Blackberry Mojito

I think this little sample from Arby has been bumping around my cupboard too long because my first sip tasted just like mustard. Personally, I like mustard but it was a bit weird as a tea flavor. I honestly don’t know what’s happening here. Even weirder, I don’t hate it. Definitely not going to rank this though since I am sure this is not representative of the tea. Thank you for sharing, Arby! It was certainly an interesting experience, even though it wasn’t an accurate one.

This blend gets you with the wonderful smell of the looseleaf, but the brew isn’t as great.

Even cold brewed, this is more sour than it needs to be. Some hibiscus would be fine. This much is a little bit over the top. The spearmint is subtle, but present. The berry smells like blackberry, but isn’t distinctly blackberry in it’s flavour and mouthfeel. More like generic berry with a shout-out to blackberry.Sort of like a Palm Bay spirit (which are amazing and worth the calories if you need a cooler) but is missing the sweetness. Lots of green tea (perhaps a vegetal sencha? It is vegetal, but very fresh). Between the green base and the spearmint, it is vegetal (but not in a bad way)-reminiscent of spinach, ferns/fiddleheads, spring green leaves. I’m not getting any lime. Does blackberry mojito mean blackberry + lime + mint or did they replace the lime with blackberry so it is just blackberry + mint? I’m thinking they meant the ladder, or I’m just missing the lime completely.

Like other reviewers, I have to agree that the mint taste in this tea is nearly non-existent and it’s “just a vaguely berryish watery drink”. The first time around, I thought that I didn’t steep the tea leaves long enough; this time, I more than doubled my steeping time to no effect. I wanted to drink an iced tea, but I was almost afraid to keep adding ice cubes that would water down the flavour even more.

This was one of the first teas I ever got from Teavana as a gift. It was before I realized that teas don’t have to always be hot (haha!). I hated this tea at first, but once I realized it was better iced, it became a bit more enjoyable. Still, it is really tart, almost sour. I’m also not a fan of hibiscus so that adds to my initial dislike. It’s not that I hate this tea… I just probably wouldn’t buy it myself.

This is my go to fruity tea, I have enjoyed this tea both hot and iced. When served over ice it is minter than when hot.

I swear this tea is never going to leave my cupboard – and not for lack of trying. I think it’s time to retire this one until the warmer months when iced tea season is back.

Day 4 of flu-pocalypse. My voice is starting to come back, but I still feel like garbage. Luckily I have plenty of tea at the moment to soothe my throat.

I normally like this one iced, but I’ve been enjoying it hot lately. To me, at least in my stuffed-up state, it tastes mostly like blackberries and hibiscus. There was no recognizable mint or green tea to speak of. Still, it was nice. I’ve been gravitating to more strongly citrus teas for the last while, simply because I can’t taste much else. I may also be a bit biased because I’m generally not a fan of strongly minty teas.

This is just what I need today.

Cold brewed with 8 tsp in 32oz for 8 hours. The color is beautiful. I didn’t take the time to take an after picture. But the end product was a deeper purple than pictured. I feel like I want to mix this with lemonade and it would be wonderful. This is drinkable but I don’t really know what happened, it almost tastes disjointed, if that’s possible. When I take a sip it tastes like water and then the taste follows shortly after. It’s a good taste so I don’t mind, just strange that it’s not right when you take the sip.

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Cold brewed 6tsp in 16L of water over night, but my impressions are pretty much the same as last time I tried this – mint, berry and lime are present if I focus, but the experience is mostly just super tart with a hint of mint. I added a bit of sugar which maybe helped it?

I love the concept of this one so much, but for me it’s just a flop.

This may be my favorite iced tea ever. I had walked into Teavana to pick up some Chai Yen Thai because it was back in stock, and they had this on sample. So I took a sample. And then took another sample. And then walked to the counter I had just left after purchasing the Chai Yen Thai and pointed to the jug. “What is that and how much is it and I want it.”

I made a jug of it and it’s sitting in my fridge, and I’ve been drinking it all day. It is lovely. Sweet, fruity, with a hint of mint in the aftertaste. It’s perfect for summer.

Note: Does not resteep well. All the flavor is gone after the first steeping.