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English Rose from TeaSource

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79/100

English Rose

Black Tea by TeaSource

A deep rich China black tea is blended with rose petals to produce a blend that is comforting and flavorful.

4 Tasting Notes

JuliaV
100

I recently offered this tea at a cupping I did. It was well received. I found it to be smooth, with just the right balance of Rose. Not perfumy at all.

pyrusj
75

This is my comfort tea when things are looking bad. The smell alone is enough to lift my spirits. Who doesn’t love roses? :)

tsukikage
75
tsukikage 2 tasting notes

Used 1 rounded teaspoon per cup of boiling water for approximately 3 minutes, sometimes 4. I don’t drink this too often, as I tend to prefer green tea, but when I do drink it I enjoy it quite a bit.
Insert Doctor Who joke here. :)

So, I’m having a fresh cup of this tea, and decided to give live commentary. Brewed a teaspoon of it in approximately on cup of boiling water using a pre-heated mug for four minutes. The smell is surprisingly sweet. Taking a sip, the flavor is also sweeter than I remembered it being. If it were much sweeter, I don’t think I’d like it, but as is it’s alright. I can easily imagine myself growing to like this more, but right now I think I like the idea of this tea more than the actual flavor.
I should also comment that I am using the same mug I made the chamomile in last night, although that wasn’t very sweet itself, and I did rinse the mug out with boiling water when I was warming it, so I don’t think the chamomile could affect the flavor, at least not perceptibly.

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