Champagne Infused White Raspberry Tea

I love this tea. Probably one of the most naturally flavored berry teas I have tired. I find it interesting how it seems to magically wake up when sugar is added. While I do not really like to add sweetener to my teas I do on occasion and this is one of those occasions. Why not its champagne after all :)
This tea does not need sweetener mind you, it stands very strongly all on its own, but the sugar does seem to perk up the deep strawberry flavors.
Thank you Indigobloom for sending me a sample – this is absolutely staying on my shopping list!
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This sample came to me by way of Indigobloom – thank you!

I steeped this for 3 minutes and I’m getting a light tartness from the raspberry and also a nice grape-y element. It does remind me a little bit of champagne but it’s also a bit on the sweet side (perhaps I prefer my champagne dry)… I can see why Indigobloom thought this was reminiscent of bubblegum. Overall it’s okay but not my favorite white tea blend. I do appreciate the sample though!

When I heard that this tea was made by taking a white tea and then soaking it in champagne, i was intrigued. I couldn’t wait to try it. It sounded like a sensualist’s treat. I’m very pleased with the experience of smelling and drinking this tea. It feels luxurious.

The dry leaves smell so wonderful that I want to eat the leaves. They have a wonderful grape and light raspberry smell. The leaves themselves are typical white tea leaves but with a bit more green and a little less downy white than some white teas.

The scent of the dry leaves is excellently expressed in the fragrant brew along with a very light musk as one gets in some grape juices. It leaves a very pleasant aftertaste.

I think I messed this up. The first steep was bubblegummy, the second was better…
I’ll try it again. It was definitely left in there too long. 30s infusion next time!

This is a sample from Indigobloom. After she went out and bought tea and mailed it to us, she also sent samples! Indigobloom has a very generous spirit. Thank you. :D

This is a truly delicate tea. I’m not sure what champagne is supposed to taste like so that bit is lost on me. I picked up hints of raspberry and a dry, vegetal taste I associate with white tea. Almost like hay but not quite as sweet as hay smells to me. I felt it had a slight pepper finish. A pretty good cup.

Guh. I love raspberry, I love grape and I love this tea. Cold brewed this yesterday and it’s just lovely. I don’t think I’ll ever drink another white hot, it’s all cold brewing for me! It’s a touch bitter, but overall it’s delicious. Fruity and grapey and just plain beautiful.

This is an interesting tea… concept, I guess? Herbs soaked in champagne, how classy! Ooh la la!

Another great sample from Indigobloom, thank you!

The website for this tea said to steep it for 4-8 minutes… which seemed scarily long for a white tea, so we played it a little sheepish and did 2.

However, we ended up with a fairly delicate brew. There is a soft, peppery note from the white tea (tastes like a bai mu dan?), and a light raspberry flavor following. There’s also a hint of what may be the champagne towards the end… though it’s been years since I’ve had a champagne.

So, it tastes pretty good, though significantly more delicate than I think I would typically enjoy. Maybe it actually needs to stew for 4-8 minutes… that still sounds pretty scary though!

Since we didn’t follow the instructions, I’m leaving off a numerical score… but I’d probably put it right around 70.

Mmm, this is delicious. On the advice of some other Steepsterites, I’ve resolved to use more leaf when steeping whites, so this was 1tsp/3.5oz. The brew is a bright almost-but-not-quite-greenish yellow; it smells fragrant and delicately fruity. I don’t know that I’d call the flavor champagne, almost like grape perfume perhaps, but it is sweet and delightful without being overpowering.

I’m a little confused as to how to rate it, though. It’s very tasty, but I really prefer strong blacks still. I wouldn’t pick this over any of my “breakfast” teas, but it’s certainly not worse than them. Ah well, maybe I’ll just consider this on a separate “whites” scale.

Another 2 steeps around 4-5 minutes each came out quite well – champagne/grape flavor still present in the 3rd steep

I sort of forgot what this tea was. I am sure no on here on steepster has ever done that :P

The package only said champagne infused tea. When I opened it up, I was put off by the smell becuase it was so overly sweet, fruity, with a little bit of flowery smell. It didn’t really smell like champagne at all, but more like sparkling white wine. The dry tea is very pretty with white tea leaves mixed with flower petals.

Then I looked it up to see the ingredients and I remembered what it was. Champagne infused raspberry. Now it all makes sense.

The smell of the liquor is very much champagne. Only slightly sweet and fruity. A bit more dry like champagne is.

The taste of the tea is not so much champagne. There is a hint of the dryness you get with real champagne. There is a fruity flavour, but not terribly sweet. I wouldn’t say it is raspberry, but it could be. I definitley taste the safflower. I find with most teas meant to taste like wine, I would like to try it iced.

Edit: I left a bit of it in the cup to cool and it definitley tastes much more like champagne when it is cold.

I’ve never had Champgane before so it is hard for me to fully evaluate the wine aspect of this tea. Overall it has a very light and delicate flavor where even the raspberry blends in well so it comes off more as light flavor notes and not overwhelmingly fruity.