Persian Nectar

This was the free sample I received with my gigantic box of samples from SerendipiTea.

Normally, a peach tea wouldn’t be something that would pique my interest. But, SerendipiTea is always very good with their flavors and blends, so this is definitely worth a shot.

Steeped, this tea smells exactly like those little peach ring candies. The ones you could buy as a kid in the big giant bulk bins in the supermarket. Or at the Sweet Factory (not sure if those still exist or not… haven’t seen one in a LONG time!).

The taste is good, the peach comes across as flavorful but not overpowering, and there’s still plenty of room for the very smooth black tea base to come through. There doesn’t seem to be any astringency to speak of… which just adds to the remarkable smoothness of this tea. If I were to offer dating advice, I would offer this tea (guaranteed to make all pick up lines come across 200% more smoothly).

It should be noted that I’m thinking about buying more of this tea. Not that my silly self doesn’t buy enough tea… just that this tea is good enough to make me change my thought on whether I should keep a peach tea around. This is quite good.

Yay more than halfway through trying all the samples we just ordered.

This is a pretty good tea, but I’m not a huge fan of peach. The peach seems a bit sweet or maybe candied. It might just be that it contrasts against the tea base a bit. The base reminds me of the nonsuch estate tea we have. It’s very mellow and smooth. The kind of tea you would drink with a sour tummy on a bad day. A very gentle companion to soothe away the worries. So that’s it sweet peach and mellow tea.

Yesterday I had this tea hot (without sugar), and it was pretty good. It was very smooth for a black tea (it had none of the bitter smokiness that I don’t like about many black teas). The pear flavor was light but good.

I read another review recommending this tea iced, so I used the rest of my sample to make a container of iced tea last night. This time I added rock sugar while it was steeping. I’m drinking it now (I left it in the fridge overnight) and it is quite tasty as an iced tea. The pear flavor is enhanced nicely by the rock sugar. Pretty good. Not crazy good, but it’s something to keep in mind if I’m looking for good iced teas next summer.

(Sample from silentrequiem. Thanks!)

this tea isn’t anything unique, but i tried several black tea with peach, and this is the one i kept going back to. i only drink it iced, but it’s the most natural-tasting, non-astringent, flavorful peach black tea i’ve found. so there you go.

Really enjoyed the subtle peach flavor.