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City Harvest Black from SerendipiTea

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City Harvest Black

Black Tea by SerendipiTea

Orchid scenting & vanilla flavor, nestled into the warm deep notes of Chinese & Vietnamese Black tea, deliver a satisfying & mature palate.

2 Tasting Notes

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Auggy 2 tasting notes

I always get this one and SerendipiTea’s Colonille mixed up because in my pantry I have them labeled as “Vanilla Orchid” (this one) and “Vietnamese Vanilla” (Colonille) and then I have to remember which one is which by reading the descriptions on here. I really should make this easier on myself and label the teas in my pantry correctly. But yeah, I probably won’t.

Ultimately, though, it’s not a bad thing getting these two teas confused because they are both really good. This one has the addition of orchid scenting which softens it just a little, reminding me of Cadbury Creme Egg. Not so much the insane sweet taste of the eggs, but more like that creamy “ah” you get right after you swallow it and right before the super sweet aftertaste of sugar kicks in.

Of course, maybe I am remembering incorrectly since it has been forever since I’ve had one of those eggs because it has corn syrup and I’m allergic to corn products. But to me this tea is my Cadbury Creme Egg.

I have a confession: I will eat icing straight out of the tub. In fact, I’ve bought icing just for that purpose. I prefer the chocolate fudge icing, but DH likes vanilla best so we’ll alternate.

This tea with a little sugar and milk tastes a lot like the vanilla (or maybe the cream cheese) icing we get. Rich, really sweet (I didn’t use much sugar but obviously I should use less), totally dessert-like. I feel like I’ll go into sugar shock from drinking my whole travel mug full.

But I kind of like that feeling so I’m a fan.

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