This darling sprang forth from the bag smelling of summer fruits kissed by the sun, dried and cradled by black tea.
Brewing it brought about more of the same. The flowers were a charming addition but this tea smells very much of pulp. Not berries or rich red fruits nor was it the hiss of dried orange. This sings of the sun and the former life of a stone fruit. I am reminded of peach or apricot and their golden flesh… more so that area of change where it turns red as it kisses the stone. The brew if fair in the way of black tea and perhaps I didn’t nab enough leaves. It is of a nice taste and I think this blend would be perfect iced with peaches on a summer day.
It’s lovely… cheery… I will have to remember this brew when the sun shines again. It screams summer… and is very enjoyable plain. I think my grandfather would have liked this tea.
Honestly, in my re-drinking of this tea… it tastes like an over priced Lipton. Nice… pleasant and safe. Tee-hee and ho-hum.
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Uhoh, Mariage Freres being compared to Lipton, what has the world come to. Definitely no sunshine here. And what…. _ citronella scented_ umm keeps the bugs away?
LOL I know I know. Imagine the epic let down but so it was. I don’t get the bug spray scent in this one though. It really smells like dried peaches or some sort of fruit roll up.
I do think the original thé sur le nil has a bit of citronella (or lemongrass, or the herb we call around here erva-príncipe). It is (IMO) divine in the green tea, just right to give it a oomph. But the whole concept of making a black tea version of thé sur le nil, dunno, that is one tea flavour which might not (and sounds like it did not) transition well to a black blend.
BTW I do like Nil Rouge! Though I do like rooibos in general and MF rooibos mixes in particular.
Uhoh, Mariage Freres being compared to Lipton, what has the world come to. Definitely no sunshine here. And what…. _ citronella scented_ umm keeps the bugs away?
LOL I know I know. Imagine the epic let down but so it was. I don’t get the bug spray scent in this one though. It really smells like dried peaches or some sort of fruit roll up.
I do think the original thé sur le nil has a bit of citronella (or lemongrass, or the herb we call around here erva-príncipe). It is (IMO) divine in the green tea, just right to give it a oomph. But the whole concept of making a black tea version of thé sur le nil, dunno, that is one tea flavour which might not (and sounds like it did not) transition well to a black blend.
BTW I do like Nil Rouge! Though I do like rooibos in general and MF rooibos mixes in particular.