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Vanilla Date Flavored Black Tea with Coconut from 52teas
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Unlike other people who have tried this tea, I love dates. I eat a date just before nearly every workout. My special fancy party food includes dates stuffed with marzipan (which is a challenge to get stuffed and on the table for guests without having them disappear in the meanwhile.) So I expected to like this tea.

There is a slightly odd perfume-like fragrance from this tea. It doesn’t smell like dates. It doesn’t really taste like dates to me either. It has a strong bitterness with that odd perfume-like note. Hmmmm. I don’t really care for it.

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Comments

wombatgirl
wombatgirl 2010-01-05 10:28:25 -0500

Here’s another good party food. Take dates, stuff with a whole almond, then roll in a cookie spice blend of spices on the outside. Very nummy.

Carolyn
Carolyn 2010-01-05 11:32:31 -0500

Mmmm! That sounds wonderful. It’s now on my list. All I need is a party.

Madison Bartholemew
Madison Bartholemew 2010-01-05 12:10:40 -0500

did it remind you a little of raisins?

Angrboda
Angrboda 2010-01-05 12:27:25 -0500

“Unlike other people who have tried this tea, I love dates.” …that would be me. I don’t know what I was thinking. I think it’s one of the things that I don’t like but would really like to like.

Carolyn
Carolyn 2010-01-05 12:39:36 -0500

@Madison Somewhat like raisins in the aftertaste. It has some of that darkness that raisins have but none of the sweetness.

Carolyn
Carolyn 2010-01-05 12:48:42 -0500

@Angrboda You are definitely one of the people I was thinking of. However Bethany had also never had dates without bacon (an idea that pretzels my mind). As to what you were thinking, I suspect it is merely that hope springs eternal.

Angrboda
Angrboda 2010-01-05 12:56:23 -0500

Heh, yeah Bethany got half of mine. Jillian got the other half. I have to agree though that I wouldn’t have thought dates and bacon would have been a very obvious combination, but on the other hand I seem to recall having heard it mentioned before.

52teas
52teas 2010-01-05 13:15:42 -0500

@Carolyn. Hmmm. Bacon date tea. Hmmmm. :)

teaplz
teaplz 2010-01-05 13:18:43 -0500

Dates stuffed with almonds and then wrapped in bacon is a pretty popular tapas item. And it tastes delicious.

Madison Bartholemew
Madison Bartholemew 2010-01-05 14:26:54 -0500

that’s exactly what I got when I had it without sugar! I was totally curious to see if you agreed. I know you wont…. but it’s MUCH better with sugar

Jillian
Jillian 2010-01-05 15:22:19 -0500

@Angrboda: I haven’t received the tea you sent yet, but Canada Post seems heavily backlogging with incomming mail only for some reason. It’s unfortunate since I am quite eager to try this tea out.

Angrboda
Angrboda 2010-01-05 15:32:09 -0500

Jillian, Poot! I sent it the same time as Bethany’s and hers arrived safely. I hope it’s not lost because I sent it as a normal letter. Cheaper, but unfortuantely no tracking. I understand there was a lot of delay due to snowstorms and such, so hopefully it’s still out there somewhere and on its way.

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