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Thanks to VariaTEA for sharing some of this with me! The name instantly grabbed my attention, and I was hoping for Turkish Delight or something along those lines. And it basically is. First sip was candied rose, but the more sips I took, the more the cherry came out.

The base is a little on the dry side but I like it here. The only drawback is the more you sip on it, the more the cherry starts to morph into a cherry cough syrup note. Part of me still wants more, and this reminds me of how I’ve been meaning to order from this company for quite a while. Despite the cough syrup note, I can still see myself enjoying this every once in a while.

Sip down! Hilariously enough, the last cup was the best. I let the water cool down quite a bit before steeping, plus I didn’t bother timing it. Turned out pretty good! Definitely got more of the flavouring in this. I drank it straight. It’s still doesn’t ring Irish cream cheesecake to me, though.

Thanks to the wonderful VariaTEA for sending me a sample of Ma Passion! I’m a sucker for passionfruit. If they weren’t so expensive, I’d eat one every single day.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who doesn’t believe that this is a ceylon! My first sip was, “Huh? Smokiness? But, but…” This just has to be a keemun or something.

There’s a gentle fruitiness in the background, but I can’t help but be distracted by the slightly smoky base. But that said, I’m so glad I had a chance to try this because had I ordered before trying it, I would have automatically picked up a pouch of this, being a lover of passionfruit and all. And then I would have gotten the pouch and been all confused about life.

Surprise sip down! I kind of feel like I almost never drank this, yet somehow reached the bottom of my 50g pouch relatively quickly. Go figure!

I had this again since I’m not in the mood for anything in particular. It was better this time around, possibly because I let it steep a little longer than usual, and use half and half to even out the base. It had a better balance this time around. It seemed more cheesecake-y, but I still get no Irish cream.

I’m sickened by the fact that it’s already 6:30pm and I’ve done no school work as of yet. Days have been passing by and I’ve been spending the majority of the time searching for places to live. I’m caught up in a rather messed up situation and I can’t stop thinking about it. Ugh!

I had this last night with some Jack Daniels, half and half, and a pinch of brown sugar. See, I’m not a fan of JD, and I’m trying to get rid of it since I have half a bottle left, so I’m thinking of ways to do that. I figured a vanilla tea would go well with it and achieve that vanilla bouronesque feel.

I don’t know. There’s something about the JD that I don’t like. I did taste the vanilla flavour from the tea in the background, which was nice, but I’m going to have to find other ways of using it up.

Double sip down (alongside S&V’s Berry Nice)! It’s bittersweet. For the longest time, I was head over heels with this one. Ripped through a good 200g in the end. Even though I still liked it up until the very end, I started finding it too sweet for me over the past couple months.

But it’s still super fantastic in my books.

Wow, I actually finished this! I was worried that I’d never get through the 100g since it’s not that great, and figured my only review on this would repel people from wanting to get any from me. But I made it, largely thanks to David’s Pink Passionfruit, with which I have been blending this.

If you like really sweet fruity drinks, this may actually be up your alley. I hardly ever put sugar in my drinks, and like sugary ones for that matter, so I don’t really speak for the majority.

Final sip down on this one, too. Cold brew, and I got a lot of cacao nibs this time around. In flavour, that is. It tasted like I was drinking them. It was even stronger than the coconut. The first few sips were kind of bitter, but then after my taste buds adapted, I think it identified that slight bitterness as the cacao.

This is one of the few S&V teas that I would reorder if I were to make another order in the first place, but I feel like there aren’t enough repurchase-worthy ones to truly justify ordering from S&V again.

Three pouches later and I can now say that it’s a sip down. Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish and I really aren’t ending on a good note for a number of reasons:

1. I had almost three cups worth of dry leaf left but wanted to get it over with, so I made a Nordic mug’s (two cups worth). Despite brewing it at cooler temperature and not too long, this last bit has turned out bitter.

2a. These reblends in general have gone quite downhill. It is not at all how it used to be. No matter how I brew it, I can’t get those creamy and pastry notes any longer.

2b. Didn’t work as a cold brew either. All base and almost no blueberry. But it may be a reblend issue.

2c. The resteep isn’t what it used to be. The second steep used to be heavenly. The base would mellow out and the creamy and pastry notes would pop. No additives necessary. Again, most likely a reblend issue.

Unfortunately, this tea stopped being a 100 about 1.5 pouches ago, but I’ll leave it as is. I truly believe my tastes didn’t change when it comes to this tea. Oh well, onto better things!