124 Tasting Notes
!!!!! This blends with Teavana’s Blueberry Bliss to make an AMAZING iced tea.
Last night I put ~32oz of water over 4 tsp of Strawberry Rose Champagne + 4 tsp of Blueberry Bliss + 4-5 tsp of rock sugar. After steeping (I can’t remember for how long, but I estimate it was between 6-9 minutes), I put the tea in the fridge overnight.
This tastes AMAZING. It is one of the best iced teas I’ve ever had. The rose, strawberry, and blueberry combine perfectly. It tastes far better than Teavana’s popular Strawberry Lemonade + Blueberry Bliss blend. I will definitely be making this again.
Mmmm. This is a nice tea. Today I blended it with Teavana’s Blueberry Bliss, and the combination was excellent. I put ~32oz of water over 4 tsp of Strawberry Rose Champagne + 4 tsp of Blueberry Bliss + 4-5 tsp of rock sugar. After steeping, I put the resulting tea in the fridge to enjoy as iced tea tomorrow. It was still so amazingly fragrant—and I probably used more leaves than I needed to—that I decided to pour ~16oz of water over the used mix (without adding more sugar) and I steeped that for about 5 minutes. It was DELICIOUS! With such an amazing second steep, I can’t wait to taste the first steep iced tomorrow.
I did not taste any chocolate in this… and perhaps not any banana, either. There was a generic “fruity” taste that you could have told me was strawberry, blueberry, etc. and I would have believed it. (In other words, the flavor was not distinctly banana. This is in contrast to Persimmon’s Banana Coconut tea, which I quite liked and clearly detected both main flavors.) The red rooibos flavor was the strongest. This was definitely drinkable, but far from delicious.
(Sample from silentrequiem. Thanks!)
I had this last night and, not surprisingly (for me), I’ve already forgotten most of my impression of it. I recall the red rooibos flavor being strong but still detecting the strawberry. It was good, but not great. Definitely palatable, but there are too many other teas I like more.
(Sample from silentrequiem. Thanks!)
It’s been a while since I’ve had this tea and my opinion has changed, so I thought I’d re-log it. This is a really great black tea. I’m normally not a fan of black tea, but WOW is this basically perfect. The rose just does something wonderful to whatever black tea is in here. I had it with just a bit of rock sugar; it doesn’t need cream at all (unlike most black teas). It’s a shame that Teavana is discontinuing this.
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This is a pretty decent tea. I made it hot first and it was all right (I can definitely taste the fun fruits; I’m not good at telling mango and papaya apart in tea form, but I can definitely tell one or both of them was there!). I made the rest of my sample iced with a bit of rock sugar, and it was also good. Good, but not great. It wasn’t very strong and I steeped the tea for a while, so perhaps these fruits just don’t have as potent a flavor when made into tea as other fruits.
(Sample from silentrequiem. Thanks!)
This is a pretty dull tea. I put in a small amount of rock sugar and steeped it for a while (10 minutes?) because I read that it could be a bit flavorless. My first few sips tasted like bitterness and rose petals, which was not a great combination. I added some half-and-half, and now the rose petal taste is gone and it just has an earthy black tea taste… which I’m not finding pleasant.
My mom never made apple pie (note: I do not resent this. I’m not a domestic person, either), but the smell of this tea still evokes apple pie nostalgia. (But better than the apple pies of my youth, which were mostly the prepackaged ones from McDonald’s.)
My first sip was very bitter and grassy, but once the tea cooled down a little the apple flavor burst forth and it was AWESOME. Absolutely delicious! Not too subtle but not overpowering, either. I steeped the leaves a second time and it still tasted great. I am a big fan of this tea.
(Sample from silentrequiem. Thanks!)
What IS this? It tastes like there’s basil, thyme, rosemary, or some other heavy cooking spice in it. None of these are in the tea description, although there is the ambiguous “flavoring” listed in the ingredients…
My reaction to the first sip was “EW!” because I wasn’t expecting the heavy spice taste. Steve tried it and said that if I’d told him it was tomato tea, he would believe it. It’s gotten better with the subsequent sips because my expectations have changed, but I wouldn’t exactly say I’m enjoying it… This is a weird tea.
(Tea from silentrequiem. Thanks!)
