So full disclosure — Adagio lets you mix and match their teas a bit to make your own custom blend, and this is one I “blended” myself. I wanted to make a tropical tea to go with this tropical coral picture I’d just painted. I really didn’t have high hopes for my blending experiment (having never done this before) but it’s actually pretty good!
Dry, the tea smells amazing. Really really fruity. At first sip, the Ceylon base seemed stronger than any of the fruit flavors, but once I added a generous spoonful of sugar crystals, the fruit was a lot more obvious. I could recognize the mango but didn’t distinctly taste the passionfruit or the grapefruit — still, they work well together to make a tropical fruit flavor.
The base tea is decent. I like it much better than, say, Upton’s bases, but it’s not as mellow as Harney & Sons or David’s. I do wish it wasn’t quite so sharp, but it doesn’t ruin the tea.
All in all, pretty happy with my first experiment. Plus the tin is cute!
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Sounds like you did a good job – I bet that would make a tasty iced tea too!
Is that the picture you painted? Very nice!!
Mmm, that’s a good idea, I will definitely try some iced! And thank you, it is my painting. This is a better look at it: http://danamartinillustration.tumblr.com/post/110592326854/clownfish-and-coral-society6-nuvango
I like fruity back teas iced. :)
Ooh, you have some gorgeous paintings!! You’re really talented!
Ahhh, thank you, Caile, you are so nice :)
Sounds like you did a good job – I bet that would make a tasty iced tea too!
Is that the picture you painted? Very nice!!
Mmm, that’s a good idea, I will definitely try some iced! And thank you, it is my painting. This is a better look at it: http://danamartinillustration.tumblr.com/post/110592326854/clownfish-and-coral-society6-nuvango
I like fruity back teas iced. :)
Ooh, you have some gorgeous paintings!! You’re really talented!
Ahhh, thank you, Caile, you are so nice :)