Does this taste vaguely like soap to anyone else?
Regardless the taste is complex. Smooth, a little sweet, a little typical oolong. Personally I don’t care for an overly ‘buttery’ oolong and this one fits the bill perfectly.
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This is pretty good stuff. Sweet, floral. If you’re careful with brewing it turns out light, but I can imagine you can make it a little heavier if you try. For me the sweetness didn’t sustain itself through multiple steepings.
Much milder and sweeter than Thomas Samson.
Yum! At first I though I was tasting jasmine, but it turns out this is a magnolia tea (my first). The mild oolong-ness is a nice combination with the sweet flower. The flower flavor is similar to a jasmine, but there’s a sort of burst at the end that reminds me vaguely of a kind of pastel Easter candy. Definitely a must-buy.
I was pleasantly surprised by the A&D Holiday Blend. At first sip my thought was “Fah! I already bought this tea. Damn you Andrews! Damn you Dunham! Damn your pretty labels!” It seemed much too much like their Yunnan. But! Much to my delight there is a kind of fruity twinkly finish that more than distinguishes the Holiday Blend. A very nice black holiday tea (not a tea for depressing morbid holidays, but a black tea for the holidays) for gray snowy afternoons.
Additionally, I’m experimenting with cream and sugar for the first time (successfully). It rounds out the bitterness nicely. I’ve tried in the past and always been disappointed, but I’ve always tried with non-fat milk and it seems that you need something a little thicker if you want a more robust flavor.
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I’d say, after Rishi’s mint, this is my second favorite iced tea out of this collection. The blueberry/rooibos combination just feels good in my mouth.
This tea is essentially as I imagined it, which is a good thing in this case I think. In most ways it’s just a standard black tea that holds up very well iced (which is not always the case with black teas), and that is all it needs to be. It does not posses a very strong flavor, but its still robust and while its bitter in the way most black teas are its not overly bitter (which is not often the case when you try to make an iced tea out of a blend intended to be made hot).
I’d say this is among my top 3 favorite iced teas out of this set, if not my most favorite. (My grandma used to make sun tea with mint when I was little so I’m partial to mint teas.)
This seems to be Tropical Crimson light, though I may be responding tot he rooibos.
I taste a little more cranberries this time.
This is one is a lot more traditional than the Summer Lemon. I’d describe it as a traditional black tea with a touch of lemon. I’d suspect if Summer Lemon isn’t your cup of tea (haha puns…) then Classic Citrus is definitely worth a try.
I am impressed with the lemon flavor, but I found it a little cloying. (Though maybe I made it a little too strong.)
Minty minty mint!
This is about the most blueberry-iest tea I’ve ever drank.
I don’t know about this one yet. It’s sort of a honey/lemoney aftertaste. I like it.
I feel like this tea is either one you love or you’re ambivalent about. If you’re in the mood for a somewhat fruity (but not sugary) iced tea then this would absolutely hit the spot.
