VAHDAM, Assorted Green Tea Loose Leaf Tea Gift Set (10 Flavors) Gift Ideas for Women & Men | Exotic Himalayan Green Tea Blends | Resealable Ziplock Pouch | Gifts for Him/Her

Good way to try loose tea leaves.

Lovely green tea, each little pack has several teaspoons of loose tea. Lovely choice!

Really nice selection of tea, I haven't tried them all yet but the ones I have tried have been lovely, I will buy again.

I do like green tea and especially a flavoured variety. The teas generally available in tea bags are not up to my taste although I do buy them because there is no local alternative. I was therefore interested in trying this sampler back as a good way of testing different flavours of teas before settling on a couple to buy a full supply of. The packaging is very attractive and the 10 packets of different teas are fully labelled with pictures and are tightly sealed. You need to cut off the top before you can open the packs (and don't forget to reseal them). I put the teas in order of how I wanted to taste them, even bought a new small glass mug just for these teas, and have had one different cup each day. The quality of the teas is great. You need a full teaspoonful for a cup, about 1 1/2 for a small mug and easily 2 tea spoonfulls for a mug. You will also need to buy a "strainer" that you put the tea leaves in and then immerse that in your cup/mug. I have a largish strainer and I was surprised how much the tea leaves expanded - some of them totally filled the strainer! To make, use freshly boiled water and allow to "brew" for a good 3-4 minutes. I found the brewing time needed to be 4-5 minutes in the small mug I bought. The colour of the teas was good, none were too dark, and the aroma was acceptable but quite mild. The taste test was the most important - obviously allowing the beverage to cool somewhat because these teas are made without milk and stay very hot for a good few minutes after brewing. Don't try drinking straight away, there would be a danger of scalding your mouth! Although for experienced green tea drinkers, they will know it is wise to wait. Every tea looked different, some having a mixture of small leaves, others with very long leaves, one (green Chai) is more of a powder so make sure your strainer has a very fine mesh. The seller gives an approximate number of cups you can make per packet but, obviously, that will depend on how much tea you use per cup. Aroma - there was a slightly different aroma with each packet. However, I did find that all the teas apart from the one "sweet" version tasted very similar. I don't take sugar and so the sweet version really did taste extra sweet to me, but still pleasant. I will say that I was a little disappointed there was not the variety of flavours on the tongue that I'd hoped for and none of the teas had a strong taste to them, even allowing for a longer brewing time. Aside from that one sweet tea, they were all quite mild tasting, refreshing but not as full of flavour as I would have liked. That being said, I did enjoy each of them and will continue to use the packets until they are all gone. Jasmine green tea is my favourite but is rarely seen other than in an extra mild version made by a well-known tea manufacturer, so it was a shame there was no jasmine in this collection. As a sampler, I didn't find it useful at all because I would be satisfied with buying a supply of any of these teas (other than the extra sweet one) to use for myself knowing I would get a quality cup of green tea made with quality, fresh ingredients - which is the important part. Had these been given a far stronger flavour, I would certainly have left 5 stars - but I should like to point out this review is based solely upon my own taste buds and my experience of drinking different green teas from awful tea bags. I would certainly buy from this seller again and could happily choose just one flavour to order a supply of knowing I would receive quality leaves and could brew a refreshing, albeit it mild-tasting, green tea.

Very good

I purchased the sampler pack for my son to go with a infuser teapot as I did not know which tea he would prefer, after trying them all he still hasn't decided which he prefers as they are all lovely for particular times of the day so I purchased another sampler & will continue to purchase our tea via VAHDAM teas, great service, great taste.

I bought this as a Christmas present to myself and have just tried the first pack. Oh what a gorgeous flavour! This is really lovely, high quality tea and would highly recommend. Can't wait to try the rest!

I am absolutely loving these teas. Having never tried Vahdam teas (and I am very fussy about the quality of green tea) I went for this selection pack and I am thoroughly enjoying trying new flavours. You can taste the quality. I would highly recommend this tea