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derk drank Mélange Mystérieux by Dammann Frères

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Final freebie sachet. Glad to get these little gifts with orders :)

This one is full of flavor for me. The aroma does come through in taste even if it seems a little divorced from the tea taste. So the tea is woody and a little muddier tasting than other flavored DF blacks. I get syrupy cherry and tangy strawberry smashed between a dominant blood orange top note that’s almost like the powdered drink Tang and a lesser tart peach note on the bottom. I don’t think it’s so much a Mélange Mystérieux as much as a mouth-punch of fruity taste. Maybe the element of mystery is the way the fruit flavors feel like they morph in and out while still feeling like they’re stacked. It’s like the way a PB&J mixes together a little bit. But that’s a crap analogy.

Good for 2 steeps as usual.

Flavors: Blood Orange, Cherry, Citrusy, Earth, Fruit Punch, Fruity, Mineral, Peach, Strawberry, Tangerine, Tangy, Tart, Thick, Wood

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