Imperial Acai Blueberry White Tea

It has happened – I think my taste buds are on strike. All I get from this beautiful browny-red tea is a bitterness. Where has all that fruity sweetness gone? I think probably went flying out the window when I over-steeped this tea. This one requires some kind of sweetener – a whole packet of the ’sugar in the raw natural cane turbinado sugar from hawaii" just disappeared into my glass mug (16 oz) then TWO. Unprecedented (I rarely, if ever, sweeten my tea). Bitter and Sweet. Sweet and Bitter. No ratings, I will have to do better with the steep next time for a rated review!

Another new tea. I hoped to like this one as much as I liked White Blueberry by Adagio, but something about this doesn’t thrill me. It is good, tasty, and fruity, but it also just tastes slightly… off. I can’t quite put my finger on it.

Even though the taste wasn’t mind-blowing, the color of the tea was! It was by far the most beautiful tea I have seen to date. Check it out:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47736372@N04/4389642159/

Man, I always manage to oversteep this, so it always has this bitter aftertaste. Otherwise, the flavor is very mild, sort of a light neutral fruity flavor.
It’s a good blending tea, I think, if you want to try to punch up another drink with some antioxidant goodness, but it’s too fussy and easy to screw up when brewing, and even if you manage preparation times properly you end up with a rather weak tea.

Added some stevia to sweeten.

I finally figured out that I liked this one steeped no more than a minute and a half, and mixed with Teavana’s Strawberry Kiwi herbal…mmm.

This smells great but I just cannot get behind it for some reason. I’ve had it iced and that was okay but it reminds me of something that always puts me off. Maybe a medicine from my childhood or something? Either way, I am not a fan.

Yummmm… great blender!! You can never go wrong with blueberries :)

Fantastic. Sweet, light, refreshing, and full flavored. Steep for the full 2 min but no more. Also recommend using 170 degree water rather than 175 or 180.

i think i may have screwed it up and brewed it for a minute too long… like a white tea rather than a flavoured white. ugh. it was yummy and i could definitely taste its potential, but i think i burnt it :(

Yum, yum, yum, yum, yummm…..delicioso.

sweet, aromatic, and refreshing.