Thank you to Fusion Tea Room for the absolutely HUGE box of samples I received a couple days ago! Wow, I cannot believe the generosity of the tea companies I’ve been dealing with lately. And the customer service has been spectacular with all of them :D
Onto the review. The dry tea definitely has a limey smell. Exciting; I love lime. I’m not getting any pistachio smell, but then again… do pistachios even really have a smell? I know what they taste like, but…. Anyways, I’m also smelling a bit of what’s making me think of a medicinal smell. I don’t know if it’s the mate or green rooibos; I don’t have an awful lot of experience with either. Let’s see how it is steeped.
Forgot to log notes on steeping aromas again. Oops. I also did steep this one too long, and should try a shorter infusion next time.
Hmm, I’m getting almost a bit of a medicinal taste. Or that’s how it’s coming off to me. I blame the green rooibos. I can definitely taste the lime, which is lovely, but I’m not catching the pistachio. Hrm. This tastes familiar, and not in a good way, unfortunately. It reminds me of a tea from DavidsTea that I wasn’t fond of. Oh – in a way it’s reminding me of Honeybee. That’s probably the mate? I’m getting a sweetness at the end of the sip that also reminds me of Honeybee.
I’m not sure that this is a tea for me. I’m pretty new to mates, and have only tried a couple, so I’m not sure if I like them yet. Or perhaps I like the roasted mates (since I quite enjoyed 52teas Malted ChocoMate). Either way, I think I need to try this one with a shorter infusion to see if I can taste the pistachio and reduce a bit of this medicinal taste. So no rating yet.
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I prefer roasted mates in general (I;m a big blak tea drinker and the two seem to go hand in hand – I also prefer roasted oolongs to green!). Glad to see others are enjoying the bounty of Fusion samples – they were very generous in mine from months ago, I still have enough left for a couple glasses of 2 or 3 of them!
I prefer roasted mates in general (I;m a big blak tea drinker and the two seem to go hand in hand – I also prefer roasted oolongs to green!). Glad to see others are enjoying the bounty of Fusion samples – they were very generous in mine from months ago, I still have enough left for a couple glasses of 2 or 3 of them!
Yes, they were so generous! I’m really hoping I like one of the other teas :)