Strawberry Cream - fruit

I made this for my evening pot and it sure turned into such a pretty red brew. Unfortunately, that means it’s laced with hibiscus. :|

I did know that going in though. As expected it’s pretty tart, and I’m only getting a bit of creamy strawberry under all that. It’s almost ok though? I bet if I had it iced it would be much better.

Thanks ozli for letting me try this!

thank you again Starfevre for trading! I definitely wouldn’t mind trying all of Zentealife.com’s teas. I didn’t want to expect too much from this one because of the hibiscus. It is a bit overpowering. If the hibiscus wasn’t too bad, it would have a nice sweet strawberry flavor. It kind of reminds me of a kid’s fruity sugary cereal. Yum! If you want to try a strawberry cream flavor, try Zen’s Strawberry Cream black tea! I love that one. This one is good but the hibiscus (or some of it) has to go! If you like hibiscus, you’ll love it, but it’s probably my least favorite tea ingredient.

Just opened the package for this today and I figure now is as good a time to try it as any.

The smell of the unbrewed tisane is absolutely delicious, like a strawberry sundae or a strawberry and cream smoothie. The smell of the tea itself after brewing is delicious also, but the hibiscus comes through also, making it much more sour than the dry tea itself.

I’m currently waiting for the tea to cool down a little so that I can drink it without burning myself and hoping that the cat that just came over wanting attention doesn’t knock it all over my computer. That would be bad.

Oh my Flying Spaghetti Monster, this stuff is delicious. The strawberry and cream flavours come through strongly but not overpowering and the hibiscus hides in the background and manages to keep from being too sour and instead helps to tie this all together. The flavours mingle wonderfully and I think this is one of my favourite tisanes yet.

When I was looking up this tea to log it, I saw that they also have a Strawberry Cream that’s a black tea! I should have got that instead. Oh well. This smells amazing and it’s a really beautiful vivid colour and it’s more tart than I expected, but still good! It would be amazing iced, I’m sure. I added a bit of sugar, didn’t really make a big difference.

Just made a mug of this tea, and really like it. It made a beautiful rosy brew, and smelled heavenly.
I had it with less than 1/4 tsp sugar and a bit of milk.
Yes, I noticed the hibiscus, which I often find too tart, but in this tea it was good.

After brewing, I fished the bits of strawberry and apple out of the straining basket, and ate them. (Good heavens, how undignified. ;)
Thanks, Starfevre, for introducing me to this one!

P.S.: Starfevre, I just discovered your note about milk ruining this tea!
Since I liked it with milk, next time I’ll try it without – maybe it will be even better.