Red Blossom loves to toss in a free sample when you buy tea online. Not always, but usually, you open the box and there is a little something something in the bottom, a thank you from the wonderful folks in San Francisco.
I usually save them, so I have a small stack of them, but today I decided to go after one. I had two samples of this, which I need in order to use my 32 ounce Bodum Assam teapot.
It is amazing. Totally different from a regular, traditional black tea. This is like traditional tea meets science to create a super tea.
The Steve Austin of tea.
The aroma is amazing, so smooth, so full, but yet so delicate. By looking at it, you would think it would have a thick, creamy, velvety feel. But no. It’s so smooth and bright, absolutely not bitter at all.
The Red Blossom website mentions hints of green apple and cantaloupe. Yes, in a black tea.
This is totally different from what I am used to, so it takes some getting used to. It is so well balanced, the individual flavors can be hard to pick out, but overall it’s smoothness is mind blowing.
Flavors: Cantaloupe, Green Apple, Smooth
