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Tazo Lotus Decaffeinated Tea, 24 Bags

Tazo has reincarnated & decaffeinated highly-prized, Chinese green tea into a flavorful yet delicate brew. Enjoy a delightfully, savory tea with the essence of lotus flower and a subtle fruity flavor. Its wonderfully life-affirming served hot or cold

Tazo Lotus Decaffeinated Tea, 24 Bags Features:

• Contains 24 individually wrapped tea bags
• Caffeine free

Tazo Lotus Decaffeinated Tea, 24 Bags Reviews

Two Teas…
This is the story of two Tazo teas. I found that they almost need one another to produce a tea of exceptional quality. I tried each tea separately and finally blended them together.

Tazo Lotus and Tazo Wild Sweet Orange make a wonderful lemony hot tea in the winter or enjoy being tossed about with ice cubes in the summer. The way I make this tea is by steeping two Lotus and two Wild Sweet Orange filterbags with 16 ounces of water. Then, you can add 2 tablespoons of orange blossom honey for hot tea and a bit more for ice tea.

Drinking this blend is an aromatic experience. Lotus Decaffeinated Green tea is a blend of naturally decaffeinated green tea, natural lotus flower flavor and other natural flavors. Wild Sweet Orange is a blend of lemongrass, blackberry leaves, citric acid, rose hips, spearmint leaves, natural flavors, orange peel, safflowers, hibiscus flowers, rose petals, natural orange essence, ginger root and licorice root.

I love the crinkly sound of the paper bags protecting the precious contents. The boxes are also quite intriguing and the stories on the tea packets are always mysterious and playful.

A romantic tea with a golden-orange color. I can never decide if I like this best hot or cold, so I end up drinking it hot and cold. Half on ice and half in a mug. When this tea is hot, it is much more romantic and aromatic. When chilled it takes on a more bitter component.

For something even more exotic, try the Tazo Green Ginger tea.

~The Rebecca Review

Nice Decaf Flowery Green Tea
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Tazo’s Lotus Decaffeinated Green Tea is one of my favorite Tazo teas. The lotus flower flavor is pleasant and delightful. This tea is not bitter or harsh in any way. It is one of the most natural-tasting of the Tazo’s I’ve tasted, very subtle, and much less artificial-tasting.

The ingredients in Lotus are: naturally decaffeinated green tea, natural lotus flower flavor and other natural flavors. Of course, this tea is caffeine-free.

Tazo is an interesting company that makes only super premium teas. They are socially responsible, based in Portland, and have the motto, “The Reincarnation of Tea”. Tazo is owned by Starbucks. Their web site is fun and quirky, with a Zen-type focus, definitely worth checking out. It is unclear, though, from their web site, how many of their ingredients are organic or kosher, and they do use some “natural flavors” in their teas–this wording seems a little vague for a super premium tea.

On the paper tea packet, Tazo writes, “delightfully subtle green tea with the inner radiance and essence of lotus flower.” On their web site, Tazo describes the flavor profile of Lotus as “peach, nutty, flowery, overripe melon. This surprisingly full-flavored yet delicately floral blend is clean and light-bodied, with an aroma reminiscent of freesia.” Tazo also describes the aroma as “tropical fruit, green tea”. Hmmm…I don’t taste all of these various flavors, and I suspect that Tazo really pushes the creative writing limit. I taste green tea, and a nice flowery flavor, which I’m assuming is the lotus, but not the rest—the peach, nuts, melon, freesia, tropical fruit—they’re missing from what I can discern here.

I would rate this tea, and Tazo in general, as good—better than premium teas like Stash or Celestial Seasonings—but not as good as Numi. I’m soooooo spoiled by Numi teas, which is why Tazo Lotus gets only four stars.

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Unusual, delicate and sensual!
This tea scores high on all counts–fragrance, flavor and even the name! Making tea with Lotus creates a delicate light green brew which is deliciously scented. The flavor is augmented by the aroma–a light floral flavor with just a hint of the grassines of green tea. The flavor of lotus flower is hard to describe–it has a slight buttery flavor reminiscent of fine jasmine tea.

If you need a strong jolt of flavor this tea is not for you. If you want something unusual, savor the subtlety of this wonderful tea.

flower is hard to describe–it has a slight buttery flavor reminiscent of fine jasmine tea.

If you need a strong jolt of flavor this tea is not for you. If you want something unusual, savor the subtlety of this wonderful tea.

Quote from The Book of Tea by Okakura:

“Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of pines is heard in our kettle. Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.”

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