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Imperial Acai Blueberry White Tea from Teavana

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65/100

Imperial Acai Blueberry White Tea

Fruit Rooibos White Blend by Teavana

Renowned for its antioxidants, white tea and “superfoods” blueberries, acai and black currant are combined in this royal treat. One sip unveils the subtle undertones of white grape, hibiscus flower and rare rosehips. A new favorite with all the health benefits of white tea!

How to Prepare
Use 1.5 teaspoons of tea per 8 ounces of water. Heat water to 175 degrees and steep for 2 minutes. 2oz of tea equals 25-30 teaspoons.

Ingredients: White tea, green Rooibos, blueberries, natural acai extract, grapes, hibiscus, beetroot, rosehips and black currants.

14 Tasting Notes

Lauren

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!

Erin
70

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/

Suzi
26
Suzi 2 tasting notes

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.

Every few weeks I’ll spot this in my tea cupboard and think, “That was rather expensive, I’d better give it a go and see if I can prepare it better this time.”

It never works. It’s always a bitter tea, no matter how carefully I watch the clock and fuss with the temperature. I tried following the instructions suggested by johnquix, two minutes @ 175 degree, and still bitter. Ugh. I really ought to swap this one away.

175 °F / 79 °C
2 min 0 sec
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cytamius
83
cytamius 2 tasting notes

Added some stevia to sweeten.

Added a little stevia for some extra sweet.

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Becclintock
70

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.

teacupdiaries
5

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.

170 °F / 76 °C
1 min 45 sec
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Oh Cha!
75
Oh Cha! 2 tasting notes

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

I blend this with the Plum Harvest, also offered at Teavana, and add a bit of Rock Cane Sugar. DELECTABLE. I highly recommend it. Very sweet, very fruity. It tastes like juice, made from fruit, from the garden of Eden.
Of all the tea blends that I share with guests to try, this is by far everyone’s favourite.
Also great iced!

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johnquix
75

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.

lessthan3tea
75

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 :(

chocowitz
75

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

mazzie
75

sweet, aromatic, and refreshing.