: cinnamon, again you had to get close to it, it didn't hit you from say the desk while it was sitting next to me
Flavor: weak black tea, light cinnamon
Body: Medium
Aftertaste: bitter, astringent
Liquor: dark brown

One of my coworkers shared the tea love and gave me a few bags of this tea (yea!).

I was hoping for more of a hot cinnamon heart *POW*, but it was more a subdued cinnamon flavor. I may add sugar next time to try and round the tea out more.

Post-Steep Additives: none

Resteep: not at work, not sure where I'd put the teabag!

Rating: 1.5/3

Bigelow Teabag Black Tea 'Vanilla Caramel'

Tea: Vanilla Caramel
Type: Black
Packaging: Teabag
Company: Bigelow
Amount: 1 teabag
Additives: none
Water: hot water spigot and paper cup
Steep Time: a little over 2 minutes
Served: Hot
Purchase: Here

Notes: adding sugar helped smooth out the bitter and bring out the flavors other than black tea

Smell: Caramel, Vanilla
Flavor: black tea, vanilla, caramel, unremarkable
Body: medium
Aftertaste: bitter

Rating: 1.5/3

Bigelow Teabag Black Tea 'Vanilla Caramel'

Tea: Vanilla Caramel
Type: Black
Packaging: Teabag
Company: Bigelow
Amount: 1 teabag
Additives: none
Water: hot water spigot and paper cup
Steep Time: a little over 2 minutes
Served: Hot
Purchase: Here
Description:
Notes:

Smell:
Flavor:
Body:
Aftertaste:

Rating: /3

Bigelow Teabag Black 'Vanilla Hazelnut'

Tea: Vanilla Hazelnut
Type: Black, Teabag
Company: Bigelow
Amount: 1 bag
(try 2 with 2 packets of white sugar)
(try 3 with 2 packets of white sugar and a non dairy creamer)
Time: a little over 2 minutes

Preparation: At work i have a hot water spigot, a ceramic coffee mug. I pour the hot water over the teabag, seep, then trash the bag.

Served: Hot
Smell: hazelnut and slight vanilla
Flavor: bitter, light body (sugar brought out the vanilla flavor and made it not bitter and smoother, creamer was even better)
Aftertaste: bitter (even with sugar, creamer fixed this)

Purchase: bigelowtea.com - looks discontinued?

Rating: 2/3