Pomegranate Oolong

This was the first tea I have ever had that wasn’t Lipton or Celestial Seasonings. My taste buds immediately thanked me.
I love the mild flavoring, and overall aroma of this tea. This has become a constant in my tea cupboard, and will stay that way for the foreseeable future.

Very light-bodied and very tasty, but won’t cut it if you’re in the mood more something more substantial. This one doesn’t hang around on your palate for very long.

I have the “loose leaf” version that comes in silk tea bags, and just left the bag in. I refilled the cup once with almost boiling water. The body was comparable to the first glass, but the fruitiness was much less noticeable.

I’ve been looking to try this tea for sometime since I love Pomegranate. I’m not such a fan of Oolong so I held off. I got lucky when I attended the World Tea Expo Harney had a booth and I was able to get a sample to try. I must say it smell wonderful. I think I smelled it more than I drank it. I liked it but not as much as I enjoyed drinking Paris. I don’t know if it has to do with my not liking Oolongs or not. I have a 2nd packet to try the tea again.
It may also because I have changed the way I brew my tea at work. Rather than drinking from my regular mug I’ve added water to an 8 oz cup and steeped the tea. Will have to give it a 2nd try and compare the two tries. =)

I’m a steadfast bracing black tea drinker, so I enter this tea note with a bit of a bias. While the pomegranate notes in this Oolong are quite tasty in their own right, the tea itself just doesn’t have enough oomph for my taste. A great tea if you’re a green or tisane drinker and don’t mind a very subtle taste, but pretty weak if you’re a black tea fan (especially if, like me, you prefer milk in your tea).

I picked this up on a whim because I’ve always loved pomegranate (and the box, not the one featured here, was so pretty). The fruitiness was divine. Makes a great iced tea too.

I was in Corning NY, and strolled into a tea & coffee shop. They had open tins of loose teas that you could smell. As soon as I lifted the tin with Pomegranate Oolong I was hooked. Took some home and brewed a cup. I’ve had it at least once a day since then. I love the lightness, the fragrance, and the smoothness of this tea! You will not be disappointed.

Smells…odd. I think I just don’t like pomegranate in tea, although I love it in real life. This is the second pomegranate tea I disliked.

We’re actually trying this one as a cold tea and not hot. It’s light but it has a little bit of a tart aftertaste. It may not if it was hot. But I think it’s the pomegranate. I will definitely have to try it hot later.

Light, earthy oolong with the pomegranate sweeping in as a lively aftertaste. I wouldn’t try steeping it ANY more than twice; the flavor is the strongest in the first cup.

The only H&S I’ve tried that I didn’t like. This was a bland oolong for me. No discernable fruit.

I tried this one as a loose leaf tea sample. In the package, it smells extremely tart. Once brewed, it’s less, so, but still retains enough of the natural pomegranate tartness to stay true to the fruit. It’s not a sweet tea, but I imagine if sugar were added that this would probably taste like Kool Aid. It’s really good. I like sweet teas, but I think this is such an unusual pairing with the oolong that it works well. I enjoyed it a lot. 190/3min.

As a late christmas present, my sister bought me a tea mug. Not so surprising, but it was quite adorable and I was dying to drink some tea with it, but since my Teavana Tea maker is being intensely washed I couldn’t make any loose teas. :( But rummaging through my moms tea I found this! Not sure how old it is, definitely more than a year or so… but here goes!

A typical oolong taste, but the pomegranate adds such a subtle sweetness to it it’s great. Even without using sugar this time around, I’m enjoying it a lot. Though, I think a little sugar would be perfect with it. I think the tea might have lost some of it’s flavor, since it feels a little bland this time around. I’m sure the flavor would be more potent if it were fresher tea. I remember this tea tasting much better when I drank it a while back.

But it only helps to remind me that I am in dire need of visiting the Harney store. Maybe on my way back to school i’ll stop by and grab some of this tea for later ;)

I enjoy this tea very much. The pomegranate is well balanced with the oolong tea.

It was interesting trying this after the Oolong tastings I did today. This one has a Tie Kuan Yin base, and combined with an incredibly light tough of pomegranate, its still boring. The oolong still leaves a lingering taste, but the tea itself isn’t anything to write home about. Its “nice” but not as exciting as it originally sounded to me.

I like it, but there are other fruit teas I’ve enjoyed more. I feel like the pomegranate overpowers the oolong just a bit. Harney & Sons remains my favorite tea blender, but I wouldn’t consider this to be among their best.

Drank a cup of this in the morning with toast and jam. It is so tasty!

Oolong tea and I have a long and warring history. Pomegranate mixed with this tea is a good mix, though. It evens out all the things I dislike about oolong teas and transforms it into something I really loved!