Ever since someone started a thread on Lavish about Adagio Teas, I’ve been interested but I’ve never had the money to purchase any of their products. Not to mention, I was kind of intimidated by the whole loose leaf tea idea because I’m accustomed to drinking sweet tea and nothing else, although as of lately I’ve been cutting back on the amount of sugar I put in my tea as to try and eliminate completely which I’ve been doing pretty good with.

Well, the other night Alan and I were talking about tea and the health benefits of it and I linked him to the Adagio site and told him I’ve always wanted to try some their teas but had never ordered any. To my surprise, a box arrived by UPS on Friday with an Adagio Tea Starter kit which includes the Ingenious Teapot and a sampler of your choice as well as a book on teas. Alan had ordered it for me along with the black tea sampler which includes Earl Grey Bravo, English Breakfast, Irish Breakfast and Yunnan Jig. I was excited.

I tried out the teapot that night and made a cup of Earl Grey Bravo and Irish Breakfast. Needless to say, it’s something that I will definitely have to get use too and acquire a taste for. I’m so use to drinking tea that’s full of sugar that drinking the two teas I made gave me a headache and also tasted kind of odd, not because they are bad or I don’t like them but because I’m not use to such flavoring. Even the black tea I use to make sweet tea gives me no problems without sugar because I’m use to the taste of it. Either way, I’m happy that I received the gift and plan to buy more teas later when I have the money. I really want to try some flavored teas.