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Lynne-tea drank Sweet Merlot Black Tea by 52teas

Thank you to Kittenna for this sample! I have been fighting a food poisoning for the past few days so I have been trying to drink various teas and hope they agree with me as food surely isn’t. Sadface ‘cause I’m thinking I really should eat something right now..

Sweet Merlot tea it is! In the dry leaf, I do smell some layers of fermentation, as I would in wine.. same with some juicy grape. There happens to be a big one in my tea (or raisin I should say..)
The liquor after 3ish minutes is lovely. Nice red hue to it and smells malty/grapey and almost wine like (impressed!). The taste is a little more subtle, and takes a few sips to build. There is definitely a grape flavour present, though not fully artificial (Yay!)

I wouldn’t say this is a wine tea if someone handed me a cup of it, though it would be very easy to pick out the grape presence, but wine would be a different story. The black tea has a nice round/smooth body, which makes me think of a nice rich full bodied wine.

I have a little of the sample left so I will try this one as an iced tea next time.. though I am very much enjoying this hot. A lot.

2012-07-21 23:05:05 -0400

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Alphakitty 2012-07-21 23:26:23 -0400

I hope you feel better, food poisoning is the worst :(

Hesper June 2012-07-21 23:28:11 -0400

Oh no! That’s awful! I hope you start feeling better quick!

Ninavampi 2012-07-22 03:34:38 -0400

Get better soon! I hate food poisoning… It makes you feel so terribly icky…

Lynne-tea 2012-07-22 12:39:32 -0400

Thank you all! It’s a bit better, but I’ve signed up for a hike and cannot back down (or I would be letting someone down immensely).. therefore, the show must go on! Wish me luck :\

ScottTeaMan 2012-07-23 11:17:50 -0400

Get well soon Lynne. :))

Incendiare 2012-08-07 16:37:57 -0400

Oh no, food poisoning sucks. Hope you’ve been feeling better!

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I am very excited to delve into as many different types of tea as possible… so this should be interesting. I am really looking forwards to tasting all the wide array of flavours that can come from pure tea leaves.

Currently, I am having a love affair with oolongs. Mostly green, though I am stretching out into more oxidized oolongs. Black teas are also in my love fest as they can be so surprising sometimes (I used to drink bagged red rose x.x)
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