The Aroma of this Tea is Outstanding! Very good I enjoyed it. It really smells like yummy strawberries, filling the entire room with fragrance.
The flavor let me down just little bit only because I was expecting a really strong strawberry flavor to match the intense aroma. The tatse of the Tea itself is nice slightly sweet and vegetal with a creamy smooth buttery mouthfeel, very nice.
The strawberry taste in the tea fell a bit short to me not because it wasnt tasty but because it was just so subtle, don’t get me wrong it was quite good but the aroma was just a bit misleading because thats where all the strawberry really was.
With the buttery smooth creamy mouthfeel of the Tea itself and the real strawberry notes it is more like a “Strawberry and Cream” tasting tea.
The subtle faint strawberry tatse in this tea is actually good for this one because it don’t mask the taste of the tea itself, it just add a hint of taste to it without making it taste fake or just too much, it is surely a step above other fruit flavored teas that I have tried.
I commented earlier in a Tea group when someone asked the question “Sweetener or No Sweetener?” and This one was one of those Teas that I couldn’t help but wonder if I should add a sweetener too or not.
My answer on the comment was No Sweetener in straight/plain teas BUT that some flavored teas can actually benefit from a little sweetener added. Some Flavored Teas DO NOT taste like the fruity flavors they are suppose to have untill you have added something in them to sweeten them up and make them taste right, thats just how it is.
ANYWAYS, I figured that perhaps this one would be one of those teas so i decided to add a little sweetener to see if that would boost the Strawberry a little bit.
Not Good, this one is NOT one of those flavored Teas that could use a little sweetener, In fact adding sweetener to this one totally ruined it for me, Granted the Sweetener DID increase the sweetness of the strawberry taste and made it a litle more intense it also ruined it by making it taste very ODD, it almost had a medicinal cough syrup kinda taste when the sweetener was added, BAD IDEA!!
Overall,
I liked this one pretty good, it was missing something for me just not sure what, The Tea itself is very good and the strawberry taste is REAL but subtle and the Aroma is Top Notch!
Considering that this one was good on its own even tho subtle in strawberry And the sweetener totally ruined it, I think this tea actually a perfect flavored tea, nothing can improve on this one if it were anything more it would be like all the other run of the mill super sweet fruity teas.
Most likely not a Tea that I would buy and have on hand but surely one I can enjoy, I could actually enjoy just steeping this up and smelling it instead of drinking it I think, lol :)
DAMN!!! I Really Really Really want a big ass bowl Strawberry Shortcake Dessert right now.
Flavors: Butter, Smooth, Strawberry, Sweet, Vegetal
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Oh, Yeah
After I ruined this one with sweetener I didn’t drink much out of that cup just enough to write my review, I was done with that cup so i walked away from it and went outside for a bit When I come back inside that cup had completely cooled and I tasted it and it was actually pretty good, it was like buttered toast with strawberry jam, very interesting. Maybe I should try it as an iced tea :)
It’s beautiful as an iced tea, less sweet but fresher :)
My reaction to this one was pretty much the same as yours – including adding sweetener, and the room temp flavor. I think the problem for us both was expectation, especially with that awesome leaf aroma. Once I accepted this was a grown up sip, I realized how good it actually tastes. And yeah, strawberry shortcake does sound good right now.
Oh, Yeah
After I ruined this one with sweetener I didn’t drink much out of that cup just enough to write my review, I was done with that cup so i walked away from it and went outside for a bit When I come back inside that cup had completely cooled and I tasted it and it was actually pretty good, it was like buttered toast with strawberry jam, very interesting. Maybe I should try it as an iced tea :)
It’s beautiful as an iced tea, less sweet but fresher :)
My reaction to this one was pretty much the same as yours – including adding sweetener, and the room temp flavor. I think the problem for us both was expectation, especially with that awesome leaf aroma. Once I accepted this was a grown up sip, I realized how good it actually tastes. And yeah, strawberry shortcake does sound good right now.