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Blood Orange from TeaGschwendner

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71/100

Blood Orange

Black Tea by TeaGschwendner

Grown along the Northern Coast of the Mediterranean Sea, Blood Oranges have been revered since ancient times for their rich sweetness. This less acidic counterpart to the classic orange makes for a excellent cup of tea, iced or hot.

Ingredients: Black tea from Ceylon and China, orange peel, safflower blossoms, and natural orange oil.

1 Tasting Note

Brent Swisher
50

The final tea in the first month of my tea tasting experiment came from a new company to me, Tea Gschwendner. As for this particular tea, I was a little disappointed. It has an almost overpowering citrus scent, but the actual citrus flavor left much to be desired. It was a decent tea, but compared to the scent it gives off it was very tame. There was almost no orange flavor and the Ceylon tea they used as a base isn’t remarkable. It calls for a shorter steep time than I would normal do, but didn’t get bitter when I left it in a little longer than they recommend. Overall it was a decent tea, but nothing to write home about.

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