Neptune

More from the TTB 1.2

This tea smells awesome – like fruit drenched in syrup or jam. I like that this is a full leaf teabag with what appears to be a good amount of tea. I’ve never had anything from Lupicia so this may determine if I will seek out the company for any future tea purchases.

The brewed tea is dark brown in color and has a maltier smell although the rich, sweet fruit preserves are still hanging around. This tea was just asking for a bit of sweetener, which seriously makes this tea absolutely delicious. The black tea isn’t really making much of an appearance, but I don’t really care.

This is yummy. :) The black tea itself tastes pretty generic, and there isn’t any fruit in this tea, yet it is a very fruity and satisfying cup. It will make a great dessert tea because it smells just like a fruitcake! Isn’t flavouring amazing? :P But remember to drink it hot as the honey fragrance can be quite overwhelming (seriously, it makes me a little bit light-headed) after the tea has cooled!!

This was a sample I had received in one of the newsletters. It was just ok. Nice creamy, honey type flavor, but didn’t really do much for me. Didn’t bother steeping a second time.

Hey, everyone, it’s been a while!

So it turns out that when you study abroad in Japan, you have a hard time coming home without mountains of tea. :D This is one of the 3 I picked up. It’s kind of generic-tasting, but there’s this fruity-honey aftertaste that I really love—I only got it about 2 months ago and I’m nearly out already!

This came as a sample with a recent Lupicia purchase. The honey-fruit flavoring reminds me of Lupicia’s Piccolo – it’s generically fruity, and perhaps slightly artificial. It’s not very strong here – the flavoring holds its own against Piccolo’s rooibos base more than it does against Neptune’s black. Said base is a pleasant, vaguely malty black. I don’t think I’d buy this tea, but I did enjoy trying it.

It smells good and like something familiar that I just can’t pin down. I brewed for about 3 minutes and it was kind of dark so I worried it would be bitter. It wasn’t, it tastes good – I can definitely taste honey even when I didn’t add any sugar. I only have the one sample, so about halfway through the cup I added some sugar and it was good but didn’t need it I think. It’s smooth and easy to drink but not something I’d remember to buy more of.

The smell of this tea is just unreal. It also tastes great. Its not your typical fruity black tea though. The honey-preserved fruit gives it something that makes it quite unique in my opinion.

The fragrance of this tea is unbelievable. It smells of sweetness, honey, and a tantalizing hint of spice.

Unfortunately, I found when we brewed it, that it tasted much like generic black tea. There was a hint of honey flavor, but none of the super fragrance of the tea came through in the liquor. Even the fragrance of the tea only smelled slightly sweet.

We tried it plain and with sugar, and thought it made little difference.

This tea was given to me by a friend, and I keep trying it, hoping I’ll like it more. There’s a strange note that stands out and keeps me from loving this blend (I think it’s the honey). It’s okay, but I wouldn’t re-purchase it. I don’t normally add sweetner to my tea, but maybe that would help mask the honey taste.