Leslie Grove Strawberry Patch

Thanks for sharing this one, Sil!

The aroma of this one is really quite intoxicating. Kind of a fresh strawberry cream sort of aroma. It’s making my mouth water like crazy (and even though I’m not a big fan of scented products, I kind of wish my room smelled like this all the time!)

The flavour is pretty tasty as well, and true to the aroma (I’m picking up on that slight bit of artificialness as well) – but unfortunately, it’s also quite astringent. I only infused this for 2.5 minutes, so that’s kind of disappointing; perhaps a dash of milk and sugar would help. I still have half of my sample left, so I can try brewing this a bit differently for round 2, because I really am enjoying the flavour! One of the better strawberry/fruity black blends I’ve tried. Current rating is indicative of the astringency, which makes me all sadface :(

ETA: Astringent but otherwise tasty second infusion, that I managed to confuse with that of the raspberry oolong I also had on the go. Whoops. Strawberry and raspberry are similar…

I was overwhelmed today during my “break” at Majesteas. Too many things i really wanted to try but sadly they pretty much only sell their teas in 100g sizes. While that’s fine if you know you LOVE a tea, it’s a bit much if you don’t know if you like it. So I opted to have another cup while I was htere and give this one a try.

It was great! I really love how fresh the tea is, and love the streawberry flavouring. I didn’t find it astringent at all. Though I didn’t end up leaving with this particular tea, it’s now on my list to go back and pick up sometime when I manage to sip down more of my stash.

1 tablespoon for 375 ml of water

The brewed tea has a primary authentic strawberry aroma with tartness. The black tea aroma is in the background. There is a hint of a smooth creaminess.

On the sip, the black tea taste is very apparent at the beginning. There is a hit of astringency that is slightly unpleasantly bitter. The bitterness blooms into the middle of the sip and follows through to the end where the strawberry flavour takes over. The strawberry flavour has a very authentic feel to it without a very pronounced tartness. Mild creaminess follows through from the end of the sip into the aftertaste.

Thanks to Sil for sharing this with me!

Thanks for this one, too, SIL
I LOVE the name of this one!

It’s a tad bitter but not bad! The fruity combo is good upfront but a little wonky on the aftertaste. I’m thinking this would be better cold. I had it hot. It was ‘ok’ – smelled pretty awesome, tho!