Blood Orange

This sample is from Cavocorax!

The dry leaf smells very funky but after the steeping process it’s fine. Tastes like a keen Earl Grey. It’s very enthusiastic on the citrus.

I will write more on it later and finish up the sample tonight!

I don’t know if I specifically get “Blood Orange” from this; it’s not very sweet and I get a good taste of indistinguishable sour rind. Although, a little sweetness does creep into the aftertaste. It’s disappointing for a fruity citrus tea but it’s perfectly acceptable, albeit a little sharp, for a Grey. I don’t think this has any bergamot in it but the tea manages fine without.

This tea has certainly made a trip! It somehow took 2? months to get from BC to ON but here it is! This tea comes with a suggesting on the packaging that it makes a great iced tea. I decided to try it hot first and I’m inclined to agree that iced may work better to draw out the flavours. This is a nice tea…but it’s hard to find the blood orange in this.

I actually really like this one! It smells strongly of orange when you first open the package. I ended up putting 2 tsp in my tea pot this morning, then forgetting about it and making something else. So when I got home about an hour ago, I boiled some water and made this.

The water cooled for 3-4 minutes, as I was using the timer for some instant noodles I’m testing for hiking (They were OK. The canned chicken was surprisingly decent [PC Blue Menu chunks], so I’ll be getting more of those and drying them.). Steeped for almost 3 minutes, poured into a mug with a little honey.

Yum! Because it’s not bergamot, I wouldn’t really call this an Earl Grey. It is a really nice orange tea, though. ahem It has a much nicer orange smell and flavour than the Murchie’s Mandarin Spice.

I’m really enjoying this with just the honey, and can hardly wait for the weather to warm up again so I can try it iced. I’ll probably get more of this one for the summer (free shipping in BC is just so incredible!), because I can see myself going through a lot of it.

Another free sample to review!

Dry, it smells amazing! I love orange so I was so excited about this. Too bad it doesn’t actually taste as much like orange as it smells. It’s a nice smooth black but the final product only has a hint of orange to it. For that reason I don’t think I would buy any of it.