Black Forest

First thank you Meghann M for this sample. This is the first of many to go.

I went into this blind. I didn’t look up the ingredents because I wanted to see if I could identify them myself. Big mistake, I couldn’t tell what I was tasting at all. What I do know is that all the flavors were blended evenly so I couldn’t distinguish what was what and it was worse, after I read what the ingredients were I still couldn’t taste the cherry at all but did notice the coconut. Keep this in mind although I was not a big fan of this one I still greatly apprecaite the opportunity to try it. I have more left so I may give it another chance. I had to use a larger mug today and it may be that I put too much water when steeping it so I may not be getting the full picture. I will try it again in the future and add more notes.

I can definitely taste the tart cherries in this cup. There is a faint hint of coconut, honestly I was hoping for a bit more coconut, but it sure looks pretty mixed in with the tea leaves. The aroma reminds me of Teavana’s Sour Cherry Serenade but the taste isn’t quite a sour, this is a much more mellow blend. I will have to try this iced soon!

Thank you so much to MEGHANN for sending me a generous sample of this tea. I certainly tasted the cherry in the tea and, although you can see the coconut, I did not pick up on the coconut taste. It was a very pleasant afternoon tea, but I’m not likely to invest in a full bag unless the flavor really “pops” out distinctively.

I enjoyed it, however, because the light taste of cherry was very nice, but it made me crave a more distinctive flavour.

The tea smelled distinctly of sour cherries while it steeped but as it turns out this was sort of false advertising as this was quite muted in the flavour. The tea mainly tasted of yerba mate and light black tea with a hint of fruitiness. It was rather underwhelming and nothing like black forest cake in my opinion, though maybe I just need to steep the leaves for longer.

This tea was too cherry-ish for me. I have found that if I brew it half & half with plain roasted mate, it mutes that flavor and becomes very pleasant. I would rate that combination at an 89.